It was voted number 343 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). As of 2015, the album was ranked number 297 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Additionally, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 77 in its August 1987 article, "The Top 100: The Best Albums of the Last Twenty Years". It is also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die along with the Mothers' first release, Freak Out!.
