Since 2001, "Rubber Soul" has appeared in critics' best-albums-of-all-time lists compiled by VH1 (at number 6), "Mojo" (number 27) and "Rolling Stone" (number 5). It was among "Time" magazine's selection of the "All-Time 100 Albums" in 2006 and was favoured over "Revolver" in Chris Smith's book "101 Albums That Changed Popular Music" three years later. In 2012, "Rolling Stone" again placed it at number 5 on the magazine's revised list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". In September 2020, "Rubber Soul" was ranked at number 35 on the same publication's new list.