"Rubber Soul" was voted fifth in Paul Gambaccini's 1978 book "", based on submissions from a panel of 47 critics and broadcasters including Richard Williams, Christgau and Marcus. In the first edition of Colin Larkin's book "All Time Top 1000 Albums", in 1994, it was ranked at number 10, and in 1998 it was voted the 39th greatest album of all time in the first "Music of the Millennium" poll, conducted by HMV and Channel 4. It was listed at number 34 in the third edition of Larkin's "All Time Top 1000 Albums", published in 2000.