The album sold 500,000 copies in 1969 and was certified gold in sales by the RIAA on December 4 of that year. By 1986 it had sold well over 1 million copies and was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA on November 21 of that same year. It then went on to sell over three million copies, becoming one of the most successful albums of the 1960s. In 2003 the album was ranked number 118 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and 121 in a 2012 revised list. In 2015, the album was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for inclusion in the National Recording Registry.