In his 1995 book, "The Alternative Music Almanac", Alan Cross placed the album in the number 1 spot on the list of "10 Classic Alternative Albums". In 1997, "The Velvet Underground & Nico" was named the 22nd greatest album of all time in a "Music of the Millennium" poll conducted in the United Kingdom by HMV Group, Channel 4, "The Guardian" and Classic FM. In 2006, "Q magazine" readers voted it into 42nd place in the "2006 Q Magazine Readers' 100 Greatest Albums Ever" poll, while "The Observer" placed it at number 1 in a list of "50 Albums That Changed Music" in July of that year. Also in 2006, the album was chosen by "Time" magazine as one of the 100 best albums of all time. In 2017, "Pitchfork" placed the album at number 1 on its list of "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". It was voted number 13 in Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums 3rd Edition (2000).