In 2003, "Rolling Stone" ranked "Fun House" number 191 on their list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list. "Melody Maker" said that it is, "no contest, the greatest rock n' roll album of all time". Lenny Kaye, writing for eMusic, called it a "rock and roll classic" and "one of the most frontal, aggressive, and joyously manic records ever". In "The Rolling Stone Album Guide" (2004), Scott Seward claimed that, although saying so "risks hyperbole", "Fun House" is "one of the greatest rock & roll records of all time" and that, "as great as they were, the Stones never went so deep, the Beatles never sounded so alive, and anyone would have a hard time matching Iggy Pop's ferocity as a vocalist."