In 2009, "BWPS" was named the 88th best album of the decade by "Rolling Stone". In 2010, it was included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". In 2020, "Rolling Stone" ranked it at number 399 on the magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". The editors wrote, "Close your eyes and you can imagine how it might've changed the world in 1968 , but with Wilson's influence still all over scads of indie bands in 2004, it sounds and feels majestically modern."