In 2006, "Sgt. Pepper" was chosen by "Time" as one of the 100 best albums of all time. Writing that year, Kevin Dettmar described it as "quite simply, the most important and influential rock-and-roll album ever recorded". It is featured in Chris Smith's 2009 book "101 Albums That Changed Popular Music", where Smith highlights the album among the most "obvious" choices for inclusion due to its continued commercial success, the wealth of imitative works it inspired, and its ongoing recognition as "a defining moment in the history of music". In the "NME"s 2014 article "25 Albums With the Most Incredible Production", Emily Barker described "Sgt. Pepper" as "kaleidoscopic" and an "orchestral baroque pop masterpiece the likes of which has rarely been matched since".