Editing Forever Changes (section)

==Legacy==
In 2008, the album was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame Award|Grammy Hall of Fame]] and in 2011, the album was added to the [[National Recording Registry]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://psychedelicsight.com/recording-registry/ |title=Love, Dead in National Recording Registry |website=Psychedelicsight.com |access-date=May 23, 2012}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it number 180 on its 2020 list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/love-forever-changes-3-1063053/| date=September 22, 2020| title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time| magazine= [[Rolling Stone]]| access-date=September 29, 2020}}.</ref> The album was also included in [[Robert Christgau]]'s "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]'' (1981).<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=0899190251|chapter=A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-cg70/basics.php|access-date=March 16, 2019}}</ref> It was voted number 12 in [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]'s [[All Time Top 1000 Albums]] 3rd Edition (2000).<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=All Time Top 1000 Albums|title-link=All Time Top 1000 Albums|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|year=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=39}}</ref> In 2013, ''[[NME]]'' ranked the album number 37 on their list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Publishers such as [[AllMusic]]<ref>{{cite web |author1=Mark Deming |title=Love - Forever Changes |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/forever-changes-mw0000193671 |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=May 2, 2021}}</ref> and ''[[Slant Magazine]]''<ref>{{cite magazine |author1=Sal Cinquemani |title=Review: Love, Forever Changes |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/love-forever-changes/ |magazine=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=April 13, 2008}}</ref> have praised the album as well. In a 2005 survey held by British television's [[Channel 4]], the album was ranked 83rd in the 100 greatest albums of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/albums/results.html |title=The 100 Greatest Albums |publisher=[[Channel 4]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050419014122/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/albums/results.html |archive-date=April 19, 2005}}</ref> The album was included in the 2005 book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref name= "Dimery 2009">{{cite book |last=Dimery |first=Robert |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die |publisher=Octopus Publishing Group, London |year=2009 |pages=42–43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PIyEkArSW0EC |isbn=9781844036240 |access-date= May 18, 2013}}</ref>

According to the ''[[New Musical Express]]'', [[the Stone Roses]]' relationship with their future producer [[John Leckie]] was settled when they all agreed that ''Forever Changes'' was the "best record ever".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/gallery/25_things_you_didn%27t_know_about_the_stone_roses/124337/22/1 |title=The Stone Roses – resurrected? |date=July 9, 2009 |quote=Reni said, 'What's your favourite record ever?' I came out with Love's 'Forever Changes' and they all fell about and said, 'That's our favourite record as well!' |website=Nme.com |access-date=September 26, 2011}}</ref> [[Robert Plant]] is an admirer of the album.<ref>{{cite news
|first=Jeff |last=Weiss |url=https://www.laweekly.com/loves-forever-changes-may-be-the-greatest-album-ever-made-in-l-a/ |title=Love's ''Forever Changes'' May Be the Greatest Album Ever Made in L.A. |newspaper=[[LA Weekly]] |accessdate=March 18, 2021}}</ref>

The staff of ''[[BrooklynVegan]]'' named the album as the best psychedelic rock album of the [[Summer of Love]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=BrooklynVegan |title=The 50 best psychedelic rock albums of the Summer of Love |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/best-psychedelic-rock-albums-summer-of-love-1967/ |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US}}</ref> and ''[[NME]]'' named the album as the greatest psychedelic rock album of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blog |first=N. M. E. |date=2012-04-03 |title=10 best psychedelic albums of all time |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/listomania-top-10-psychedelic-albums-768703 |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>