 In Rainbows was ranked one of the best albums of 2007 by many music publications. It was ranked number one by Billboard, Mojo and PopMatters; NME and The A.V. Club ranked it third, Pitchfork Media and Q fourth, and Rolling Stone and Spin sixth. It was also ranked one of the best albums of the decade by several publications: the NME ranked it 10th, Paste ranked it 45th, Rolling Stone ranked it 30th, and the Guardian ranked it 22nd. Newsweek ranked the album fifth on its list of the ten best albums of the decade. In 2012, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 336 on their updated version of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
