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Forever Changes cover

Forever Changes (1967)

0.3704Canon Score · ranked #74 all time

Aggregated from 4 of 9 authoritative lists, weighted by authority and adjusted for each list's scope and age. How scoring works →

About the album

Forever Changes is the third studio album by the American rock band Love, released in November 1967 by Elektra Records. The album saw the group embrace a subtler folk-influenced sound based around acoustic guitars and orchestral arrangements, while primary songwriter Arthur Lee explored darker themes alluding to mortality and his growing disillusionment with the era's counterculture. It was the final album recorded b

Why it ranks #74

Every list on which Forever Changes appears, with its position as published.

ListAuthorityPosition
NME 500 Greatest Albums (2013)Critics' canon#37 / 500
Rolling Stone 500 (2003 edition)Editorial list#40 / 500
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums (2020)Major international poll#180 / 500
1001 Albums You Must Hear (union)Critics' canonSelected