 The "Chicago Tribune"s Greg Kot wrote that "The Complete Recordings", along with Clapton's "The Layla Sessions" (1990), survive as "monuments of 20th Century music that will rarely, if ever, be equaled".In 2012, the album was ranked number 22 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.For recording dates and original releases, see Robert Johnson discography.