AllMusic gave the album four-and-a-half stars, calling it "the single most influential album of Western songs in post-World War II American music." It is included in every revision of the list of
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Years after the album's release, members of the
Western Writers of America chose six of its songs as being among the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. Three of them were written by Robbins: "El Paso," "Big Iron," and "The Master's Call." Three were written and previously recorded by others: "
Cool Water," "Billy the Kid," and "
The Strawberry Roan." In 1999 the album was reissued for
compact disc on the
Legacy Records label with the tracks resequenced and with three bonus tracks: the full length version of "El Paso," the
B-side "Saddle Tramp" and the film song "
The Hanging Tree." It was part of Sony's American Milestones reissue series for classic
country and western albums including, among others,
At Folsom Prison by
Johnny Cash and
Red Headed Stranger by
Willie Nelson. In 2010, "Big Iron" was featured in
Obsidian Entertainment's role-playing video game
Fallout: New Vegas as a track on the in-game radio. The inclusion of the song in the game led to a resurgence in its popularity in the 2010s, with players rediscovering the album and creating Internet memes such as parodies and edits of the album cover and edits/mashups of "Big Iron". ==Track listing==