Top 18 Music Albums of 1965 by Mother Nature's Son

My favourite albums of 1965.

• Chart updated: 07/15/2017 12:15
• (Created: 09/16/2013 00:17).
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Rubber Soul 

 The Beatles

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I owe Bob Dylan and The Byrds a huuuge thank you for influencing the sound on "Rubber Soul". Obviously, the songwriting is great, but it's the atmosphere inspired by the folk-rock movement that makes this album magical. "Nowhere Man" has one of the simplest guitar solos, but only shows how overrated technical ability is when it comes to music. The first Beatles album where I pretty much love every song.

Favourite tracks: "Nowhere Man", "In My Life" & "If I Needed Someone" [First added to this chart: 10/22/2013]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,286 charts

Rank Score:

30,596

Rank in 1965:

2

Rank in 1960s:

9

Overall Rank:

28

Average Rating:

 88 (3,288 votes)

Comments:

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Help! 
Soundtrack

 The Beatles

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Suddenly The Beatles are not half the rock band they used to be. What's happening? They're softening up! John confesses he needs help and Paul longs for yesterday. The tempo has lowered and Ringo is providing other things than danceable beats only. As one song suggests, it's time for The Beatles to hide their love away and go in new directions lyrically (as well as musically). One could argue that it's a minor "Rubber Soul" with songs nearly as strong and a sound very much influenced by the folk rock movement, only The Beatles weren't confident enough (or ready) to release a full album of original compositions and skip the old commercial trick with a blasting rocker at the end (though admittedly John does give it full throttle with his vocal performance).

Favourite tracks: "The Night Before", "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" & "Ticket to Ride" [First added to this chart: 10/22/2013]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

951 charts

Rank Score:

7,406

Rank in 1965:

5

Rank in 1960s:

36

Overall Rank:

228

Average Rating:

 81 (1,895 votes)

Comments:

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The Beach Boys Today! 

 The Beach Boys

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Still not quite there yet, but it's getting very close. The lyrical side of the album still revolves around the old youthful themes, but the production and orchestration are nearly as pompous and impressive as "Pet Sounds". Only one album left with minor experimentations before Brian Wilson really pulled himself together!

Favourite tracks: "Do You Wanna Dance?" & "Help Me, Ronda" [First added to this chart: 10/22/2013]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

376 charts

Rank Score:

2,025

Rank in 1965:

9

Rank in 1960s:

97

Overall Rank:

885

Average Rating:

 78 (551 votes)

Comments:

36

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Mr. Tambourine Man 

 The Byrds

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You'll feel a whole lot better if you listen to this, The Byrds' debut. Most notable about the album is the chiming guitars that heavily influenced the sound on The Beatles' ”Rubber Soul”, particularly "The Bells of Rhymney" which George Harrison used as template for his ”If I Needed Someone”. In addition, the album brings The Byrds' adorable euphoric version of Dylan's ”Mr. Tambourine Man”. Innocent, youthful and nostalgic, it just doesn't get any more charming than this!

Favourite tracks: "Mr. Tambourine Man" & "All I Really Want to Do" [First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

385 charts

Rank Score:

1,740

Rank in 1965:

11

Rank in 1960s:

111

Overall Rank:

1,020

Average Rating:

 78 (385 votes)

Comments:

26

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Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) 

 The Beach Boys

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The warmup album to "Pet Sounds". Compared to the two surrounding albums, it's quite uneven, but it also tries out a couple of ideas that any fully realized Beach Boys album never would've bothered trying (the first of these being the album title's use of double exclamation mark). Check out "I'm Bugged at My Ol' Man", a song far from being great, but quite comic. Then there's "Girl Don't Tell Me", Brian Wilson's take on a Beatles song, and "Summer Means New Love", a production and arrangement experiment, quite possibly the prototype of either "Pet Sounds" (the title-track of "Pet Sounds") or "Let's Go Away for Awhile". Finally, you get the single version of "Help Me, Rhonda", a slightly different version from "Today!" which means no playful fade-in fade-out outro and an added "h" in the name "Rhonda"!

Favourite tracks: "Help Me, Rhonda" & "Let Him Run Wild" [First added to this chart: 11/10/2013]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

169 charts

Rank Score:

521

Rank in 1965:

25

Rank in 1960s:

265

Overall Rank:

2,916

Average Rating:

 74 (228 votes)

Comments:

15

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Highway 61 Revisited 

 Bob Dylan

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Bobby-boy! So much has been said about this man, possibly more than the individual Beatles members. So much I want to say about him! Well, his lyrics, I guess they're great, but I've never been blown away by them. However, I must admit that the famous lines "How does it feel to be own your own, with no direction home, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone" are absolutely classic, lyrically as well as musically. "Highway 61" is possibly his most interesting album musically and it has a great "revolutionary" feel to it.

Favourite tracks: "Like a Rolling Stone" & "Ballad of a Thin Man" [First added to this chart: 10/22/2013]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,310 charts

Rank Score:

31,104

Rank in 1965:

1

Rank in 1960s:

8

Overall Rank:

26

Average Rating:

 89 (2,735 votes)

Comments:

226

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Turn! Turn! Turn! 

 The Byrds

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Turn! Turn! Turn! To the sound of The Byrds. The times are a-changing for the band who since the debut have included even folkier songs and added more hypnotic bass lines to others while still maintaining the jangly trademark Byrds sound. The last album before The Byrds turned psychedelic.

Favourite tracks: "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" & "He Was a Friend of Mine" [First added to this chart: 02/06/2014]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

202 charts

Rank Score:

822

Rank in 1965:

19

Rank in 1960s:

195

Overall Rank:

2,020

Average Rating:

 76 (237 votes)

Comments:

14

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The Magnificent Moodies 

 The Moody Blues

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Not exactly magnificent compared to what The Moody Blues would later achieve. Actually, this band is completely different (musically) to the band performing on already their second album. Instead of being the ambitious bridge between the 60s and 70s, this is just the 60s. And a lot bluesier, like their name suggests!

Favourite tracks: "Go Now" & "Bye Bye Bird" [First added to this chart: 08/14/2016]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

86

Rank in 1965:

87

Rank in 1960s:

951

Overall Rank:

13,175

Average Rating:

 67 (73 votes)

Comments:

4

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Hollies 

 The Hollies

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First out of two (nearly) self-titled albums titled "Hollies". Follows more or less exactly the same style as the previous two Hollies albums. There's a nice nostalgic flair here and you can hear The Hollies are getting better, little by little.

Favourite tracks: "Too Many People" & "So Lonely" [First added to this chart: 02/05/2017]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

109

Rank in 1965:

78

Rank in 1960s:

782

Overall Rank:

10,640

Average Rating:

 72 (43 votes)

Comments:

1

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Sandie 

 Sandie Shaw

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The sound of the 1960s never disappoints. Sandie Shaw provides powerful, slightly desperate cuteness mixed in teenagey singing. Hits the nostalgia spot!

Favourite tracks: "Stop Feeling Sorry for Yourself" & "Always" [First added to this chart: 07/15/2017]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

12

Rank in 1965:

247

Rank in 1960s:

2,841

Overall Rank:

49,663

Average Rating:

 70 (9 votes)

Comments:

0

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Top 18 Music Albums of 1965 composition

Artist	Albums	%
The Beach Boys	3	17%
The Beatles	2	11%
The Byrds	2	11%
Bob Dylan	2	11%
Donovan	2	11%
Otis Redding	1	6%
John Coltrane	1	6%
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Country	Albums	%
	10	56%
	8	44%

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70/100	09/03/2014 03:45	Nickie	491	79/100
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