Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by davidhuret 
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- Chart updated: 01/16/2017 08:45
- (Created: 12/12/2012 19:24).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Progressive rock starts here. The cover may be hideous, the music inside is delightful. And the first track is rocking.
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1969
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The first rock-opera. And if that sounds insulting nowadays, here, the freshness of the songwriting (Pete Townshend), the clever instrumentation (an orchestral scope with no orchestra but mostly acoustic guitars and piano), and the general coming-of-age of the band, particularly singer Roger Daltrey, make this twisted story of a deaf, dumb and blind boy-turned- pinball wizard-turned- new messiah- turned pariah sound perfectly natural and understandable. And enjoyable.
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1969
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Syd Barrett's glorious moment. Shine on Syd!
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1967
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9,551
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Classic rock!
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1969
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8,356
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A man, an acoustic guitar, a discreet producer (Paul Simon) who lets the tapes roll, and a great performance by a unique talent was captured for posterity.
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1965
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1,242
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"that wild mercury sound" captured in a series of great songs that form the first double studio album in rock music's history.
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1966
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27,758
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Dylan-the -great-songwriter first emerged on this, his second, and legendary, album.
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1963
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The pinnacle of their early phase, introducing the brand new Rickenbacker 12-string electric guitar, so influential on the Byrds. Fresh, brilliant, inventive, romantic and rocking; and entirely self-penned (Lennon-McCartney) at a time when most of their contemporaries were still relying on covers.
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1964
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Ray Davies's songwriting at an all-time peak.
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1969
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"There's a place" already contains the promise of the inner journey to come. One of the greatest debuts ever. 10 of its 14 songs were recorded in one day- February 11, 1963- in live takes with minimal overdubbing.
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1963
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1961 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1962 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1963 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1964 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1965 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1966 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1967 | 23 | 23% | |
| 1968 | 22 | 22% | |
| 1969 | 23 | 23% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 11 | 11% | |
| Bob Dylan | 8 | 8% | |
| Donovan | 6 | 6% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 6 | 6% | |
| The Kinks | 5 | 5% | |
| Bee Gees | 4 | 4% | |
| Elvis Presley | 4 | 4% | |
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100/100  | 02/09/2018 01:15 |  CharlieBarley | | 94/100 |
90/100 | 02/08/2018 23:40 | vancevisuals | | 85/100 |
 90/100 | 10/21/2014 01:09 |  thedistantship | | 84/100 |
| 80/100 | 08/01/2014 11:46 | FrancesFarmer | | 85/100 |
| 90/100 | 04/09/2014 14:59 | PauloPaz | | 89/100 |
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From CharlieBarley 02/09/2018 01:20
CharlieBarley 02/09/2018 01:20
Wow. 51 albums in common. Great number one. When I went through a spell of depression I played the White Album constantly and it helped me. It was my favourite Beatles album for a long time. Then my favourite was Revolver for years. In the last year Sgt Pepper has become my favourite. I play it all the time. Plenty of other great albums and a few to discover especially Donovan. I am a fellow Scotsman and only know his singles. Now I want to hear his albums. It would be good to see more French music of the 60s apart from Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. But I suppose you are limited for space.
Tres bien!
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From vancevisuals 02/08/2018 23:40
52 in common including the #1 pick.
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greatson 02/24/2014 18:24
greatson 02/24/2014 18:24
Well done.
Not too many different artists...
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From guigs13 01/10/2013 02:17
Good chart!
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