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Today's chart of the day

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by Hayden (View chart)

1. The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus (1963)
2. The Velvet Underground And Nico by The Velvet Underground And Nico (1967)
3. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane (1965)
4. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys (1966)
5. Nina Simone Sings The Blues by Nina Simone (1967)
6. Djangology by Django Reinhardt (1961)
7. Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake (1969)
8. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan (1965)
9. The Doors by The Doors (1967)
10. We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite by Max Roach (1960)
11. White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground (1968)
12. Abbey Road by The Beatles (1969)
13. Underground by Thelonious Monk (1968)
14. Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen (1967)
15. Morning And Evening Ragas by Ali Akbar Khan (1966)
16. In A Silent Way by Miles Davis (1969)
17. Karma by Pharoah Sanders (1969)
18. Music From Big Pink by The Band (1968)
19. Comme À La Radio by Brigitte Fontaine (1969)
20. Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (1969)
21. Pastel Blues by Nina Simone (1965)
22. Chelsea Girl by Nico (1967)
23. Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles by Françoise Hardy (1962)
24. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan (1966)
25. In Search Of The Mystery by Gato Barbieri (1967)
26. Nipples by Peter Brötzmann (1969)
27. Silver Apples by Silver Apples (1968)
28. Waltz For Debby by Bill Evans Trio (1961)
29. Jackson C. Frank by Jackson C. Frank (1965)
30. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison (1968)
31. Sings by Patty Waters (1966)
32. Guitarra Portuguesa by Carlos Paredes (1967)
33. CQ by The Outsiders (NL) (1968)
34. The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground (1969)
35. Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo [The Good, The Bad & The Ugly] by Ennio Morricone (1966)
36. Forever Changes by Love (1967)
37. Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
38. Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina by The Left Banke (1967)
39. Blue Afternoon by Tim Buckley (1969)
40. Have A Marijuana by David Peel & The Lower East Side (1969)
41. Our Mother The Mountain by Townes Van Zandt (1969)
42. Jorge Ben by Jorge Ben (1969)
43. Instant Composers Pool by Han Bennink / Misha Mengelberg / John Tchicai (1968)
44. The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery by Wes Montgomery (1960)
45. A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi (1965)
46. John by John Phillips (ZA) (1969)
47. Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica by The Ronettes (1964)
48. Golden Rain by Various Artists (1969)
49. Moondog (1969) by Moondog (1969)
50. Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler (1965)
51. Begin by The Millennium (1968)
52. Tutti Morimmo A Stento by Fabrizio De André (1968)
53. It's Time by Max Roach (1962)
54. The Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites by John Fahey (1965)
55. Amália Rodrigues (Busto) by Amália Rodrigues (1962)
56. Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs by Big Bill Broonzy (1962)
57. The 80 Minute Râga by Ali Akbar Khan (1969)
58. Money Jungle by Duke Ellington / Charlie Mingus / Max Roach (1963)
59. Gal Costa by Gal Costa (1969)
60. Songs From A Room by Leonard Cohen (1969)
61. Odessey And Oracle by The Zombies (1968)
62. Where Is Brooklyn? by Don Cherry (1969)
63. Around Grapefruit by Grapefruit (1968)
64. Out To Lunch! by Eric Dolphy (1964)
65. S.F. Sorrow by The Pretty Things (1968)
66. Scott 4 by Scott Walker (1969)
67. Song Cycle by Van Dyke Parks (1967)
68. Buhaina's Delight by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (1963)
69. We're Only In It For The Money by The Mothers Of Invention (1968)
70. Yakhal’ Inkomo by Mankunku Quartet (1968)
71. All Alone by Mal Waldron (1966)
72. The Machine by Nedly Elstak (1968)
73. The Band by The Band (1969)
74. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd (1967)
75. The Great Sarod Virtuoso by Sharan Rani (1967)
76. The Marble Index by Nico (1968)
77. Al Oud by حمزة علاء الدين [Hamza El Din] (1965)
78. Wild Goose by Colin Wilkie/ Shirley Hart / Albert Mangelsdorff / Joki Freund (1969)
79. Heartplants by Gunter Hampel Quintet (1965)
80. In C by Terry Riley (1968)
81. Astigmatic by Krzysztof Komeda (1966)
82. Ptooff! by The Deviants (1967)
83. Metastasis / Pithoprakta / Eonta by Iannis Xenakis (1966)
84. O Poeta Do Povo by João Do Vale (1965)
85. In The Court Of The Crimson King by King Crimson (1969)
86. Le Dynamique Richard Band De Zoetele by Richard Band De Zoetele (1963)
87. Machine Gun by Peter Brötzmann (1968)
88. The Parable Of Arable Land by The Red Crayola With The Familiar Ugly (1967)
89. Elyse by Elyse Weinberg (1969)
90. Hot Buttered Soul by Isaac Hayes (1969)
91. Jack Orion by Bert Jansch (1966)
92. Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding (1965)
93. Valentyne Suite by Colosseum (1969)
94. Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley (1967)
95. Hot Rats by Frank Zappa (1969)
96. The Story Of Simon Simopath by Nirvana (UK) (1967)
97. Black Monk Time by Monks (1966)
98. Songs From Kenya by David Nzomo (1965)
99. Ode To Quetzalcoatl by Dave Bixby (1969)
100. Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane (1967)

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[Skinny]

Great choice of albums from the worst decade since the 1950s.
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2021 in full effect. Come drop me some recs. Y'all know what I like.

[StefanR10]

I find The 60s a Great decade [/i]

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[Hayden]

Appreciate the praise. If there are any albums from this list I hope people add to there queue's, it'd be these:


Guitarra Portuguesa by Carlos Paredes

Can't go wrong here. Instrumental fado. Had a lovely chat with a guy at a Lisbon record shop who told me a couple stories about the album's importance in the area and what it did for the international scene. Fado's always been far more popular as live performance than on wax, let alone as an album (45's were the popular format). It's not a long listen, and it's practically faultless. Just give it a spin.


Instant Composers Pool by Han Bennink /...hn Tchicai

One of ICP's earliest releases, and (possibly?) the gateway for free-form jazz. It's not only a staple of the genre, it's just flat-out good.


John by John Phillips (ZA)

This album's got a bit of hubbub on BEA over the last 2 years, so I'm not surprised if it's not a new face, but it still only has a handful of votes on here. Top-notch 60's folk, right up there with Jackson C Frank, Tim Buckley, Townes Van Zandt, Bert Jansch, and maybe even Nick Drake. Would love if the reissue rumours are true.


Golden Rain by Various Artists

Gamelan comp, but it plays out more like a collective album. About as good as the genre gets.


The 80 Minute Râga by Ali Akbar Khan

One of two Ali Akbar Khan records on this list, but the lesser listened. It's what's it's advertised to be - an 80 minute raga. Despite being the less popular of the two, I'd put Khan's skills and songwork a shade above Shankar.


All Alone by Mal Waldron

And finally, a recent find for me, Waldron's All Alone. Solo piano album released post a 3-year hiatus while Waldron retrained himself at playing after forgetting how following a drug overdose. Rivals Monk.


Probably going to cut the last 5-7 albums on the list and replace them soon. A decade I'm always digging into.
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[Repo]

Nice! Thanks for the write-ups. Will def check out a few.

[Jimmy Dread]

Cheers for the tip-off on John Phillips, Hayden. Might need to give that a spin - streaming a track now and it mentions goblins so it's likely right up my alley...
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[Jameth]

You had me at 80 Minute Raga, that sounds incrediblé.

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