Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by Mother Nature's Son

My favourite albums of the 1960s.

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Abbey Road 

 The Beatles

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Abbey Road, the grand finale of The Beatles. This is not a wicked plot twist or anything, this is more a fitting conclusion to one of the best stories ever told. You know The Beatles: they never settle for one mood. There are delightful, dark, mysterious, whimsical, beautiful and sad moments throughtout. However, by the time the final, famous lyric of "The End" appears, knowing these words are the last ever heard from The Beatles (more or less), don't you get just a little teary-eyed?

Favourite tracks: "Something" & "You Never Give Me Your Money" [First added to this chart: 08/31/2013]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,629 charts

Rank Score:

65,451

Rank in 1969:

1

Rank in 1960s:

1

Overall Rank:

3

Average Rating:

 92 (4,509 votes)

Comments:

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 

 The Beatles

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The Beatles weren't themselves. They were Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and they played the best imaginary concert ever! A magical show that is as nostalgic as it is timeless.

Favourite tracks: "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" & "A Day in the Life" [First added to this chart: 08/31/2013]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,416 charts

Rank Score:

50,821

Rank in 1967:

1

Rank in 1960s:

3

Overall Rank:

7

Average Rating:

 90 (4,486 votes)

Comments:

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The Beatles (The White Album) 

 The Beatles

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The Beatles' "flawed" masterpiece. It wouldn't be the same without "Honey Pie", "Wild Honey Pie" and "Revolution 9". I've always loved how the strings in "Good Night" unnoticeably introduce the listener to one last piece of real musical quality after the confusing avant-garde torment of "Revolution 9".

Favourite tracks: "Dear Prudence", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Mother Nature's Son" & "Long, Long, Long" [First added to this chart: 08/31/2013]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,867 charts

Rank Score:

43,254

Rank in 1968:

1

Rank in 1960s:

6

Overall Rank:

13

Average Rating:

 89 (3,732 votes)

Comments:

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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So much nostalgia in "And Your Bird Can Sing" and so much future in "Tomorrow Never Knows". So much joy in "Good Day Sunshine" and so much sadness in "Eleanor Rigby". The Beatles really delivered a wide range of genres and moods with their revolving masterpiece. Though tomorrow never knows, I'm quite certain that it's a timeless classic that will stay forever with us.

Favourite tracks: "Eleanor Rigby", "And Your Bird Can Sing" & "I Want to Tell You" [First added to this chart: 08/31/2013]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,479 charts

Rank Score:

56,967

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,474 votes)

Comments:

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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: 08/31/2013]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,287 charts

Rank Score:

30,631

Rank in 1965:

2

Rank in 1960s:

9

Overall Rank:

28

Average Rating:

 88 (3,290 votes)

Comments:

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In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) 

 King Crimson

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To think that King Crimson's debut technically was released in the 1960s is almost impossible to believe. It sounds completely isolated from time, space and everything that is even remotely close to our world. The album can only be described one way: epic, epic, epic! For the title-track, it has to be epic times 10, if that can do it. Crazy start for progressive rock (well, one of the starts).

Favourite tracks: "I Talk to the Wind" & "The Court of the Crimson King" [First added to this chart: 08/31/2013]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,985 charts

Rank Score:

31,606

Rank in 1969:

2

Rank in 1960s:

7

Overall Rank:

25

Average Rating:

 89 (2,349 votes)

Comments:

219

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Magical Mystery Tour 
Soundtrack

 The Beatles

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The magical mystery tour is dying to take you away. Don't miss it, it will be The Beatles' last psychedelic tour. And it will take you to see "I Am the Walrus" & "Strawberry Fields Forever". Seriously, don't miss the tour!

Favourite tracks: "I Am the Walrus", "Strawberry Fields Forever" & "All You Need Is Love" [First added to this chart: 08/31/2013]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,443 charts

Rank Score:

16,086

Rank in 1967:

6

Rank in 1960s:

20

Overall Rank:

84

Average Rating:

 86 (2,481 votes)

Comments:

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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How can you not love Paul McCartney's favourite album (or at least one of them) and a strong influence on both "Revolver" and especially "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"? Deeper than the usual themes about surfing and cars, greater songs and most importantly, a timelessly beautiful and revolutionary sound. Still puzzling why Brian Wilson had a nervous breakdown after having made such a great album. So what if The Beatles made a slightly better album, is that like the end of the world? Ah, well!

Favourite tracks: "You Still Believe in Me", "That's Not Me" & "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" [First added to this chart: 08/31/2013]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,779 charts

Rank Score:

45,095

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 88 (3,194 votes)

Comments:

354

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Present Tense 

 Sagittarius

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One of the extremest cases of something perfectly timeless yet so distinctively a product of its time. Highly comparable to "Pet Sounds" in the sense that the songs are well-written, but the emphasis still seems to be on the sound experience. The music is pure and lightly psychedelic with delicate use of baroque instruments adding up to a magical yet organic and "natural" journey. The bonus tracks (on some version) are fantastic too!

Favourite tracks: "Another Time" & "Song to the Magic Frog (Will You Ever Know)" [First added to this chart: 07/18/2015]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

282

Rank in 1968:

71

Rank in 1960s:

396

Overall Rank:

4,845

Average Rating:

 77 (46 votes)

Comments:

1

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Bookends 

 Simon & Garfunkel

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The first side of the album is bookended with a track called "Bookends Theme"/"Bookends". Clever, clever! Makes it clear that it's a conceptual first side of the album, apparently it represents the circle of life. Everything S&G touched became nostalgic, but the song streak "Overs" through "Old Friends" is their height when it comes to sounding nostalgic.

Favourite tracks: "Fakin' It", "Mrs. Robinson" & "At the Zoo" [First added to this chart: 09/09/2013]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

756 charts

Rank Score:

5,902

Rank in 1968:

9

Rank in 1960s:

44

Overall Rank:

306

Average Rating:

 82 (840 votes)

Comments:

53

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%
1960	0	0%
1961	0	0%
1962	1	1%
1963	5	5%
1964	6	6%
1965	7	7%
1966	10	10%
1967	26	26%
1968	26	26%
1969	19	19%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	12	12%
The Beach Boys	12	12%
Donovan	5	5%
The Rolling Stones	5	5%
The Byrds	5	5%
Bee Gees	4	4%
Simon & Garfunkel	4	4%
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Country	Albums	%
	46	46%
	46	46%
	4	4%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%

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85/100	09/30/2016 09:14	marklg	160	87/100
80/100	03/31/2015 19:07	sssvnnn	2,824	83/100
85/100	09/13/2014 16:28	Martinborras	308	79/100
85/100	02/05/2014 14:35	PauloPaz	1,766	89/100

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From Mother Nature's Son 04/01/2015 02:16

Ouch, that comment of mine looks truly horrible, especially now that the guy who wrote the comment to which I replied has deleted it/doesn't exist anymore. However, it's still the case I won't make the chart more entertaining, unless of course it happens naturally!

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From sssvnnn 03/31/2015 19:16

..oh god, I´m afraid I want to be entertained ("with diversity and knowledge about lesser known artists").

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From Martinborras 09/13/2014 16:28

Great chart! Sometimes is good not to listen the crowd

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From Mother Nature's Son 03/15/2014 18:22

This chart's sole purpose is to cover my favourite albums of the decade, not to entertain with diversity and knowledge about lesser known artists. 5 out of 5 Beatles albums in the top 5 shouldn't be considered excessive as long as it's my honest opinion, which it is. Believe me, I've listened to loads of 1960s albums and nearly none of them excite me half as much as the represented Beatles albums in the top 5. That being said, there ARE overrepresented artists in this chart, but mostly because I've decided to only include albums I know well. The number of each artist should be naturally lowered once I've learned to know various 1960s albums well enough.

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