Top 11 Music Albums of 1964
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Mother Nature's Son 
My favourite albums of 1964.
- Chart updated: 07/07/2016 19:45
- (Created: 09/16/2013 00:15).
- Chart size: 11 albums.
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The Beatles taking a darker approach. The album is often regarded as one of the weaker moments in The Beatles' career, but I think it's one of the stronger. It starts with the greatest album-opener on any Beatles album, "No Reply", and contains some of the greatest covers, particularly "Words of Love" and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby".
Favourite tracks: "No Reply", "I'll Follow the Sun" & "Eight Days a Week" [First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
Favourite tracks: "No Reply", "I'll Follow the Sun" & "Eight Days a Week" [First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
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1964
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Must have been more than one hard day's night for The Beatles to come up with nothing less than 13 original compositions, the first Beatles album to consist solely of songs written by themselves. They're progressing notably, but still capturing the innocent sound of things to come while spreading the poetic message of love as something unbuyable. An album you can listen to any time at all!
Favourite tracks: "I Should Have Known Better" & "And I Love Her" [First added to this chart: 12/25/2013]
Favourite tracks: "I Should Have Known Better" & "And I Love Her" [First added to this chart: 12/25/2013]
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1964
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The Beach Boys slowly starting to get amazing and much more consistent than "Shut Down Volume 2", even though it contains another terrible studio recordings outtake (possibly the best of those three, but still terrible). "I Get Around" is actually quite proggy and "Hushabye" is a fantastic cover with a mesmerizing bass. Yup, an album you need to hear all summer long!
Favourite tracks: "Hushabye" & "Wendy" [First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Hushabye" & "Wendy" [First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
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1964
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561
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Summer and surfing replaced with winter and Christmas. The Beach Boys weren't exactly on their home ground with Christmas music like this, but the joyful spirit from their own music managed to survive. First five songs are Beach Boys originals, quite strong and delightfully catchy. The rest of the bunch is more traditional, but beautifully performed and orchestrated, often with the comfortingly well-known Beach Boys harmonies. The Beach Boys can do Christmas music too and quite exceptionally!
Favourite tracks: "The Man with All the Toys" & "Blue Christmas" [First added to this chart: 01/20/2015]
Favourite tracks: "The Man with All the Toys" & "Blue Christmas" [First added to this chart: 01/20/2015]
Music in The Hollies style. Still relatively pure rock 'n' roll, but not too pure. A slightly higher number of slower, nostalgic delights.
Favourite tracks: "What Kind of Boy" & "Come on Home"
Favourite tracks: "What Kind of Boy" & "Come on Home"
Exciting new sounds in the folk tradition by Simon & Garfunkel. More like any subsequent S&G album it feels like an album made by two folk musicians coming directly in from the street, which probably isn't completely off! Nice mostly acoustic blend of originals and cover versions.
Favourite tracks: "Bleecker Street" & "Sparrow" [First added to this chart: 04/26/2015]
Favourite tracks: "Bleecker Street" & "Sparrow" [First added to this chart: 04/26/2015]
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1964
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584
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Don't love The Kinks, but this is probably my favourite of theirs. Their later more obvious albums feel too lighthearted to me while the debut here is basically everything I loved about "Please Please Me". Energetic, fun and catchy!
Favourite tracks: "I Took My Baby Home" & "You Really Got Me" [First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
Favourite tracks: "I Took My Baby Home" & "You Really Got Me" [First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
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1964
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Fun, fun, fun with The Beach Boys once again. It's unusually full of filler such as the first in a row of three terrible studio recording outtakes, and a silly drum solo by Dennis Wilson, but The Beach Boys keep an eye on summer and deliver quite a few strong tracks as well.
Favourite tracks: "Fun, Fun, Fun" & "Keep an Eye on Summer" [First added to this chart: 10/27/2013]
Favourite tracks: "Fun, Fun, Fun" & "Keep an Eye on Summer" [First added to this chart: 10/27/2013]
Stay with The Hollies a few albums more if you want the unique sound of The Hollies. This band here doesn't sound much different than The Beatles did at the same time, except with a lot more covers. Only original composition, "Little Lover", is actually pretty cool and the covers are mainly quite good, such as the slightly creepy-sounding "Whatcha Gonna Do 'bout It?".
Favourite tracks: "Whatcha Gonna Do 'bout It?" & "Little Lover" [First added to this chart: 07/07/2016]
Favourite tracks: "Whatcha Gonna Do 'bout It?" & "Little Lover" [First added to this chart: 07/07/2016]
Out to lunch together with Eric Dolphy. Despite the sound of vibraphone reminiscent of elevator music, it is not easy-listening jazz at all! A tad too experimental for me, though the aforementioned vibraphone makes it up for a lot!
Favourite tracks: "Hat and Beard" & "Out to Lunch" [First added to this chart: 06/18/2015]
Favourite tracks: "Hat and Beard" & "Out to Lunch" [First added to this chart: 06/18/2015]
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1964
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Total albums: 11. Page 1 of 2
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Top 11 Music Albums of 1964 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beach Boys | 3 | 27% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 18% | |
| The Hollies | 2 | 18% | |
| The Kinks | 1 | 9% | |
| Eric Dolphy | 1 | 9% | |
| Bob Dylan | 1 | 9% | |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 1 | 9% |
Top 11 Music Albums of 1964 chart changes
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| Down 1 from 5th to 6thWednesday Morning, 3AM by Simon & Garfunkel |
| Down 1 from 6th to 7thKinks by The Kinks |
| Down 1 from 7th to 8thShut Down, Volume 2 by The Beach Boys |
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| In The Hollies Style by The Hollies |
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From Mother Nature's Son 10/27/2013 19:42 | #89488
Mother Nature's Son 10/27/2013 19:42 | #89488
It's only the beginning.
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From Antonio-Pedro 10/27/2013 14:43 | #89451
Antonio-Pedro 10/27/2013 14:43 | #89451
Just five albuns?
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