Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s
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AAL2014 
- Chart updated: 10/29/2025 15:15
- (Created: 09/13/2016 15:13).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Simply put, some of the finest 35 minutes of music ever. Everything about it is mystically astounding. The sound of this record is always inviting on any form of media before even discussing the music. If Elvin ever sounded better highlighting the melodic pathways of each musician in the group I must not have heard the album. Everyone shines on this record but other than composer in chief Coltrane, Elvin is the real MVP here and performs some of the most stellar jazz drumming ever put to tape. This album is otherworldly.
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1965
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15,758
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[First added to this chart: 04/21/2020]
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1966
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39,162
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Some of the most beautiful music ever recorded and released. I promise you guys, listen to this album at night in the shower. Tony Williams vivaciously rides essentially one very subdued drum beats throughout the majority of the album's run time showing off his next-level discipline behind the kit, serving the song at all cost. The record's all star cast laid down this calm before the Bitches Brew storm in exquisite fashion.
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1969
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7,832
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1963
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13,001
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Listening through Blonde On Blonde is like listening to an audio book. A prophetic and prolific writer at arguably his most consistently great and the Dylan album I find myself returning to most often these days.
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1966
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1968
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17,466
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A true game-changer. This album is the sound of a man of spiritual life force and beast-like primal musicality figuring it all out and right out of the gate. There's hardly a moment on this album that doesn't still resonate regularly with listeners and musicians of all ages all over the world. With a track-list as sturdy as the foundation of the Pentagon, Are You Experienced is one of the best rock albums you will ever hear.
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1967
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21,619
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Very close to my favorite VU release. The ending of this album is such maddening joy. I smile in such a comfortably uncomfortable fashion.
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1969
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[First added to this chart: 03/07/2021]
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1969
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3,779
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I remember buying this album along with Bringing It All Back Home at a bookstore in Lansing, MI. The total didn't cost me more than ten bucks, what an investment.
Dylan finally clicked with me around that time and I remember coming home, going to the basement, pressing play on this and *CRACK* goes that famous first snare drum whack. The one that changed Dylan's catalog and subsequently popular music forever. It began a ride with this record I couldn't believe. This album was so strong and very engaging all the way through. That's just what this work is every time. Dylan hasn't frequented my listening as much recently so maybe this one will climb higher one day, but I do love it. [First added to this chart: 04/21/2020]
Dylan finally clicked with me around that time and I remember coming home, going to the basement, pressing play on this and *CRACK* goes that famous first snare drum whack. The one that changed Dylan's catalog and subsequently popular music forever. It began a ride with this record I couldn't believe. This album was so strong and very engaging all the way through. That's just what this work is every time. Dylan hasn't frequented my listening as much recently so maybe this one will climb higher one day, but I do love it. [First added to this chart: 04/21/2020]
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1965
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1961 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1962 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1963 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1964 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1965 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1966 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1967 | 16 | 16% | |
| 1968 | 20 | 20% | |
| 1969 | 23 | 23% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 6 | 6% | |
| John Coltrane | 6 | 6% | |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 4% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3 | 3% | |
| Max Roach | 3 | 3% | |
| The Mothers Of Invention | 2 | 2% | |
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