Top 66 Music Albums of the 1960s by 
22erik22 
- Chart updated: 11/13/2018 23:45
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"God only knows what I'd be without you." - A quote from one of the best songs of all time.
Pet Sounds remains a story of personal triumph. Brian Wilson fought his label, his bandmates, and his family to bring the album to reality. Against all odds, he harnessed his mental state for genius. He produced and inspired two of music's greatest album ever. "Without Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper never would have happened," the Beatles' producer George Martin later said. "Pepper was an attempt to equal Pet Sounds." The most beautiful vocal harmonies ever recorded, in my humble opinion. I think that Pet Sounds might be the greatest pop album ever made. [First added to this chart: 12/14/2016]
Pet Sounds remains a story of personal triumph. Brian Wilson fought his label, his bandmates, and his family to bring the album to reality. Against all odds, he harnessed his mental state for genius. He produced and inspired two of music's greatest album ever. "Without Pet Sounds, Sgt. Pepper never would have happened," the Beatles' producer George Martin later said. "Pepper was an attempt to equal Pet Sounds." The most beautiful vocal harmonies ever recorded, in my humble opinion. I think that Pet Sounds might be the greatest pop album ever made. [First added to this chart: 12/14/2016]
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1966
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"But she just makes it all too concise and too clear that Johanna's not here. The ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face, Where these visions of Johanna have now taken my place."
Never thought that Blonde On Blonde would even hit my top 50, haha. Just listened to it again today and absolutely fell in love! Blonde On Blonde might even be better than Highway 61 Revisited? I also looked up the release date of Blonde On Blonde and saw that it was released the same day as Pet Sounds?!? Crazy day and year for music as we know it today. [First added to this chart: 12/14/2016]
Never thought that Blonde On Blonde would even hit my top 50, haha. Just listened to it again today and absolutely fell in love! Blonde On Blonde might even be better than Highway 61 Revisited? I also looked up the release date of Blonde On Blonde and saw that it was released the same day as Pet Sounds?!? Crazy day and year for music as we know it today. [First added to this chart: 12/14/2016]
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1966
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"Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King, I got forty red, white and blue shoestrings. And a thousand telephones that don’t ring. Do you know where I can get rid of these things. And Louie the King said let me think for a minute son. And he said yes I think it can be easily done, Just take everything down to Highway 61."
The album that we saw Dylan go electric. His lyrics turned more abstract and surreal. If you read a bit more into the lyrics on the song "Like A Rolling Stone" you will find that it's about someone who has experienced a fall from grace, who has been privileged but one day they wake up finding themselves on the verg of homeless. This person has experienced that the world has turned upside down for them and has to figure out how to live their life from scratch. But the whole album is amazing and dosen't have any flaws, in other words a classic album! I think that Desolation Road is my favorite song on Highway 61 Revisited. [First added to this chart: 12/14/2016]
The album that we saw Dylan go electric. His lyrics turned more abstract and surreal. If you read a bit more into the lyrics on the song "Like A Rolling Stone" you will find that it's about someone who has experienced a fall from grace, who has been privileged but one day they wake up finding themselves on the verg of homeless. This person has experienced that the world has turned upside down for them and has to figure out how to live their life from scratch. But the whole album is amazing and dosen't have any flaws, in other words a classic album! I think that Desolation Road is my favorite song on Highway 61 Revisited. [First added to this chart: 12/14/2016]
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1965
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"Feeling sweet feeling, Drops from my fingers fingers, Manic depression is captured my soul."
Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Are You Experienced was a game changer. After hearing the album for the first time, what guitarist dosen’t think, “Oh s—, what do I do now?” As the Summer of Love kicked into gear, the release of Are You Experienced preceded the Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by nearly a month, which was a big time frame in 1967 terms. New sounds and styles exploded at every turn. Are You Experienced, the debut release by The Jimi Hendrix Experience is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential debut albums of all time. Are You Experienced, turned the music world upside down as Hendrix showed everyone exactly what it meant to be ‘experienced." [First added to this chart: 12/14/2016]
Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Are You Experienced was a game changer. After hearing the album for the first time, what guitarist dosen’t think, “Oh s—, what do I do now?” As the Summer of Love kicked into gear, the release of Are You Experienced preceded the Beatles‘ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by nearly a month, which was a big time frame in 1967 terms. New sounds and styles exploded at every turn. Are You Experienced, the debut release by The Jimi Hendrix Experience is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential debut albums of all time. Are You Experienced, turned the music world upside down as Hendrix showed everyone exactly what it meant to be ‘experienced." [First added to this chart: 12/14/2016]
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1967
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1967
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[First added to this chart: 12/14/2016]
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1968
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[First added to this chart: 01/17/2017]
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1967
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[First added to this chart: 03/23/2017]
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1965
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[First added to this chart: 12/14/2016]
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1965
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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2018]
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1965
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Top 66 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 2 | 3% | |
| 1961 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1962 | 1 | 2% | |
| 1963 | 5 | 8% | |
| 1964 | 3 | 5% | |
| 1965 | 9 | 14% | |
| 1966 | 6 | 9% | |
| 1967 | 15 | 23% | |
| 1968 | 12 | 18% | |
| 1969 | 13 | 20% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 11 | 17% | |
| Bob Dylan | 6 | 9% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 4 | 6% | |
| Aretha Franklin | 3 | 5% | |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 5% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3 | 5% | |
| The Who | 3 | 5% | |
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Top 66 Music Albums of the 1960s chart changes
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| Up 1 from 3rd to 2nd Abbey Road by The Beatles |
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| Down 1 from 2nd to 3rd Revolver by The Beatles |
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