Top 19 Music Albums of 1966
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Purplepash 
- Chart updated: 09/21/2025 09:15
- (Created: 07/24/2017 12:55).
- Chart size: 19 albums.
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Best pop rock album of the year
Best UK album of the year [First added to this chart: 08/23/2017]
Best UK album of the year [First added to this chart: 08/23/2017]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
49,566
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Best garage rock album of the year
Best debut album of the year
Best USA/German album of the year [First added to this chart: 01/14/2020]
Best debut album of the year
Best USA/German album of the year [First added to this chart: 01/14/2020]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
1,408
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Best chamber folk folk rock folk pop album of the year
[First added to this chart: 04/18/2019]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
3,462
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Best garage rock psychedelic rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 10/18/2021]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
1,988
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Best psychedelic pop psychedelic rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 01/07/2020]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
1,155
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Best singer/songwriter folk rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 08/06/2018]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
24,978
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Best psychedelic rock blues rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 02/11/2020]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
857
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Best psychedelic folk album of the year
[First added to this chart: 09/14/2025]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
1,171
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Best mod album of the year
Year of Release:
1966
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,145
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Best psychedelic rock folk rock album of the year
[First added to this chart: 06/27/2022]
Year of Release:
1966
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Rank Score:
1,410
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Top 19 Music Albums of 1966 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Simon & Garfunkel | 2 | 11% | |
| The Beach Boys | 1 | 5% | |
| Monks (US) | 1 | 5% | |
| John Mayall & Eric Clapton | 1 | 5% | |
| Ike & Tina Turner | 1 | 5% | |
| 13th Floor Elevators | 1 | 5% | |
| Buffalo Springfield | 1 | 5% | |
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Top 19 Music Albums of 1966 chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 9th to 10th Fifth Dimension by The Byrds |
| Down 1 from 10th to 11th Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful by The Lovin' Spoonful |
| Down 1 from 11th to 12th Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys |
| New entries |
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| Face To Face by The Kinks |
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