Top 16 Music Albums of 1966 by 
Romanelli 
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1966-COLUMBIA
Produced By BOB JOHNSTON
1. Rainy Day Womer #12 & 35
2. Pledging My Time
3. Visions of Johanna
4. One of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
5. I Want You
6. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
7. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
8. Just Like A Woman
9. Most Likely You'll Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine
10. Temporary Like Achilles
11. Absolutely Sweet Marie
12. 4th Time Around
13. Obviously 5 Believers
14. Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
In 1966, while The Beatles were just getting around to recording Revolver, Bob Dylan was already at his creative peak...for the first time. Blonde On Blonde was a new high for Dylan, and also the end of an era. Continuing where Highway 61 Revisited had left off, the album stays in the electric blues vein, but with a lot more of an eclectic sound. "Just Like A Woman" is a classic, and the album also boasted hits in "I Want You" and the questionable "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35". This is a stunning and beautiful album...who knows where he would have gone from here?
After the release of Blonde On Blonde, Dylan was in a motorcycle accident that led to his holing up in New York with The Band and recording The Basement Tapes. Blonde On Blonde is also the first significant double album in rock. It's a true classic, one of the greatest albums ever made. An easy one to rate. [First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
Produced By BOB JOHNSTON
1. Rainy Day Womer #12 & 35
2. Pledging My Time
3. Visions of Johanna
4. One of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
5. I Want You
6. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
7. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
8. Just Like A Woman
9. Most Likely You'll Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine
10. Temporary Like Achilles
11. Absolutely Sweet Marie
12. 4th Time Around
13. Obviously 5 Believers
14. Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
In 1966, while The Beatles were just getting around to recording Revolver, Bob Dylan was already at his creative peak...for the first time. Blonde On Blonde was a new high for Dylan, and also the end of an era. Continuing where Highway 61 Revisited had left off, the album stays in the electric blues vein, but with a lot more of an eclectic sound. "Just Like A Woman" is a classic, and the album also boasted hits in "I Want You" and the questionable "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35". This is a stunning and beautiful album...who knows where he would have gone from here?
After the release of Blonde On Blonde, Dylan was in a motorcycle accident that led to his holing up in New York with The Band and recording The Basement Tapes. Blonde On Blonde is also the first significant double album in rock. It's a true classic, one of the greatest albums ever made. An easy one to rate. [First added to this chart: 04/11/2012]
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1966
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Produced by Brian Wilson. One of the records that changed the way albums are made, Pet Sounds is a great mix of non traditional rock instrumentation, great songwriting, and what always made the Beach Boys great: perfect harmony vocals. "God Only Knows" is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, and Wilson's vision here is breathtaking. With just enough doo wop influenced surf rock in the mix to make Pet Sounds a truly unique album, one of the best ever made.
[First added to this chart: 04/15/2012]
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1966
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40,543
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[First added to this chart: 12/01/2014]
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[First added to this chart: 04/30/2017]
Year of Release:
1966
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4,254
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[First added to this chart: 03/10/2017]
Year of Release:
1966
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1,511
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1966-ELEKTRA
Produced By PAUL A ROTHCHILD, MARK ABRAMSON & BARRY FRIEDMAN
1. Walkin' Blues
2. Get Out Of My Life, Woman
3. I Got A Mind To Give Up Living
4. All These Blues
5. Work Song
6. Mary, Mary
7. Two Trains Running
8. Never Say No
9. East-West
The importance of the Butterfield Blues Band is somewhat buried in rock history, but it should be well remembered. This was not just a bunch of white guys with a love of the blues...this was an interracial band formed in the early 60's with credentials...these guys were bonafied! Their rythym section came from Howlin' Wolf, and Butterfield himself was a blues prodigy. The big guns were the guitarists, boasting at the time of East-West none other than Elvin Bishop and Mike Bloomfield.
The first 8 songs on East-West are good, but it's just a warm up. (Interesting note: "Mary, Mary" went uncredited on the record for years because the band refused to believe it had been written by Mike Nesmith of The Monkees). It's the title track, a 13 + minute instrumental, that is one of rock's most important songs (the late 60's San Francisco sound came from this one song). It's also the song that moved Bloomfield into the ranks of the guitar greats (he had already led Dylan into electric music on Highway 61 Revisited), and it's a truly remarkable song. (Bloomfield died in 1981.)
Don't forget this band. An underrated piece of the evolution of rock in the 60's. [First added to this chart: 10/05/2012]
Produced By PAUL A ROTHCHILD, MARK ABRAMSON & BARRY FRIEDMAN
1. Walkin' Blues
2. Get Out Of My Life, Woman
3. I Got A Mind To Give Up Living
4. All These Blues
5. Work Song
6. Mary, Mary
7. Two Trains Running
8. Never Say No
9. East-West
The importance of the Butterfield Blues Band is somewhat buried in rock history, but it should be well remembered. This was not just a bunch of white guys with a love of the blues...this was an interracial band formed in the early 60's with credentials...these guys were bonafied! Their rythym section came from Howlin' Wolf, and Butterfield himself was a blues prodigy. The big guns were the guitarists, boasting at the time of East-West none other than Elvin Bishop and Mike Bloomfield.
The first 8 songs on East-West are good, but it's just a warm up. (Interesting note: "Mary, Mary" went uncredited on the record for years because the band refused to believe it had been written by Mike Nesmith of The Monkees). It's the title track, a 13 + minute instrumental, that is one of rock's most important songs (the late 60's San Francisco sound came from this one song). It's also the song that moved Bloomfield into the ranks of the guitar greats (he had already led Dylan into electric music on Highway 61 Revisited), and it's a truly remarkable song. (Bloomfield died in 1981.)
Don't forget this band. An underrated piece of the evolution of rock in the 60's. [First added to this chart: 10/05/2012]
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1966
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313
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[First added to this chart: 12/28/2012]
Year of Release:
1966
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3,527
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[First added to this chart: 05/11/2012]
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[First added to this chart: 02/28/2021]
Year of Release:
1966
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3,496
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[First added to this chart: 07/20/2024]
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Top 16 Music Albums of 1966 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Simon & Garfunkel | 2 | 13% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 2 | 13% | |
| The Beatles | 1 | 6% | |
| Ennio Morricone | 1 | 6% | |
| Bob Dylan | 1 | 6% | |
| The Remains | 1 | 6% | |
| The Beach Boys | 1 | 6% | |
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Top 16 Music Albums of 1966 chart changes
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 Up 1 from 10th to 9thAftermath by The Rolling Stones |
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| Down 1 from 9th to 10th Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention |
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| 85/100 | 09/03/2014 01:25 | Nickie | | 79/100 |
| 95/100 | 08/22/2014 14:35 |  thedistantship | | 84/100 |
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