Top 58 Music Albums of 1967
by Johnnyo 
The rules, I have to own it. The occasional compilation is allowed but no greatest hits / best of's
- Chart updated: 08/27/2026 09:15
- (Created: 05/09/2012 15:30).
- Chart size: 58 albums.
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1967
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20,346
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[First added to this chart: 06/04/2012]
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1967
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7,180
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[First added to this chart: 06/04/2012]
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1967
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25,313
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1967
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4,154
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This is a hard album for me to review as it’s so iconic and influential that I find it hard to put into words how ground-breaking it was on release. I might end up using other people’s words to eloquently portray my feelings.
Even by today’s standards this is an “out there” / left field / art rock album so what must the reception have been in the late 1960’s? It’s a daring album with a “I don’t really care whether we sell any albums we are just going to do what we do” attitude. If that was the idea, it succeeded as it was a commercial flop on release. The fact that psychedelic music, for example, Hendrix and Cream were in vogue at the time also couldn’t have helped. Having said that it is one of the most important albums in rock and pop music
The album has an infectious groove that I love. The sound would have been very unconventional at the time and even today, you don’t here much like this around and it’s going to polarise opinion which is a good thing. I hadn’t appreciated until recently that the bulk of the album was recorded over a four-day period, Astonishing.
“The Observer placed it at No. 1 in their list of the "50 Albums That Changed Music" It has been characterized as the original art-rock record, influencing many subgenres of rock and alternative music, including punk, garage rock, krautrock, post-punk, post-rock, noise rock, shoegaze, gothic rock, art punk, and indie rock”
I thought that I’d include a few snippets from reviews at the time for context
"haunting" vocals of Nico and the "powerful" lyrics of the band, calling it a collection of "sophisticated folk-rock" and a "left-fielder which could click in a big way."
"a full-fledged attack on the ears and on the brain"
“'Sunday Morning' has a definite psychedelic hit sound. 'Run Run Run' still is another Underground gem gaining ground."
“not Commercial with a capital 'C' but an experience in sound." (I really like that one!) [First added to this chart: 06/04/2012]
Even by today’s standards this is an “out there” / left field / art rock album so what must the reception have been in the late 1960’s? It’s a daring album with a “I don’t really care whether we sell any albums we are just going to do what we do” attitude. If that was the idea, it succeeded as it was a commercial flop on release. The fact that psychedelic music, for example, Hendrix and Cream were in vogue at the time also couldn’t have helped. Having said that it is one of the most important albums in rock and pop music
The album has an infectious groove that I love. The sound would have been very unconventional at the time and even today, you don’t here much like this around and it’s going to polarise opinion which is a good thing. I hadn’t appreciated until recently that the bulk of the album was recorded over a four-day period, Astonishing.
“The Observer placed it at No. 1 in their list of the "50 Albums That Changed Music" It has been characterized as the original art-rock record, influencing many subgenres of rock and alternative music, including punk, garage rock, krautrock, post-punk, post-rock, noise rock, shoegaze, gothic rock, art punk, and indie rock”
I thought that I’d include a few snippets from reviews at the time for context
"haunting" vocals of Nico and the "powerful" lyrics of the band, calling it a collection of "sophisticated folk-rock" and a "left-fielder which could click in a big way."
"a full-fledged attack on the ears and on the brain"
“'Sunday Morning' has a definite psychedelic hit sound. 'Run Run Run' still is another Underground gem gaining ground."
“not Commercial with a capital 'C' but an experience in sound." (I really like that one!) [First added to this chart: 06/04/2012]
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1967
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37,066
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[First added to this chart: 06/16/2012]
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1967
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14,793
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[First added to this chart: 11/30/2012]
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[First added to this chart: 06/16/2012]
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1967
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1,786
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Top 58 Music Albums of 1967 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 5% | |
| John Mayall | 3 | 5% | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 2 | 3% | |
| The Doors | 2 | 3% | |
| Aretha Franklin | 2 | 3% | |
| The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band | 2 | 3% | |
| Jefferson Airplane | 2 | 3% | |
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lancashirearab TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/16/2012 09:47 | #44534
lancashirearab TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/16/2012 09:47 | #44534
1967 seems to have been a great year for music. Your chart reflects this.
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sheep21 02/24/2013 09:49 | #65976
18 Albums in common out of a possible 34. Well done.
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