Top 16 Music Albums of 1966 by 
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A+ // A record that approaches perfection. // 100-96%
A // A great record with only a couple weaker tracks. // 95-91%
A- // A great record that is either over-produced, micro-marketed or just missing something to get rid of that minus. // 90-86%
B+ // A very good record that sometimes flirts with the half-assed. // 85-81%
B // A good record often thoroughly enjoyed by the artist's fanbase. Nothing extraordinary, but definitely decent. // 80-76%
*** // Honorable Mention. For those who cherish it. // 80%
B- // Has a fair few good tracks but is either too long, too repetitive, or just plain too much of something at times. // 75-71%
C+ // A hackwork kind of record. Pick and choose your favorites. // 70-66%
C // Professional record with seemingly no substance OR a decent try at something different. Often corny. // 65-60%
C- // Honest work that doesn't quite cut it. Also often quite corny. // 59-50%
✂️ // 1 or 2 good songs could be cut out and added to a greatest hits album. // 49-45%
💣 // A grade of D, E or F lands a "dud". It fails in every way. // 44-0%
- Chart updated: 09/13/2023 22:45
- (Created: 06/26/2020 12:10).
- Chart size: 16 albums.
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It's arguable that this is Dylan's magnum opus. I personally prefer Highway 61, but that doesn't take away from the genius of this effort. Sad-Eyed Lady's length is reminiscent of Desolation Row and is almost just as good. Popular tracks Just Like a Woman and I Want You carry this album to pop status while the opening tracks set the tone for an album slightly different from it's predecessors. The only down side is that the recording of the harp on some of the tracks can bust your ears. Personally I like most of it anyways but I can objectively say that the harp is Dylan's weakest part of this album.
Choice Cuts: Visions of Johanna, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again [First added to this chart: 06/26/2020]
It's arguable that this is Dylan's magnum opus. I personally prefer Highway 61, but that doesn't take away from the genius of this effort. Sad-Eyed Lady's length is reminiscent of Desolation Row and is almost just as good. Popular tracks Just Like a Woman and I Want You carry this album to pop status while the opening tracks set the tone for an album slightly different from it's predecessors. The only down side is that the recording of the harp on some of the tracks can bust your ears. Personally I like most of it anyways but I can objectively say that the harp is Dylan's weakest part of this album.
Choice Cuts: Visions of Johanna, Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again [First added to this chart: 06/26/2020]
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1966
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1966 and The Beatles beat their best record yet (1965's Rubber Soul) with this one. Popular tracks like Eleanor Rigby and (unfortunately) Yellow Submarine boost this record's POP status. But it's within tracks like Taxman, And Your Bird Can Sing, For No One, Here There And Everywhere AND I'm Only Sleeping (I'm naming a lot) that I find joy in listening to this record. Good Day Sunshine sounds like McCartney's usual corniness but it's neglectable compared to the rest of the album.
Choice cut: Got to Get You Into My Life [First added to this chart: 06/26/2020]
1966 and The Beatles beat their best record yet (1965's Rubber Soul) with this one. Popular tracks like Eleanor Rigby and (unfortunately) Yellow Submarine boost this record's POP status. But it's within tracks like Taxman, And Your Bird Can Sing, For No One, Here There And Everywhere AND I'm Only Sleeping (I'm naming a lot) that I find joy in listening to this record. Good Day Sunshine sounds like McCartney's usual corniness but it's neglectable compared to the rest of the album.
Choice cut: Got to Get You Into My Life [First added to this chart: 06/26/2020]
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1966
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B+
[First added to this chart: 06/26/2020]
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1966
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45,110
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B+
[First added to this chart: 06/26/2020]
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1966
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1,590
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B+
[First added to this chart: 11/23/2020]
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1966
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B+
[First added to this chart: 06/26/2020]
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1966
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B+
[First added to this chart: 06/26/2020]
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1966
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B
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1966
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[First added to this chart: 07/01/2020]
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1966
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From 0129114 06/30/2020 18:49
WTF? some excellent choices as well as some sad omissions.. for example:
The mothers of invention (Zappa), Nina Simone, Wayne Shorter, THE FUCKING LEGENDARY SOUNDTRACK FOR THE GOOD' BAD' AND UGLY, i love brazilian music so i highly recommend Baden Powell and Vinicius de Moraes as well as Sergio Mendes, Ike & Tina Turner, Nancy Sinatra, etc. I could continue there are lots of goodies from 66. If you like phil ochs so much then check out his live record from 1966.
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