Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by Error Finn 
Conceptual Extension - part 2, 1960s: "Origin of Species"
It might be crazy to use the name of the 1960s music, "Darwin's doctrine". By this I mean that the modern form of popular music was born just this decade. Selected albums are the musical development of the significant, but more importantly (in this case) - my favorites.
Selected albums tend to indicate as much as possible throughout the decade of the music spectrum. I became interested in music in the 1960s, around the year 1986. Why? Since the current pop sounded in my opinion too plastic, while the rock seemed to drag on.I wanted to hear something more vivid, as I thought. And I found it!
Many of the discoveries are still my favorites. (Note: this list is a more so-called all-time than the current. When: You can´t listen to all the disks at the same time!)Of the 1960s pop music bands, developed its own personality and sound. It can also be seen this on my list.Key role in 1960's music was, of course, The Beatles (5 albums on my list), and sometimes over-emphasized. They had the ability to break the music business formulas. They opened the way for other British contemporaries such as The Rolling Stones (3), Kinks (2) and the Who (2). All of the above bands were at first only a "single bands", but within a decade they began to publish important albums.
Decade brought considerable variety of music factors such as the Dylan (4). Thanks to him, pop music, the content became more serious. In turn, Frank Zappa (4), the most significant pop music in an individualist, made ​​his first recordings. They were inspired by a number of new personalities all over the world.
Guitar was a decade instrument. It started with the blues renaissance moving to psychedelic sound like Jimi Hendrix (3), Eric Clapton (3), Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Mike Bloomfield, Peter Green (2), and many others.
Music styles created a combination of interesting new music: folk rock, coutry rock, popsoul... The representatives of these styles I've raised my list.
I'm a big movie music lover. During this decade, Ennio Morricone, Michel Legrand, Manos Hadjidakis made ​​a lot of great music, that beauty can only admire.
I have not forgotten female artists. They are on my list a surprisingly important role (Franklin, Nyro, Joplin, Dusty, Simone, Baez ..)
Jazz has happened to amazing things. Miles Davis (4), John Coltrane (3), Ornette, Mingus, Roach, Montgomery, Green, Hancock, Rollins, Dizzy, Johansson, Komeda (as a film musician) created the incredible abilities of fine albums that sound like new every time.
In short, the real musicians in a decade!
Note! I have set out three albums on the Pantheon (= frozen albums): The Beatles / Pepper, Dylan / Blonde, VU & Nico / Banana.
- Chart updated: 10/26/2020 19:15
- (Created: 06/06/2012 01:47).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Represent a high level of enchanting jazz. Someone once said that listening to music is a social event. What is the social interaction, which the main factor (Coltrane) has died in 1967, where the content (music), the form (jazz), atmosphere (devoted) and listener (me) sitting in a dark room! — "Acknowledgment", "Resolution", "Pursuance", and "Psalm". The event is not scary, but rather short, inviting. Listening to "A Love Supreme", is a caring soul, encounter. The serious emotional, offering the album, Joshua Redman said:"The intent is so pure and the feeling is so pure, you just feel than John Coltrane is laying his soul out there, you know. That's one of the first records I ever heard and I hope it's the last record I ever hear"
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Represent Coltrane's career as a step towards spirituality.
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Represent The Free Jazz.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1961 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1962 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1963 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1964 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1965 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1966 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1967 | 13 | 13% | |
| 1968 | 21 | 21% | |
| 1969 | 33 | 33% |
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| The Beatles | 6 | 6% | |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 4% | |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4% | |
| John Coltrane | 3 | 3% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3 | 3% | |
| The Mothers Of Invention | 3 | 3% | |
| The Band | 2 | 2% | |
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49 | 49% | |
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33 | 33% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 12 from 74th to 62nd Then Play On by Fleetwood Mac |
| Up 8 from 73rd to 65th Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire by The Kinks |
| Up 1 from 97th to 96th Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces |
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| Down 2 from 64th to 66th Aftermath by The Rolling Stones |
| Down 2 from 65th to 67th Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere by Neil Young & Crazy Horse |
| Down 2 from 66th to 68th Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin |
| Leavers |
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 Something Else By The Kinksby The Kinks |
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From tgarritsen 01/14/2014 21:31
tgarritsen 01/14/2014 21:31
Great chart. I had a blast reading through it. I think you should add the albums you wrote about in your introduction. Sgt. Peppers and Velvet Underground and Nico are albums I think deserve to be on every 60's chart.
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From Error Finn 06/16/2012 22:55
And newest of the new, the first "day chart"
Released (Friday) October 10, 1969:
Hot Rats - Frank Zappa
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)- Kinks
Those were the days!
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From Error Finn 06/06/2012 12:32
I have used this list to make a lot of time ... Actually, it is a sign of 30 years, not war, but about listening to music.
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