Top 7 Music Albums of 1966 by Exist-en-ciel

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Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

Baroque Pop, Sunshine Pop, Psychedelic Pop

8.3/10

Track selection: God Only Knows

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1. Wouldn't It Be Nice 8.5
2. You Still Believe in Me 8.5
3. That's Not Me 8.5
4. Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder) 8
5. I'm Waiting for the Day 8
6. Let's Go Away for Awhile 8
7. Sloop John B 8.5
8. God Only Knows 9
9. I Know There's an Answer 8
10. Here Today 8.5
11. I Just Wasn't Made for These Times 8.5
12. Pet Sounds 8
13. Caroline No 8.5 [First added to this chart: 12/06/2024]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,843 charts

Rank Score:

40,499

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Average Rating:

88 (3,265 votes)

Comments:

360

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Beethoven: Violin Concerto

New Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer / Yehudi Menuhin

Concerto, Romanticism

8.3/10

Track selection: 3rd movement (Rondo (Allegro - Cadenza (by Kreisler) - Tempo I)

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1. Allegro ma non troppo - Cadenza (by Kreisler) - Tempo I 8.5
2. Larghetto 8
3. Rondo (Allegro - Cadenza (by Kreisler) - Tempo I 8.5 [First added to this chart: 09/11/2022]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

4 charts

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Meditations

John Coltrane

Free Jazz, Spiritual Jazz

8.3/10

Track selection: The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost

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1. The Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost 8.5
2. Compassion 8.5
3. Love 8
4. Consequences 8.5
5. Serenity 8 [First added to this chart: 01/02/2025]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

109 charts

Rank Score:

554

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

253

Overall Rank:

2,793

Average Rating:

79 (143 votes)

Comments:

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Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Blues Rock

8.2/10

Track selection: Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands

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1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 8
2. Pledging My Time 8
3. Visions of Johanna 8.5
4. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) 8.5
5. I Want You 8.5
6. Memphis Blues Again 8.5
7. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 8
8. Just Like a Woman 8.5
9. Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine 8
10. Temporary Like Achilles 8
11. Absolutely Sweet Marie 8
12. 4th Time Around 8
13. Obviously 5 Believers 8
14. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands 8.5 [First added to this chart: 12/19/2024]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,029 charts

Rank Score:

25,845

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Pop Rock, Psychedelic Pop, Psychedelic Rock

8.1/10

Track sélection: Tomorrow Never Knows

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1. Taxman 8
2. Eleanor Rigby 8.5
3. I'm Only Sleeping 8
4. Love You To 8
5. Here, There and Everywhere 8.5
6. Yellow Submarine 8
7. She Said She Said 8
8. Good Day Sunshine 8
9. And Your Bird Can Sing 8.5
10. For No One 8.5
11. Doctor Robert 7.5
12. I Want to Tell You 8
13. Got to Get You Into My Life 8
14. Tomorrow Never Knows 8.5 [First added to this chart: 12/03/2024]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,562 charts

Rank Score:

51,459

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Folk Baroque, English Folk Music, Progressive Folk

7.5/10

Best track: The Waggoner's Lad

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1. The Waggoner's Lad 8
2. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 7.5
3. Jack Orion 7.5
4. The Gardener 7.5
5. Nottamun Town 7.5
6. Henry Martin 7.5
7. Black Water Side 7.5
8. Pretty Polly 7.5 [First added to this chart: 01/11/2025]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

220

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

466

Overall Rank:

5,973

Average Rating:

75 (58 votes)

Comments:

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Top 7 Music Albums of 1966 composition

Artist	Albums	%

John Handy	1	14%
Bert Jansch	1	14%
The Beach Boys	1	14%
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer / Yehudi Menuhin	1	14%
John Coltrane	1	14%
Bob Dylan	1	14%
The Beatles	1	14%

Country	Albums	%

	4	57%
	2	29%
	1	14%

Live?	Albums	%
No	6	86%
Yes	1	14%

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(from the 1960s)

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