Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s
by davidhuret 
Featuring only studio albums, with one exception...
- Chart updated: 01/16/2017 08:45
- (Created: 12/12/2012 19:24).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Tough to choose among the Fabs' albums but, as a reviewer said about it at the time of its release: "it's all there if you listen". Eclectic to the point of schizophrenia, it's a Himalayas of songwriting, an embarrassment of riches...
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1968
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No other album ever had such a cultural impact on release. A first in oh so many ways: lyrics printed on the sleeve, a groundbreaking packaging that ushers in the album sleeve-as-work of art in itself, songs that flow into one another, DT (direct injection in layman's terms), music totally intended as a studio creation-not conceived then to be performed live, far-out sonic ideas galore, "hidden ending"- since become a cliché, etc... Not to mention the multi-coloured, hallucinated songwriting. Maybe not to everybody's taste but, come on, if there has to be one number one ever, this is it. Placing it at number two is just a whim on my part.
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1967
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40,668
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How come it's only at number 3 in the overall chart? The most innovative album ever (with Sgt Pepper). And that's not even an opinion when you consider the inventions made during its recording sessions, notably engineer Ken Townsend coming up with ADT (Artificial Double-Tracking, itself opening the door to phasing and other cool « psychedelic » effects), the pioneering use of backwards tapes, "Tomorrow never knows" in its entirety, etc...
Oh and there's the songwriting. Pure genius. [First added to this chart: 12/12/2012]
Oh and there's the songwriting. Pure genius. [First added to this chart: 12/12/2012]
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1966
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46,658
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A timeless masterpiece. They went out in style.
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1969
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54,212
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For the receptive listener, this is one of the most achingly beautiful albums ever.
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1966
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36,625
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A world of its own, where people drink tea with butter scones and complain about the weather. Oh and there's a penomenal cat, a witch, a leather-clad biker, and a sky that's too big to care.
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1968
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9,098
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A unique blend of influences (Latin and mariachi, Burt Bacharach-type songcraft, pop songs, acid-rock,...) that make for a totally original whole. Fantastic stuff.
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1967
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Not only is it, for one of the first times, an album conceived as an entity, as opposed to a collection of potential singles, but the absence of filler was in itself the main incentive/ challenge that pushed Brian Wilson to make "Pet sounds". Just a quick glance through the track-list reveals an incredible amount of classics. Listening to them, one can only marvel at their ever-lasting freshness. The warm, inventive production doesn't hurt either.
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1965
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Surreal electric rock poetry at its very best. Hugely influential.
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1965
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Where the Stones find their definitive blues-rock identity, for the first time. And first times are often the best.
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1968
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1961 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1962 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1963 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1964 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1965 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1966 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1967 | 23 | 23% | |
| 1968 | 22 | 22% | |
| 1969 | 23 | 23% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 11 | 11% | |
| Bob Dylan | 8 | 8% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 6 | 6% | |
| Donovan | 6 | 6% | |
| The Kinks | 5 | 5% | |
| Bee Gees | 4 | 4% | |
| Elvis Presley | 4 | 4% | |
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CharlieBarley 02/09/2018 01:20 | #207442
CharlieBarley 02/09/2018 01:20 | #207442
Wow. 51 albums in common. Great number one. When I went through a spell of depression I played the White Album constantly and it helped me. It was my favourite Beatles album for a long time. Then my favourite was Revolver for years. In the last year Sgt Pepper has become my favourite. I play it all the time. Plenty of other great albums and a few to discover especially Donovan. I am a fellow Scotsman and only know his singles. Now I want to hear his albums. It would be good to see more French music of the 60s apart from Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. But I suppose you are limited for space.
Tres bien!
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vancevisuals 02/08/2018 23:40 | #207436
52 in common including the #1 pick.
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greatson 02/24/2014 18:24 | #104318
Well done.
Not too many different artists...
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Good chart!
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