Best Albums of 1964
Listed below are the best albums of 1964 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
"Without any doubt one of best Mingu's albums. Incendiary and lyrical, volcanic and moody, graceful and giant. Like Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus." Reply
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1964
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"This is a quintessential hard bop album. The tunes are excellent and the improvising spectacular. Lee Morgan is at his peak both as a soloist and as a leader here." Reply
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Fischman | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1964
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725
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"One of The greatest jazz albums. An absolute masterpiece. It's right there with Moncur's Evolution, Mclean's Destination Out, Miles Smiles, Kind of Blue. If you are dabbling in postbop, and are looking to strike it rich on album satisfaction, you won't be disappointed." Reply
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1964
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716
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"This may be one of the best-recorded blues albums. It sounds like these dudes are in the room with you." Reply
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1964
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692
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"A very strong debut. Maybe even better than the Rolling Stones 64 debut. The band sound very tight and clear, and the bass lines are glorious. A commonplace would be to say that "House of the rising sun" is the highlight. HOTRS is the best track, but the real highlight is Eric Burdon's powerful a..." [+] Reply
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1964
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672
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"This is an ok release but feels quite a bit dated today. One of the two songs not included on the previous UK releases are good, the other one is bad." Reply
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Bork | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1964
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639
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"Do you remember where you were when you first heard a particular album? I remember EXACTLY where I was when I heard this! It was as if I had downed several instant speed pills and was instantly amped!(Which may have been what the artist had done, but that's another story...) The sheer energy that..." [+] Reply
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radiofreespike | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1964
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"You're in really good shape if this is your worst album." Reply
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1964
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584
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"Unlike The Beatles, The Rolling Stones started out by recording mostly cover songs. England's Newest Hitmakers is the US version of their debut, which was self titled in the UK. The differences are in the album cover, which in England had no text on the front, and the US version substitutes Buddy..." [+] Reply
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Romanelli | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1964
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570
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"2 duds and 10 songs that made either Endless Summer (4) or Spirit of America (6). Was this their greatest singles album? Quite possibly. And since this IS America's greatest rock 'n' roll band it must be one of the greatest albums ever, no? Brian's strengths as a tunesmith were in full gear here...." [+] Reply
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1964
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Total albums: 643. Page 2 of 65
Best Albums of 1964 composition
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| Various Artists | 11 | 2% | |
| The Beatles | 10 | 2% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 6 | 1% | |
| Woody Guthrie | 5 | 1% | |
| James Brown | 4 | 1% | |
| John Coltrane | 4 | 1% | |
| The Beach Boys | 4 | 1% | |
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357 | 56% | |
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91 | 14% | |
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34 | 5% | |
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23 | 4% | |
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22 | 3% | |
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16 | 2% | |
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15 | 2% | |
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