Best Albums of 1965

Listed below are the best albums of 1965 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 5 hours ago).
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1965 year summaryThe best artists of 1965 were Bob Dylan, The Beatles, John Coltrane, Otis Redding, Nina Simone, The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Who, The Rolling Stones and Vince Guaraldi.
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""Rolling Stones No. 2" spent 10 weeks at number 1 on the UK charts. The LP contains the proper version of "Somebody To Love" whereby "Now!" contains a studio run through. The proper version was not released in the States until ABKCO tacked it on to a compilation album with their release of the SA..."  [+]  Reply
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"The movie and the soundtrack are both phenomenal. However I have an odd qualm about them when they're combined (which I guess... is just the movie): almost every single song could be removed from the movie and the plot would remain the same. Very little of the movie's plot is advanced via the son..."  [+]  Reply
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"Dancing in the Street, Nowhere to Run, and Mickey's Monkey are the hits on the record. There's some serious awesome bass tone on this record. I also liked Mobile Lil The Dancing Witch and Nobody'll Care."  Reply
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"It's ok but two things need to be pointed out: -The sound is awful. The quality of this recording is so poor that almost make it unlistenable. There are 30s and 40s recordings that sound better and clearer than this. -The album turns from R&B to hollow beat/pop from #8 onwards. The quality of son..."  [+]  Reply
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"A simple recipe for a successful adult contemporary album, pick great and famous melodies and turn them into instrumentals with a Latin twist. Easy but fun. Bangers: Tijuana Taxi, Spanish Flea, Zorba, This kind on music was a recipe for success during the mid-sixties"  Reply
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"Nothing wrong with this. The bluesy R&B band with some good songs hits the mark decently. The usual mid-sixties brit thing that was repeated so many times. Lacks some of the power and twist of the Stones."  Reply
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"I just heard the most interesting track from the best of RR kirk titled " Variations on a theme from Hindemith"..really liked it, but the album is not on this website yet, so this was the only place that I could comment. Reminded me a little of "Blues on Bach" by the Modern Jazz Quartet, but of c..."  [+]  Reply
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