Best Albums of 1969

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61.

Almendra 

 Almendra

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"Nowadays Almendra is considered a masterpiece (at least in its native Argentina), but back when it came out in 1969 it was seen as an oddity. Their Beatlesque sound and lyrics fused foreign influences like jazz and European avant-garde movements with more local inspirations like tango, Argentine ...""Nowadays Almendra is considered a masterpiece (at least in its native Argentina), but back when it came out in 1969 it was seen as an oddity. Their Beatlesque sound and lyrics fused foreign influences like jazz and European avant-garde movements with more local inspirations like tango, Argentine folk music and the writings of Cortázar and Borges. This eclectic and unprejudiced fusion was seen as rebellious and edgy but it's also the reason Almendra remains sonically relevant til these days. Despite the rather shitty sound quality, this spectacular set of songs doesn't lose its magic. If anything, it kinda adds to a certain aura of innocence some of the songs radiate. Like an old music box. But don't get the wrong idea: these guys sure know how to rock. The head-bangin' 'Color humano' is as acid, if not more, than contemporary rock acts like Big Brother and the Holding Company and Jefferson Airplane."  [+]  Reply

- chivocosmico | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

106 charts

Rank Score:

649

Rank in 1969:

61

Rank in 1960s:

219

Overall Rank:

2,431

Average Rating:

 80 (132 votes)

Comments:

7

62.

Basket Of Light 

 Pentangle

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"I remember to this day the first I listened to this album and immediately fell in love. A perfect folk album, and my #1 of all times."  Reply

- amirmishali | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

135 charts

Rank Score:

633

Rank in 1969:

62

Rank in 1960s:

226

Overall Rank:

2,488

Average Rating:

 77 (150 votes)

Comments:

8

63.

C'Era Una Volta Il West [Once Upon A Time In The West] 
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 Ennio Morricone

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"Ennio Morricone is one the best soundtrack composer's of all time. If you have any interest at all in this type of music, listen to this record."  Reply

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

91 charts

Rank Score:

614

Rank in 1969:

63

Rank in 1960s:

231

Overall Rank:

2,557

Average Rating:

 79 (106 votes)

Comments:

2

64.

An Electric Storm 

 White Noise

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"Really cool early electronic album! I'd recommend this for fans of Velvet Underground, Faust, Can, Amon Duul II, and other experimental groups of the era."  Reply

- saltysurprise | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

592

Rank in 1969:

64

Rank in 1960s:

240

Overall Rank:

2,644

Average Rating:

 76 (107 votes)

Comments:

4

65.

Soundtrack From The Film "More" 
Soundtrack

 Pink Floyd

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"There is no way that 'The Final Cut' should sit above this album, or 'Pulse' for that matter as the latter is a compilation! This album doesn't get the credit it deserves, it is a very psychedelic offering and dishes up some real classics, 'The Nile Song' and 'Ibiza Bar' being two of them, not to...""There is no way that 'The Final Cut' should sit above this album, or 'Pulse' for that matter as the latter is a compilation! This album doesn't get the credit it deserves, it is a very psychedelic offering and dishes up some real classics, 'The Nile Song' and 'Ibiza Bar' being two of them, not to mention the heaviest 'metal' track Floyd ever produced in 'Cirrus Minor'. 'Quicksilver' is the closest they came to early 'Tangerine Dream', a great mind expanding track!"  [+]  Reply

- Junomoogmello | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

203 charts

Rank Score:

544

Rank in 1969:

65

Rank in 1960s:

251

Overall Rank:

2,833

Average Rating:

 69 (514 votes)

Comments:

21

66.

Odessa 

 Bee Gees

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"One of my favorite album in 60’s, brilliant vocal and melodies"  Reply

- Intellight | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

136 charts

Rank Score:

530

Rank in 1969:

66

Rank in 1960s:

255

Overall Rank:

2,892

Average Rating:

 74 (152 votes)

Comments:

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67.

Happy Trails 
Live

 Quicksilver Messenger Service

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"Great psychedelic almost instrumental album. Parts of the music on side two could fit a cowboy movie, given the drama created between the guitar and rhythm section. Perhaps this was intended looking at the rear off the sleeve artwork and text. It offers something different to a lot of the psyched...""Great psychedelic almost instrumental album. Parts of the music on side two could fit a cowboy movie, given the drama created between the guitar and rhythm section. Perhaps this was intended looking at the rear off the sleeve artwork and text. It offers something different to a lot of the psychedelia around at the time. I like it and don't find it boring as some do. "  [+]  Reply

- Junomoogmello | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

157 charts

Rank Score:

525

Rank in 1969:

67

Rank in 1960s:

258

Overall Rank:

2,909

Average Rating:

 75 (167 votes)

Comments:

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68.

Oar 

 Alexander Spence

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"This is an album which I've felt many ways about at many different times. When I first heard it I thought it was an emperor's new clothes situation. I heard all the glowing reviews, heard the story of Skip Spence, the way this ramshackle, indescribable album influenced a lot of my favorite artist...""This is an album which I've felt many ways about at many different times. When I first heard it I thought it was an emperor's new clothes situation. I heard all the glowing reviews, heard the story of Skip Spence, the way this ramshackle, indescribable album influenced a lot of my favorite artists like Uncle Tupelo and Tom Waits, and then I heard the album and I was like "Man, this is just sloppy.". Then I came back to it, Something was calling me. There was something going on here. I just couldn't put my finger on it. I listened and I liked it! Then I listened again and I liked it more! Then, that moment came when it was 2am, I couldn't sleep, and the day was long behind and before me, I was a bit down and lost in my own head. I sat in my livingroom with almost no light outside of that emanating from my computer screen, and I just listened to this record. It was glorious. There is something here especially in tracks like "Weighted Down" and "Grey/Afro" and "Diana" which is low and so deeply broken hearted and lost that I just can't wrap my head around how Spence managed to capture such feelings. And on other tracks, like the constantly off kilter, sweetness of the opener "Little hands", there is something weird happening. Like the music isn't where I would ever expect it to be, the drums and the guitars are doing things at weird times which don't make sense! But the result is something special and strange and peerless. The record, again, is sloppy. And it is not a normal record at all. But the state of mind that the record captures is so rare, and its so unique and insightful into Spence's mental state that the album is just too good to ignore. Oh and a few quick thoughts: its super cool that spence recorded everything by himself here. Or at least almost everything, I'm pretty sure he literally plays everything himself here. His voice is all over the place, and the interesting throughout, it makes me sad that a 22 or 23 year old can wheeze out lines like "Diana, I am in pain" with such heartbreak and realness. I mean the kid was a kid. But already was dredging up the ugliest realities of life that I wouldn't expect anyone to feel at all or if ever until much later in life. Another random rapid fire thought: the guitar playing in "War In Peace" is so sharp and screaming and intense its really jawdropping. "weighted Down" is the deepest blues you'll hear from anyone not named Blind Willie Johnson, or Tommy Johnson, or Blind Lemon Jefferson,e tc. Its on this track that I can hear some roots to similar ramshackle americana veins mined by Waits in albums like Mule Variations and Bone Machine. Okay, that's all. This is an album almost sure to rise in my mind, due to just digging its claws deep into my psyche, until I can't listen to anything else. That inevitability hasn't happened yet. Still this is crazy good and probably should be higher than other albums on my list. Rating: 9.1/10"  [+]  Reply

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

148 charts

Rank Score:

522

Rank in 1969:

68

Rank in 1960s:

260

Overall Rank:

2,925

Average Rating:

 75 (127 votes)

Comments:

8

69.

Yellow Submarine 
Soundtrack

 The Beatles

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"This really should be considered an EP since half the album is just soundtrack background music. But if considered as a whole album it is easily their worst."  Reply

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

211 charts

Rank Score:

496

Rank in 1969:

69

Rank in 1960s:

268

Overall Rank:

3,045

Average Rating:

 67 (720 votes)

Comments:

40

70.

Deep Purple 

 Deep Purple

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"Fantastic Mach 1 album! April is one of the most epic songs ever! It's my third favorite Deep Purple album. I'd consider it underrated for sure."  Reply

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

480

Rank in 1969:

70

Rank in 1960s:

275

Overall Rank:

3,151

Average Rating:

 73 (158 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of 1969 composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Artist	Albums	%
Various Artists	14	1%
Aretha Franklin	4	0%
Creedence Clearwater Revival	3	0%
James Brown	3	0%
Fleetwood Mac	3	0%
The Hollies	3	0%
Miles Davis	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%
	516	52%
	214	21%
	49	5%
	34	3%
	27	3%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	950	95%
Yes	50	5%

Live?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	985	99%
Yes	15	2%