Best Albums of 1969
Listed below are the best albums of 1969 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 4 hours ago).
"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 ..." [+] Reply
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1969
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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
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1969
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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
"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
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1969
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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..." [+] Reply
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1969
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544
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"One of my favorite album in 60’s, brilliant vocal and melodies" Reply
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1969
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530
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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..." [+] Reply
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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..." [+] Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1969
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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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1969
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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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ExTeaSea | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 7 of 100
Best Albums of 1969 composition
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| 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 | % | |
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516 | 52% | |
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214 | 21% | |
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49 | 5% | |
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34 | 3% | |
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27 | 3% | |
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22 | 2% | |
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19 | 2% | |
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