Best Albums of the 1960s
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"Fantastic and soulful Key Tracks: People Get Ready, Natural Woman, Good To Me As I Am To You, Groovin', Ain't No Way" Reply
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1968
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2,762
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"Sad to hear that Nico didn’t like the production, orchestrations and especially flute. I love all of these elements, along with her voice and goth-like appearance. She was a pop culture fenomenon, and this is a damn brilliant album. Makes you feel like you’re in the 18th century, 1967 and 24th ce..." Reply
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LedZep | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +7 votes (7 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1967
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"As far as I'm concerned, this is one of the greatest albums ever created, and Floyd's best. It blows my mind that Humans made this album. Like, it's just so alien sounding lol. It's bewildering." Reply
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1968
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"First listen: one of my favourite free jazz albums already. I loved his work with Coltrane and thought I'd get into his stuff. The Creator Has A Master Plan is definitely one of those more tolerable 30+ minute jazz suites when compared to Free Jazz or Ascension and it's a lot like A Love Supreme ..." Reply
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1969
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"Cocaine anyone? I wish this was recorded better. I mean it's still great, but it would just be that much better. Great crowd interaction though." Reply
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RoundTheBend | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1963
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"For some reason The Who took a little longer to grow on me than the other British Invasion bands, but once they caught hold they are great. This is an impressive debut that was apparently considered rebellious at the the time. The title track is an obvious anthem." Reply
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1965
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2,647
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"An attack on hippiedom. We're only it in for the money, has some wonderful moments, but as a whole it flatters to deceive. Considering that a lot of the artists they aim to tear down are making music much cleverer and original than the Mothers are at this point kind of makes a mockery of an album..." Reply
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1968
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2,562
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"I would consider this album to be solid through-and-through. Everything is great about this album. I've got to listen to it again to appreciate it more." Reply
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ImmortalAl | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1969
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"The first thing that stands out from a modern ear (2020) is that one imagines that very little sounded like this in 1969 and certainly not much on the pop charts. Van Zandt takes pieces of country, folk, and blues but without committing firmly to any of them. Townes exceptional finger picking sty..." Reply
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1969
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"One of the greatest female vocals, and with Atlantic production to match, this is a classic chill out album that just gets more acclaim as time goes by." Reply
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1969
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 8 of 100
Best Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 59 | 6% | |
| 1961 | 66 | 7% | |
| 1962 | 50 | 5% | |
| 1963 | 49 | 5% | |
| 1964 | 70 | 7% | |
| 1965 | 90 | 9% | |
| 1966 | 98 | 10% | |
| 1967 | 139 | 14% | |
| 1968 | 185 | 19% | |
| 1969 | 194 | 19% |
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| The Beatles | 17 | 2% | |
| John Coltrane | 17 | 2% | |
| The Beach Boys | 15 | 2% | |
| Miles Davis | 15 | 2% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 15 | 2% | |
| Nina Simone | 10 | 1% | |
| Bob Dylan | 10 | 1% | |
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634 | 63% | |
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204 | 20% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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22 | 2% | |
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17 | 2% | |
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11 | 1% | |
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