Best Albums of 1964
Explore the best albums of 1964, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"This album is incredibly underrated. Many people tend to overlook The Beatles' work prior to Rubber Soul. This is unfortunate, because albums like Please Please Me, A Hard Day's Night, Beatles For Sale, and Help! are well-constructed albums. This album contains quite a few favorite songs of mine;..." [+] Reply
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1964
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"What an atmosphere these musicians create! It is such a joy to be able to get completely lost amongst the vocals and instrumentation on this release with it being so incredibly relaxing. The performances are delicate and beautiful with some of the solos being simply phenomenal. The highlight for ..." [+] Reply
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1964
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"This was the first album I ever listened to in full by Bob. And "Ballad of Hollis Brown" was the song that fully brought home the power of the man. That song is still perhaps my favorite Dylan songs, certainly top 5. It's so morbid and brutal and lonesome and intensity drips from every word and n..." [+] Reply
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1964
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"A fantastic album in its own right, sometimes it is best to consider the Beatles work independently instead of the inevitable comparisons - sure it is not Abbey Road, but it is worth listening to on its own merits." Reply
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1964
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"There is some interesting experimentation on this album but I don't think it completely comes together and it struggles with remaining consistent. There are some great moments of instrumentation on here and a few of the compositions are fantastic. I do also enjoy the way he switches the leading i..." [+] Reply
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1964
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"The last album of all acoustic originals of Dylan's career. It's more carefree than his last two records, although the love songs deal with his break up with his then girlfriend, Suzie Rotolo. Opener, all I really want to do, is a fun word play song, another one of his many tracks to be covered b..." [+] Reply
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1964
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"Stunning piece of music from start to finish. Does pop music get much better than "be my baby" or "baby i love you"?xx" Reply
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1964
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""Ain't that Good News" from 1964 was the last album Sam Cooke released in his lifetime, and for me it is also one of his most consistent and artistically successful. In 1964 Cooke was more or less a veteran in pop music, but this album clearly (especially the original side 1) proves he was far fr..." [+] Reply
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1964
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987
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"Quite a simple collection of songs that are trying to hook you to their choruses and make you sing them for the rest of the day. This works to a varying degree of success with the best tracks coming very early on. Almost every track on side 1 has a fantastic chorus and is so infectious to listen ..." [+] Reply
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1964
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"A collection of harmless catchy songs that don't really go any further than that. There are some of them which are obviously more effective than others that get stuck in your head after you listen. Quite a few of them just don't hit and don't catch on at all and that basically makes the whole son..." [+] Reply
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1964
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Total albums: 657. Page 1 of 66
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% | |
| John Coltrane | 5 | 1% | |
| The Beach Boys | 4 | 1% | |
| James Brown | 4 | 1% | |
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364 | 55% | |
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91 | 14% | |
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36 | 5% | |
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24 | 4% | |
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21 | 3% | |
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18 | 3% | |
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15 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of 1964 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 27 from 119th to 92nd |
Up 3 from 71st to 68th |
Up 2 from 84th to 82nd |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 31 from 45th to 76th |
Down 11 from 59th to 70th |
Down 3 from 93rd to 96th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 27 from 119th to 92nd |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 4 from 98th to 102nd |
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