Best Albums of 1966
Explore the best albums of 1966, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
Last updated: 6 hours ago.
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"I think this album is the seed of alternative music. Considering their status as pop icons at this point in their career, it was an alternate path that the Beatles decided that their music must take to feel creatively fulfilled. Rubber Soul, before it, showed glimpses of where their genius might ..." [+] Reply
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Strangel | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1966
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"What can I say about "Pet Sounds"? This album is just so ridiculously out-of-this-world. Especially considering where music was at in 1966, it is very hard to believe that a guy could create this music almost single handedly. Composition and production-wise, this album is a complete masterpiece a..." [+] Reply
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1966
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"Highway 61 is a madcap explosion that feels like a party bursting at the seams. Blonde on Blonde is the morning after that party. With some of Dylan's best ever lyrics, he takes more of internal reflection than in his previous work, and creates a melodic epic that explores love, loss, light, dark..." [+] Reply
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1966
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"lol High and Dry by Radiohead Out of Time by Blur Take it or Leave it by Strokes" Reply
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SingingPeasant96 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (7 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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1966
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"Fantastic album. Paul Simon truly seems to have been a tortured soul at the time of this album's creation. "A Most Peculiar Man" is an amazingly simple but dark song and the highlight of the album." Reply
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sszwalbenest | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1966
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"Hayden, Trouble Every Day is even more relevant today than it was in the 1960s." Reply
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Freddie55 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1966
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"Very good album. Can't help mentioning the arrangement of the traditional Scarborough Fair wich I think is one of the highest moments in recorded pop/rock history." Reply
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1966
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"What I find remarkable is how she was able to put so much passion into everything she did. I recommend listening to "Four Women" and "What More Can I Say?" Amazing." Reply
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1966
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"This is Ray developing his songwriting. Plenty of good tracks but a bit inconsistent." Reply
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1966
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"Raw, edgy garage with a queasy, malevolent psychedelic gleam. A glorious atmosphere and great, robust songs throughout. I personally love the electric jug, but I see it's not to everyone's taste! A crucial record for more reasons than just being the first to have the word "Psychedelic" in the tit..." [+] Reply
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Total albums: 748. Page 1 of 75
Best Albums of 1966 composition
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| Sun Ra | 7 | 1% | |
| Wes Montgomery | 4 | 1% | |
| Hugh Masekela | 4 | 1% | |
| Art Blakey | 4 | 1% | |
| Ornette Coleman | 4 | 1% | |
| Ennio Morricone | 4 | 1% | |
| Various Artists | 4 | 1% | |
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421 | 56% | |
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103 | 14% | |
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23 | 3% | |
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23 | 3% | |
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21 | 3% | |
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21 | 3% | |
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18 | 2% | |
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Best Ever
Artists
1.
The Beatles
2.
Radiohead
3.
Pink Floyd
4.
David Bowie
5.
Bob Dylan
6.
Led Zeppelin
8.
Arcade Fire
9.
Neil Young
10.
Nirvana
