Best Albums of 1968
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"The Airplane’s third in their four-album string of some of the best music of the decade: Surrealistic Pillow-After Bathing at Baxter’s-Crown of Creation-Volunteers. You wouldn’t be wrong if you ranked the records in that order, either. Crown has as its highlights the amazing title cut, as well as..." Reply
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1968
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"The only decent album they ever made before they sold out big time, just like Chicago and umpteen other bands who decided they would rather make money than make decent music." Reply
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1968
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"Psychedelic Rock blended with some jazz-driven Blues. Fire is the highlight track here, obviously, but this record has great other tunes too. The absence of electric guitar and the proeminent organ lines give an exotic feeling to these songs." Reply
"Upon listening to this it is better than I remembered. It won't ever be listed up there with Deep Purple's three classic albums (In Rock/Fireball/Machine Head) but it has it's moments, notably the hit single Hush." Reply
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1968
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"I like this a lot, bluesy and jazzy, but not without the flute of the madman ;)" Reply
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"One my favourites from Miles Davis. Fans of kind of blue will probably like this one too as it has an easy and organic feel to it. It's a bit wilder though but totally accessable." Reply
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1968
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"It's alright, although very generic and it's a little too slickly produced for blues music. It's okay, but it just sounds like a pub band, albeit a very good one." Reply
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"An interesiting piece of Fun, goofy Harry Nilsson. "Everybody's Talkin" is such a pretty song." Reply
"One of the greatest blues albums by one of the great blues artists. Checkin' Up On My Baby is fantastic." Reply
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Best Albums of 1968 composition
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| Various Artists | 11 | 1% | |
| James Brown | 5 | 1% | |
| Elvis Presley | 4 | 0% | |
| Buck Owens | 4 | 0% | |
| Johnny Cash | 4 | 0% | |
| Buddy Guy | 3 | 0% | |
| John Mayall | 3 | 0% | |
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548 | 55% | |
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152 | 15% | |
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36 | 4% | |
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35 | 4% | |
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31 | 3% | |
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22 | 2% | |
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