| 1966 - Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| The Beatles - Revolver | 42 |
| The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds | 13 |
| Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde | 9 |
| The Byrds - 5th Dimension | 4 |
| Cream - Fresh Cream | 4 |
| Horace Silver - The Jody Grind | 2 |
| John Lee Hooker - It Serves You Right To Suffer | 2 |
| Monks - Black Monk Time | 2 |
| The Rolling Stones - Aftermath | 2 |
| Simon and Garfunkel- Sounds of Silence | 2 |
| Tim Buckley - Tim Buckley | 2 |
| John Mayall - Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton | 1 |
| Mississippi John Hurt - Today! | 1 |
| The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! | 1 |
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| 1967 - Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| The Beatles - Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Hand | 29 |
| The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour | 13 |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced | 9 |
| The Doors - The Doors | 7 |
| Bee Gees - Bee Gees 1st | 5 |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love | 5 |
| The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico | 5 |
| Cream - Disraeli Gears | 3 |
| Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You | 2 |
| The Foundations - From The Foundations | 2 |
| Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow | 2 |
| The Kinks - Something Else | 2 |
| Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen | 2 |
| Procol Harum - Procol Harum | 2 |
| Beach Boys - Smiley Smile | 1 |
| Big Brother and the Holding Company - Big Brother and the Holding Company | 1 |
| The Creation - We Are Paintermen | 1 |
| Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love | 1 |
| Neil Diamond - Just For You | 1 |
| Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates of Dawn | 1 |
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| 1968 - Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| The Beatles - White Album | 26 |
| Van Morrison - Astral Weeks | 13 |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland | 11 |
| The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet | 9 |
| The Zombies - Odessey And Oracle | 6 |
| Cream - Wheels Of Fire | 4 |
| The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | 4 |
| The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup | 3 |
| The Band - Music From Big Pink | 2 |
| The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo | 2 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival | 2 |
| Elvin Jones and Richard Davis - Heavy Sounds | 2 |
| Jeff Beck - Truth | 2 |
| Silver Apples - Silver Apples | 2 |
| Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends | 2 |
| Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac | 1 |
| The Nazz - The Nazz | 1 |
| Traffic - Traffic | 1 |
| The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat | 1 |
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| 1969 - Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|
| The Beatles - Abbey Road | 33 |
| Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II | 14 |
| Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin | 7 |
| King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King | 5 |
| The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed | 5 |
| The Beatles - Yellow Submarine | 3 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country | 3 |
| Grateful Dead - Live / Dead | 3 |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River | 2 |
| Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash | 2 |
| Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis | 2 |
| The Kinks - Arthur | 2 |
| Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room | 2 |
| Neil Young -Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere | 2 |
| Tamam Shud - Evolution | 2 |
| The Who - Tommy | 2 |
| Blind Faith - Blind Faith | 1 |
| Creedence Clearwater - Willy and the Poor Boys | 1 |
| David Bowie - Space Oddity | 1 |
| Miles Davis - In A Silent Way | 1 |
| The Stooges - The Stooges | 1 |
| Tim Buckley - Happy Sad | 1 |
| Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt | 1 |
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Top Albums from each year:
| Year | Artist & Album | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | The Everly Brothers - A Date With the Everly Brothers | 9 |
| 1961 | Del Shannon - Runaway With Del Shannon | 7 |
| 1962 | Roy Orbison - Crying | 10 |
| 1963 | The Beatles - Please Please Me | 27 |
| 1964 | The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night | 24 |
| 1965 | The Beatles - Rubber Soul | 40 |
| 1966 | The Beatles - Revolver | 42 |
| 1967 | The Beatles - Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Hand | 29 |
| 1968 | The Beatles - White Album | 26 |
| 1969 | The Beatles - Abbey Road | 33 |
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Full List
1960
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Big Beat
B.B. King - My Kind of Blues
Bill Haley and His Comets - Bill Haley and His Comets
Bo Diddley - Have Guitar Will Travel
Charlie Mingus - Blues & Roots
Chet Baker - In Milan
Chuck Berry - Rockin’ at the Hops
Elvis Presley - Elvis is Back
Etta James - At Last!
The Everly Brothers - A Date With the Everly Brothers
James Brown and the Famous Flames - Think!
Jimmy Smith - Home Cookin’
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
John Lee Hooker - That’s My Story
John Lee Hooker - Travellin’
Max Roach - We Insist!
Miles Davis - Sketchers of Span
Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill
Wes Montgomery - Incredible Jazz Guitar
1961
B.B. King - My Kind Of Blues
Baby Face Willette - Stop And Listen
Bill Evans Trio - Explorations
Bobby Bland - Two Steps From The Blues
Chubby Checker - Let’s Twist Again
Del Shannon - Runaway With Del Shannon
Etta James - The Second Time Around
Freddy King - Freddy King Sings
Freddie King - Let’s Hide Away And Dance Away With Freddy King
Grant Green - Green Street
Ike & Tina Turner - The soul of Ike and Tina Turner
James Brown and the Famous Flames - The Amazing James Brown
The Jazz Crusaders - Freedom Sound
John Coltrane - Olē Coltrane
John Lee Hooker - The Folk Lore Of…
Lightnin Hopkins - Blues in My Bottle
Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet
The Miracles - Cookin’ with the Miracles
Ray Charles - Genius Sings the Blues
Rev Gary Davis - A Little More Faith
Roy Orbison - Lonely and Blue
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - Blues in My Soul
1962
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Mosaic
The Beach Boys - Surfin’ Safari
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
Booker T. & The M.G.'s - Green Onions
Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods
Dexter Gordon - Go
Etta James - Etta James
Françoise Hardy - Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles
Herbie Hancock - Takin’ Off
Howlin Wolf - Howlin Wolf
John Lee Hooker - Burnin
Johnny Cash - Hymns From The Heart
Max Roach His Chorus And Orchestra - It’s Time
Mel Tormé - Comin’Home Baby!
Ray Charles- Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Roy Orbison - Crying
1963
Art Pepper - Intensity
The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl
The Beachboys - Surfing USA
The Beatles - Please Please Me
The Beatles - With The Beatles
Betty Carter - Round Midnight
Bo Diddley - Rides Again
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
Grant Green - Am I Blue
James Brown - Live at the Apollo
Jimmy Smith - Back at the Chicken Shack
John Lee Hooker - Don’t Turn Me From Your Door
Miles Davis - Seven Steps to Heaven
Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Peter Paul and Mary - In the Wind
Roy Orbison - In Dreams
Sam Cooke - Night Beat
1964
The Beatles - Beatles For Sale
The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night
Bob Dylan - Another Side of Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan - The Times They are a-Changin’
The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk
Dusty Springfield - A Girl Called Dusty
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles
The Kinks - Kinks
Lee Morgan - The Sidewinder
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Delta Blues
Muddy Waters - Folk Singer
Otis Reading - Pain In My Heart
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones
The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
The Searchers - It’s The Searchers
Simon and Garfunkel - Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
1965
The Animals - Animal Tracks (USA)
The Beatles - Help!
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Bob Dylan - Bringing it all Back Home
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisted
The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
Dusty Springfield - Ev’rything’s Coming Up Dusty
The Easybeats - Easy
John Coltrane- A Love Supreme
Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You
Nina Simone - Pastel Blues
The Seekers - A World of Our Own
Son House - Father of Folk Blues
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics!!!
Soundtrack - The Sound of Music
Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
The Who - My Generation
1966
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Beatles - Revolver
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
The Byrds - 5th Dimension
Cream - Fresh Cream
Horace Silver - The Jody Grind
John Lee Hooker - It Serves You Right To Suffer
John Mayall - Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton
Mississippi John Hurt - Today!
Monks - Black Monk Time
The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out!
The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
Simon and Garfunkel- Sounds of Silence
Tim Buckley - Tim Buckley
1967
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You
Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles - Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Hand
Bee Gees - Bee Gees 1st
Big Brother and the Holding Company - Big Brother and the Holding Company
Cream - Disraeli Gears
The Creation - We Are Paintermen
The Doors - The Doors
Dusty Springfield - The Look Of Love
The Foundations - From The Foundations
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love
The Kinks - Something Else
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
Neil Diamond - Just For You
Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates of Dawn
Procol Harum - Procol Harum
The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico
1968
The Band - Music From Big Pink
The Beatles - White Album
The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
Cream - Wheels Of Fire
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Elvin Jones and Richard Davis - Heavy Sounds
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup
Jeff Beck - Truth
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
The Nazz - The Nazz
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
Silver Apples - Silver Apples
Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends
Traffic - Traffic
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat
The Zombies - Odessey And Oracle
1969
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
Blind Faith - Blind Faith
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
Creedence Clearwater - Willy and the Poor Boys
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
David Bowie - Space Oddity
Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
Grateful Dead - Live / Dead
King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
The Kinks - Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Leonard Cohen - Songs From A Room
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
Neil Young -Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
The Rolling Stones - Let it Bleed
The Stooges - The Stooges
Tamam Shud - Evolution
Tim Buckley - Happy Sad
Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt
The Who - Tommy
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Thanks for compiling these lists @swoodley. It’s been really interesting and enjoyable. I’m sure there’s some gems in here that I wouldn’t have otherwise considered listening to.
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1968
Man in Black at Folsom Prison.
Not there.
Very suprising
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Gotta say
Has there been a period of musical output as great as 63-69?
There were periods in the 90’s, (91-94), and the 80’s from maybe 83-87. But the sheer volume of substance in this period is astounding.
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Beatleblitz
Finally got to this one, the easiest for me, but in a lot of ways (mentioned many times above) the hardest sheeesh:
1960
3 - Chuck Berry - Rockin’ At The Hops
2 - Jackie Wilson - Jackie Sings The Blues
1 - Think! - James Brown and the Famous Flames
1961
3 - The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman
2 - The Miracles - Hi… We’re the Miracles
1 - Chubby Checker - Let’s Twist Again
1962
3 - The Supremes - Meet The Supremes
2 - Booker T. & the M.G.'s - Green Onions
1 - Etta James - Etta James
1963
3 - Wilson Pickett - It’s Too Late
2 - The Beatles - Please Please Me
1 - Martha and the Vandellas - Come and Get These Memories
1964
3 - The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night
2 - The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes
1 - Little Richard - Little Richard Is Back (And There’s a Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On!)
1965
3 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul
2 - The Who - My Generation
1 - The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack
1966
3 - The Beatles - Revolver
2 - The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1 - The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
1967
3 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
2 - The Kinks - Something Else
1 - Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
1968
3 - The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
2 - The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle
1 - Small Faces - There Are But Four Small Faces
1969
3 - The Beatles - Abbey Road
2 - Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
1 - The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
I’ve always said if there was a time to go back to, it’d be late '68 and being able to wear most of Ringo’s wardrobe
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