The Great Albums of the 1960’s
This list is all of the great albums i have heard in rock, in the ten year span of 1960-1969. No limit on number.
2009 edition – 69 entries
2013 edition – 95 entries
2016 edition – 122 entries
new! = new addition
up – moved up the list since last time
down – moved down the list since last time
italics – 5 star albums
regular font – 4 ½ star albums
1.Forever Changes – Love
2.The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground
3.Songs of Leonard Cohen – Leonard Cohen
4.Blonde on Blonde – Bob Dylan
5.We’re only in it for the Money – Frank Zappa
6.In the Court of the Crimson King – King Crimson
7.Astral Weeks – Van Morrison
8.The Village Green Preservation Society – The Kinks
9.Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles up
10.Roger the Engineer – The Yardbirds
11.Are you Experienced – Jimi Hendrix
12.The Gilded Palace of Sin – The Flying Burrito Brothers
13.Goodbye and Hello – Tim Buckley
14.Arthur (or the decline and fall of the British Empire) – The Kinks
15.Parable of Arable Land – Red Crayola
- After Bathing at Baxter’s – Jefferson Airplane up
17.Music From a Doll’s House – Family new!
18.Joy of a Toy – Kevin Ayers
19Piper at the Gates of Dawn – Pink Floyd up
20.One Nation Underground – Pearls Before Swine
21.Lightfoot! – Gordon Lightfoot
22.Let It Bleed – the Rolling Stones
23.Once Upon a Time in the West – Ennio Morricone new!
24.Da Capo – Love up
25.The Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse – Bonzo Dog Band
26.Odessey & Oracle – The Zombies
27.Willy and the Poor Boys – Creedence Clearwater Revival
28.The Notorious Byrd Brothers – The Byrds
29.White Light/White Heat – The Velvet Underground
30.The Band – II
31.The Doors – The Doors
32.The Fugs Second Album – The Fugs
- A Saucerful of Secrets – Pink Floyd
34.Tommy – The Who
35.Live Dead – The Grateful Dead new!
36.Jackson Frank – s/t
37.Something Else – the Kinks
38.Volunteers – Jefferson Airplane up
39.Love – s/t
40.Between the Buttons – The Rolling Stones
41.Freak Out – Frank Zappa
42.Beacon from Mars – Kaleidoscope
43.The Family that Plays Together – Spirit new!
44.Abbey Road – The Beatles up
45.Bringing it All Back Home – Bob Dylan
46.Baklava – Pearls Before Swine
47.Fred Neil – s/t
48.Strange Days – The Doors
49.Volume One – The Soft Machine down
50.Sell Out – The Who down
51.Black Monk Time – The Monks
52.Basement Tapes – Bob Dylan and the Band new!
53.Valentine Suite – Colosseum
54.Stand! – Sly and the Family Stone new!
55.Creedence Clearwater Revival – s/t
56.Gorilla – Bonzo Dog Band
57.Trout Mask Replica – Captain Beefheart
58.Psychedelic Sounds Of – 13th Floor Elevators new!
59.Happy Sad – Tim Buckley
60.Jimmy Cliff – s/t
- Deviants – Disposable new!
62.Safe at Home – International Submarine Band new!
63.Revolver – The Beatles
64.Sunshine Superman – Donovan new!
65.Blue Afternoon -Tim Buckley
66.Five Leaves Left – Nick Drake
67.Disraeli Gears – Cream
68.East West – Paul Butterfield Blues Band up
69.Behold and See- Ultimate Spinach new!
70.The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
71.Silver Apples – Silver Apples
72.Electric Ladyland – Jimi Hendrix up
73.The Seeds – The Seeds
74.Pet Sounds – Beach Boys up
75.Aftermath – The Rolling Stones
76.Green River – Creedence Clearwater Revival
77.Another Side of Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan
78.Hurdy Gurdy Man – Donovan new!
79.Led Zeppelin 2 – Led Zeppelin
80.Younger than Yesterday – The Byrds
81.Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan
82.Web of Sound – The Seeds
83.Surrealistic Pillow – Jefferson Airplane
84.The United States of America – The United States of America up
85.Everybody Knows This is Nowhere – Neil Young
86.David Axelrod – Song of Innocence new!
87.Beggars Banquet – The Rolling Stones
88.I Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Die – Country Joe and the Fish new!
89.Entertainment – Family new!
90.Songs from a Room – Leonard Cohen down
91.Days of Future Passed – The Moody Blues
92.Four Sail – Love
93.Phallus Dei – Amon Dull II
94.Bayou Country – Creedence Clearwater Revival
95.Paul Butterfield Blues Band – s/t new!
96.Blowin’ Your Mind – Van Morrison
97.Kick out the Jams – MC5
98.Our Mother the Mountain – Townes van Zant up
99.Safe as Milk – Captain Beefheart
100.The Twain Shall Meet – Eric Burdon new!
101.My Generation – The Who
102.Axomoxoa – The Grateful Dead new!
103.Just for You – Neil Diamond
104.The Stooges – The Stooges
105.John Wesley Harding – Bob Dylan
- God Bless the Red Krayola – Red Krayola new!
107.Marble Index – Nico
108.Truth – Jeff Beck new!
109.Dear Mr. Fantasy – Traffic
110.John Mayall – Hard Road new!
111.Ptooff! – The Deviants
112.Out of Our Heads – Rolling Stones new!
113.Spirit – s/t new!
114.Chelsea Girls – Nico
115.The Way I Feel – Gordon Lightfoot
116.Here Are – The Sonics new!
117.Absolutely Free – Frank Zappa
118.Ummagumma – Pink Floyd new!
119.Anthem of the Sun – Grateful Dead down
120.In Search of a Lost Chord – Moody Blues new!
121.Happy Together – Turtles new!
122.Vincebus Eruptum – Blue Cheer
