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
2019 edition – 167 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.Piper at the Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd up
7.The Gilded Palace of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers up
8.The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
9.Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
10.Roger the Engineer - The Yardbirds
11.In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
12.Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
13.Parable of Arable Land - Red Crayola
14.Are you Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
15.After Bathing at Baxter’s - Jefferson Airplane
16.Music from a Doll's House – Family
17.Joy of a Toy - Kevin Ayers
18.One Nation Underground - Pearls Before Swine
19.Goodbye and Hello - Tim Buckley
20.Arthur (or the decline and fall of the British Empire) - The Kinks
21.Let It Bleed - the Rolling Stones
22.Lightfoot! - Gordon Lightfoot
23.More Than a New Discovery – Laura Nyro new!
24.Once Upon a Time in the West - Ennio Morricone
25.Da Capo – Love
26.The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse - Bonzo Dog Band
27.Odessey & Oracle - The Zombies
28.Willy and the Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival
29.The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds
30.White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground
31.The Band - II
32.A Saucerful of Secrets - Pink Floyd
33.The Doors - The Doors
34.The Fugs Second Album - The Fugs
35.Tangerine Dream – Kaleidoscope new!
36.Tommy - The Who
37.Live Dead – The Grateful Dead
38.American Metaphysical Circus - Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies new!
39.Jackson Frank – s/t new!
40.Our Mother the Mountain - Townes van Zant up
41.Uncle Meat – Frank Zappa
42.Disraeli Gears - Cream up
43.Something Else - the Kinks
44.6 and 12 String Guitar – Leo Kottke new!
45.Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
46.Freak Out - Frank Zappa
47.Between the Buttons - The Rolling Stones
48.Canaxis – Holger Czukay new!
49.Baklava - Pearls Before Swine
50.Beacon from Mars - Kaleidoscope UK
51.The Family that Plays Together – Spirit
52.Bringing it All Back Home - Bob Dylan
53.Love - s/t
54.Abbey Road - The Beatles
55.Fred Neil - s/t
56.Volume One - The Soft Machine
57.Strange Days - The Doors
58.Sell Out - The Who
59.Black Monk Time - The Monks
60.Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart
61.Butterfly – The Hollies new!
62.Kick out the Jams - MC5 up
63.Valentine Suite - Colosseum
64.Stand! - Sly and the Family Stone
65.Battle of the Bands – The Turtles new!
66.East West - Paul Butterfield Blues Band up
67.Song Cycle – Van Dyke Parks – new!
68.Creedence Clearwater Revival - s/t
69.Gorilla - Bonzo Dog Band
70.Psychedelic Sounds Of - 13th Floor Elevators
71.Songs for a Tailor – Jack Bruce new!
72.Happy Sad - Tim Buckley
73.Jimmy Cliff - s/t
74.Wheels of Fire – Cream Up
75.Deviants – Disposable new!
76.Looks Like Rain - Mickey Newburn new!
77.Safe at Home - International Submarine Band
78.Revolver - The Beatles
79.Sunshine Superman – Donovan
80.Rave Up – The Yardbirds new!
81.Blue Afternoon -Tim Buckley
82.Music from Big Pink - The Band new!
83.The United States of America - The United States of America up
84.Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
85.The Deviants – s/t new!
86.Behold and See- Ultimate Spinach
87.The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
88.
89.Silver Apples - Silver Apples
90.Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
91.The Seeds - The Seeds
92.Elephant Mountain – The Youngbloods new!
93.Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
94.You Baby – The Turtles new!
95.Tenderness Junction – The Fugs new!
96.Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
97.Aftermath - The Rolling Stones
98.Another Side of Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
99.Hurdy Gurdy Man – Donovan
100.Led Zeppelin 2 - Led Zeppelin
101.Younger than Yesterday - The Byrds
102.Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
103.‘Bout Changes and Things – Eric Anderson new!
104.Web of Sound - The Seeds
105.Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
106.Moondog – s/t new!
107.Everybody Knows This is Nowhere - Neil Young
108.David Axelrod - Song of Innocence
109.Psychedelic Lollipop – Blues Magoos new!
110.Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
111.Marble Index - Nico
112.You Got My Mind Messed Up – James Carr new!
113.I Feel Like I'm Fixin’ to Die - Country Joe and the Fish
114.Entertainment – Family
115.Songs from a Room - Leonard Cohen
116.Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
117.Four Sail - Love
118.Phallus Dei - Amon Dull II
119.Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival
120.Alchemy – Third Ear Band new!
121.Paul Butterfield Blues Band – s/t new!
122.Blowin' Your Mind - Van Morrison
123.Scott 4 – Scott Walker new!
124.Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart
125.The Twain Shall Meet - Eric Burdon
126.Crosby Still and Nash – s/t new!
127.The Great San Bernardino – John Fahey new!
128.My Generation - The Who
129.Axomoxoa - The Grateful Dead
130.Just for You - Neil Diamond
131.Hot Rats – Frank zappa new!
132.The Stooges - The Stooges
133.John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
134. God Bless the Red Krayola - Red Krayola
135.Incredible – Kaleidoscope new!
136.Fresh Cream – Cream new!
137.Truth - Jeff Beck
138.Dear Mr. Fantasy - Traffic
139.John Mayall - Hard Road
140.Blind Faith – s/t new!
141.The Incredible String Band – s/t new!
142.Ptooff! - The Deviants
143.Psychedelic Moods – The Deep new!
144.Out of Our Heads - Rolling Stones
145.Spirit - s/t
146.Electric Comic Book – The Blues Magoos new!
147.Tim Hardin – One - new!
148.The Soul Album – Otis Redding - new!
149.Chelsea Girls - Nico
150.The Way I Feel - Gordon Lightfoot
151.Projections – The Blues Project - new!
152.Volume One – The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band - new!
153.Here Are – The Sonics
154.Absolutely Free - Frank Zappa
155.Joni Mitchell - s/t
156.Ummagumma – Pink Floyd
157.Anthem of the Sun - Grateful Dead
158.Townes van Zant – s/t new!
159.Wild Thing – The Troggs - new!
160.Easter Everywhere – 13th floor Elevators - new!
161.In Search of a Lost Chord - Moody Blues
162.Happy Together – Turtles
163.Philosophy of the World – the shaggs new!
164.Vincebus Eruptum - Blue Cheer
165.Dirty Water – The Standells - new!
166.Dusty in Memphis – Dusty Springfield new!
167.Mott the Hoople – s/t new!