Music Lists Are Us: favorite albums of the '60s

1969

Abbey Road by The Beatles

Soul '69 by Aretha Franklin

Clouds by Joni Mitchell

The Band by The Band

Cloud Nine by The Temptations

Stand by Sly and the Family Stone

Crosby, Stills and Nash by Crosby, Stills and Nash

Dusty in Memphis by Dusty Springfield

Everybody Knows This is Nowhere by Neil Young

The Age of Aquarius by The 5th Dimension

Liege and Life by Fairport Convention

My Cherie Amour by Stevie Wonder

Willy and the Poor Boys by Credence Clearwater Revival

Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 by The Jackson 5

First Take by Roberta Flack

Suitable for Framing by Three Dog Night

Completely Well by B.B. King

Soulful by Dionne Warwick

Home by Delaney and Bonnie

Courage by Milton Nascimento

Green River by Credence Clearwater Revival

The Young Mods Forgotten Story by The Impressions

Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention

I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama by Janis Joplin

From Elvis in Memphis by Elvis Presley

It's Our Thing by The Isley Brothers

Bayou Country by Credence Clearwater Revival

That's the Way God Planned it by Billy Preston

Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake

To Love Somebody by Nina Simone

Songs From a Room by Leonard Cohen

Green is Blues by Al Green

Nashville Skyline by Bob Dylan

Gilberto Gil by Gilberto Gil

3614 Jackson Highway by Cher

1968

Lady Soul by Aretha Franklin

For Once in My Life by Stevie Wonder

Joni Mitchell (aka Song to a Seagull) by Joni Mitchell

Music From Big Pink by The Band

Tell Mama by Etta James

Astral Weeks by Van Morrison

Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks

Dance to the Music by Sly and the Family Stone

The Beatles (aka The White Album) by The Beatles

Eli and the Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

Bookends by Simon and Garfunkel

Makeba! by Miriam Makeba

Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones

Aretha Now by Aretha Franklin

I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Marvin Gaye

Aerial Ballet by Harry Nilsson

Wish It Would Rain by The Temptations

Randy Newman by Randy Newman

'Nuff Said by Nina Simone

Dusty Definitely by Dusty Springfield

The Birds, the Bees and the Monkees by The Monkees

La La Means I Love You by The Delfonics

Traffic by Traffic

Speak Like a Child by Herbie Hancock

Friends by The Beach Boys

Any Day Now by Joan Baez (Bob Dylan covers)

Reflections by The Supremes

Credence Clearwater Revival by Credence Clearwater Revival

Stoned Soul Picnic by The 5th Dimension

Feliciano! By Jose Feliciano

1967

Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You by Aretha Franklin

Miles Smiles by Miles Davis

John Wesley Harding by Bob Dylan

United by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell

The Look of Love by Dusty Springfield

Songs of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen

Reach Out by The Four Tops

Forever Changes by Love

Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim by Frank Sinatra and Antonio Jobim

With a Lot o' Soul by The Temptations

Wildflowers by Judy Collins

The Magic Garden by The 5th Dimension

Just for You by Neil Diamond

High Priestess of Soul by Nina Simone

Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones by The Monkees

I Was Made to Love Her by Stevie Wonder

Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers by Gene Clark

More Than a New Discovery by Laura Nyro

Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd

Aretha Arrives by Aretha Franklin

Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles

Wave by Antonio Carlos Jobim

Kites Are Fun by The Free Design

The Real McCoy by McCoy Tyner

Pandemonium Shadow Show by Harry Nilsson

Soul Men by Sam and Dave

Up, Up and Away by The 5th Dimension

Ode to Billie Joe by Bobbie Gentry

Straight, No Chaser by Thelonious Monk

More of the Monkees by The Monkees

The Sound of Wilson Pickett by Wilson Pickett

Revolution by Paul Revere and the Raiders

Silk and Soul by Nina Simone

Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds

Someday at Christmas by Stevie Wonder

The Windows of the World by Dionne Warwick

Lumpy Gravy by Frank Zappa

West Side Soul by Magic Sam

The Party's Over by Willie Nelson

Axis: Bold as Love by Jimi Hendrix

Something Else by The Kinks

Back Up Train by Al Green(e)

1st by The Bee Gees

Born Under a Bad Sign by Albert King

Carryin' On With Johnny Cash and June Carter by Johnny Cash and June Carter

Lush Life by Nancy Wilson

Big Swing Face by Buddy Rich

Big Brother and Holding Company by Big Brother and Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin

Sorcerer by Miles Davis

Deliver by The Mamas and the Papas

The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland by The Supremes

Hello I'm Dolly by Dolly Parton

Make It Happen by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

Smiley Smile by The Beach Boys

Knock on Wood by Eddie Floyd

Freak Out by The Mother's of Invention

Are You Experienced by Jimi Hendrix

Where Am I Going by Dusty Springfield

The Way I Feel by Gordon Lightfoot

Cold Sweat by James Brown

Blowin' Your Mind! By Van Morrison

Chelsea Girl by Nico

King and Queen by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas

Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie

1966

Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Meditations by John Coltrane

Revolver by The Beatles

If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears by The Mamas and the Papas

Gettin' Ready by The Temptations

Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan

I Hear a Symphony by The Supremes

Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Dusty Springfield

Dictionary of Soul by Otis Redding

Aftermath by The Rolling Stones

Cookbook by George Benson

Watchout! By Martha and the Vandellas

Grrr by Hugh Masekela

The Sonny Side of Cher by Cher

The Exciting Wilson Pickett by Wilson Pickett

River Deep - Mountain High by Ike and Tina Turner

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme by Simon and Garfunkel

Down to Earth by Stevie Wonder

Fifth Dimension by The Byrds

The Supremes a' Go-Go by The Supremes

Da Capo by Love

It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World by James Brown

Boots by Nancy Sinatra

Hold On, I'm Comin' by Sam and Dave

Dr. Zhivago (movie score) by Maurice Jarre

1965

Help! By The Beatles

A Love Supremes by John Coltrane

Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

The Temptations Sing Smokey Robinson by The Temptations

Ella at Duke's Place by Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington

Rubber Soul by the Beatles

Second Album by The Four Tops

Summer Days (And Summer Nights!) By The Beach Boys

People Get Ready by The Impressions

This is Jackie DeShannon by Jackie DeShannon

E.S.P. by Miles Davis

A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi

The Temptin' Temptations by The Temptations

Trio '65 by Bill Evans

Travelin' Light by Shirley Horn

Turn, Turn, Turn by The Byrds

Everything's Coming Up Dusty by Dusty Springfield

My Generation by The Who

Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock

Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan

The Astrud Gilberto Album by Astrud Gilberto

The Paul Simon Songbook by Paul Simon

Dance Party by Martha and the Vandellas

Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds

The Beach Boys Today by The Beach Boys

Pastel Blues by Nina Simone

September of My Years by Frank Sinatra

It's Uptown by George Benson

Leader of the Pack by The Shangri-las

The In Crowd by Ramsey Lewis Trio

Do You Believe in Magic by The Lovin' Spoonful

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag by James Brown

Odetta Sings Dylan by Odetta

Orange Blossom Special by Johnny Cash

Out of Our Heads by The Rolling Stones

The Heliocentric World of Sun Ra, Volume One by Sun Ra

1964

A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles

The Johnny Mercer Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

The Times They Are a Changin' by Bob Dylan

Anyone Who Had a Heart by Dionne Warwick

All Summer Long by The Beach Boys

Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be With You by Dusty Springfield

Waltz for Debby by Bill Evans

The Four Tops by The Four Tops

Keep On Pushing by The Impressions

Under the Boardwalk by The Drifters

Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes

Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim

Shut Down, Volume 2 by The Beach Boys

Rocks the House by Etta James

Ain't That Good News by Sam Cooke

Out to Lunch by Eric Dolphy

Broadway - Blues - Ballads by Nina Simone

The Beatles for Sale by The Beatles

St. Louis to Liverpool by Chuck Berry

Les Parapluies De Cherbourg (movie soundtrack) by Michel Legrand

Dusty by Dusty Springfield

Another Side of Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

It's Monk's Time by Thelonious Monk

The Kinks by The Kinks

Make Way for Dionne Warwick by Dionne Warwick

12 x 5 by The Rolling Stones

I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash

1963

With the Beatles by The Beatles

The Jerome Kern Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

The End of the World by Skeeter Davis

Duke Ellington and John Coltrane by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane

Little Deuce Coupe by The Beach Boys

Jazz Samba Encore! By Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfa

Heat Wave by Martha and the Vandellas

Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus by Charles Mingus

Conversations With Myself by Bill Evans

Back to the Blues by Dinah Washington

Seven Steps to Heaven by Miles Davis

Please Please Me by The Beatles

Afro-Bossa by Duke Ellington

Caravan by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers

The Composer of Desafinado Plays by Antonio Carlos Jobim

Shirley Horn With Horns by Shirley Horn

Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins by Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins

Mr. Soul by Sam Cooke

Surfer Girl by The Beach Boys

Monk's Dream by Thelonious Monk

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady by Charles Mingus

Presenting Dionne Warwick by Dionne Warwick

How the West was Won (movie score) by Alfred Newman

Sonny Meets Hawk by Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins

Night Train by The Oscar Peterson Trio

Ella and Basie! by Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie and his orchestra

He's a Rebel by The Crystals

Criss - Cross by Thelonious Monk

Surfin' U.S.A. by The Beach Boys

Loads of Love by Shirley Horn

Do the Bossa Nova With Herbie Mann by Herbie Mann

These Are the Blues by Ella Fitzgerald

That Stubborn Kinda Fellow by Marvin Gaye

Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle by Oscar Peterson and Nelson Riddle

Night Beat by Sam Cooke

Ella Sings Broadway by Ella Fitzgerald

John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman by John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman

King of the Surf Guitar by Dick Dale

Laughing on the Outside by Aretha Franklin

Blood, Sweat and Tears by Johnny Cash

1962

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles

Sentimentally Yours by Patsy Cline

Go by Dexter Gordon

Save the Last Dance for Me by The Drifters

Undercurrent by Bill Evans and Jim Hall

Baby It's You by The Shirelles

Full House by Wes Montgomery

Lawrence of Arabia (movie soundtrack) by Maurice Jarre

Rhythm is My Business by Ella Fitzgerald

The Bridge by Sonny Rollins

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music 2 by Ray Charles

Inception by McCoy Tyner

Tears and Laughter by Dinah Washington

Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan

Money Jungle by Duke Ellington

Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley by Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley

Sinatra and Strings by Frank Sinatra

Coltrane by John Coltrane

Pot Luck by Elvis Presley

Green Onions by Booker T. and the M.G.s

Empathy by Bill Evans and Shelly Manne

All Aboard the Blue Train by Johnny Cash

Big Blues by Albert King

All the Sad Young Men by Anita O'Day

Surfin' Safari by The Beach Boys

Bashin': The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith by Jimmy Smith

The Sound of Johnny Cash by Johnny Cash

Cookin' With the Miracles by The Miracles

I Left My Heart in San Francisco by Tony Bennett

The Locomotion by Little Eva

All Alone by Frank Sinatra

1961

Genius + Soul = Jazz by Ray Charles

At Last by Etta James

Patsy Cline Showcase by Patsy Cline

Sunday at the Village Vanguard by Bill Evans

The Harold Arlen Songbook by Ella Fitzgerald

All the Way by Frank Sinatra

Someday My Prince Will Come by Miles Davis

Judy at Carnegie Hall by Judy Garland

My Favorite Things by John Coltrane

West Side Story (movie soundtrack) by Leonard Bernstein

Straight Ahead by Abbey Lincoln

Come Swing With Me by Frank Sinatra

Lush Life by John Coltrane

Two Steps From the Blues by Bobby Blue Bland

The Swingin's Mutual by the George Shearing Quintet and Nancy Wilson

Explorations by the Bill Evans Trio

Genius Sings the Blues by Ray Charles

Rah! By Mark Murphy

Joan Baez, Vol. 2 by Joan Baez

Dance til Quarter to Three by Gary U.S. Bonds

Time Further Out by the Dave Brubeck Quartet

Sinatra's Swinging Session !!! By Frank Sinatra

1960

Giant Steps by John Coltrane

Sketches in Spain by Miles Davis

Nice 'n' Easy by Frank Sinatra

Songs from the Soundtrack of 'Let No Man Write My Epitaph' by Ella Fitzgerald

The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke by Sam Cooke

The Genius Hits the Road by Ray Charles

September in the Rain by Dinah Washington and Brook Benton

It's Everly Time by the Everly Brothers

The Incredible Jazz Guitar by Wes Montgomery

Elvis is Back by Elvis Presley

Jo + Jazz by Jo Stafford

Third Stream Music by the Modern Jazz Quartet

Ride This Train by Johnny Cash

We Insist by Max Roach

Portrait in Jazz by Bill Evansi

Like in Love by Nancy Wilson

Gillespiana by Dizzy Gillespie

Second Genesis by Wayne Shorter

The Fabulous Style of the Everly Brothers by the Everly Brothers

Drums of Passion by Babatunde Olatunji

Joan Baez by Joan Baez

I Concentrate On You by Dinah Washington

G.I. Blues by Elvis Presley

Change of the Century by Ornette Coleman

Something Wonderful by Nancy Wilson

A Portrait of Duke Ellington by Dizzy Gillespie

Now There Was a Song by Johnny Cash

Ritchie Valens by Ritchie Valens

For Lonely Lovers by Dinah Washington

A Date with the Everly Brothers by The Everly Brothers