The top 14 albums of the 1960's

kdpjam

aBoxOfFear wrote:

revolver can't be touched. not even by another beatles album. they could have stayed together forever and they would never have been able to make a better album.

reeferchief

Like what the other's have said Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and Led Zeppelin and pretty much most of what's already been reccomended, you need to get into these bands and your list will change, your right about the 60's been an amazing era in music but from your list you haven't discovered more than half of what made it amazing yet.:)

intodeep

Nice list. Many folks have made many suggestions one i have not seen that is one of my favorite albums from the 60's was 1969's Bitches Brew by Miles Davis.

This was not the first rock/jazz fusion album but it might as well have been because it defined the genre moving forward.

that would be my suggestion if you are looking to check out other stuff, but of course if you don't like jazz it may not be as easy to get into as say a jimi hendrix album or neil young's everybody knows this is nowhere that includes the almighty three round salvo or cinnamon girl, down by the river, and cowgirl in the sand.

catefrances

jhawk98 wrote:

I suppose your right. It seems to me though that radio plays only a fraction of the beatles catalog and their is a lot of good stuff left to get into. Maybe it's the same way with LZ. Give me a suggestion of a LZ album that is good, but that has a significant amount of music that is not played into the ground. For example, the White Album has a TON of music that radio never touches. What is the LZ equivalent?

i can't give you an equivalent.i don't listen to commercial radio. but personally the first album does it for me. black mountain side is just a killer tune. no words but still short and oh so sweet. i can't quit you babe and baby i'm gonna leave you just hum. oh yeah and there's dazed and confused.

Oh, Jimmy

catefrances wrote:

i can't give you an equivalent.i don't listen to commercial radio. but personally the first album does it for me. black mountain side is just a killer tune. no words but still short and oh so sweet. i can't quit you babe and baby i'm gonna leave you just hum. oh yeah and there's dazed and confused.

I would say Prescence and Phys Graffiti are the least represented on the radio.

Houses of the Holy only has D'yer Mak'er and the Ocean as radio songs, but the rest of the album is soooooo good. Rain Song makes it worth the price of admission.

III has mostly glorious non radio songs as well. Immigrant song is really the only song that gets much play off that one.


II and IV are the big radio albums. I have heard every Zeppelin song on the radio at one point or another, but 8x out 10 its off of one of these albums. Still great albums, just played all the time on rock radio.


Everybody do themselves a favor and go out and get all the Zeppelin albums.

catefrances

Oh, Jimmy wrote:

II and IV are the big radio albums. I have heard every Zeppelin song on the radio at one point or another, but 8x out 10 its off of one of these albums. Still great albums, just played all the time on rock radio.
Everybody do themselves a favor and go out and get all the Zeppelin albums.

see i'm a zeppelin snob. if you tell me 'stairway to heaven' is your favourite zeppelin song i'm gonna turn my back on you.

Oh, Jimmy

catefrances wrote:

see i'm a zeppelin snob. if you tell me 'stairway to heaven' is your favourite zeppelin song i'm gonna turn my back on you.

If Stairway is my favorite song by Zeppelin it definitely wouldnt be from lack of lookin for somethin different.

Nah, its in the top 5, b/c even if you take away all the hoopla surrounding it, it's still an amazing song.

I honestly dunno if I even have a favorite Zeppelin song.

Achilles Last Stand is one of my faves

Rain Song, Tea For One, In the Evening, basically I love everything Zeppelin has ever released. I even love Coda.

catefrances

Oh, Jimmy wrote:

If Stairway is my favorite song by Zeppelin it definitely wouldnt be from lack of lookin for somethin different.

Nah, its in the top 5, b/c even if you take away all the hoopla surrounding it, it's still an amazing song.

I honestly dunno if I even have a favorite Zeppelin song.

Achilles Last Stand is one of my faves

Rain Song, Tea For One, In the Evening, basically I love everything Zeppelin has ever released. I even love Coda.

but you know the only person's opinion that matters to is yours.

Echoes

Immigrant song sucks

fada

Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band MOST overrated shite I ever bought

Oh, Jimmy

Echoes wrote:

Immigrant song sucks

You suck

Echoes

Oh, Jimmy wrote:

You suck

soory dude, easily the worst song on an otherwise brilliant album

weenie

How about Deep Purple - Machine Head, I think that was '69. Airplane - Bless It's Pointed Little Head. I think Blind Faith is one of the best albums of all time. I still love to listen to it every once in a while.

FinsburyParkCarrots

fada wrote:

Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band MOST overrated shite I ever bought

It's a masterpiece! It's the most convincing crossover of hard bop, free jazz, folk, blues, country, gospel ("Moonlight On Vermont"), psychedelia, performance art and spoken word in music history. There are moments of incredible poetry ("Orange Claw Hammer"), political comment ("Dachau Blues"; "Veteran's Day Poppy"), comic book Hollywood fantasy ("The Blimp") and swamp blues Tom Waits couldn't begin to touch ("China Pig"). And what about "Hair Pie" part one? That's experimental and raw music in its purest form.

Hawkshore

LedZepFan wrote:

my top 14(in no order, because, quite frankly, that is impossible)

Beatles-White
Beatles-Sgt Peppers
Beatles-Abbey Road
Beatles-Revolver
Doors-S/T
Doors-Strange Days
Doors-Waiting for the Sun
Hendrix-Are You Experienced?
Hendrix-Axis
Hendrix-Electric Ladyland
Led Zeppelin-LZ1
Led Zeppelin-LZ2
Rolling Stones-Let it Bleed
Rolling Stones-Beggars Banquet
The Who-Tommy

Great list...can't really argue with any of these except for adding Pink Floyd Meddle...if it was released in the 60's?

fada

1 Sgt Pepper The beatles
2 Abbey Road the beatles
3 Pet Sounds The beach boys
4 Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix experience
5 Led zeppelin Led Zeppelin
6 tommy The Who
7 revolver The beatles
8 highway 61 revisted Bob Dylan
9 Bookends Simon and Garfunkel
10 The white album the beatles
11 On the boards Taste
12 Led Zeppelin || Led Zeppelin
13 small faces small faces
14 A hard days night the beatles

jhawk98

reeferchief wrote:

Like what the other's have said Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and Led Zeppelin and pretty much most of what's already been reccomended, you need to get into these bands and your list will change, your right about the 60's been an amazing era in music but from your list you haven't discovered more than half of what made it amazing yet.:)

It's not like I've never heard of Jimi Hendrix. I've got his blues album (most of which is very good) and of course his greatest hits. The guy is unbelievable It's not that I haven't "discovered" these artists you mentioned, their just not on my list 'cuz I don't have any of their original albums. I will be picking up at least a couple Hendrix records, and begrudingly, maybe Physical Graffitti, since it sounds like that's the one that has been tainted the least by radio-play.

The Doors are just one band I cannot get into. They've got a few decent songs, but I think they have received more attention than their worth because of Morrison's death. That plus the huge number of their fans who became so while in an "altered state of mind" so to speak. Yeah I'm sayin it -the Doors are average at best.

jhawk98

intodeep wrote:

Nice list. Many folks have made many suggestions one i have not seen that is one of my favorite albums from the 60's was 1969's Bitches Brew by Miles Davis.

This was not the first rock/jazz fusion album but it might as well have been because it defined the genre moving forward.

that would be my suggestion if you are looking to check out other stuff, but of course if you don't like jazz it may not be as easy to get into as say a jimi hendrix album or neil young's everybody knows this is nowhere that includes the almighty three round salvo or cinnamon girl, down by the river, and cowgirl in the sand.

Bitches Brew is cool, but i like his earlier, more laid back work better (Kind of Blue obviously, Birth of the Cool). Most of the jazz I own is pre-1960 stuff. Sketches of Spain I guess did come out in '60 or '61 so that would be on my list if I owned it, but don't - just borrowed it from my roomate all the time back in the day. Need to pick up my own copy of that one.

Pearl Jam and toast

velvet underground, Zep., simon and garfunkel (laugh if you want, but at least one of their albums deserves it), Doors,...

goddamnit there was way too much good music in the 60's.

Pearl Jam and toast

Wallawallapj wrote:

OK, we know you like the Beatles... we get it. But to name 6 artists in your top 14? Get a grip, and open your ears! Now how about Zep, the Doors, Jimi, Velvet Underground, Zappa, the MC5, The Dead, shit, even Neil Young recorded a great album in the 60's (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere). The Band, Jefferson Airplane, Nick Drake, Traffic, Cream...do I need to go on? OK, I will.....Joni Mitchell, LOVE, The F***ing WHO!!!!

Not that art is not arbitrary, but know that if you put a top 10 list (or 14) up, it will be torn to shreds!

you're right, but to be fair those beatles albums all deserve that kind of mention in their own right. (but cmon, on such a short list pick one )