Albums – remember those? No, not necessarily vinyl – I prefer CDs. But I’m talking about a well thought-out and well put-together set of songs by a single artist or group. This is an evolving list of albums that I recommend you check out. These are the “best of the best” – it’s a bit of a cop out to just say “everything by Bob Dylan”, etc. They are ranked (somewhat roughly) within the year of release. If you have a recommendation, let me know!
pre-1967
Moondog [Prestige] (1956)
Miles Davis – Kind of Blue (1959)
The Beatles – Help! (1965)
Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home (1965)
The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965)
The Beatles – Revolver (1966)
1967
Velvet Underground & Nico
One of the most influential blah-blah-blah
Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?
Jimi Hendrix is the ultimate guitar hero blah-blah-blah
The Doors – The Doors
Pink Floyd – The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Cream – Disraeli Gears
Jimi Hendrix – Axis: Bold as Love
Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
Nico – Chelsea Girl
Country Joe and the Fish – Electric Music for Mind and Body
Love – Forever Changes
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
Moby Grape – Moby Grape
Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
Vanilla Fudge – Vanilla Fudge
Jefferson Airplane – After Bathing at Baxter’s
Captain Beefheart – Safe as Milk
Kaleidoscope [UK] – Tangerine Dream
1968
The Beatles – White Album
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
The Kinks – The Village Green Preservation Society
Leonard Cohen – Songs of Leonard Cohen
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of Secrets
Wendy Carlos – Switched On Bach
United States of America – United States of America
Traffic – Traffic
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Taj Mahal – The Natch’l Blues
Cream – Wheels of Fire
The Soft Machine – Volume One
Jefferson Airplane – Crown of Creation
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
Silver Apples – Silver Apples
The Electric Prunes – Mass in F Minor
Dr. John – Gris-Gris
The Electric Prunes – Release of an Oath
1969
The Beatles – Abbey Road
The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground
Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
The Who – Tommy
Miles Davis – In a Silent Way
Fairport Convention – Liege & Lief
King Crimson – In the Court of the Crimson King
The Kinks – Arthur
Fairport Convention – Unhalfbricking
Sly and the Family Stone – Stand
Led Zeppelin – II
Van Der Graaf Generator – The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other
The Stooges – The Stooges
Led Zeppelin – I
Can – Monster Movie
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash
Terry Riley – Rainbow in Curved Air
Kevin Ayers – Joy of a Toy
The Soft Machine – Volume Two
Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers
Alice Cooper – Pretties For You
Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left
Joe Byrd and the Field Hippies – The American Metaphysical Circus
Euphoria – Gift from Euphoria
The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Gilded Palace of Sin
Kaleidoscope [US] – Incredible!
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