✅ Paste 60 Best Albums of the 1960s

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Harold
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✅ Paste 60 Best Albums of the 1960s

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In looking at the decade lists from Paste included in the post on non-EOY lists to be added, I found that they did a 1960s list as well (a staff list, from 2012):
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/list ... 1960s.html

I don't think it's been posted here before. JR, can you add this one to the post?

The list (maximum of 3 albums per artist):

60 Booker T. and the M.G.'s - Green Onions
59 Big Brother and The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
58 The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators
57 The MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
56 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
55 The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heart
54 David Bowie - Space Oddity
53 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
52 Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' Wolf
51 Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
50 Simon and Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence
49 The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
48 The Doors - The Doors
47 The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
46 The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack
45 Cream - Disraeli Gears
44 Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
43 Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
42 Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
41 The Stooges - The Stooges
40 The Beach Boys - Wild Honey
39 The Who - The Who Sell Out
38 Etta James - At Last!
37 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
36 Sam Cooke - Night Beat
35 The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
34 The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
33 The Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
32 Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
31 Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay
30 Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
29 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
28 Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
27 Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
26 Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
25 Otis Redding - Otis Blue
24 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
23 The Who - Tommy
22 King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
21 Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
20 Love - Forever Changes
19 Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
18 The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
17 Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
16 Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
15 The Band - The Band
14 The Beatles - Abbey Road
13 The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
12 The Band - Music from Big Pink
11 The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
10 John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
9 James Brown - Live at the Apollo
8 Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
7 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced
6 Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
5 The Beatles - Revolver
4 The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
3 The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
2 Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
1 The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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Re: Paste 60 Best Albums of the 1960s

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Done, Harold. :P

Rolling Stones couldn't get three entries, like Beatles, Dylan and Velvet Underground? :mrgreen:
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JR wrote:Rolling Stones couldn't get three entries, like Beatles, Dylan and Velvet Underground? :mrgreen:
And Jimi :)
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Great find, Harold!
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