✅ Pitchfork - The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (2017)
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 7:58 am
Pitchfork - The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (2017)
200. Ennio Morricone - Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo
199. Donovan - Sunshine Superman
198. Andrew Hill - Point of Departure
197. Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures
196. Wanda Jackson - Rockin’ With Wanda
195. Nilsson - Aerial Ballet
194. Donald Byrd - A New Perspective
193. The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl
192. Link Wray & the Wraymen - Link Wray & the Wraymen
191. Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei
190. Judy Collins - Wildflowers
189. The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at “The Club”
188. Dave Van Ronk - Folksinger
187. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
186. The Kinks - Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
185. Charles Mingus - Mingus Plays Piano
184. BBC Radiophonic Workshop - BBC Radiophonic Music
183. Mickey Newbury - Looks Like Rain
182. The Soft Machine - The Soft Machine
181. Lesley Gore - I’ll Cry If I Want To
180. Wilson Pickett - The Exciting Wilson Pickett
179. Art Ensemble of Chicago - Message to Our Folks
178. Wendy Carlos - Switched-On Bach
177. Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles
176. Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt
175. Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie - Ella and Basie!
174. Patty Waters - Sings
173. Duke Ellington - Far East Suite
172. Eddie Palmieri - Justicia
171. Various Artists - Golden Rain
170. Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear
169. The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
168. The Peter Brötzmann Octet - Machine Gun
167. The Impressions - Keep On Pushing
166. Byrd Brothers - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
165. Sonny Rollins - The Bridge
164. The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night
163. Big Brother & the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
162. Dr. John - Gris-Gris
161. White Noise - An Electric Storm
160. Phil Ochs - I Ain’t Marching Anymore
159. Ray Barretto - Acid
158. Alice Coltrane - A Monastic Trio
157. Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
156. Ornette Coleman Trio - Live at the “Golden Circle” Stockholm Vol. 1
155. Moondog - Moondog
154. The Delfonics - La La Means I Love You
153. Max Roach - We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
152. Jacques Brel - Ces Gens-là
151. La Monte YoungMarian Zazeela - The Black Record
150. John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane
149. Son House - Father of Folk Blues
148. Roberta Flack - First Take
147. Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm
146. Jorge Ben - Samba Esquema Novo
145. Archie Shepp - Blasé
144. David Axelrod - Song of Innocence
143. Alexander “Skip” Spence - Oar
142. Frank Sinatra - September of My Years
141. Shirley and Dolly Collins - Anthems in Eden
140. Mary Lou Williams - Black Christ of the Andes
139. Stevie Wonder - For Once in My Life
138. Sun Ra and His Arkestra - The Magic City
137. The Isley Brothers - It’s Our Thing
136. Roy Orbison - Crying
135. Fred Neil - Fred Neil
134. Duke Ellington/Charles Mingus/Max Roach - Money Jungle
133. Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now
132. The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin
131. Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff
130. Various Artists - A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
129. The United States of America - The United States of America
128. John Coltrane - Live at Birdland
127. The Monks - Black Monk Time
126. Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E
125. Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman
124. The Kinks - Something Else By the Kinks
123. Marvin Gaye - In the Groove
122. Mulatu Astatke - Afro-Latin Soul, Vol. 1
121. Desmond Dekker and The Aces - Israelites
120. Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
119. The Meters - The Meters
118. The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
117. Serge Gainsbourg - Initials B.B.
116. Miles Davis - Nefertiti
115. The Fugs - The Fugs First Album
114. Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser
113. Harry Partch - The World of Harry Partch
112. The Paragons - On the Beach
111. Tom Zé - Grande Liquidação
110. The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World
109. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
108. Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
107. Four Tops - Reach Out
106. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
105. Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence
104. Patsy Cline - Sentimentally Yours
103. Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
102. Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis
101. The Mothers of Inventions - Freak Out!
100. Sun Ra - The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra
99. Gilberto Gil - Gilberto Gil
98. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
97. Randy Newman - Randy Newman
96. Howlin’ Wolf - Howlin’ Wolf
95. The Doors - The Doors
94. Nina Simone - In Concert
93. Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle
92. Gal Costa - Gal Costa
91. James Brown - Say It Loud - I’m Black and I’m Proud
90. Françoise Hardy - Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles
89. The Temptations - Cloud Nine
88. 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
87. Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra - Nancy & Lee
86. Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell - United
85. The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
84. Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
83. Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of the Moon
82. Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
81. The Band - The Band
80. Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte
79. Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso
78. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
77. Silver Apples - Silver Apples
76. Steve Reich/Richard Maxfield/Pauline Oliveros - New Sounds in Electronic Music (Come Out / Night Music / I of IV)
75. Toots and the Maytals - Sweet and Dandy
74. John Fahey - The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
73. Joni Mitchell - Clouds
72. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
71. Same Cooke - Ain’t That Good News
70. Leonard Cohen - Songs From a Room
69. The Who - The Who Sell Out
68. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
67. Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk
66. Buff Sainte-Marie - Illuminations
65. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe as Milk
64. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
63. Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
62. Etta James - At Last!
61. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
60. Grateful Dead - Live Dead
59. Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
58. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
57. The Ornette Coleman Quartet - This Is Our Music
56. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
55. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
54. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
53. Pharoah Sanders - Karma
52. Karen Dalton - It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going to Love You the Best
51. Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes
50. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
49. The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack
48. Can - Monster Movie
47. The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle
46. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
45. Scott Walker - Scott 4
44. Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg - Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
43. Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
42. Nico - Chelsea Girl
41. Terry Riley - In C
40. Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep – Mountain High
39. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
38. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
37. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
36. John Coltrane - Giant Steps
35. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
34. Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
33. Love - Forever Changes
32. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
31. The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
30. Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
29. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
28. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
27. The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
26. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
25. Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
24. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
23. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
22. The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
21. Nina Simone - Pastel Blues
20. The Stooges - The Stooges
19. Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
18. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
17. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
16. The Beatles - Abbey Road
15. Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch!
14. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
13. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
12. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
11. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
10. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
9. Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
8. The Beatles - Revolver
7. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
6. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
5. Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind
4. The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album)
3. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
2. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
200. Ennio Morricone - Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo
199. Donovan - Sunshine Superman
198. Andrew Hill - Point of Departure
197. Cecil Taylor - Unit Structures
196. Wanda Jackson - Rockin’ With Wanda
195. Nilsson - Aerial Ballet
194. Donald Byrd - A New Perspective
193. The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl
192. Link Wray & the Wraymen - Link Wray & the Wraymen
191. Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei
190. Judy Collins - Wildflowers
189. The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at “The Club”
188. Dave Van Ronk - Folksinger
187. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
186. The Kinks - Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
185. Charles Mingus - Mingus Plays Piano
184. BBC Radiophonic Workshop - BBC Radiophonic Music
183. Mickey Newbury - Looks Like Rain
182. The Soft Machine - The Soft Machine
181. Lesley Gore - I’ll Cry If I Want To
180. Wilson Pickett - The Exciting Wilson Pickett
179. Art Ensemble of Chicago - Message to Our Folks
178. Wendy Carlos - Switched-On Bach
177. Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles
176. Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt
175. Ella Fitzgerald/Count Basie - Ella and Basie!
174. Patty Waters - Sings
173. Duke Ellington - Far East Suite
172. Eddie Palmieri - Justicia
171. Various Artists - Golden Rain
170. Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear
169. The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!
168. The Peter Brötzmann Octet - Machine Gun
167. The Impressions - Keep On Pushing
166. Byrd Brothers - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
165. Sonny Rollins - The Bridge
164. The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night
163. Big Brother & the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills
162. Dr. John - Gris-Gris
161. White Noise - An Electric Storm
160. Phil Ochs - I Ain’t Marching Anymore
159. Ray Barretto - Acid
158. Alice Coltrane - A Monastic Trio
157. Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
156. Ornette Coleman Trio - Live at the “Golden Circle” Stockholm Vol. 1
155. Moondog - Moondog
154. The Delfonics - La La Means I Love You
153. Max Roach - We Insist! Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite
152. Jacques Brel - Ces Gens-là
151. La Monte YoungMarian Zazeela - The Black Record
150. John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane
149. Son House - Father of Folk Blues
148. Roberta Flack - First Take
147. Don Cherry - Eternal Rhythm
146. Jorge Ben - Samba Esquema Novo
145. Archie Shepp - Blasé
144. David Axelrod - Song of Innocence
143. Alexander “Skip” Spence - Oar
142. Frank Sinatra - September of My Years
141. Shirley and Dolly Collins - Anthems in Eden
140. Mary Lou Williams - Black Christ of the Andes
139. Stevie Wonder - For Once in My Life
138. Sun Ra and His Arkestra - The Magic City
137. The Isley Brothers - It’s Our Thing
136. Roy Orbison - Crying
135. Fred Neil - Fred Neil
134. Duke Ellington/Charles Mingus/Max Roach - Money Jungle
133. Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now
132. The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Gilded Palace of Sin
131. Jimmy Cliff - Jimmy Cliff
130. Various Artists - A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
129. The United States of America - The United States of America
128. John Coltrane - Live at Birdland
127. The Monks - Black Monk Time
126. Tammy Wynette - D-I-V-O-R-C-E
125. Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman
124. The Kinks - Something Else By the Kinks
123. Marvin Gaye - In the Groove
122. Mulatu Astatke - Afro-Latin Soul, Vol. 1
121. Desmond Dekker and The Aces - Israelites
120. Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
119. The Meters - The Meters
118. The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile
117. Serge Gainsbourg - Initials B.B.
116. Miles Davis - Nefertiti
115. The Fugs - The Fugs First Album
114. Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser
113. Harry Partch - The World of Harry Partch
112. The Paragons - On the Beach
111. Tom Zé - Grande Liquidação
110. The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World
109. Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
108. Charles Mingus - Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus
107. Four Tops - Reach Out
106. Ornette Coleman - Free Jazz
105. Simon & Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence
104. Patsy Cline - Sentimentally Yours
103. Stan Getz & João Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
102. Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis
101. The Mothers of Inventions - Freak Out!
100. Sun Ra - The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra
99. Gilberto Gil - Gilberto Gil
98. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
97. Randy Newman - Randy Newman
96. Howlin’ Wolf - Howlin’ Wolf
95. The Doors - The Doors
94. Nina Simone - In Concert
93. Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle
92. Gal Costa - Gal Costa
91. James Brown - Say It Loud - I’m Black and I’m Proud
90. Françoise Hardy - Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles
89. The Temptations - Cloud Nine
88. 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
87. Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra - Nancy & Lee
86. Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell - United
85. The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
84. Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
83. Morton Subotnick - Silver Apples of the Moon
82. Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
81. The Band - The Band
80. Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte
79. Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso
78. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
77. Silver Apples - Silver Apples
76. Steve Reich/Richard Maxfield/Pauline Oliveros - New Sounds in Electronic Music (Come Out / Night Music / I of IV)
75. Toots and the Maytals - Sweet and Dandy
74. John Fahey - The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
73. Joni Mitchell - Clouds
72. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
71. Same Cooke - Ain’t That Good News
70. Leonard Cohen - Songs From a Room
69. The Who - The Who Sell Out
68. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
67. Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk
66. Buff Sainte-Marie - Illuminations
65. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe as Milk
64. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
63. Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
62. Etta James - At Last!
61. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
60. Grateful Dead - Live Dead
59. Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard
58. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
57. The Ornette Coleman Quartet - This Is Our Music
56. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
55. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
54. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
53. Pharoah Sanders - Karma
52. Karen Dalton - It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going to Love You the Best
51. Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes
50. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
49. The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack
48. Can - Monster Movie
47. The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle
46. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
45. Scott Walker - Scott 4
44. Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg - Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
43. Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain
42. Nico - Chelsea Girl
41. Terry Riley - In C
40. Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep – Mountain High
39. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
38. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
37. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
36. John Coltrane - Giant Steps
35. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
34. Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
33. Love - Forever Changes
32. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
31. The Ronettes - Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
30. Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
29. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
28. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
27. The Kinks - The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society
26. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
25. Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
24. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
23. Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul
22. The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
21. Nina Simone - Pastel Blues
20. The Stooges - The Stooges
19. Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
18. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
17. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
16. The Beatles - Abbey Road
15. Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch!
14. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
13. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
12. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
11. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
10. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
9. Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
8. The Beatles - Revolver
7. James Brown - Live at the Apollo
6. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
5. Nina Simone - Wild Is the Wind
4. The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album)
3. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
2. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico