Top Albums of 1969
Rank▼ All Time Rank▼ Artist▼ Album▼ Genres▼
1
20
 The Beatles Abbey Road Pop Rock
2
42
 The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed Blues Rock
3
57
 The Band The Band Country Rock, Folk Rock, Roots Rock
4
76
 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Trout Mask Replica Art Rock, Experimental Rock
5
88
 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II Blues Rock, Hard Rock
6
98
 Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis Blue Eyed Soul, Pop Soul
7
132
 The Who Tommy Rock Opera
8
148
 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin Blues Rock, Hard Rock
9
154
 King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King Art Rock, Progressive Rock
10
178
 Nick Drake Five Leaves Left Chamber Folk, Singer/Songwriter
11
188
 The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground Rock
12
193
 Sly and the Family Stone Stand! Funk, Psychedelic Soul
13
196
 The Stooges The Stooges Garage Rock, Hard Rock, Proto-Punk
14
228
 MC5 Kick Out the Jams Garage Rock, Hard Rock, Proto-Punk
15
229
 The Flying Burrito Bros The Gilded Palace of Sin Country Rock
16
239
 Neil Young with Crazy Horse Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter
17
284
 Elvis Presley From Elvis in Memphis Blue Eyed Soul, Country Soul
18
344
 Isaac Hayes Hot Buttered Soul Soul
19
347
 Frank Zappa Hot Rats Jazz Fusion, Jazz-Rock
20
370
 Miles Davis In a Silent Way Jazz Fusion
21
384
 Creedence Clearwater Revival Green River Swamp Rock
22
387
 Grateful Dead Live / Dead Jam Band, Psychedelic Rock
23
414
 Creedence Clearwater Revival Willy and the Poor Boys Swamp Rock
24
440
 Crosby, Stills & Nash Crosby, Stills & Nash Folk Rock
25
456
 Fairport Convention Liege and Lief British Folk Rock
26
509
 Scott Walker Scott 4 Baroque Pop, Singer/Songwriter
27
665
 Quicksilver Messenger Service Happy Trails Acid Rock, Yacht Rock
28
677
 Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline Country, Country Rock, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
29
691
 Fairport Convention Unhalfbricking British Folk Rock
30
692
 Tim Buckley Happy Sad Psychedelic Folk, Singer/Songwriter
31
725
 Johnny Cash At San Quentin Country
32
895
 Alexander Skip Spence Oar Psychedelic Folk, Singer/Songwriter
33
921
 Leonard Cohen Songs from a Room Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
34
931
 The Kinks Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) Pop Rock
35
1037
 Blind Faith Blind Faith Blues Rock, British Blues
36
1088
 Terry Riley A Rainbow in Curved Air Electronic, Minimalism
37
1100
 Karen Dalton It's So Hard to Tell Who's Going to Love You the Best Contemporary Folk
38
1198
 Jefferson Airplane Volunteers Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Yacht Rock
39
1213
 Pharoah Sanders Karma Spiritual Jazz
40
1274
 The Pentangle Basket of Light British Folk Rock, Folk Baroque
41
1306
 Santana Santana Latin Rock
42
1308
 Blood, Sweat & Tears Blood, Sweat & Tears Jazz-Rock
43
1363
 Frank Zappa Uncle Meat Avant-Prog
44
1383
 Jeff Beck Beck-Ola Blues Rock, Hard Rock
45
1399
 Laura Nyro New York Tendaberry Pop Soul, Singer/Songwriter
46
1421
 Can Monster Movie Krautrock, Psychedelic Rock
47
1501
 Moondog Moondog Modern Classical, Third Stream
48
1704
 Joe Cocker With a Little Help from My Friends Blues Rock, Pop Rock
49
1766
 Chicago The Chicago Transit Authority Jazz-Rock
50
1767
 Amon Düül II Phallus Dei Krautrock, Psychedelic Rock
51
1773
 Fleetwood Mac Then Play On Blues Rock
52
1775
 Procol Harum A Salty Dog Progressive Rock
53
1777
 The Tony Williams Lifetime Emergency! Jazz Fusion
54
1847
 Creedence Clearwater Revival Bayou Country Swamp Rock
55
1971
 Scott Walker Scott 3 Art Pop, Baroque Pop, Singer/Songwriter
56
1986
 Buffy Sainte-Marie Illuminations Psychedelic Folk, Singer/Songwriter
57
2018
 Roberta Flack First Take Soul
58
2090
 Art Ensemble of Chicago People in Sorrow Avant-Garde Jazz
59
2173
 The Temptations Cloud Nine Psychedelic Soul
60
2287
 Don Cherry Eternal Rhythm Free Jazz
61
2305
 Boz Scaggs Boz Scaggs Blue Eyed Soul
62
2367
 The Soft Machine Volume Two Canterbury Scene, Experimental Rock, Jazz-Rock, Psychedelic Rock
63
2464
 Bee Gees Odessa Baroque Pop, Pop Rock
64
2555
 Joni Mitchell Clouds Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
65
2568
 Jethro Tull Stand Up Blues Rock, Progressive Rock
66
2645
 Pink Floyd Ummagumma Experimental, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
67
2683
 Kevin Ayers Joy of a Toy Canterbury Scene, Psychedelic Rock
68
2728
 John McLaughlin Extrapolation Post-Bop
69
2972
 Sun Ra and His Astro-Infinity Arkestra Atlantis Experimental Big Band, Free Jazz
70
2975
 Tim Buckley Blue Afternoon Psychedelic Folk, Singer/Songwriter

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Sir Douglas Quintet Mendocino Country Rock
Gal Costa Gal Costa Psychedelic Pop, Tropicália
Joe Cocker Joe Cocker! Blue Eyed Soul, Rock
Johnny Winter Second Winter Blues Rock, Electric Texas Blues
Rod Stewart The Rod Stewart Album/ An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down Blues Rock, Folk Rock
Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger & The Trinity Streetnoise Jazz-Rock, Progressive Rock
John Mayall The Turning Point British Blues
The Youngbloods Elephant Mountain Folk Rock
Grateful Dead Aoxomoxoa Psychedelic Rock
Caetano Veloso Caetano Veloso [1969] Tropicália
Herbie Mann Memphis Underground Soul Jazz
Ten Years After Ssssh Acid Rock, Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Koko Taylor Koko Taylor Chicago Blues
Os Mutantes Mutantes Psychedelic Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Tropicália
George Russell Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature Experimental Big Band
Jack Bruce Songs for a Tailor Blues Rock, Progressive Rock
The Jackson 5 Diana Ross Presents the Jackson 5 Pop Soul
Townes Van Zandt Townes Van Zandt Contemporary Folk, Country, Singer/Songwriter
Leo Kottke 6 & 12 String Guitar American Primitivism
Townes Van Zandt Our Mother the Mountain Contemporary Folk, Country, Singer/Songwriter
B.B. King Completely Well Blues Rock, Electric Blues
Miles Davis Filles de Kilimanjaro Post-Bop
Eric Dolphy Iron Man Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop
Richie Havens Richard P. Havens, 1983 Folk Rock
Cream Goodbye Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Aretha Franklin Soul '69 Southern Soul
The Moody Blues On the Threshold of a Dream Progressive Pop, Progressive Rock
Euphoria A Gift from Euphoria Country Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Bukka White The Legacy of the Blues Delta Blues
Fairport Convention What We Did On Our Holidays British Folk Rock
Thunderclap Newman Hollywood Dream Pop Rock
Johnny Winter Johnny Winter Blues Rock
John Stewart California Bloodlines Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Judy Henske & Jerry Yester Farewell Aldebaran Psychedelic Folk, Psychedelic Rock
Wayne Shorter Super Nova Avant-Garde Jazz, Jazz Fusion
High Tide Sea Shanties Heavy Psych, Progressive Rock
Phil Ochs Rehearsals for Retirement Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Colosseum Valentyne Suite Progressive Rock
Charlie Rich The Fabulous Charlie Rich Country Soul, Nashville Sound
Gal Costa Gal Psychedelic Pop, Psychedelic Rock, Tropicália
Jefferson Airplane Bless Its Pointed Little Head Acid Rock