1001 Albums: 51-100
 | #51: Otis Redding Sings Soul Otis Redding, (1965) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: I’ve Been Loving You Too Long |
| Fantastic album, mostly covers but many of them definitive. This third album of his was his breakthrough and certainly in the conversation for greatest soul album of all time. ‘I’ve been loving you…’ one of my favourite tracks and so an easy pick here. | |
 | #52: The Beach Boys Today! The Beach Boys, (1965) Listened to it before? yes Will listen again? yes Favourite track: Help Me, Rhonda |
| I like the Beach Boys, but I prefer there later, more complex stuff than this. Some standout tracks here, but I find it a bit tiring to consume the whole thing as an album. |
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 | #53: A Love Supreme John Coltrane, (1965) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: NA |
| This is an album where you have to take it as one piece rather than pick out an individual track. It’s one I’m very familiar with. I have to say Coltrane isn’t a favourite of mine and if I was looking to listen to something in this genre I’d be reaching for Miles Davis first. This is a stone cold classic though and deserves a place in any collection. | |
 | #54: Live At The Regal B.B.King, (1965) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: Every Day I Have The Blues |
| It’s one of the best live albums of all time. |
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 | #55: Rubber Soul The Beatles, (1965) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: In My Life |
| Not enough superlatives for this one – I think the first truly great Beatles album. Iconic Lennon/McCartney banger after banger makes it incredibly difficult to pick a favourite. A regular listen for me. |
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 | #56: Bert Jansch Bert Jansch, (1965) Listened to it before? No Will listen again? No Favourite track: |
| Folky guitars. Went into this one with high hopes but frankly it bored the arse off of me, and a day or so later I can’t remember enough about it to pick out a favourite track. Let’s move swiftly on. |
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 | #57: Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds, (1965) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: Chimes of Freedom |
| A whole lot of Dylan covers. Like many I think the Byrds were my gateway into Dylan, and they are probably responsible for the often stated (wrong!) belief that Dylan sounds better when it’s not sung by Dylan. I keep using the word Dylan, when I should be focusing on the Byrds. This album is lots of fun, but the Dylan numbers stand out from the original compositions as the clear highlights of the album. I hope we get ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’, which for my money is the best Byrds album. Dylan. | |
 | #58: Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan, (1965) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Yes, obviously Favourite track: Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues |
| The second album in Bob’s 18 month purple patch: probably the most impactful recording period of any artist ever. This is one of the best albums ever recorded. No way back from electric at this point. Looking at the next few albums coming up in this list and… wow. What a few months to be alive. And have ears. | |
 | #59: My Generation The Who, (1965) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: The Kids Are Alright |
| Listened to a lot of Who as a student: I was slightly obsessed with ‘Tommy’ for a period when I really got into concept albums. This is a good album with a raw sound, but if I was going to pick a Who album to listen to today it would be something later like Who’s Next. I’d forgotten about the James Brown covers on this album so that was a nice suprise. | |
 | #60: Revolver The Beatles, (1966) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: For No One. But they’re all great, really |
| Considered by many to be their favourite Beatles album. Not me, I’ve always preferred ‘The Best of the Beatles’. In fact, this is quite far down the list for me. it’s still an absolute classic though. | |
 | #61: Pet Sounds The Beach Boys, (1966) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: Sloop John B |
| Meanwhile Brian Wilson is doing his best to keep up. His finest work here is always in the conversation for greatest album of all time. | |
 | #62: Fred Neil Fred Neil, (1966) Listened to it before? No Will listen again? Probably not Favourite track: |
| Never heard of this guy. Feel a bit for him in this listing, surrounded as he is by giants producing absolute all-time bangers. This was an album of pleasant enough folky stylings, but didn’t set me on fire. I’d drifted off a bit by the end. | |
 | #63: Fifth Dimension The Byrds, (1966) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: 5D (Fifth Dimension) |
| The Byrds really finding their own voice at this point, and this is all their classic psychadelic stuff. If I’m honest, I probably prefer the Dylan heavy stuff from before or the country stuff that comes later, but I’ve always been a big fan of the title track here. | |
 | #64: Blonde On Blonde Bob Dylan, (1966) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: Visions of Joanna |
| When I was a student, we were doing a pub quiz one evening and one of the answers in the music round was Bob Dylan’s ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’. For some reason, whenever we were stuck on a music question in later quizzes we gave the answer as ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ in the hope that it would come up again. Some number of months later I was in FOPP in Cambridge and decided it was time to give this Dylan fellow a proper go, so I picked up Blood on The Tracks and this album, the apotheosis of his mid-Sixties output. Listening to them on the train home was like being hit by a thunderbolt. The lyrical genius, the thin-wild-mercury sound, and the voice. Nobody sings Dylan like Dylan. This is an album I will never get tired of. | |
 | #65: Black Monk Time The Monks, (1966) Listened to it before? No Will listen again? No Favourite track: We Do Wie Du |
| The first failure, in that I can’t find this album on the streaming services. I did my best to piece it together from the tracks and compilation albums that are available. What I listened to was alright. Interesting. Innovative. Influential I guess. Doubt I’d bother again. |
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 | #66: Face To Face The Kinks, (1966) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Hmm Favourite track: Sunny Afternoon |
| I was expecting to enjoy this more than I did: I like the Kinks, I’ve seen Ray Davies live a couple of times etc. I started to wonder while listening to this if I only really like the singles. My favourite Kinks album is Village Green, but perhaps my favourite after that is ‘The Best of the Kinks’… |
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 | #67: if You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears The Mama’s And The Papa’s, (1966) Listened to it before? No Will listen again? Maybe Favourite track: Do You Wanna Dance |
| Not a band that really do it for me, but I enjoyed the album. The version of ‘Do You Wanna Dance’ pisses all over Cliff Richard’s. Tracks like California Dreamin’ are obviously great but I’ve probably heard them enough over the years. | |
 | #68: Midnight Ride Paul Revere And The Raiders, (1966) Listened to it before? No Will listen again? Maybe Favourite track: Kicks |
| A new one one me. Good 60’s rock ‘n roll sound – didn’t stand out for me. Might be another one that hit harder at the time. |
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 | #69: Freak Out! The Mothers Of Invention, (1966) Listened to it before? No Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: Trouble Every Day |
| The first Franko Zappa album I’ve listened to. This was lots of fun. Trouble Every Day the standout track, but I really enjoyed the doo-wop ‘Go Cry on Somebody Else’s Shoulder’ as well. | |
 | #70: Aftermath The Rolling Stones, (1966) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: Mother’s Little Helper |
| The fourth album by the Stones and the second on this list. If I have to choose Stones or Beatles it’s always going to be Beatles, but “Mother’s Little Helper” is one of my favourite Stones records so if you are going to open with that you’ve got me onside. | |
 | #71: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme Simon And Garfunkel, (1966) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: Homeward Bound |
| Not my favourite S&G, but an all time great album. Hopefully there’s more to come further down the list. | |
 | #72: The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators The 13th Floor Elevators, (1966) Listened to it before? Yes Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: You’re Gonna Miss Me |
| First listened to this album on the back of the film High Fidelity, in which the first track is used over the opening credits. That’s the best song on the album, but the rest is decent stuff. |
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 | #73: Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton John Mayall’s Blues Breakers, (1966) Listened to it before? No Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: All Your Love |
| Really enjoyed this. Great collection of blues standards, and the opening track here is a banger with that time signature change. Everything that follows lives up to that promise. |
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 | #74: The Yardbirds The Yardbirds, (1966) Listened to it before? No Will listen again? No Favourite track: I Can’t Make Your Way |
| Jeff Beck replaced Clapton for this release. For me, I think it compares poorly with the previous album – I prefer the more purist blues to the psychadelic infusion presented here. It’s OK, but not going to be a must-revist for me. |
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 | #75: Wild Is The Wind Nina Simone, (1966) Listened to it before? No Will listen again? Yes Favourite track: Either Way I Lose |
| Yep, enjoyed this. Lots of variation – I probably enjoyed the more upbeat, commercial numbers more but on another day the more introspective tracks could have hit harder. Will revisit. | |
 | #76: Beach Samba Astrud Gilberto, (1967) Listened to it before? No Will listen again? Maybe Favourite track: Misty Roses |
| Oh great, samba. Was fully expecting to hate this, but it actually wasn’t too bad. Nice voice, decent enough easy listening background music. |
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 | #77: Chelsea Girl Nico, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #78: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #79: Electric Music For The Mind And Body Country Joe And The Fish, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #80: Buffalo Springfield Again Buffalo Springfield, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #81: Safe As Milk Captain Beefheart, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #82: Moby Grape Moby Grape, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #83: Da Capo Love, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #84: Triangle The Beau Brummels, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #85: Headquarters The Monkees, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #86: Goodbye And Hello Tim Buckley, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #87: Forever Changes Love, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #88: Disraeli Gears Cream, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #89: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Pink Flloyd, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #90: The Who Sell Out The Who, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #91: The Velvet Underground And Nico The Velvet Underground, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #92: Francis Albert Sinatra And Antonio Carlos Jobim Francis Albert Sinatra And Antonio Carlos Jobim, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #93: the Doors The Doors, (196y) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #94: Younger Than Yesterday The Byrds, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #95: Groovin’ The Young Rascals, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #96: Surrealistic Pillow Jefferson Airplane, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #97: Something Else By The Kinks The Kinks, (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #98: Sunshine Superman Donovan (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #99: I’m a Lonesome Fugitive Merle Haggard (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |
 | #100: Are You Experienced The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967) Listened to it before? Will listen again? Favourite track: |