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1962 Album Releases
1961
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1962
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Mar 19
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
78
critic score
(3)
67
user score
(492)
Oct 1
The Beach Boys
Surfin' Safari
50
critic score
(2)
52
user score
(279)
Aug 18
Bill Evans & Jim Hall
Undercurrent
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(222)
Nov 25
Françoise Hardy
Tous les garçons et les filles
86
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(205)
Apr 1
Ray Charles
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
100
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(171)
Mar 1
Bill Evans Trio
Waltz for Debby
100
critic score
(2)
82
user score
(148)
May
Charles Mingus
Tijuana Moods
100
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(130)
Aug
John Coltrane
Coltrane
85
critic score
(2)
80
user score
(126)
Jan 1
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
Jazz Samba
100
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(122)
Oct 1
Booker T. & The M.G.'s
Green Onions
90
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(121)
Jan
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Mosaic
80
critic score
(2)
83
user score
(105)
Apr
Charles Mingus
Oh Yeah
100
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(97)
Jan 11
Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf
90
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(77)
Sep 1
Little Stevie Wonder
The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie
60
critic score
(2)
58
user score
(72)
May 28
Herbie Hancock
Takin' Off
85
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(71)
Mar
John Coltrane
Coltrane "Live" at the Village Vanguard
95
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(69)
1962
Roy Orbison
Crying
60
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(62)
Apr 7
Sonny Rollins
The Bridge
90
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(61)
Jul
John Coltrane
Coltrane Plays The Blues
80
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(56)
Aug 7
Patsy Cline
Sentimentally Yours
85
critic score
(2)
81
user score
(56)
Oct 1
Little Stevie Wonder
Tribute to Uncle Ray
40
critic score
(2)
45
user score
(52)
1962
Sun Ra
The Futuristic Sounds Of Sun Ra
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(51)
Nov
Dick Dale and His Del-Tones
Surfers' Choice
85
critic score
(2)
72
user score
(50)
Oct 5
The Beatles
Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You
75
user score
(46)
Sep
Karlheinz Stockhausen / Studio für elektronische Musik des Westdeutschen Rundfunks, Köln
Gesang der Jünglinge · Kontakte
72
user score
(45)
Dec
Bill Evans Trio
Moon Beams
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(44)
Aug 27
Dexter Gordon
Go
100
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(43)
Dec 14
Marvin Gaye
That Stubborn Kinda Fellow
60
critic score
(1)
61
user score
(42)
Jun 5
Elvis Presley
Pot Luck
60
critic score
(2)
64
user score
(38)
1962
Nat King Cole
The Christmas Song
81
user score
(33)
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Apr
Freddie Hubbard
Ready for Freddie
95
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(33)
Aug
Max Roach
It's Time
80
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(33)
Aug 25
Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt Kickers
Monster Mash
70
user score
(33)
Oct 1
Ray Charles
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two
100
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(32)
1962
Dave Van Ronk
Folksinger
100
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(31)
1962
Eric Dolphy
Far Cry
95
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(30)
Oct 2
John Coltrane
Standard Coltrane
70
critic score
(2)
65
user score
(30)
Jan 1
Serge Gainsbourg
N°4
71
user score
(28)
Dec 10
Frank Sinatra & Count Basie
Sinatra–Basie: An Historic Musical First
80
critic score
(2)
75
user score
(28)
Feb 1
Ornette Coleman
Ornette!
84
critic score
(2)
74
user score
(27)
May 1
Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary
80
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(25)
1962
Buddy Rich
Blues Caravan
70
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(24)
Aug 20
Ben E King
Don't Play That Song!
80
critic score
(1)
70
user score
(22)
Mar
John Lee Hooker
Burnin'
100
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(21)
1962
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Caravan
90
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(20)
Apr 21
Dick Dale and His Del-Tones
Miserlou
87
user score
(20)
Sep
Willie Nelson
...And Then I Wrote
80
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(20)
Jan
Stan Getz & Eddie Sauter
Focus
80
critic score
(1)
72
user score
(19)
Aug
The Red Garland Quintet with John Coltrane
Dig It!
70
critic score
(1)
68
user score
(19)
1962
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert Von Karajan
Beethoven: Symphonie Nr. 5
79
user score
(17)
Jan
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
We Free Kings
80
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(17)
Oct
Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans
Know What I Mean?
80
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(17)
Oct
Quincy Jones
Big Band Bossa Nova
60
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(17)
Nov 15
Johnny Cash
All Aboard the Blue Train
80
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(17)
1962
Maurice Jarre
Lawrence Of Arabia
100
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(16)
Apr
Sam Cooke
Twistin' The Night Away
60
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(16)
Aug 1
Johnny Cash
The Sound of Johnny Cash
60
critic score
(1)
64
user score
(16)
Dec 9
The Supremes
Meet the Supremes
60
critic score
(1)
67
user score
(16)
1962
John Coltrane
Coltrane Time
80
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(15)
Sep
Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt Kickers
The Original Monster Mash
80
critic score
(1)
45
user score
(15)
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