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Compilation
(13)
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(13)
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(3)
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(23)
LP
(422)
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(5)
Single
(73)
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(18)
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American Primitivism
(2)
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(4)
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(2)
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(2)
Blues
(2)
Blues Rock
(5)
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(3)
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(4)
Classic Rock
(1)
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(12)
Country Pop
(2)
Folk
(24)
Folk Pop
(3)
Folk Rock
(8)
Garage Rock
(4)
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(22)
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(22)
Pop Rock
(16)
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(3)
Rock
(32)
Singer-Songwriter
(10)
Soul
(14)
Traditional Pop
(2)
Vocal Jazz
(3)
Yé-yé
(2)
Dec 3
The Beatles
Rubber Soul
100
critic score
(5)
86
user score
(1,321)
Aug 30
Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited
90
critic score
(4)
89
user score
(796)
Aug 6
The Beatles
Help!
95
critic score
(5)
80
user score
(793)
Feb 1
John Coltrane
A Love Supreme
100
critic score
(1)
90
user score
(654)
Mar 27
Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home
100
critic score
(3)
87
user score
(429)
Oct 1
Nina Simone
Pastel Blues
79
critic score
(2)
88
user score
(235)
Dec 3
The Who
My Generation
100
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(197)
Jun 1
Nina Simone
I Put a Spell on You
76
critic score
(2)
85
user score
(155)
Sep 15
Otis Redding
Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul
93
critic score
(3)
85
user score
(152)
Mar 8
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys Today!
90
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(150)
Jul 30
The Rolling Stones
Out of Our Heads
90
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(142)
Dec 1
Vince Guaraldi Trio
A Charlie Brown Christmas
92
critic score
(2)
86
user score
(117)
Jul 5
The Beach Boys
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)
60
critic score
(2)
77
user score
(89)
Jan 1
The Sonics
Here Are The Sonics!!!
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(84)
Jun 21
The Byrds
Mr. Tambourine Man
90
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(76)
Jan 15
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones No. 2
90
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(73)
Dec 1
Jackson C. Frank
Jackson C. Frank
90
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(72)
Nov 26
The Kinks
The Kink Kontroversy
85
critic score
(2)
76
user score
(63)
May 17
Herbie Hancock
Maiden Voyage
100
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(55)
Nov 8
The Beach Boys
Beach Boys' Party!
65
critic score
(2)
64
user score
(52)
Mar 5
The Kinks
Kinda Kinks
75
critic score
(2)
71
user score
(48)
Nov 1
Miles Davis
E.S.P.
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(42)
Sep 13
The Beatles
Yesterday
92
user score
(39)
Dec 4
The Rolling Stones
December's Children (And Everybody's)
95
critic score
(2)
79
user score
(38)
Mar 1
The Zombies
Begin Here
70
critic score
(1)
76
user score
(36)
1965
Thelonious Monk
Solo Monk
90
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(35)
May 1
Astrud Gilberto
The Astrud Gilberto Album
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(32)
Jan 1
B.B. King
Live At the Regal
100
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(31)
Dec 6
The Byrds
Turn! Turn! Turn!
90
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(31)
Apr 16
Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
90
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(28)
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Feb 13
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones, Now!
89
critic score
(3)
72
user score
(26)
Apr 30
Andrew Hill
Point of Departure
100
critic score
(1)
83
user score
(26)
Jul 19
The Beatles
Help!
40
critic score
(1)
86
user score
(26)
Feb 1
Grant Green
Idle Moments
100
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(25)
Dec 3
The Beatles
In My Life
94
user score
(25)
Nov 1
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Going to a Go-Go
90
critic score
(1)
81
user score
(24)
Jan
The Horace Silver Quintet
Song for My Father
100
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(23)
Nov 20
The Yardbirds
Having a Rave Up
90
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(23)
1965
Phil Ochs
I Ain't Marching Anymore
82
critic score
(3)
85
user score
(22)
Feb 1
The Shangri-Las
Leader of the Pack
70
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(21)
Dec 3
The Beatles
Michelle
80
user score
(21)
1965
John Fahey
The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death
100
critic score
(1)
79
user score
(19)
Aug 1
Frank Sinatra
September of My Years
93
critic score
(3)
80
user score
(19)
1965
Orchestre National De L'O.R.T.F / Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine De Paris / Maurice
Xenakis: Metastasis; Pithoprakta; Eonta
86
user score
(18)
Apr 9
The Beatles
Ticket to Ride
40
critic score
(1)
84
user score
(18)
Oct 22
Donovan
Fairytale
70
critic score
(1)
74
user score
(17)
Apr 1
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Whipped Cream and Other Delights
100
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(16)
May
John Coltrane
Bahia
60
critic score
(1)
64
user score
(16)
Oct 16
Cher
All I Really Want to Do
80
critic score
(1)
71
user score
(16)
Jun 6
The Rolling Stones
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
86
user score
(15)
Aug
John Coltrane
The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
80
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(15)
Dec 3
The Beatles
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
88
user score
(15)
Feb 1
Johnny Cash
Orange Blossom Special
80
critic score
(1)
75
user score
(14)
Apr
Sam Rivers
Fuchsia Swing Song
75
critic score
(2)
78
user score
(14)
Apr 3
Bobby Hutcherson
Dialogue
100
critic score
(1)
77
user score
(14)
Jul
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Free for All
80
critic score
(1)
82
user score
(14)
Oct
Françoise Hardy
L'amitié
78
critic score
(2)
73
user score
(14)
Oct 1
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
100
critic score
(1)
78
user score
(14)
Dec 3
The Beatles
We Can Work It Out
82
user score
(14)
Jan 13
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Rip, Rig and Panic
100
critic score
(1)
80
user score
(13)
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