Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the 1960s

Critic Score

2 reviews

196. Wanda Jackson - Rockin' With Wanda

Critic Score

1 review

195. Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet

July 15, 1968

Baroque Pop

Critic Score

1 review

iTunes

Music

194. Donald Byrd - A New Perspective

February 0, 1964

193. The Beach Boys - Surfer Girl

September 16, 1963

Surf Rock

Critic Score

2 reviews

192. Link Wray & The Wraymen - Link Wray & The Wraymen

iTunes

Music

191. Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei

May 1, 1969

Krautrock

Critic Score

1 review

190. Judy Collins - Wildflowers

October 0, 1967

189. Cannonball Adderley - Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club'

iTunes

Music

188. Dave Van Ronk - Folksinger

Critic Score

100

1 review

187. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow

April 1, 1967

Critic Score

2 reviews

186. The Kinks - Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)

October 10, 1969

Pop Rock

Critic Score

2 reviews

185. Charles Mingus - Mingus Plays Piano

Critic Score

1 review

184. BBC Radiophonic Workshop - BBC Radiophonic Music

183. Mickey Newbury - Looks Like Rain

182. Soft Machine - The Soft Machine

December 1, 1968

Critic Score

1 review

181. Lesley Gore - I'll Cry If I Want To

Critic Score

1 review

180. Wilson Pickett - The Exciting Wilson Pickett

August 0, 1966

Critic Score

1 review

179. Art Ensemble of Chicago - Message to Our Folks

Critic Score

2 reviews

178. Wendy Carlos - Switched-On Bach

October 0, 1968

177. Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles

June 24, 1964

Critic Score

100

1 review

176. Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt

September 1, 1969

Singer-Songwriter

Critic Score

1 review

175. Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie - Ella and Basie!

September 1, 1963

Critic Score

1 review

174. Patty Waters - Sings

Vocal Jazz

Critic Score

1 review

173. Duke Ellington - The Far East Suite

January 1, 1967

Critic Score

1 review

172. Eddie Palmieri - Justicia

171. Various Artists - Golden Rain

May 0, 1969

170. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear

June 14, 1968

Critic Score

100

1 review

169. The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics!!!

January 1, 1965

Garage Rock

Critic Score

1 review

168. Peter Brötzmann - Machine Gun

May 1, 1968

Critic Score

100

1 review

167. The Impressions - Keep On Pushing

June 0, 1964

Critic Score

1 review

166. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers

January 15, 1968

Folk Rock

Critic Score

3 reviews

A band whose entire catalog seemed to come out in 1968, The Byrds have all sorts of different sides to them. Notorious shows us only one: Pot-smoking music.

165. Sonny Rollins - The Bridge

April 7, 1962

Critic Score

1 review

164. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

July 10, 1964

Pop Rock

Critic Score

6 reviews

163. Big Brother and The Holding Company - Cheap Thrills

August 12, 1968

Critic Score

2 reviews

162. Dr. John - Gris-Gris

January 22, 1968

Critic Score

2 reviews

161. White Noise - An Electric Storm

June 1, 1969

Psychedelic Pop

Critic Score

3 reviews

Spotify

160. Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore

Critic Score

3 reviews

159. Ray Barretto - Acid

Critic Score

100

1 review

158. Alice Coltrane - A Monastic Trio

157. Merle Haggard - Mama Tried

January 1, 1968

Country

Critic Score

2 reviews

156. The Ornette Coleman Trio - At The "Golden Circle" Stockholm - Volume One

155. Moondog - Moondog

Modern Classical

Critic Score

100

1 review

154. The Delfonics - La La Means I Love You

May 14, 1968

Critic Score

1 review

153. Max Roach - We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite

November 1, 1960

Avant-Garde Jazz

Critic Score

100

1 review

152. Jacques Brel - Ces gens-là

June 23, 1966

Critic Score

1 review

151. La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela - The Black Record