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Best Albums of 1965 by User Score

Decade
Genre
1960s
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

1.

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
February 1st, 1965
Avant-Garde Jazz, Spiritual Jazz, Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
90
1,797 ratings
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2.

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
August 30th, 1965
Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Blues Rock
USER SCORE
89
1,745 ratings
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3.

Nina Simone - Pastel Blues
October 1st, 1965
Vocal Jazz, Soul
USER SCORE
87
594 ratings
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4.

Vince Guaraldi - A Charlie Brown Christmas
December 1st, 1965
Christmas, Cool Jazz
USER SCORE
87
348 ratings
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5.

Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
March 27th, 1965
Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter, Folk
USER SCORE
87
947 ratings
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6.

The Beatles - Rubber Soul
December 3rd, 1965
Pop Rock, Folk Rock
USER SCORE
85
3,232 ratings
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7.

Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin - Missa Luba
Folk
USER SCORE
85
11 ratings
Amazon

8.

Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
September 15th, 1965
Soul, Southern Soul, Deep Soul
USER SCORE
85
322 ratings
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9.

Nina Simone - I Put a Spell on You
June 1st, 1965
Vocal Jazz, Soul, Soul Jazz
USER SCORE
85
322 ratings
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10.

Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank
December 1st, 1965
Singer-Songwriter, Contemporary Folk
USER SCORE
84
160 ratings
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11.

Ennio Morricone - Per qualche dollaro in più
May 1st, 1965
Western Classical Music, Cinematic Classical
USER SCORE
84
24 ratings
Amazon

12.

Orchestre National De L'O.R.T.F / Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine De Paris / Maurice - Xenakis: Metastasis; Pithoprakta; Eonta
Modern Classical, Orchestral
USER SCORE
83
27 ratings
Amazon

13.

Grant Green - Idle Moments
February 1st, 1965
Hard Bop
USER SCORE
83
97 ratings
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14.

Moacir Santos - Coisas
Jazz, Cool Jazz, Third Stream, Samba-Jazz
USER SCORE
83
18 ratings
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15.

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Free for All
July 0th, 1965
Jazz, Hard Bop
USER SCORE
82
57 ratings
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16.

Lee Morgan - Cornbread
September 16th, 1965
Hard Bop
USER SCORE
82
24 ratings
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17.

Albert Ayler Quintet - Spirits Rejoice
September 23rd, 1965
Jazz
USER SCORE
82
14 ratings
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18.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Rip, Rig and Panic
January 13th, 1965
Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop
USER SCORE
81
34 ratings
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19.

Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore
Folk, Singer-Songwriter
USER SCORE
81
55 ratings
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20.

Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage
May 17th, 1965
Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
81
135 ratings
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21.

The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack
February 1st, 1965
Pop Soul, Brill Building
USER SCORE
81
28 ratings
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22.

Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk
Jazz, Stride
USER SCORE
80
82 ratings
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23.

Joan Baez - Farewell, Angelina
October 1st, 1965
Folk
USER SCORE
80
13 ratings
Amazon

24.

John Fahey - Vol 3: Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites
American Primitivism
USER SCORE
80
25 ratings
Amazon
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25.

Pete La Roca - Basra
October 0th, 1965
Hard Bop, Modal Jazz
USER SCORE
80
22 ratings
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