Top Albums of 1965





Rank All Time Rank Artist Album Genres
1
11
Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
2
32
The Beatles Rubber Soul Pop Rock
3
52
John Coltrane A Love Supreme Spiritual Jazz
4
74
Otis Redding Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul Deep Soul
5
85
Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home Contemporary Folk, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
6
258
The Who My Generation/The Who Sings My Generation Beat Music, Mod
7
299
The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man Folk Rock, Pop Rock
8
362
B.B. King Live at the Regal Electric Blues
9
449
Albert Ayler Spiritual Unity Free Jazz
10
601
The Beatles Help! Pop Rock
11
738
The Rolling Stones Out of Our Heads Rhythm & Blues, Rock
12
806
Them The Angry Young Them/Them (featuring Here Comes the Night) Rhythm & Blues
13
817
The Sonics Here Are the Sonics!!! Garage Rock, Proto-Punk
14
889
Horace Silver Song for My Father Hard Bop
15
977
Andrew Hill Point of Departure Avant-Garde Jazz
16
997
The Beach Boys The Beach Boys Today! Baroque Pop, Pop Rock
17
1036
The Rolling Stones No. 2/The Rolling Stones Now! Blues Rock, Rhythm & Blues
18
1040
Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band Hoodoo Man Blues Chicago Blues
19
1080
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles Going to a Go-Go Soul
20
1097
Sun Ra Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra Free Jazz
21
1276
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Electric Blues
22
1434
Frank Sinatra September of My Years Standards, Vocal Jazz
23
1503
Archie Shepp Fire Music Avant-Garde Jazz
24
1795
The Beach Boys Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) Pop Rock, Sunshine Pop
25
1863
Wayne Shorter Juju Bebop, Modal Jazz
26
1967
The Temptations The Temptations Sing Smokey Rhythm & Blues, Soul
27
1977
Rahsaan Roland Kirk Rip, Rig and Panic Post-Bop
28
2044
The Byrds Turn! Turn! Turn! Folk Rock, Pop Rock
29
2054
The Original Soundtrack The Sound of Music Film Soundtrack, Show Tunes
30
2097
John Fahey The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death American Primitivism
31
2114
The Impressions People Get Ready Chicago Soul
32
2186
Grant Green Idle Moments Hard Bop
33
2273
The Fugs The Village Fugs/The Fugs' First Album Beat Poetry, Folk Rock, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Folk
34
2311
Wynton Kelly Trio & Wes Montgomery Smokin' at the Half Note Hard Bop
35
2352
Phil Ochs I Ain't Marching Anymore Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
36
2681
Miles Davis E.S.P. Post-Bop
37
2754
Nina Simone Pastel Blues Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Vocal Jazz

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Miles Davis My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis in Concert Post-Bop
Balfa Brothers Play Traditional Cajun Music Cajun
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream and Other Delights Lounge
Stan Tracey Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood Jazz
The Lovin' Spoonful Do You Believe in Magic Pop Rock
The Pretty Things Get the Picture? Garage Rock, Rhythm & Blues
The Rolling Stones December's Children (And Everybody's) Rhythm & Blues, Rock
Bert Jansch Bert Jansch Folk Baroque, Singer/Songwriter
Fred Neil Bleecker & MacDougal Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Moacir Santos Coisas Samba-Jazz
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers Free for All Hard Bop
The Pretty Things The Pretty Things Blues Rock, Rhythm & Blues
Dionne Warwick The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick Soul
The Animals Animal Tracks Blues Rock, British Blues
Vince Guaraldi A Charlie Brown Christmas Christmas Music, Cool Jazz, Jazz Pop, Television Music
The Kinks The Kink Kontroversy Beat Music, Rock & Roll
Four Tops Second Album Soul
The Ramsey Lewis Trio The In Crowd Soul Jazz
The Yardbirds For Your Love Blues Rock
The Righteous Brothers You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' Blue Eyed Soul
The Temptations Temptin' Temptations Soul
Otis Redding The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads Deep Soul
Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra Angels and Demons at Play Avant-Garde Jazz, Third Stream
Bobby Hutcherson Dialogue Avant-Garde Jazz, Modal Jazz, Post-Bop
Albert Ayler Ghosts/Vibrations Free Jazz
John Coltrane The John Coltrane Quartet Plays Avant-Garde Jazz, Modal Jazz
Jackson C. Frank Jackson C. Frank/Blues Run the Game Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
Charles Mingus Mingus at Monterey Jazz
Jimmy Smith Organ Grinder Swing Soul Jazz
The Walker Brothers Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers Baroque Pop
Albert Collins The Cool Sound of Albert Collins/Truckin' with Albert Collins Electric Texas Blues
Sam Rivers Contours Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop
Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra Rocket Number Nine Take off for the Planet Venus/Interstellar Low Ways Post-Bop
Booker T. & The MG's Soul Dressing Rhythm & Blues, Soul Jazz
Sam Rivers Fuchsia Swing Song Hard Bop
The Kinks Kinks-Size Mod, Pop Rock, Rock & Roll