Top Albums of 1965
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Vince Guaraldi |
A Charlie Brown Christmas |
Christmas Music,
Cool Jazz,
Jazz Pop,
Television Music |
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52 |
John Coltrane |
A Love Supreme |
Spiritual Jazz
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Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra |
Angels and Demons at Play |
Avant-Garde Jazz,
Third Stream
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The Animals |
Animal Tracks |
Blues Rock,
British Blues
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Bert Jansch |
Bert Jansch |
Folk Baroque,
Singer/Songwriter
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Fred Neil |
Bleecker & MacDougal |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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85 |
Bob Dylan |
Bringing It All Back Home |
Contemporary Folk,
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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Moacir Santos |
Coisas |
Samba-Jazz
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Sam Rivers |
Contours |
Avant-Garde Jazz,
Post-Bop
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The Rolling Stones |
December's Children (And Everybody's) |
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock
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Bobby Hutcherson |
Dialogue |
Avant-Garde Jazz,
Modal Jazz,
Post-Bop
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The Lovin' Spoonful |
Do You Believe in Magic |
Pop Rock
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36 |
2681 |
Miles Davis |
E.S.P. |
Post-Bop
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23 |
1503 |
Archie Shepp |
Fire Music |
Avant-Garde Jazz
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The Yardbirds |
For Your Love |
Blues Rock
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Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers |
Free for All |
Hard Bop
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Sam Rivers |
Fuchsia Swing Song |
Hard Bop
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The Pretty Things |
Get the Picture? |
Garage Rock,
Rhythm & Blues
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Albert Ayler |
Ghosts/Vibrations |
Free Jazz
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19 |
1080 |
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles |
Going to a Go-Go |
Soul
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20 |
1097 |
Sun Ra |
Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra |
Free Jazz
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10 |
601 |
The Beatles |
Help! |
Pop Rock
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13 |
817 |
The Sonics |
Here Are the Sonics!!! |
Garage Rock,
Proto-Punk
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11 |
Bob Dylan |
Highway 61 Revisited |
Folk Rock,
Singer/Songwriter
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18 |
1040 |
Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band |
Hoodoo Man Blues |
Chicago Blues
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35 |
2352 |
Phil Ochs |
I Ain't Marching Anymore |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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32 |
2186 |
Grant Green |
Idle Moments |
Hard Bop
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Jackson C. Frank |
Jackson C. Frank/Blues Run the Game |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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Stan Tracey |
Jazz Suite Inspired by Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood |
Jazz
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25 |
1863 |
Wayne Shorter |
Juju |
Bebop,
Modal Jazz
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The Kinks |
Kinks-Size |
Mod,
Pop Rock,
Rock & Roll
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362 |
B.B. King |
Live at the Regal |
Electric Blues
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Charles Mingus |
Mingus at Monterey |
Jazz
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299 |
The Byrds |
Mr. Tambourine Man |
Folk Rock,
Pop Rock
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Miles Davis |
My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis in Concert |
Post-Bop
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258 |
The Who |
My Generation/The Who Sings My Generation |
Beat Music,
Mod
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17 |
1036 |
The Rolling Stones |
No. 2/The Rolling Stones Now! |
Blues Rock,
Rhythm & Blues
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Jimmy Smith |
Organ Grinder Swing |
Soul Jazz
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74 |
Otis Redding |
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul |
Deep Soul
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11 |
738 |
The Rolling Stones |
Out of Our Heads |
Rhythm & Blues,
Rock
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37 |
2754 |
Nina Simone |
Pastel Blues |
Rhythm & Blues,
Soul,
Vocal Jazz
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31 |
2114 |
The Impressions |
People Get Ready |
Chicago Soul
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Balfa Brothers |
Play Traditional Cajun Music |
Cajun
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977 |
Andrew Hill |
Point of Departure |
Avant-Garde Jazz
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27 |
1977 |
Rahsaan Roland Kirk |
Rip, Rig and Panic |
Post-Bop
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Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra |
Rocket Number Nine Take off for the Planet Venus/Interstellar Low Ways |
Post-Bop
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32 |
The Beatles |
Rubber Soul |
Pop Rock
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Four Tops |
Second Album |
Soul
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22 |
1434 |
Frank Sinatra |
September of My Years |
Standards,
Vocal Jazz
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34 |
2311 |
Wynton Kelly Trio & Wes Montgomery |
Smokin' at the Half Note |
Hard Bop
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14 |
889 |
Horace Silver |
Song for My Father |
Hard Bop
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Booker T. & The MG's |
Soul Dressing |
Rhythm & Blues,
Soul Jazz
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449 |
Albert Ayler |
Spiritual Unity |
Free Jazz
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24 |
1795 |
The Beach Boys |
Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) |
Pop Rock,
Sunshine Pop
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The Walker Brothers |
Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers |
Baroque Pop
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The Temptations |
Temptin' Temptations |
Soul
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12 |
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Them |
The Angry Young Them/Them (featuring Here Comes the Night) |
Rhythm & Blues
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997 |
The Beach Boys |
The Beach Boys Today! |
Baroque Pop,
Pop Rock
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Albert Collins |
The Cool Sound of Albert Collins/Truckin' with Albert Collins |
Electric Texas Blues
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Otis Redding |
The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads |
Deep Soul
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The Ramsey Lewis Trio |
The In Crowd |
Soul Jazz
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John Coltrane |
The John Coltrane Quartet Plays |
Avant-Garde Jazz,
Modal Jazz
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The Kinks |
The Kink Kontroversy |
Beat Music,
Rock & Roll
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21 |
1276 |
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band |
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band |
Electric Blues
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The Pretty Things |
The Pretty Things |
Blues Rock,
Rhythm & Blues
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Dionne Warwick |
The Sensitive Sound of Dionne Warwick |
Soul
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29 |
2054 |
The Original Soundtrack |
The Sound of Music |
Film Soundtrack,
Show Tunes
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26 |
1967 |
The Temptations |
The Temptations Sing Smokey |
Rhythm & Blues,
Soul
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30 |
2097 |
John Fahey |
The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death |
American Primitivism
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33 |
2273 |
The Fugs |
The Village Fugs/The Fugs' First Album |
Beat Poetry,
Folk Rock,
Garage Rock,
Psychedelic Folk |
28 |
2044 |
The Byrds |
Turn! Turn! Turn! |
Folk Rock,
Pop Rock
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Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass |
Whipped Cream and Other Delights |
Lounge
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The Righteous Brothers |
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' |
Blue Eyed Soul
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