Top Albums of 1966





Rank All Time Rank Artist Album Genres
1
1
The Beach Boys Pet Sounds Baroque Pop
2
3
The Beatles Revolver Pop Rock
3
9
Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
4
155
The Rolling Stones Aftermath Blues Rock
5
263
The Mothers of Invention Freak Out! Experimental Rock, Satire
6
452
John Mayall Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton Blues Rock, British Blues
7
571
Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage Modal Jazz
8
760
Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil Post-Bop
9
774
The 13th Floor Elevators The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators Acid Rock
10
812
Ike and Tina Turner River Deep - Mountain High Rhythm & Blues, Soul
11
821
The Kinks Face to Face Mod, Pop Rock
12
824
Simon and Garfunkel Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme Folk Pop, Folk Rock
13
881
The Byrds Fifth Dimension Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock
14
885
Simon and Garfunkel Sounds of Silence Folk Pop, Folk Rock
15
926
Yardbirds Yardbirds/Over Under Sideways Down/Roger the Engineer Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
16
935
Otis Redding Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul Deep Soul
17
1162
The Mamas and the Papas If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears Pop Rock, Sunshine Pop
18
1180
Fred Neil Fred Neil/Everybody's Talkin' Contemporary Folk, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
19
1214
Donovan Sunshine Superman Psychedelic Folk, Psychedelic Pop, Singer/Songwriter
20
1219
Monks Black Monk Time Garage Rock
21
1238
Cream Fresh Cream Blues Rock, British Blues, Psychedelic Rock
22
1290
Cecil Taylor Unit Structures Free Jazz
23
1297
John Coltrane Ascension Free Jazz, Spiritual Jazz
24
1592
Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield Country Rock, Folk Rock
25
1882
The Who A Quick One Freakbeat, Mod
26
1891
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band East-West Blues Rock
27
1910
Ennio Morricone Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo / The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Film Score, Spaghetti Western
28
2000
Lee Morgan Search for the New Land Post-Bop
29
2024
Sun Ra The Magic City Free Jazz
30
2028
Nina Simone Wild Is the Wind Soul, Vocal Jazz
31
2065
Ornette Coleman At the "Golden Circle", Volume One Avant-Garde Jazz
32
2094
Wilson Pickett The Exciting Wilson Pickett Deep Soul
33
2228
Love Da Capo Psychedelic Pop, Psychedelic Rock
34
2316
Tim Hardin Tim Hardin 1 Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
35
2335
Larry Young Unity Post-Bop
36
2444
Joe Henderson Inner Urge Hard Bop
37
2451
Sun Ra Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume 2 Free Jazz
38
2463
John Coltrane Meditations Free Jazz
39
2732
The Animals Animalisms / Animalization British Blues, Rhythm & Blues
40
2778
Frank Sinatra Sinatra at the Sands Vocal Jazz
41
2870
Skip James Today! Delta Blues
42
2987
Wayne Shorter The All Seeing Eye Avant-Garde Jazz

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
The Monkees The Monkees Sunshine Pop
Roscoe Mitchell Sextet Sound Free Jazz
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos Carnegie Hall Concert Bakersfield Sound
Don Cherry Complete Communion Avant-Garde Jazz
Sonny Rollins East Broadway Run Down Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop
The Animals Animalism Blues Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll
Love Love Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
The Lovin' Spoonful Daydream Folk Rock, Pop Rock
Joe Henderson Mode for Joe Hard Bop
Otis Redding The Soul Album Deep Soul
Jimmy Smith and Wes Mongomery Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo Big Band, Soul Jazz
Sun Ra Other Planes of There Free Jazz
Phil Ochs Phil Ochs in Concert Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
The Supremes The Supremes A' Go-Go Girl Group, Pop Soul
Ornette Coleman At the "Golden Circle", Volume Two Avant-Garde Jazz
John Handy Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival Modal Jazz
The Lovin' Spoonful Hums of The Lovin' Spoonful Folk Rock, Pop Rock
The Fugs The Fugs Folk Rock, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Sam & Dave Hold On, I'm Comin' Southern Soul
John Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard Again! Free Jazz
Bert Jansch Jack Orion Folk Baroque
Buddy Rich Swingin' New Big Band Big Band
Stevie Wonder Up-Tight, Everything's Alright Soul
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles Away We A Go-Go Soul
Archie Shepp Mama Too Tight Free Jazz
Merle Haggard Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down Bakersfield Sound
Krzysztof Komeda Astigmatic Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop
The Walker Brothers Portrait Baroque Pop
Jr. Walker & The All Stars Road Runner Rhythm & Blues, Soul
The Association And Then...Along Comes The Association Pop
The Beatles "Yesterday" ...and Today Pop Rock
Sun Ra Visits Planet Earth Jazz
Four Tops On Top Pop Soul