Top Albums of 1966





Rank All Time Rank Artist Album Genres
25
1882
The Who A Quick One Freakbeat, Mod
4
155
The Rolling Stones Aftermath Blues Rock
The Association And Then...Along Comes The Association Pop
The Animals Animalism Blues Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll
39
2732
The Animals Animalisms / Animalization British Blues, Rhythm & Blues
23
1297
John Coltrane Ascension Free Jazz, Spiritual Jazz
Krzysztof Komeda Astigmatic Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop
31
2065
Ornette Coleman At the "Golden Circle", Volume One Avant-Garde Jazz
Ornette Coleman At the "Golden Circle", Volume Two Avant-Garde Jazz
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles Away We A Go-Go Soul
20
1219
Monks Black Monk Time Garage Rock
3
9
Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
6
452
John Mayall Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton Blues Rock, British Blues
24
1592
Buffalo Springfield Buffalo Springfield Country Rock, Folk Rock
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos Carnegie Hall Concert Bakersfield Sound
16
935
Otis Redding Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul Deep Soul
Don Cherry Complete Communion Avant-Garde Jazz
33
2228
Love Da Capo Psychedelic Pop, Psychedelic Rock
The Lovin' Spoonful Daydream Folk Rock, Pop Rock
Sonny Rollins East Broadway Run Down Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop
26
1891
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band East-West Blues Rock
11
821
The Kinks Face to Face Mod, Pop Rock
13
881
The Byrds Fifth Dimension Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock
5
263
The Mothers of Invention Freak Out! Experimental Rock, Satire
18
1180
Fred Neil Fred Neil/Everybody's Talkin' Contemporary Folk, Folk Rock, Singer/Songwriter
21
1238
Cream Fresh Cream Blues Rock, British Blues, Psychedelic Rock
37
2451
Sun Ra Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume 2 Free Jazz
Sam & Dave Hold On, I'm Comin' Southern Soul
The Lovin' Spoonful Hums of The Lovin' Spoonful Folk Rock, Pop Rock
17
1162
The Mamas and the Papas If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears Pop Rock, Sunshine Pop
27
1910
Ennio Morricone Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo / The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Film Score, Spaghetti Western
36
2444
Joe Henderson Inner Urge Hard Bop
Bert Jansch Jack Orion Folk Baroque
Jimmy Smith and Wes Mongomery Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo Big Band, Soul Jazz
John Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard Again! Free Jazz
Love Love Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
7
571
Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage Modal Jazz
Archie Shepp Mama Too Tight Free Jazz
38
2463
John Coltrane Meditations Free Jazz
Joe Henderson Mode for Joe Hard Bop
Four Tops On Top Pop Soul
Sun Ra Other Planes of There Free Jazz
12
824
Simon and Garfunkel Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme Folk Pop, Folk Rock
1
1
The Beach Boys Pet Sounds Baroque Pop
Phil Ochs Phil Ochs in Concert Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
The Walker Brothers Portrait Baroque Pop
John Handy Recorded Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival Modal Jazz
2
3
The Beatles Revolver Pop Rock
10
812
Ike and Tina Turner River Deep - Mountain High Rhythm & Blues, Soul
Jr. Walker & The All Stars Road Runner Rhythm & Blues, Soul
28
2000
Lee Morgan Search for the New Land Post-Bop
40
2778
Frank Sinatra Sinatra at the Sands Vocal Jazz
Roscoe Mitchell Sextet Sound Free Jazz
14
885
Simon and Garfunkel Sounds of Silence Folk Pop, Folk Rock
8
760
Wayne Shorter Speak No Evil Post-Bop
19
1214
Donovan Sunshine Superman Psychedelic Folk, Psychedelic Pop, Singer/Songwriter
Buddy Rich Swingin' New Big Band Big Band
Merle Haggard Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down Bakersfield Sound
42
2987
Wayne Shorter The All Seeing Eye Avant-Garde Jazz
32
2094
Wilson Pickett The Exciting Wilson Pickett Deep Soul
The Fugs The Fugs Folk Rock, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
29
2024
Sun Ra The Magic City Free Jazz
The Monkees The Monkees Sunshine Pop
9
774
The 13th Floor Elevators The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators Acid Rock
Otis Redding The Soul Album Deep Soul
The Supremes The Supremes A' Go-Go Girl Group, Pop Soul
34
2316
Tim Hardin Tim Hardin 1 Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
41
2870
Skip James Today! Delta Blues
22
1290
Cecil Taylor Unit Structures Free Jazz
35
2335
Larry Young Unity Post-Bop
Stevie Wonder Up-Tight, Everything's Alright Soul
Sun Ra Visits Planet Earth Jazz
30
2028
Nina Simone Wild Is the Wind Soul, Vocal Jazz
15
926
Yardbirds Yardbirds/Over Under Sideways Down/Roger the Engineer Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
The Beatles "Yesterday" ...and Today Pop Rock