Top Albums of 1968
1 |
13 |
The Beatles |
The Beatles ["White Album"] |
Pop Rock
|
2 |
15 |
Van Morrison |
Astral Weeks |
Chamber Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
|
3 |
31 |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
Electric Ladyland |
Acid Rock,
Blues Rock
|
4 |
39 |
The Rolling Stones |
Beggars Banquet |
Rock
|
5 |
93 |
The Band |
Music from Big Pink |
Folk Rock,
Roots Rock
|
6 |
143 |
Aretha Franklin |
Lady Soul |
Southern Soul
|
7 |
145 |
Johnny Cash |
At Folsom Prison |
Country
|
8 |
185 |
The Kinks |
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society |
Pop Rock
|
9 |
190 |
The Byrds |
Sweetheart of the Rodeo |
Country Rock
|
10 |
199 |
The Velvet Underground |
White Light / White Heat |
Art Rock,
Experimental Rock,
Noise Rock,
Proto-Punk |
11 |
235 |
Big Brother and The Holding Company |
Cheap Thrills |
Blues Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
|
12 |
288 |
The Zombies |
Odessey & Oracle |
Baroque Pop,
Psychedelic Pop
|
13 |
294 |
The Mothers of Invention |
We're Only in It for the Money |
Experimental Rock,
Satire
|
14 |
319 |
The Byrds |
The Notorious Byrd Brothers |
Folk Rock,
Pop Rock
|
15 |
372 |
Simon and Garfunkel |
Bookends |
Folk Pop,
Folk Rock
|
16 |
533 |
Small Faces |
Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake |
Mod,
Psychedelic Pop,
Psychedelic Rock
|
17 |
702 |
Cream |
Wheels of Fire |
Blues Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
|
18 |
783 |
The Incredible String Band |
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter |
Psychedelic Folk
|
19 |
793 |
Dr. John |
Gris-Gris |
New Orleans R&B,
Psychedelic Rock
|
20 |
808 |
Jeff Beck |
Truth |
Blues Rock,
Hard Rock
|
21 |
843 |
Otis Redding |
The Dock of the Bay |
Southern Soul
|
22 |
855 |
Os Mutantes |
Os Mutantes |
Psychedelic Rock,
Tropicália
|
23 |
861 |
Laura Nyro |
Eli and the Thirteenth Confession |
Blue Eyed Soul,
Pop Soul,
Rhythm & Blues,
Singer/Songwriter |
24 |
948 |
The United States of America |
The United States of America |
Art Rock,
Experimental Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
|
25 |
1014 |
The Pretty Things |
S.F. Sorrow |
Psychedelic Rock,
Rock Opera
|
26 |
1095 |
Peter Brötzmann |
Machine Gun |
European Free Jazz
|
27 |
1150 |
The Soft Machine |
The Soft Machine |
Canterbury Scene,
Psychedelic Rock
|
28 |
1185 |
Blue Cheer |
Vincebus Eruptum |
Acid Rock,
Blues Rock,
Heavy Psych
|
29 |
1262 |
Traffic |
Traffic |
Psychedelic Rock
|
30 |
1303 |
Terry Riley |
In C |
Indeterminacy,
Minimalism
|
31 |
1341 |
Iron Butterfly |
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida |
Acid Rock,
Heavy Psych
|
32 |
1343 |
Miles Davis |
Nefertiti |
Modal Jazz,
Post-Bop
|
33 |
1358 |
Elvis Presley |
Elvis (Original Soundtrack Recording From His NBC-TV Special) |
Pop Rock,
Rock & Roll
|
34 |
1378 |
James Brown |
'Live' at the Apollo, Volume II |
Funk,
Soul
|
35 |
1396 |
Nico |
The Marble Index |
Avant-Folk,
Chamber Folk
|
36 |
1472 |
Blood, Sweat & Tears |
Child Is Father to the Man |
Jazz-Rock,
Psychedelic Pop
|
37 |
1491 |
Silver Apples |
Silver Apples |
Electronic,
Psychedelic Rock
|
38 |
1513 |
Magic Sam |
West Side Soul |
Chicago Blues
|
39 |
1522 |
Caetano Veloso |
Caetano Veloso |
Tropicália
|
40 |
1531 |
Serge Gainsbourg |
Initials B. B. |
Baroque Pop,
Chanson,
French Pop
|
41 |
1605 |
Chick Corea |
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs |
Post-Bop
|
42 |
1613 |
Cecil Taylor |
Conquistador! |
Free Jazz
|
43 |
1635 |
Bloomfield - Kooper - Stills |
Super Session |
Blues Rock,
Electric Blues
|
44 |
1667 |
Etta James |
Tell Mama |
Southern Soul
|
45 |
1682 |
Ennio Morricone |
C'era una volta il West / Once Upon a Time in the West |
Film Score,
Spaghetti Western
|
46 |
1687 |
Randy Newman |
Randy Newman |
Baroque Pop,
Singer/Songwriter
|
47 |
1796 |
Various Artists |
Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis |
Tropicália
|
48 |
1830 |
Family |
Music in a Doll's House |
Progressive Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
|
49 |
1844 |
Steppenwolf |
Steppenwolf |
Hard Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
|
50 |
1939 |
Rahsaan Roland Kirk |
The Inflated Tear |
Post-Bop
|
51 |
1962 |
The Millennium |
Begin |
Psychedelic Pop,
Sunshine Pop
|
52 |
2035 |
Aretha Franklin |
Aretha Now |
Southern Soul
|
53 |
2049 |
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood |
Nancy & Lee |
Baroque Pop,
Country Pop
|
54 |
2062 |
The Original Broadway Cast |
Hair |
Psychedelic Pop,
Show Tunes
|
55 |
2077 |
Walter Carlos |
Switched-On Bach |
Baroque Music,
Electronic
|
56 |
2140 |
Shivkumar Sharma, Brijbushan Kabra & Hariprasad Chaurasia |
Call of the Valley |
Hindustani Classical Music
|
57 |
2159 |
Duke Ellington |
...And His Mother Called Him Bill |
Big Band,
Swing
|
58 |
2219 |
Kaleidoscope (US) |
A Beacon from Mars |
Folk Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
|
59 |
2227 |
Tom Rush |
The Circle Game |
Contemporary Folk
|
60 |
2262 |
Fleetwood Mac |
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac |
Blues Rock,
British Blues
|
61 |
2274 |
The Doors |
Waiting for the Sun |
Psychedelic Rock
|
62 |
2537 |
Gilberto Gil |
Gilberto Gil |
Tropicália
|
63 |
2577 |
Nilsson |
Aerial Ballet |
Baroque Pop
|
64 |
2641 |
The Everly Brothers |
Roots |
Close Harmony,
Country Pop
|
65 |
2709 |
Merle Haggard |
Mama Tried |
Bakersfield Sound
|
66 |
2799 |
Pink Floyd |
A Saucerful of Secrets |
Psychedelic Rock
|
67 |
2813 |
Jefferson Airplane |
Crown of Creation |
Acid Rock
|
68 |
2840 |
Grateful Dead |
Anthem of the Sun |
Jam Band,
Psychedelic Rock,
Yacht Rock
|
69 |
2911 |
Pearls Before Swine |
Balaklava |
Psychedelic Folk
|
70 |
2913 |
Scott Walker |
Scott 2 |
Baroque Pop
|
71 |
2973 |
Anthony Braxton |
3 Compositions of New Jazz |
Avant-Garde Jazz
|
72 |
2976 |
Steve Miller Band |
Sailor |
Psychedelic Rock
|
73 |
2979 |
Taj Mahal |
The Natch'l Blues |
Blues
|
74 |
2988 |
Canned Heat |
Boogie with Canned Heat |
Boogie Rock
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Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000: |
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Procol Harum |
Shine On Brightly |
Art Rock,
Progressive Rock
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Otis Redding |
The Immortal Otis Redding |
Southern Soul
|
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José Feliciano |
Feliciano! |
Latin Pop
|
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Sun Ra and The Arkestra |
Sound of Joy |
Post-Bop
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Spirit |
Spirit |
Psychedelic Rock
|
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Albert King |
Live Wire/Blues Power |
Electric Blues
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The Pentangle |
Sweet Child |
British Folk Rock,
Folk Baroque,
Progressive Folk
|
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Taj Mahal |
Taj Mahal |
Electric Blues
|
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Françoise Hardy |
Comment te dire adieu? |
Chanson,
French Pop
|
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Fairport Convention |
Fairport Convention |
British Folk Rock
|
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Otis Redding |
In Person at the Whisky a Go Go |
Deep Soul
|
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The Moody Blues |
In Search of the Lost Chord |
Progressive Pop,
Progressive Rock,
Psychedelic Pop
|
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The Fugs |
Tenderness Junction |
Folk Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
|
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Bonzo Dog Band |
The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse |
Comedy Rock,
Psychedelic Pop,
Satire
|
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Jerry Butler |
The Ice Man Cometh |
Pop Soul
|
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Archie Shepp |
The Way Ahead |
Free Jazz
|
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David Ackles |
David Ackles/The Road to Cairo |
Singer/Songwriter
|
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Silver Apples |
Contact |
Electronic,
Experimental Rock,
Psychedelic Rock
|
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Spirit |
The Family That Plays Together |
Psychedelic Rock
|
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Judy Collins |
Who Knows Where the Time Goes |
Contemporary Folk,
Folk Rock
|
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Skip James |
Devil Got My Woman |
Delta Blues
|
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Buddy Rich |
Mercy, Mercy |
Big Band
|
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The Beau Brummels |
Bradley's Barn |
Country Rock,
Folk Rock
|
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Joni Mitchell |
Joni Mitchell/Song to a Seagull |
Contemporary Folk,
Singer/Songwriter
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