Top Albums of 1964





Rank All Time Rank Artist Album Genres
1
222
The Beatles A Hard Day's Night Merseybeat
2
343
Eric Dolphy Out to Lunch! Avant-Garde Jazz
3
388
Stan Getz and João Gilberto Getz/Gilberto [featuring Antônio Carlos Jobim] Bossa Nova, Jazz
4
581
The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones/England's Newest Hit Makers Blues Rock, Rhythm & Blues
5
860
Lee Morgan The Sidewinder Hard Bop
6
863
Bob Dylan The Times They Are A-Changin' Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
7
886
The Beatles Beatles for Sale/Beatles '65 Merseybeat
8
969
The Supremes Where Did Our Love Go Girl Group, Pop Soul
9
982
The Ronettes Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica Brill Building, Girl Group
10
985
Jerry Lee Lewis Live at the Star Club, Hamburg Rock & Roll
11
1636
The Rolling Stones 12 x 5 Blues Rock
12
1639
Bob Dylan Another Side of Bob Dylan Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
13
1785
Charles Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Post-Bop
14
1902
Muddy Waters Folk Singer Delta Blues
15
1957
The Animals The Animals British Blues, Rhythm & Blues
16
2051
Chuck Berry St. Louis to Liverpool Rock & Roll
17
2087
Herbie Hancock Empyrean Isles Hard Bop
18
2108
Gil Evans The Individualism of Gil Evans Big Band
19
2111
Yardbirds Five Live Yardbirds/Having a Rave Up with The Yardbirds Blues Rock, Garage Rock
20
2360
The Beach Boys All Summer Long Pop Rock, Sunshine Pop
21
2517
Archie Shepp Four for Trane Avant-Garde Jazz
22
2532
Solomon Burke Rock 'n' Soul Soul
23
2737
Buffy Sainte-Marie It's My Way! Folk Revival, Singer/Songwriter
24
2814
John Coltrane Crescent Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop
25
2869
The Impressions Keep On Pushing Chicago Soul
26
2888
John Coltrane Live at Birdland Post-Bop

Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Nina Simone Nina Simone in Concert Vocal Jazz
Henry Mancini The Pink Panther Film Score, Jazz, Lounge
Oscar Peterson Oscar Peterson Trio + One: Clark Terry Jazz
The Kinks Kinks/You Really Got Me Garage Rock, Pop Rock, Rock & Roll
Jan Johansson Jazz på svenska/Folkvisor Jazz
Mississippi Fred McDowell Delta Blues Delta Blues
Dusty Springfield A Girl Called Dusty/Stay Awhile - I Only Want to Be with You Blue Eyed Soul, Pop Soul
Yusef Lateef Live at Pep's Hard Bop
The Original Broadway Cast Funny Girl Show Tunes
Barbra Streisand People Traditional Pop
Shirley Collins & Davy Graham Folk Roots, New Routes Folk Baroque
Phil Ochs All the News That's Fit to Sing Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter
The Holy Modal Rounders The Holy Modal Rounders Contemporary Folk, Old-Time
Jackie McLean Destination... Out! Post-Bop
Johnny Hodges Everybody Knows Jazz
The Temptations Meet The Temptations Soul
Charles Mingus Town Hall Concert Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop
John Coltrane Coltrane's Sound Hard Bop
Joan Baez Joan Baez / 5 Contemporary Folk
Kenny Burrell Guitar Forms Jazz
Otis Redding Pain in My Heart Southern Soul
Blue Mitchell The Thing to Do Hard Bop
Sarah Vaughan The Lonely Hours/Benny Carter Sessions Vocal Jazz
Freddie Hubbard Breaking Point! Hard Bop
Booker Ervin The Freedom Book Post-Bop
James Brown Pure Dynamite! Rhythm & Blues, Soul
Andrew Hill Judgment! Post-Bop
Andrew Hill Black Fire Post-Bop