Your favourite albums by decade: The 60s [Archive]

trackaghost

08-12-2005, 04:37 PM

I thought it might be fun to name our top 10 favourite albums by decade.
I think it should be albums other than the Mac/Stevie/Lindsey etc because I'm assuming they would fill most people's top 10's and that might get a little boring.

So here's mine for the 60s:

1. The Velvet Underground & Nico
2. The Byrds - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo
3. Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet
4. The Who - Tommy
5. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
6. The Stooges
7. Love - Forever Changes
8. Led Zeppelin II
9. Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
10. The Band

There are so many I've left out too!

amber

08-12-2005, 04:46 PM

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Bob Dylan - all
Simon and Garfunkle - forgot the names
Aretha Franklin - forgot. :D
oh, whoops, sorry.

chiliD

08-12-2005, 04:47 PM

trackaghost

08-12-2005, 04:54 PM

Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
Bob Dylan - all
Simon and Garfunkle - forgot the names
Aretha Franklin - forgot. :D
oh, whoops, sorry.

Well for Simon & Garfunkel it's either Sounds Of Silence or The Graduate soundtrack for me. I don't have much Aretha Franklin but Lady Soul is a real classic. :D

trackaghost

08-12-2005, 04:56 PM

1- (tie) Beatles (all of 'em)
2- Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland
3- Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet
4- Rolling Stones Let It Bleed
5- Miles Davis Bitches Brew
6- Cream Wheels Of Fire
7- Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited
8- Blind Faith Blind Faith
9- John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers w/Eric Clapton the beano album
10-The Challengers Surf Beat

Having the Beatles at number one is cool, but I think you should say your favourite Beatles album of all time as well!

Mine is definitely Let It Be, but it just missed out on the top 10.

xdreamsunwindx

08-12-2005, 05:10 PM

1) The Velvet Underground & Nico
2) Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
3) Nico - Chelsea Girl

That's all that comes to mind now..

DrummerDeanna

08-12-2005, 05:16 PM

Well - The Beatles albums, of course...

EXCEPT for Let It Be - because it wasn't released in the 60s - it was released in 1970 :p

amber

08-12-2005, 05:22 PM

I forgot the Doors - Waiting for the Sun.

trackaghost

08-12-2005, 05:33 PM

Well - The Beatles albums, of course...

EXCEPT for Let It Be - because it wasn't released in the 60s - it was released in 1970 :p

D'oh! I was sooo good on the others as well!

There were some amazing albums out in the 60s that weren't by The Beatles you know :p They didn't even make my top 10...

chiliD

08-12-2005, 05:49 PM

Having the Beatles at number one is cool, but I think you should say your favourite Beatles album of all time as well!.

Ok, their
MeetTheWhiteHardRubberPepperSubmarineRevolverMysteryAbbeySaleWithHelp
album.

trackaghost

08-12-2005, 05:53 PM

Ok, their
MeetTheWhiteHardRubberPepperSubmarineRevolverMysteryAbbeySaleWithHelp
album.

Isn't that an OutKast album? :D

shackin'up

08-12-2005, 06:06 PM

1. Led Zep II
2. Led Zep I
3. It's A Beautiful Day- It's A Beautiful Day
4. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Green River
5. The Stooges-The Stooges
6. The Who-Tommy
7. Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
8. Velvet Underground & Nico
9. Golden Earring -On the double
10. Shocking Blue- At Home.
11. Beatles- Revolver

I left out Boudewijn de Groot and Cuby & the Blizzards' Groeten uit Grolloo. Dutch masterpieces, but I chose Golden Earring as the only dutch record in the top ten. They do have SOME name abroad....

Okay so I skipped the beatles to 11. Couldn't live with the absence of another Dutch masterpiece. Shocking Blue's Venus is The only song EVER to hit billboards nr 1 three times!!!!! (first time on February 7, 1970, second time on June 20, 1981 by "Stars On 45"; third time on September 6, 1986 by Bananarama). And it's dutch friends, dutch.

Dark Angel

08-12-2005, 06:18 PM

The Doors - The Doors/Strange Days/Waiting For The Sun
The Beatles - (all) Revolver/White Album/Sgt. Pepper/Magical Mystery Tour/Abbey Road
Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!/Cheap Thrills
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
The Who - Tommy

Nico

08-12-2005, 06:25 PM

1) The Velvet Underground & Nico
2) Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
3) Nico - Chelsea Girl

That's all that comes to mind now..

I just think it is beyond cool you are such a big Nico fan. I absolutely adore her. I think she is amazing, fascinating, and not like anything else I have ever heard. I've read her biography and her life was really original. She is the definition of a bohemian gypsy...and it's quite cool how all these men were in love with her and she couldn't care less. :)

trackaghost

08-12-2005, 06:42 PM

mylittledemon

08-12-2005, 06:47 PM

All the stuff by the Beatles, Cream, and The Band.

trackaghost

08-12-2005, 06:53 PM

Okay so I skipped the beatles to 11. Couldn't live with the absence of another Dutch masterpiece. Shocking Blue's Venus is The only song EVER to hit billboards nr 1 three times!!!!! (first time on February 7, 1970, second time on June 20, 1981 by "Stars On 45"; third time on September 6, 1986 by Bananarama). And it's dutch friends, dutch.

Well, that's just cheating Gerald! :laugh:

trackaghost

08-12-2005, 06:55 PM

All the stuff by the Beatles, Cream, and The Band.

Ah, c'mon! :) It's so easy to say "everything by the Beatles". :p
Can't you do a top 5 at least?
For me the fun is making the list and seeing where others have placed those albums in their lists...

Nico

08-12-2005, 07:00 PM

I've only got Chelsea Girl and The Velvet Underground & Nico.
John Cale really stuck with her over the years but I was always wary of her other albums that didn't feature the Velvets.
Any recommendations for her other stuff?

It depends on what you go for, really. Her other stuff is very different from "Chelsea Girl." Its darker, more gothic and classical in feel. I love it very much, but it isn't for everyone. I think my favorite is the "Desertshore." It's my favorite album of hers and I think it captures her very well. My friend who is generally into gothic music thinks "Marble Index" is probably the most brilliant album he's ever heard. I enjoy both, but the former is something I really cherish. She was really different...I think getting into her is worth it, but you have to understand a little of her life..she was kind of a vagabond, to put it kindly. :)

BTW: I'm the biggest J.Cale fan so anything they did together is gorgeous to me. :nod:

trackaghost

08-12-2005, 07:08 PM

It depends on what you go for, really. Her other stuff is very different from "Chelsea Girl." Its darker, more gothic and classical in feel. I love it very much, but it isn't for everyone. I think my favorite is the "Desertshore." It's my favorite album of hers and I think it captures her very well. My friend who is generally into gothic music thinks "Marble Index" is probably the most brilliant album he's ever heard. I enjoy both, but the former is something I really cherish. She was really different...I think getting into her is worth it, but you have to understand a little of her life..she was kind of a vagabond, to put it kindly. :)

BTW: I'm the biggest J.Cale fan so anything they did together is gorgeous to me. :nod:

Thanks Nico. I will check out Desertshore and Marble Index for sure.

irishgrl

08-12-2005, 08:03 PM

I dont have all the single album titles but I can tell you who some of my favorite 60's artists are:

The Ventures, (Ventures in Space)
Booker T & the MG's (Green Onions)
Duane Eddy (Lonely Guitar)
Simon and Garfunkel (Sounds of Silence)
Beach Boys (all!)
Rip Chords (Dead Mans Curve, Hey Little Cobra)
Mamas and Papas (all)
Various English Invasion Groups: Herman's Hermits, Byrds, Yardbirds, LuLu (To Sir With Love) Mersey Beat, Beatles (of course!) Stones (ditto!)
Various "folk" groups, some of my fave songs are: Walk Right In, Georgie Girl,
5 O'Clock world (Drew Carrey used this as his theme song one season), Quinn the Eskimo, In the Year 2525
Johnny Rivers (Secret Agent Man)
Frankie Valle and the Four Seasons (all)
Bobby Darin (all--but especially Mack the Knife!)

Im sure I forgot a bunch......dangit.....

DownOnRodeo

08-12-2005, 08:47 PM

Can I wait for the next decade:D

dissention

08-13-2005, 05:04 PM

Ooh, I didn't see this. Cool idea, Sharon.

In no particular order:

1. Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane
2. White Light/White Heat - Velvet Underground
3. Whole New Thing - Sly & The Family Stone
4. Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan
5. Tommy - The Who
6. Cheap Thrills - Big Brother and the Holding Company

I can't think of others. :laugh:

DrummerDeanna

08-13-2005, 05:43 PM

D'oh! I was sooo good on the others as well!

There were some amazing albums out in the 60s that weren't by The Beatles you know :p They didn't even make my top 10...

There were other bands in the 60s besides the Beatles??? ;) :xoxo:

irishgrl

08-13-2005, 06:17 PM

6. Cheap Thrills - Big Brother and the Holding Company

oops, one I forgot~ didnt it come out in 70 tho?

face of glass

08-14-2005, 04:44 AM

The Beach Boys: Smile (if I can have Gift Of Screws as my favourite Lindsey album, then this will do as well :p)
The Beatles: The White Album
The Beatles: Abbey Road
Tim Buckley: Goodbye And Hello
The Byrds: Younger Than Yesterday
The Doors: The Doors
Bob Dylan: Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding
King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King
The Kinks: Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)
Love: Forever Changes
The Move: The Move
Pink Floyd: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
The Pretty Things: SF Sorrow
The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed
Sly & The Family Stone: Stand!
Skip Spence: Oar
The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground (the 3rd album, I mean)
The Who: The Who Sell Out
The Zombies: Odessey & Oracle

There, ordered alphabetically like a proper muso. :D

macfan 57

08-14-2005, 10:16 AM

All of the Beatles albums(My favorites are Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper, Revolver, Rubber Soul & The White Album, in that order.)

The Beach Boys-Pet Sounds

Simon & Garfunkel-Sounds Of Silence, Parsley Sage Rosemary & Thyme, Bookends

Bob Dylan-Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde On Blonde