Your favourite albums by decade: The 60s

[mylittledemon]

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

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

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!

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

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

Ah, c'mon! It's so easy to say "everything by the Beatles".
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]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

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.

[trackaghost]

Originally Posted by Nico

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.

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

[irishgrl]

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]

Can I wait for the next decade

[dissention]

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.

[DrummerDeanna]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

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 They didn't even make my top 10...

There were other bands in the 60s besides the Beatles???

[irishgrl]

Originally Posted by dissention

6. Cheap Thrills - Big Brother and the Holding Company

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

[face of glass]

The Beach Boys: Smile (if I can have Gift Of Screws as my favourite Lindsey album, then this will do as well )
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.

[macfan 57]

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

[lbelle1214]

Leslie Gore - It's my Party

The Beatles - Meet the Beatles

Lovin' Spoonful (/)