50 essential albums of the 60s

1) The Beatles' SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND.

2) Aretha Franklin's I NEVER LOVED A MAN.

3) The Mamas and the Papas' THE PAPAS AND THE MAMAS.

4) Jimi Hendrix' ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?

5) The Rolling Stones' LET IT BLEED.

6) Diana Ross & The Supremes' REFLECTIONS.

7) The Doors' THE DOORS.

8) Laura Nyro's ELI AND THE THIRTEENTH CONFESSION.

9) Bob Dylan's BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME.

10) Joni Mitchell's CLOUDS.

11)  Janis Joplin's I GOT DEM OL' KOZMIC BLUES AGAIN.

12)  Donovan's A GIFT FROM A FLOWER TO A GARDEN.

13) Pink Floyd's THE PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN.

14) Dusty Springfield's DUSTY IN MEMPHIS.

15) The Kinks' FACE TO FACE.

16) Dionne Warwick's MAKE WAY FOR DIONNE WARWICK.

17) Sandie Shaw's PUPPET ON A STRING

18) Stevie Wonder's UP-TIGHT.

19) Jackie DeShannon's LAUREL CANYON.

20) Sly and the Family Stone's STAND!

21) Van Morrison's ASTRAL WEEKS.

22) Jefferson Airplane's VOLUNTEERS.

23) Cass Elliot's BUBBLEGUM, LEMONADE, AND . . . SOMETHING FOR MAMA.

24) Neil Young's EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE.

25) Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' GOING TO A GO-GO.

26) The Beach Boys' PET SOUNDS.

27) The Who's THE WHO SELLS OUT.

28) Joan Baez's JOAN.


29) Otis Redding's OTIS BLUE.

30) The Fifth Dimension's THE AGE OF AQUARIUS.


31) Odetta's ODETTA SINGS FOLK SONGS.


32) Etta James' TELL MAMA.

33) Dolly Parton's JUST BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN.

34) Roberta Flack's FIRST TAKE.

35) James Brown's LIVE AT THE APOLLO.


36) Gladys Knight and the Pips' FEELIN' BLUESY.


37) Phil Ochs' ALL THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO SING.

38) Judy Henske and Jerry Yester's FAREWELL ALDEBARAN.

39) Cher's ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO.

40) The Four Tops' REACH OUT.

41) Willie Nelson's . . . AND THEN I WROTE.

42) Barbra Streisand's THE SECOND BARBRA STREISAND ALBUM.

43) Sonny & Cher's LOOK AT US.

44) The Temptations' PUZZLE PEOPLE.

45) Elvis Presley's FROM ELVIS IN MEMPHIS.

46) Nina Simone's TO LOVE SOMEBODY.

47) Wilson Pickett's HEY JUDE.

48) Lesley Gore's LESLEY GORE SINGS OF MIXED-UP HEARTS.

49) Harry Belafonte's MIDNIGHT SPECIAL.

50) The Seekers' COME THE DAY (aka GEORGY GIRL).