Top 100 Albums 1965-1974 ***RESULTS***

[Little Man being Erased]

Holy smokes.

We have finally come to the concluding list in our series of top 100 albums. It's been a magical journey and I thank all of you for your participation.

Now, onto the results. I'm a little surprised at no. 1 to be honest.


The Glorious RYM List:
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/LittleMan/alt_indies_top_100_albums_1965_1974



















Nick Drake - Pink Moon ~[ 1612 points]~
The Beatles - Abbey Road ~[ 1538 points]~
The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle ~[ 1390 points]~
The Beatles - Revolver ~[ 1368 points]~
The Velvet Undergound - The Velvet Underground & Nico ~[ 1314 points]~
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds ~[ 1282 points]~
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited ~[ 1226 points]~
The Stooges - Fun House ~[ 1110 points]~
David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars ~[ 967 points]~
Frank Zappa - Hot Rats ~[ 927 points]~
The Kinks - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society ~[ 831 points]~
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon ~[ 825 points]~
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain ~[ 804 points]~
Love - Forever Changes ~[ 791 points]~
David Bowie - Hunky Dory ~[ 779 points]~
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew ~[ 778 points]~
The Who - Who's Next ~[ 747 points]~
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland ~[ 740 points]~
Can - Tago Mago ~[ 734 points]~
Frank Zappa - Freak Out! ~[ 731 points]~
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison ~[ 703 points]~
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn ~[ 703 points]~
The Stooges - Raw Power ~[ 693 points]~
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat ~[ 690 points]~
The Beatles - Rubber Soul ~[ 687 points]~
King Crimson - Red ~[ 677 points]~
Kraftwerk - Autobahn ~[ 651 points]~
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde ~[ 637 points]~
The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band ~[ 600 points]~
Black Sabbath - Paranoid ~[ 589 points]~
Neu! - Neu! ~[ 583 points]~
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street ~[ 572 points]~
Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul ~[ 561 points]~
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica ~[ 529 points]~
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left ~[ 527 points]~
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home ~[ 523 points]~
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush ~[ 511 points]~
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King ~[ 508 points]~
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way ~[ 503 points]~
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II ~[ 497 points]~
The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground ~[ 491 points]~
The Doors - The Doors ~[ 484 points]~
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets ~[ 483 points]~
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers ~[ 480 points]~
Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On ~[ 477 points]~
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin ~[ 469 points]~
The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach ~[ 464 points]~
Yes - Close to the Edge ~[ 459 points]~
T. Rex - Electric Warrior ~[ 455 points]~
King Crimson - Larks' Tongues In Aspic ~[ 438 points]~
Nick Drake - Bryter Layter ~[ 432 points]~
Can - Ege Bamyasi ~[ 424 points]~
The Beatles - The Beatles [White Album] ~[ 417 points]~
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions ~[ 412 points]~
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath ~[ 406 points]~
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? ~[ 406 points]~
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes ~[ 400 points]~
Pink Floyd - Meddle ~[ 392 points]~
The Velvet Underground - Loaded ~[ 383 points]~
The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed ~[ 379 points]~
The Who - Quadrophenia ~[ 378 points]~
The Grateful Dead - American Beauty ~[ 374 points]~
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks ~[ 366 points]~
Frank Zappa - We’re Only In It For the Money ~[ 360 points]~
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You ~[ 349 points]~
Pharoah Sanders - Karma ~[ 347 points]~
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy ~[ 333 points]~
Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay ~[ 325 points]~
Yusef Lateef - The Blue Yusef Lateef ~[ 318 points]~
James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up ~[ 315 points]~
The Kinks – Something Else by The Kinks ~[ 314 points]~
Black Sabbath - Master of Reality ~[ 313 points]~
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters ~[ 312 points]~
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane ~[ 293 points]~
Carole King - Tapestry ~[ 283 points]~
Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love ~[ 280 points]~
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs ~[ 275 points]~
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire ~[ 274 points]~
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass ~[ 273 points]~
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen ~[ 273 points]~
MC5 - Kick Out the Jams ~[ 273 points]~
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear ~[ 271 points]~
Monks - Black Monk Time ~[ 266 points]~
Miles Davis - Miles Smiles ~[ 258 points]~
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Bright Moments ~[ 256 points]~
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame ~[ 248 points]~
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) ~[ 246 points]~
The Kinks - Arthur (or the Delcine and Fall of the British Empire) ~[ 245 points]~
The Stooges - The Stooges ~[ 240 points]~
Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You ~[ 235 points]~
Chick Corea - Return to Forever ~[ 234 points]~
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On ~[ 234 points]~
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis ~[ 231 points]~
Joni Mitchell - Blue ~[ 231 points]~
Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! ~[ 230 points]~
Bob Marley - Catch A Fire ~[ 227 points]~
New York Dolls - New York Dolls ~[ 226 points]~
Johnny Cash - At San Quentin ~[ 223 points]~
Van Morrison - Moondance ~[ 218 points]~
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul ~[ 218 points]~



Discuss/bitch/praise me.

[_Mote_]

That's actually a pretty sweet list! Much more accurate I think in terms of importance then some of the others.

Thanks Little Man :thumb:

EDIT: I actually think that Pink Moon is really over-rated, but it does make sense somewhere at the top. I think Abbey Road should've taken the prize.

and w00t, first post!

[mr_jackalope]

Number 1 is surprising but an extremely good choice nonetheless.

[Zmev]

I forgot to complete my list =[

Thats why Exile on Main Street finished above Sticky Fingers, by the way.

[Matt?]

astral weeks shoulda been higher :-/

[_Mote_]

Sgt. Peppers that low is a steal.

But like I said before, good list. I'm sure I'll have more bitching to do on further inspection.

[Iai]

Yeah, the best list we've managed yet.

[Zappa]

Just skimming it, it looks pretty effword good.

We're Only In It For the Money belongs in the top 20, though.

I know, put it in place of Forever Changes.

[Iai]

I'd put it in place of Freak Out! to be honest.

[Matt?]

i'd put it in place of hot rats

[_Mote_]

Yea, I didn't see how Hot Rats placed that well, but it's still a fine record.

[Jacaranda]

meh only three stones albums good list overall but i don't like most of the placements. not alot of pink floyd either oh well.

[Kayetan]

I don't like this list.

[Iai]

I just don't like Freak Out! much. But Hot Rats and We're Only In It... are both amongst my favourites.

[PinkFreud]

Loaded below VU S/T? Poppycock. Also, Can is boring.

[_Mote_]

VU st > Loaded, in at least relevance and influence. I could think of a bunch of better records from this time period that are better then the ones found on this list, but the list will always turn towards relevance and influence. You could say that Iaasic Hayes - Hot Butter Soul is better then Abbey Road, but you'd never say it was more important.

[Iai]

That's kind of a white viewpoint.

[_Mote_]

It's always going to be which album is more popular.

Another example, you may say that the Mudsucker's album is one of the best albums of the 2000's, but American Idiot, although a much worse record, will still come on top of the list.

[Jacaranda]

i must spread rep before giving to little man, but good job

oh wow the same goes for mote

[mr_jackalope]

Loaded below VU S/T? Poppycock. Also, Can is boring.

Loaded is one of the weaker things Lou Reed ever participated on.

[Jacaranda]

Loaded is one of the weaker things Lou Reed ever participated on.
ya that and half of his solo work.

[Little Man being Erased]

i must spread rep before giving to little man, but good job
That's just how awesome I am.


I'm happy that Ziggy Stardust snuck into the top 10.

[Zebra]

I think that this is a great list, it's much better than most lists from this era considering the fact that it's not filled with Sabbath and Zeppelin.

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul ~[ 218 points]~

:)

[Jawaharal]

astral weeks shoulda been higher :-/

my thoughts too

[Happymeal]

I'm surprised that Fun House ranked higher than Raw Power, considering that no one talks about it besides Zappa or NPC.

[beso negro]

donde esta Toots & the Maytals

[PinkFreud]

VU st > Loaded, in at least relevance and influence. I could think of a bunch of better records from this time period that are better then the ones found on this list, but the list will always turn towards relevance and influence. You could say that Iaasic Hayes - Hot Butter Soul is better then Abbey Road, but you'd never say it was more important.
Well, yeah, that's how these lists always turn out. I was just hoping Loaded would be higher.

I too have to spread rep around before giving it to Little Man.

[pixiesfanyo]

Great list.

Pink Moon definitely deserves the top spot.

Wonderfully brilliant album, both in terms of acutal songwriting and emotion.

[Kayetan]

1. Linda Perhacs - Parallelogram ~[ 1612 points]~I'm happy now.

[Little Man being Erased]

Yeah, pretty much my thoughts right there. Pink Moon definitely deserves a spot in the top 10, maybe top 5, just not quite no. 1.

[pixiesfanyo]

when you first look, Pink Moon seems like a good choice for "absolute best piece of music released in this excellent nine-year time period", but then you realize that no, no it isn't. It's just an acoustic folk album. Great, but not #1 great.

good list otherwise though.

Exactly.

It's the best album because number one, anyone can apperciate it.

It's not held back by bad production, because it's a voice and an instrument.

It's not held back by any of the "genres" back then, because it's simply just good music.

The beauty of Pink Moon is it's simplistic nature, the fact that it is just an acoustic folk album.

I'd much rather have "just an acoustic folk album" then half of the other overblown **** that came out of this period.

[Iai]

I prefer Five Leaves Left to be honest.

[pixiesfanyo]

You also think the Afghan Whigs made more than one good album.

(unnecessary burn)

[Kayetan]

I honestly think the Twilight Singers are better. Blackberry Bell was a really good album. Their other stuff, not so much.

[FA]

I don't like this list.

agreed

[Kage]

Good list.

[ImusInTheMorning]

Who the **** is Nick Drake

[beso negro]

Hinder's singer.

[Broken Arrow]

Nice list, could've used more Neil Young though.

[ImusInTheMorning]

That list is more of a travesty than you guys will ever know.

Mostly because I'm not on it.

[AlienEater]

Pretty decent list.

It would have been nice to see Black Monk Time higher though.

[Little Man being Erased]

Nice list, could've used more Neil Young though.
I was really surprised that Harvest didn't make the top 100.

Only 3 people had it in their list.


Actually, it only missed out by 1 point. :(

[_Mote_]

Man, should've thought about that one. Would've put it on.

sorry Neil :(

[Broken Arrow]

Actually, it only missed out by 1 point.
Ouch



Did anyone else have a #1 pick that did not make the Top 100 at all?

[Little Man being Erased]

Yep. All of these people's no. 1 picks didn't make it.

Dimes Make Dollars
Kayetan
Broken Arrow

[Kayetan]

My #1 pick would have made it had Bluedabee... edited his list to the proper format.

[Little Man being Erased]

Yeah, that's true.

[knox]

Awesome top 10. I'm really happy that Pink Moon is #1 as well. What makes Pink Moon so great is that Nick Drake made what so many artists try very hard to do without really trying. It's simple, short, and plain, and yet it's still one of the best albums ever. Pink Moon getting the number one spot might seem like a smack in the face to a lot of people, but I truly think it deserves #1 more than any album.

[Eliminator]

Switch Hot Rats and Trout Mask Replica and this list improves a lot.

[Robert Crumb]

Nice list, could've used more Neil Young though.

Blah. I forgot Harvest.

[Zebra]

Switch Hot Rats and Trout Mask Replica and this list improves a lot.

this

[Eliminator]

Seriously, how is it higher than We're Only in it for the Money?

That album is like ten times better.

[Bukowski]

Hot Rats is kind of crap. I'd take most other Zappa albums I've heard over that.

[Broken Arrow]

nah


I'm going to miss these top 100 album things.

[Zappa]

Well, let's do 55-64.

[Jacaranda]

maybe there is going to be a 100 '05-'06 albums or a '06 100 but they are doing that already so scratch that. how bout '05-'14
:/

[Kage]

Have the 80s been done?

[Happymeal]

Well, let's do 55-64.

My list would have like 15-20 max.


now's a good time for you and Crumb to whore some records

[revolution1]

Good List with a few problems
Led Zeppelin I is better than Led Zeppelin II and needs to be higher
Little suprised at no. 1
Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East is not in the list
Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold As Love are better than Electric Ladyland

[Jacaranda]

ya '75-'84 and then '85-'94
the '55-'64 is the only decade we haven't done, in reason.

[Broken Arrow]

Allman Brothers Band At Fillmore East is not in the list


Yes, I was also concern when I noticed this.

[Little Man being Erased]

55-64 could be done but I won't be able to run the thing due to lack of time and I don't have more than about 10 albums from that decade so I wouldn't submit a list either.

[elnicky]

Hmm.. There's actually quite a few albums I've never heard here, mixed in with a lot of albums I love. I think a downloading spree might be in order.

Perhaps I'm being lazy, but where can I find the other lists?

[Little Man being Erased]

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=502218

there ya go. all the links are in the first post.

[Up The Irons]

Magical Mystery Tour's not being there is quite the sin

[subin]

Pretty good list overall. I would have like to see Revolver ahead of Abbey Road. I'm glad Tago Mago by Can made it too 20. Sometimes that album is very unappreciated.