The Beatles' Revolver won 1966. Let's see who wins 1967. jesus christ this year is insane. Billboard chart-topping albums of 1967: The Monkees - The Monkees (cont. from 1966) The Monkees - More of the Monkees Herb Alpert - Sounds Like The Monkees - Headquarters The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe The Supremes - Diana Ross and the Supremes The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones LTD. Billboard chart-topping singles of 1967: The Monkeys - I'm a Believer (cont. from 1966) The Buckinghams - Kind of a Drag The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday The Supremes - Love is Here and Now You're Gone The Beatles - Penny Lane The Turtles - Happy Together Nancy Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid The Supremes - The Happening The Young Rascals - Groovin' Aretha Franklin - Respect The Association - Windy The Doors - Light My Fire The Beatles - All You Need is Love Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe The Box Tops - The Letter Lulu - To Sir With Love Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints The Monkees - Daydream Believer The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye What are your top three albums for 1967? We will keep a running tally and eventually have some sort of bracket. For me it would be: 1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love 2. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Undergound & Nico 3. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You What are some of the forgotten gems from the year? What is overrated? What did you discover at a young age and what did you discover later? YEARS IN MUSIC • forum.chorus.fm
top honorable mentions (alphabetical): the beatles - magical mystery tour the beatles - sgt. pepper's lonely hearts club band cream - disraeli gears gene clark - gene clark with the godsin brothers the jimi hendrix experience - are you experienced pink floyd - pipers at the gates of dawn the rolling stones - their satanic majesty’s request other cuts: the beach boys - smiley smile the beach boys - wild honey bob dylan - john wesley harding the box tops - the letter/neon rainbow the byrds - younger than yesterday captain beefheart - safe as milk donovan - a gift from a flower to a garden the doors - the doors the doors - strange days glen campbell - by the time i get to phoenix the grateful dead - the grateful dead harry nilsson - pandemonium shadow show the hollies - evolution jefferson airplane - surrealistic pillow the kinks - something else by the kinks leonard cohen - songs of leonard cohen the mamas and the papas - deliver merle haggard - branded man merle haggard - im a lonesome fugitive otis redding and carla thomas - king & queen the rolling stones - between the buttons strawberry alarm clock - incense and peppermint the 13th floor elevators - easter everywhere tim Buckley - goodbye and hello tim hardin - tim hardin 2 traffic - mr. fantasy vanilla fudge - vanilla fudge waylon jennings - love of the common people the who - sell out willie nelson - the party’s over and other great willie nelson songs stuff to check out: canned heat - canned heat the electric prunes - the electric prunes frank zappa - lumpy gravy gordon lightfoot - the way i feel john coltrane - expression loretta lynn - don’t come home a drinkin’ (with lovin’ on your mind) love - forever changes miles davis - smiles miles davis - sorcerer the mothers of invention - absolutely free red krayola - the parable of arable land scott walker - scott small faces - small faces stan getz - sweet rain sun ra - atlantis Waylon Jennings - Waylon sings ol’ harlan wilson pickett - the sound of wilson pickett
I’m gonna spend the most time I’ve ever spent with The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. And also going to use this entire project as my motivation to finally do a great run through of Pink Floyd. A band I have always enjoyed but never done a deep dive into. currently listening to “interstellar overdrive”, a song I’ve heard Pearl Jam cover live more times than I’ve actually heard the original. So I’m off to a good start. yay psychedelia !
Ok, I’ll jump on board... 1. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico 2. The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers’ Lonely Hearts Club Band 3. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
1. The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers’ Lonely Hearts Club Band 2. The Doors - The Doors 3. The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks
1967 In Music Greatest Albums: 1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles 2. The Doors 3. Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles Greatest Albums (cont.): Axis: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix Strange Days - The Doors Smiley Smile - The Beach Boys Days Of Future Passed - The Moody Blues Disraeli Gears - Cream Wild Honey - The Beach Boys Music To Watch Girls By - The Bob Crewe Generation Greatest Songs: 1. A Day In The Life - The Beatles 2. Light My Fire - The Doors 3. Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles 4. Heroes And Villains - The Beach Boys 5. Music To Watch Girls By - The Bob Crewe Generation Greatest Songs (cont.): Break On Through - The Doors White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra Can’t Take My Eyes Off You - Frank Valli Never My Love - The Association Incense And Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles People Are Strange - The Doors Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix Somethin’ Stupid - Nancy Sinatra/Frank Sinatra Happy Together - The Turtles Respect - Aretha Franklin Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream Windy - The Association All You Need Is Love - The Beatles San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie Cold Sweat - James Brown What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong I Can See For Miles - The Who (We Ain’t Got) Nothin’ Yet - The Blue Magoos Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues Jackson - Johnny Cash & June Carter You Keep Me Hangin’ On - Vanilla Fudge Sugar Town - Nancy Sinatra Green Tambourine - The Lemon Pipers Why Did I Get So High - The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Can’t Get Enough Of You Baby - ? & The Mysterians Let’s Live For Today - The Grass Roots No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum Age of Psychedelic Rock and the Summer Of Love. What a year! If I could go back in time this would probably be the year to go to.
1. Nina Simone - Nina Simone Sings the Blues 2. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 3. Nina Simone - High Priestess of Soul Excruciating cuts: Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave Duke Ellington - Far East Suite Others I love: The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen The Supremes - Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland The Who - The Who Sell Out The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold As Love Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim - Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim Richie Havens - Mixed Bag Love - Forever Changes The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico The Moody Blues - Days of Future Past Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow The Monkees - Headquarters Jorge Ben - O Bidu: Silencio no Brooklin Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - United James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up Cream - Disraeli Gears The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? The Monkees - More of the Monkees The Kinks - Something Else by The Kinks Four Tops - Reach Out Scott Walker - Scott Peter, Paul and Mary - Album 1700 The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request The Mamas and the Papas - Deliver Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - Make It Happen The Beach Boys - Wild Honey The Birds - Younger Than Yesterday Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding Good ones: Moby Grape - Moby Grape Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge Miles Davis Quintet - Miles Smiles Wilson Pickett - The Wicked Pickett The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina Bee Gees - Bee Gees 1st The Doors - The Doors Gordon Lightfoot - The Way I Feel Otis Redding - Live in Europe Merle Haggard - Branded Man The Who - A Quick One Vikki Carr - It Must Be Him Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones, Ltd. Stevie Wonder - I Was Made to Love Her The Marvelettes - The Marvelettes Wayne Shorter - Adam's Apple Nina Simone - Silk and Soul Joe Bataan - Gypsy Woman The Hassles - The Hassles Jerry Moore - Life Is a Constant Journey Home Ed Ames - My Cup Runneth Over The Five Stairsteps - The Five Stairsteps James Brown - Cold Sweat Four Tops - On Broadway Not a fan: Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe Targets for listening: Beau Brummels - Triangle Tim Buckley- Goodbye and Hello Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe As Milk Country Joe and the Fish - Electric Music for the Mind and Body Donovan - Sunshine Superman Electric Prunes - I Had too Much to Dream (Last Night) Astrud Gilberto - Beach Samba Merle Haggard - I'm a Lonesome Fugitive Loretta Lynn - Don't Come Home a-Drinkin' (with Lovin' on Your Mind) Nico - Chelsea Girl Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn Shivkumar Sharma/Brijbushan Kabra/Hariprasad Chaurasia - Call of the Valley The Young Rascals - Groovin' Gene Clark - Gene Clark with the Godsin Brothers Aretha Franklin - Aretha Arrives Wilson Pickett - The Sound of Wilson Pickett Wilson Pickett - I'm in Love Jimmy Ruffin - Sings Top Ten The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons The Doors - Strange Days Jefferson Airplane - After Bathing at Baxter's The Hollies - Butterfly McCoy Tyner - The Real McCoy Neil Diamond - Just for You Phil Ochs - Pleasures of the Harbor Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Duke Ellington - And His Mother Called Him Bill The Youngbloods - The Youngbloods William Bell - The Soul of a Bell Tommy James and The Shondells - I Think We're Alone Now Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso - Domingo
i don’t love the full Box Tops album but The Letter might be one of the best singles of the year. hard to believe it’s a teenaged alex chilton, of big star fame.
1. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man The Way I Love You 2. The Supremes - The Supremes Sing Motown 3. Nina Simone - Sings The Blues Very unlucky for Sgt Pepper to miss the top three, but it'll do fine without my vote I imagine. Aretha's album is just an absolute tour-de-force, every single track is perfect, and she really is the most remarkable singer. Even after hearing these songs 1001 times, the power of her voice still absolutely wows me every time. The Supremes Sing Motown (alternatively known as The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland) is pretty similar in many ways - it feels like a Greatest Hits, such is the strength of the tracks here. Full of songs that you'll know, but they've basically never been sung as well before or since. I could have picked Nina's High Priestess of Soul just as easily for the third spot, but I think I'm just that little bit more drawn to Nina's bluesier, slower side. It features one of the all time great protest songs (Backlash Blues), plus the definitive version of House of the Rising Sun. Also very good from Nina this year is Silk and Soul, but I'd put it just a bit behind the other two mentioned. Also excellent this year is; Born Under a Bad Sign by Albert King, for some brilliant electric blues. Dylan's John Wesley Harding, which features one of my all time favourite Dylan songs, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight. Desmond Dekker's 007 Shanty Town, which is some great reggae/rocksteady. The Four Tops Reach Out for these huge pop songs. Etta James' Call My Name, which sees her move into more classic soul direction, which we'll see again next year. Richie Haven's Mixed Bag is this really wonderful folksy-soulful record.
I haven't heard any of these. This year was an absolute explosion of great, creative albums. 200% would have assumed you had this. I think you'll like it a lot. Love so much about this post. FUCK yeah in agreement on Sings the Blues. We've definitely talked before about how great that Supremes album is. And love the shoutouts for Mixed Bag (just criminally obscure at this point) and Born Under a Bad Sign
I know my list is long, so I thought I'd highlight a couple I don't think people on here might have heard already? Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave The most perfect summertime album ever released. Pour some lemonade and put your feet up in the sun. Duke Ellington - Far East Suite @George I know you're a sucker for a late career masterpiece. Somehow, some way, America's Mozart dug deep for a massive, sweeping masterwork at 68. It was last with his writing partner Billy Strayhorn before his death. Richie Havens - Mixed Bag I mean...that voice. Undiluted. Pure, uncut stuff. James Carr - You Got My Mind Messed Up The best soul album you might not have heard before. A bunch of ap.net guys used to rep this all the time and with good reason. Just gutbucket genius. Peter, Paul and Mary - Album 1700 If you liked their pure folk, this is them branching out a bit. They expand the instrumentation a bit and it does wonders. It has at least 3 songs I’d say even the most casual PPM fan needs to hear
1. Nina Simone - Nina Simone Sings the Blues 2. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 3. The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico I haven't been familiar with the Nina album for that long (@cshadows2887 had me listen to it for #MWE this year), but goddamn, it's number one with a bullet for this year. Sad, sexy, entrancing, and so musically bulletproof. It was one of those "I can't believe how good this is!" first listens. Here are my tweets from #MWE about it: Sgt. Pepper was a daunting album for me for a long time, and definitely not the first Beatles album that really clicked for me. For years, it had the baggage of topping the Rolling Stone 500, which made me feel like I wasn't appreciating it enough. Eventually, that fell away and I came to love it for what it is, which is a super audacious, often game-changing pop album that nonetheless might not crack my top five Beatles! The Velvet Underground & Nico is just a thrilling listen. It makes me feel like I'm in a movie. EDIT: I'd almost forgotten the time that @DaydreamNation and I wrote about The Velvet Underground & Nico for the "My Back Pages" feature on AbsolutePunk. Those features were fun. Will have to re-read this tonight to see if either of us had any cringey takes. Closer to the Truth and Further From the Sky: My Back Pages, Vol. 10: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Started off my new listens with Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd, which is a really great album title, if nothing else. Pink Floyd have never really clicked for me - I’ve listened to them fairly sporadically over the past 15 years or so, giving them another try every now and then and nothing really works. I can’t really describe why not, but whenever I finish an album, I never have any desire or motivation to go back for more. This was similar from a first go through, I can definitely “respect” it more than I specifically enjoyed it, they’re doing a lot of interesting things with production and sound design and things like that, but I didn’t necessarily enjoy it. The more straightforward poppier stuff like Lucifer Sam I found more enjoyable than the more out there proggy stuff like Interstellar Overdrive. Perhaps they’re just not for me - but I’m sure I’ll give them another go in 6 months time.
also listen to the aretha franklin album, it’s her best, which naturally makes it one of the best ever
I’d take Spirit in the Dark or This Girl’s in Love with You but that’s more a testament to how great she is
Last night I listened to Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, Nina Simone Sings the Blues, and The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland, all in a row for the first time and it was honestly magical