The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonley Hearts Club Band won 1967. Let's see who wins 1968. with the white album being so polarizing i could see a non-beatles album taking it. THIS YEAR, HOLY SHIT! Billboard chart-topping albums of 1968: The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tou (cont. from '67) Paul Mauriat - Blooming Hits Simon & Garfunkel - The Graduate Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends Herb Alpert - The Beat of the Brass Cream - Wheels on Fire The Doors - Waiting for the Sun The Rascals - Time Peace Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman The Beatles - The Beatles Billboard chart-topping singles of 1968: The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye (cont. from '67) John Fred - Judy in Disguise The Lemon Pipers - Green Tambourine Paul Mauriat - Love is Blue Otis Redding - (Sitting on) The Dock of the Bay Bobby Goldsboro - Honey Archie Bell - Tighten Up Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson Herb Alpert - This Guy's in Love With You Hugh Masekela - Grazing in the Grass The Doors - Hello, I Love You The Rascals - People Got to Be Free Jeannie Riley - Harper Valley PTA The Beatles - Hey Jude Diana Ross & the Supremes - Love Child Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through the Grapevine What are your top three albums for 1968? We will keep a running tally and eventually have some sort of bracket. For me it would be: 1. The Band - Music from Big Pink 2. Cream - Wheels of Fire 3. The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society 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
honorable mentions: aretha franklin - aretha now blue cheer - vincebus eruptum the byrds - sweetheart of the radio dillard and clark - the fantastic expedition of dillard and clark james taylor - james taylor johnny cash - at folsom prison the rolling stones - beggars banquet other notable cuts: aretha franklin - lady soul the beatles - the beatles blue cheer - outsideinside the byrds - notorious byrd brothers deep purple - shades of deep purple dolly parton - just because i am a woman donovan - the hurdy gurdy man the doors - waiting for the sun glen campbell - wichita lineman the grateful dead - anthem of the sun the international submarine band - safe at home iron butterfly - in-a-gadda-da-vida the jimi hendrix experience - electric ladyland marvin gaye - i heard it through the grapevine! merle haggard - mama tried merle haggard - sing me back home otis redding - the dock of the bay pink floyd - a saucerful of secrets randy newman - randy newman townes van zandt - for the sake of the song traffic - traffic van morrison - astral weeks the velvet underground - white light/white heat waylon jennings - hangin on the zombies - odyssey and oracle stuff to check out: blood sweat and tears - child is father to the man canned heat - boogie with canned heat canned heat - living the blues dr. john - gris gris electric flag - a long time coming glen campbell - hey little one gordon lightfoot - did she mention my name herbie hancock - speak like a child iron butterfly - heavy joan baez - any day now miles davis - nefertiti miles davis - filled de killmanjaro the mothers of invention - we’re only in it for the money ravi shankar - the sounds of india richie havens - something else again scott walker - scott 2 simon and garfunkel - bookends simon and garfunkel - the graduate small faces - ogden’s nut gone flake small faces - there are but four small faces spirit - spirit spirit - the family that plays together stevie wonder - for once in my life strawberry alarm clock - wake up its tomorrow
Hint of sarcasm from me for sure, I get it. (back to enraged Beatles nerd) - BUT THE BEATLES INVENTED THE BLOATED DOUBLE ALBUM WITH THE WHITE ALBUM! THIS IS BLASPHEMOUS!
I say this yet the white album is already my de facto #1. gosh I almost can’t wait till ‘71 so I don’t have to be so biased to my fave band.
1. The Beatles - The Beatles 2. Simon and Garfunkel - Bookends 3. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Others I love: Dr. John - Gris Gris The Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet The Band - Music from Big Pink The Zombies - Odessy and Oracle Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - You're All I Need The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland Blood, Sweat, and Tears - Child Is Father to the Man The Kinks - Are the Village Green Preservation Society The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal Herbie Hancock - Speak Like a Child Diana Ross and The Supremes - Love Child Jeff Beck - Truth Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso The Temptations - Wish It Would Rain Glen Campbell - By the Time I Get to Phoenix Good ones: The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat Various Artists - Tropicalia: Ou Panis Et Circencis Taj Majal - The Natch'l Blues Randy Newman - Randy Newman The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine Blood, Sweat and Tears - Blood, Sweat and Tears Willie Bobo - A New Dimension Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes The Monkees - Head Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession Merle Haggard - Mama Tried Spirit - The Family That Plays Together Ray Barretto - Acid Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake Cream - Wheels of Fire Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World The Impressions - We're a Winner Sammy Davis, Jr. - I Gotta Be Me Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Clearwater Revival Peter, Paul, and Mary - Late Again The Impressions - This Is My Country Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man Clarence Carter - This Is Clarence Carter Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music The Monkees - The Birds, The Bees, and The Monkees Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, and Stephen Stills - Super Session Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman Louis Armstrong - Disney Songs The Satchmo Way Linda Ronstadt with The Stone Poneys and Friends - Vol. III Orpheus - Orpheus Stevie Wonder - Eivets Rednow Not a fan: Listening - Listening The Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun Archie Bell and The Drells - Tighten Up The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money The Beacon Street Union - The Eyes of the Beacon Street Union Targets for listening: Big Brother and the Holding Company - Cheap Thrills Jerry Butler - The Iceman Cometh Jerry Butler - The Soul Goes On Martha and the Vandellas - Ridin' High Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Daughter Iron Butterfly - In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida Pretty Things - S.F. Sorrow Ravi Shankar - The Sounds of India Traffic - Traffic The United States of America - The United States of America Scott Walker - Scott 2 Jose Feliciano - Feliciano! Richard Harris - A Tramp Shining Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood - Nancy and Lee Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet Deep Purple - Shades of Deep Purple Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf the 2nd The Turtles - Battle of the Bands
I don't know anything about either of these bands/albums. Would you say they'd be up my alley/worth the listen this week? Strongly recommend these four. I think in particular Boookends and Child Is Father to the Man would be up your alley.
dillard/clark is gene clark from the byrds and doug dillard, who had a cup of coffee with the byrds, and is a great banjo player/sideman international submarine band is gram parsons’ first band before he’d join the byrds (he’s on sweetheart of the radio in 68 as well) and flying burrito brothers before going solo and yeah, i’m looking forward to those four, bookends especially.
Of course I have. It wouldn't make the 3 spot though. I had a hard time with #3 but: 1. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks 2. Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet 3. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland Bookends, White Album and The Band were all up there.
one of the more underrated songwriters around. his cuts on the early byrds albums are among their best songs too.
Was a hectic week last week, didn't get to listen to anywhere near as much 1967 music as I'd have liked, so will hopefully try and correct that this week too. My (not that) hot take on The White Album is that the presence of Revolution 9 automatically puts it behind the rest of The Beatles post-Rubber Soul albums. If there's 9 minutes of music, or about 10% of the album that is basically an auto-skip every single time, that has to count against it.
I've honestly grown to really love the mess of The Beatles. I even leave on "Revolution 9" on most spins. I even like "Honey Pie" and "Wild Honey Pie" now.
By the way, big year for Brazil if that's of interest to any of you (Caetano Veloso, the Tropicalia comp, Os Mutantes) and kinda experimental/Boogaloo Latin music (A New Dimension, Acid)
i’ve listened to Os Mutantes a few times and have to chalk it up to one i respect but just isn’t for me at all
I'm with you on this take. Slightly unrelated to your point but a lot of the "throwaways" make for cool additions to mix playlists. It's not Beatles album with the best songs, nor the most hits, nor the best production. But to me it's still the most "fascinating".
It’s not my favorite of those 3. I’d say give Caetano Veloso a spin or listen to Gal Costa in ‘69 and if you don’t dig them, safe bet Tropicalia just isn’t your thing.
Yeah that’s exactly it. Plus the story around it makes it interesting to me. Some of it is probably projecting but you can hear the strife and the distance in the album and I love that.