1965

Это был год появления первых полноценных рок-альбомов. Их ещё мало, они ещё не всегда "полноценные", но тенденция родилась и заявила о себе со всей очевидностью - наступила эпоха альбомного мышления.
Это был год Битлз. Они даже не на голову, а на две головы возвышаются над всеми остальными, и эти две головы возглавляют мой Top 20 - 1965

1. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
2. The Beatles - Help!
3. The Who - The Who Sings My Generation
4. The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics
5. Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank
6. Sandy Bull - Inventions
7. Otis Redding - Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
8. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
9. Them - Them (a.k.a. The Angry Young Them)
10. The Graham Bond Organization - The Sound of '65
11. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
12. The Pretty Things - Get the Picture?
13. Odetta - Odetta Sings Dylan
14. The Zombies - Begin Here
15. Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch
16. The Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads
17. The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up
18. The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic?
19. The Beau Brummels - Inroducing The Beau Brummels 
20. Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party

Оценки лучших альбомов, включая джаз. Джазовые альбомы включены только те, которые имеют оценку не ниже 8/10.

10/10

John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (modal jazz, post bop)

9/10

Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity (free jazz)

Horace Silver - Song for My Father (jazz) 

8,5 / 10

Astrud Gilberto - The Astrud Gilberto Album (Bossa Nova, latin jazz)

Bobby Hutcherson - Dialogue (jazz, hard bop, post bop)

The Beatles - Rubber Soul (rock) 

8 / 10

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (folk rock, blues, garage)

Bobby Huthcerson - Components (post bop, modal jazz)

Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank (folk, blues)

Julie London - All Through the Night: Julie London Sings the Choicest of Cole Porter (vocal kazz, traditional pop)

Otis Redding - Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (soul, R&B)

Sandy Bull - Inventions (folk) 

Sammy Davis, Jr. - Our Shining Hour (vocal jazz)

Shirley Horn - Travelin' Light (vocal jazz)

The Beatles - Help! (rock)

The Graham Bond Organization - The Sound of '65 (Rhythm & Blues, jazz, rock)

The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics (garage rock, protopunk)

The Who - The Who Sings My Generation (rock)

Them - Them (The Angry Young Them) (garage rock, blues)

7,5 / 10

Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (folk baroque)
Martha and the Vandellas - Dance Party (R&B, soul)
Odetta - Odetta Sings Dylan (folk, blues)
The Beau Brummels - Inroducing The Beau Brummels (garage rock, folk rock, pop)
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic (folk rock) 
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (blues rock, chicago blues)
The Pretty Things - Get the Picture? (R&B, garage rock)
The Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads (rock, R&B)
The Walker Brothers - Take It Easy with The Walker Brothers (baroque pop, blue eyed soul)
The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up (rock, blues rock)
The Zombies - Begin Here (rock, beat, R&B)

7 / 10

Bert Jansch - It Don't Bother Me (folk)
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home (folk, rock)
Cliff Richard - Cliff Richard (pop, easy listening)
Donovan - Fairytales (folk) 
Eric Andersen - Today Is The Highway (folk)
Lee Hazlewood - Friday's Child (pop, folk, country)
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore (folk)
The Animals - Animal Tracks (R&B, blues, rock)
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today! (rock, pop, surf)
The Beau Brummels - The Beau Brummels, Volume 2 (rock, pop, folk)
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man (folk)
The Everly Brothers - Beat & Soul (rock, country, pop)
The Four Tops - Four Tops Second Album (R&B)
The Fugs - The Fugs First Album (rock, garage, folk, psychodelic)
The Guess Who - Hey Ho (What You Do to Me!) (garage rock)
The Kinks - Kinda Kinks (rock, beat, R&B)
The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy (rock, beat, pop)