My 100 Favorite Albums Before 1970

Updated to reflect my tastes whenever I feel like it. The only decade list to allow more than 2 albums per artist.

  • Albert Ayler- Spiritual Unity
  • AMM- AMMMusic
  • Anthony Braxton- For Alto
  • Aretha Franklin- Lady Soul
  • Art Ensemble of Chicago- People In Sorrow
  • Astrud Gilberto- The Astrud Gilberto Album
  • The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
  • The Beatles- The Beatles (The White Album)
  • Bee Gees- Odessa
  • Blind Lemon Jefferson- Blind Lemon Jefferson
  • Blue Cheer- Vincebus Eruptum
  • Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde
  • Brigette Fontaine/ Art Ensemble of Chicago- Comme Á La Radio
  • Bukka White- Mississippi Blues
  • The Byrds- Mr. Tambourine Man
  • Can- Delay 1968
  • Can- Monster Movie
  • Captain Beefheart- Safe As Milk
  • Captain Beefheart- Trout Mask Replica
  • Cecil Taylor- Unit Structures
  • Charles Mingus- The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
  • Charles Mingus- The Clown
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival- Green River
  • David Bowie- David Bowie
  • Dusty Springfield- In Memphis
  • El Camarón de la Isla y Paco de Lucía- COn la Colaboración Especial
  • Eric Dolphy- Out To Lunch
  • Everly Brothers- A Date With the Everly Brothers
  • Frank Sinatra- In the Wee Small Hours
  • Frank Zappa- Hot Rats
  • Harry Partch- And On the 7th Day Petals Fell In Petaluma
  • James Brown- Live at the Apollo
  • John Coltrane- Ascension
  • John Coltrane- Giant Steps
  • John Coltrane- Interstellar Space
  • John Coltrane- A Love Supreme
  • John Coltrane- My Favorite Things
  • John Taverner- The Whale
  • Johnny Cash- At Folsom Prison
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen- Junglinge/Kontakte
  • King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King
  • The Kinks- Face to Face
  • Leonard Cohen- Songs From A Room
  • Leonard Cohen- Songs of Leonard Cohen
  • Little Richard- Here’s Little Richard
  • Loretta Lynn- Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ (With Lovin On Your Mind)
  • Love- Forever Changes
  • Luigi Nono- Complete Works For Solo Tape
  • MC5- Kick Out the Jams
  • Miles Davis- The Birth of the Cool
  • Miles Davis- In A Silent Way
  • Miles Davis- Kind of Blue
  • Moby Grape- Moby Grape
  • Monks- Black Monk Time
  • The Mothers of Invention- Uncle Meat
  • The Mothers of Invention- We’re Only In It For the Money
  • Muddy Waters- Muddy Waters at Newport
  • Neil Young- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
  • Nick Drake- Five Leaves Left
  • Nico- The Marble Index
  • Ornette Coleman- The Shape of Jazz to Come
  • Ornette Coleman- Free Jazz
  • Otis Redding- Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
  • Peter Brötzmann- For Adolphe Sax
  • Peter Brötzmann- Machine Gun
  • Pink Floyd- Piper at the Gates of Dawn
  • Pink Floyd- Ummagumma
  • Ray Charles- Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music
  • The Red Krayola- Parable of Arable Land
  • The Red Krayola- God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With
  • The Rolling Stones- Beggers Banquet
  • The Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed
  • Scott Walker- Scott 3
  • Scott Walker- Scott 4
  • The Shaggs- Philosophy of the World
  • Silver Apples- Silver Apples
  • Simon and Garfunkel- Bookends
  • Sly & the Family Stone- Stand!
  • Soft Machine- The Soft Machine
  • Soft Machine- Volume Two
  • The Sonics- Boom
  • The Sonics- Here Are the Sonics
  • Sonny Rollins- Saxophone Colossus
  • Sonny Sharrock- Black Woman
  • Spontaneous Music Ensemble- Karyobin
  • The Stooges- The Stooges
  • Sun Ra and His Myth Science Arkestra- Cosmic Tones for Mental Therapy
  • Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra- Strange Strings
  • The Temptations- Cloud Nine
  • Terry Riley- A Rainbow In Curved Air
  • Thelonious Monk- Brilliant Corners
  • Thelonious Monk- Solo Monk
  • Tim Buckley- Goodbye and Hello
  • Tim Buckley- Happy Sad
  • The United States of America- The United States of America
  • Van Morrison- Astral Weeks
  • The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground
  • The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground & Nico
  • The Velvet Underground- White Light/White Heat
  • 13th Floor Elevators- The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators