The 1960's represented a decade of massive change in music, as the emphasis shifted from jazz and early rock-and-roll forms into greater rock experimentation and more literate songwriting (thanks in great part to Bob Dylan). Songs no longer had to be about the standard topics of love and girls; songs could be about just about any topic, or about no topic at all (i.e. Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica).
The music got progressively more innovative and by the end of the decade we started seeing a merging of the genres. Jazz and rock and soul and blues and even Indian classical music could be found in any permutation, sometimes within the same album, sometimes within the same song.
Without further adieu, here's my Top 10 albums of the 1960's, as of this moment in time...subject to change at a later date!
1. Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, & Thyme
2. The Beatles - White Album
3. The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
4. Love - Forever Changes
5. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
6. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
7. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
8. A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
9. The Who - The Who Sell Out
10. Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
And now...on to the 1970's!
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