The Best Rock Albums of 1967

Selected by piero scaruffi
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1967


    9/10
  1. Velvet Underground & Nico: Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve)
  2. Doors: The Doors (Elektra)
  3. Red Crayola: Parable Of Arable Land (IA)
  4. Captain Beefheart: Safe As Milk (Buddah)
    8.5/10
  5. Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen (CBS)
  6. Pink Floyd: The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (Columbia)
    8/10
  7. Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced? (Track
  8. Holy Modal Rounders: Indian War Whoop (ESP)
  9. Frank Zappa: Absolutely Free (Verve)
  10. Jefferson Airplane: After Bathing At Baxter's (RCA)
  11. Doors: Strange Days (Elektra)
  12. Deviants: Ptooff (Decca)
    7.5/10
  13. Traffic: Mr Fantasy (UA)
  14. Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band: Gorilla (Liberty)
  15. Tim Buckley: Goodbye And Hello (Elektra)
  16. Robbie Basho: Falconer's Arm (Takoma)
  17. Rolling Stones: Between The Buttons (Decca)
  18. Love: Forever Changes (Elektra)
    7/10
  19. Byrds: Younger Than Yesterday (CBS)
  20. Pearls Before Swine: One Nation Underground (ESP)
  21. Fred Neil: Fred Neil (Capitol)
  22. Kaleidoscope: Side Trips (Epic)
  23. Bob Dylan: John Wesley Harding (CBS)
  24. John Fahey: Requia (Takoma)
  25. Country Joe: I Feel Like I'm Fixin To Die (Vanguard)
  26. Beatles: Sgt. Pepper (Parlophone)
  27. Country Joe: Electric Music For The Mind And Body (Vanguard)
  28. Ron Geesin: A Raise Of Eyebrows (Transatlantic)
  29. Blues Project: Projections (Verve)
  30. Bob Dylan: Basement Tapes (CBS)
  31. Hapshash & The Coloured Coat: Featuring The Human Host And The Heavy Metal Kids (Minit)
  32. Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow (RCA)
  33. Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
  34. Laura Nyro: More Than A New Discovery (Verve)
  35. Mort Garson: Zodiac Cosmic Sounds (Elektra)
  36. Beach Boys: Smile
  37. Buffalo Springfield: Again (Atco)
  38. Devil's Anvil: Hard Rock From the Middle East (1967)
  39. Cream: Disraeli Gears (Reaction)
  40. Incredible String Band: 5,000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion (Elektra)
  41. John Mayall: Hard Road (Decca)
  42. Le Stelle di Mario Schifano: Dedicato A
  43. Red Crayola: Coconut Hotel
    6.5/10
  44. Who: Sell Out (Track) [Polydor, 1995; Polygram, 2000]
  45. John Mayall: Crusade (Decca) [Mercury, 1987; London, 1988]
  46. Rolling Stones: Their Satanic Majesties Request (Decca) [London, 1995; Decca, 2001 (mono edition with bonus tracks)]

  47. 6/10
  48. Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol) [id., 1996]
  49. Kinks: Something Else
  50. Jimi Hendrix: Axis: Bold As Love (Track) [MCA, 1997; Reprise, 2000]
  51. Fugs: Virgin Fugs (ESP)
  52. Eric Burdon: Winds Of Change
  53. Paul Revere And The Raiders: Spirit Of 67 (CBS) [Sundazed, 1996; with 3 bonus tracks]
  54. Moody Blues: Days Of Future Passed (Deram) [Mobile Fidelity, 1990; Polydor, 1997]
  55. Procol Harum: self-titled (Deram) [Repertoire, 1997 (with 4 bonus tracks)]
  56. Sopwith Camel: self-titled (Kamasutra) [One Way, 1994]
  57. Arlo Guthrie: Alice's Restaurant (Reprise) [WEA, 1987; 30th Anniversary Edition: Koch, 1997]
  58. Phil Ochs: Pleasures Of The Harbour
  59. Electric Flag: Trip (Edsel)
  60. Blood Sweat & Tears
  61. Strawberry Alarm Clock: Incense And Peppermints (Uni) [Universal, 1997 (Japan edition, with 1 bonus track). CAREFUL: not to be confused with homonymous reissue by MCA, 1995]
  62. Creation: We Are The Paintermen (Hit Ton) [Repertoire, 1999; PIDM, 2000 (with 12 bonus tracks)]
  63. Beau Brummels: Triangle (Warner Bros) [id., 1996]
  64. Chocolate Watchband: No Way Out (Tower) [Sundazed, 1994]
  65. Count Five: Psychotic Reaction (GNP) [later included in: Raw & Alive/Psychotic Reaction (first album by: The Seeds); Drop Out, 1990]
  66. Box Tops: Letter/Neon Rainbow (Bell) [Sundazed, 2000; with 4 bonus tracks]
  67. Litter: Distortions (Warick) [K-Tel, 1990; Arf Arf, 1999]
  68. Blues Magoos: Electric Comic Book (Mercury) [reissued with: Psychedelic Lollipop; Collectables, 1999]
  69. Fapardokly: self-titled (UIP) [Sundazed, 1995]
  70. Harry Nilsson: Pandemonium Shadow Show (RCA) [id., 1995; included also in: Pandemonium Shadow Show/Aerial Ballet/Aerial Pandemonium Ballet; BMG, 2000]
  71. Al Stewart: Bedsitter Images (CBS) [later included in: To Whom It May Concern, 1966-1970; EMI, 1993]
  72. Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (Atlantic) [id., 1993; Rhino, 1995]

Playlist
  1. ... In preparation
  2. Red Crayola: War Sucks
  3. Velvet Underground: Venus in Furs
  4. Traffic: Dear Mr. Fantasy
  5. Leonard Cohen: Sisters of Mercy
  6. Jefferson Airplane: Somebody to Love
  7. Cream: Sunshine of Your Love
  8. Doors: Strange Days
  9. Captain Beefheart: Electricity
  10. Rolling Stones: She's a Rainbow
  11. Pink Floyd: Astronomy Domine
  12. Tim Buckley: Phantasmagoria in Two
  13. Jimi Hendrix: Third Stone from the Sun
  14. Animals: When I Was Young
  15. Captain Beefheart: Dropout Boogie
  16. Rolling Stones: Ruby Tuesday
  17. Procol Harum: A Whiter Shade of Pale
  18. Turtles: Happy Together
  19. Leonard Cohen: Winter Lady
  20. Seeds: Pushin' Too Hard
  21. Music Explosion: Little Bit O' Soul
  22. Captain Beefheart: Zig Zag Wanderer
  23. Beatles: Penny Lane
  24. Scott McKenzie: San Francisco
  25. Kinks: Waterloo Sunset
  26. Traffic: Hole in My Shoe
  27. Van Morrison: Brown Eyed Girl
  28. Box Tops: The Letter
  29. Neil Diamond: Thank the Lord for the Night Time
  30. Association: Windy
  31. Doors: People Are Strange
  32. Leonard Cohen: Suzanne
  33. American Breed: Bend Me, Shape Me
  34. Blues Project: Flute Thing
  35. Beatles: A Day in the Life
  36. Neil Diamond: Red Red Wine
  37. Pierre Henry: Psyche Rock
Extended tracks
  1. ... In preparation
  2. Doors: Light My Fire
  3. Pink Floyd: Interstellar Overdrive
  4. Doors: The End
  5. Frank Zappa: Brown Shoes Don't Make It
  6. Doors: When the Music's Over
  7. Moody Blues: Nights in White Satin

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