McQ's Favorite Albums Of 1966

Highest Recommends

1.     Revolver – The Beatles

2.     Blonde On Blonde – Bob Dylan

3.     Bluesbreakers – John Mayall

4.     Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys

Strong Recommends

5.     Face To Face – The Kinks

6.      Da Capo – Love

Solid Recommends

7.  Fifth Dimension – The Byrds

8.  Love 

9.  Aftermath – The Rolling Stones

10.  River Deep Mountain High – Ike And Tina Turner

Mild Recommends

11.  Fresh Cream – Cream

12.  A Quick One – The Who

13.  Buffalo Springfield 

1966 Albums Of Critical Note I've Yet To Hear 

Adam's Apple - Wayne Shorter
Animalism/Animalizations - The Animals
Ascension - John Coltrane
Black Monk Time - Monks
Complete And Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul
Cornbread - Lee Morgan
East-West - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Freak Out - The Mothers Of Invention
Fred Neil/Everybody's Talking
Heliocentric Worlds Of Sun Ra, Volume 2
If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears - The Mamas And Papas
Meditations - John Coltrane
Paisley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme - Cypress Hill
Sound - Roscoe Mitchell Quartet
Sounds Of Silence - Simon And Garfunkel
Sunshine Superman - Donovan
The Exciting Wilson Picket
The Magic City - Sun Ra
The Monkees
The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators
Tim Hardin 1
Unit Structures - Cecil Taylor
Unity - Larry Young
Yardbirds/Over Under Sideways Down/Roger The Engineer - The Yardbirds