McQ's Favorite Albums Of 1969

And sadly, with the start of 2021, it's time for me to go pencil's down on my revisitation of the most notable rock, pop and soul works of 1969. 

Those worthy titles represented in our 1969 mix collection that I was unable to get enough focused listens in on to properly rate here are listed after the formal rankings.

Highest Recommends

1. The Band 
2.  Let It Bleed – The Rolling Stones
3. The Velvet Underground
4. Willy & The Poor Boys – Creedence Clearwater Revival
5. Abbey Road - The Beatles
6. Led Zeppelin II
7. Led Zeppelin
8. Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band
9. Stand! - Sly And The Family Stone
10. The Stooges
11. In The Court Of The Crimson King – King Crimson
12. Hot Buttered Soul - Issac Hayes
13. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Neil Young
14. Unhalfbricking – Fairport Convention
15. Santana
16. Completely Well - B.B. King 
17. A Salty Dog – Procul Harum
18. Crosby, Stills, & Nash

19. Kick Out The Jams - MC5

20. In A Silent Way - Miles Davis

21. Monster Movie - CAN
22. At San Quentin - Johnny Cash

23. Valentyne Suite - Colosseum

Strong Recommends

24.  Hot Rats - Frank Zappa

25.  Mott The Hoople
26.  Green River – Creedence Clearwater Revival
27.  Arthur (or the Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) – The Kinks
28. Volunteers - The Jefferson Airplane
29. Joe Cocker!

30. Scott 4 - Scott Walker
31. From Elvis In Memphis
32. Blood Sweat And Tears 
33. Wonderful World, Beautiful People - Jimmy Cliff
34. Karma - Pharoah Sanders

35. The Fabulous Charlie Rich

36. The Allman Brothers Band

37. Illuminations - Buffy Sainte-Marie

38. Stand Up - Jethro Tull
39. A Rainbow In Curved Air - Terry Riley

40. Koko Taylor

41. Uncle Meat – Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention

42. Hollwood Dream - Thunderclap Newman
43. Liege & Lief - Fairport Convention

44. Deep Purple
45. Chicago Transit Authority - Chicago

46. The Turning Point - John Mayall

47. Phallus Dei - Amon Duul II
48. Dusty In Memphis - Dusty Springfield

49. Volume Two - Soft Machine
50. Oar - Alexander Skip Spence

51. Soul '69 - Aretha Franklin
52. Live/Dead - The Grateful Dead

53. Memphis Underground - Herbie Mann

Solid Recommends

54. Spooky Two - Spooky Tooth

55. Tommy – The Who
56. Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake

57. New York Tendaberry - Laura Nyro

58. Barabajagal - Donovan

59. Townes Van Zandt

60. The Gilded Palace Of Sin - The Flying Burrito Brothers

61. First Take - Roberta Flack

62. Boz Scaggs
63. Moondog
64. Bayou Country – Creedence Clearwater Revival

65. Canned Wheat - The Guess Who

66. Caetano Velose
67. Basket Of Light - Pentangle
68. Nashville Skyline - Bod Dylan
69. Happy Trails - Quicksilver Messenger Service
70. Cloud Nine - The Temptations
71. With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker
72. It's So Hard To Tell Who's Going To Love You The Best - Karen Dalton

73. Songs From A Room - Leonard Cohen

74. Gal Costa (also Cinema Olympia)

75. Ton Of Sobs - Free

76. Clouds - Joni Mitchell

77. Johnny Winter

78. It's A Mother - James Brown

79. Brave New World - Steve Miller Band

80. What We Did On Our Holidays - Fairport Convention

81. Puzzle People - The Temptations

82. Second Winter - Johnny Winter

83. Our Mother The Mountain - Townes Van Zandt

84. I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again, Mama - Janis Joplin

85. Yes

86. Monster - Steppenwolf

87. Four Sail - Love

88. English Rose - Fleetwood Mac

89. Blue Afternoon - Tim Buckley

90. Elephant Mountain - The Youngbloods

Mild Recommends

91. As Safe As Yesterday Is - Humble Pie
92. Blind Faith

93. On The Threshold Of A Dream - The Moody Blues 

94. Ssssh - Ten Years After

95. Wheatfield Soul - The Guess Who

96. At Your Birthday Party - Steppenwolf

97. Beck-Ola - Jeff Beck

98. Then Play On - Fleetwood Mac

99. Blue Cheer

100. Happy Sad - Tim Buckley

101. To Our Children's Children's Children - The Moody Blues

102. Grand Funk (Red Album) - Grand Funk Railroad

103. Out Here - Love

104. Ballad Of Easy Rider - The Byrds

105. Song For A Tailer - Jack Bruce

106. Sea Shanties - High Tide

107. Last Exit - Traffic.
108. The Soft Parade - The Doors

109. Space Oddity - David Bowie

110. Yellow Submarine - The Beatles

DIDN'T HEAR ENOUGH TIMES TO RANK BUT WELL WORTH CHECKING OUT

20/20 - The Beach Boys

6- and 12-String Guitar - Leo Kottke

Atlantis - Sun Ra

Aoxomoxoa - Grateful Dead

Ball - Iron Butterfly

Bless It's Pointed Little Head - The Jefferson Airplane

California Bloodlines - John Stewart

Clear - Spirit

Dr. Byrds And Mr. Hyde - The Byrds

Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5

Electronic Sonata - George Russell

Empty Sky - Elton John

Eternal Rhythm - Don Cherry

Extrapolation - John McLaughlin

Filies De Kilimanjaro - Miles Davis

Gettin' Down To It - James Brown

Goodbye - Cream

Joy Of A Toy - Kevin Ayers

Love Man - Otis Redding

"Mutantes" - Os Mutantes

Odessa - Bee Gees

On Time - Grand Funk

Pretties For You - Alice Cooper

Rehearsals For Retirement - Phil Ochs

Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud - James Brown

Scott 3 - Scott Walker

Super Nova - Wayne Shorter

The Age Of Aquarius - The Fifth Dimension

The Popcorn - James Brown

Ummagumma - Pink Floyd

White Bird - It's A Beautiful Day

Last Updated 01.03.2021