100 Greatest Albums of 1967

1967 record album covers for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Are You Experienced, The Doors, and I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
Criteria: These albums were chosen for their initial and lasting popularity and their influence and impact on rock music in general. Also considered is critical acclaim. The list includes rock and roll and related genres that were influential on rock music.

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Note: Yearly album lists go by earliest 'release date'.
Not necessarily the year an album peaked in the U.S. charts.
  1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
  2. Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix Experience
  3. The Doors - The Doors
  4. I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin
  5. Velvet Underground And Nico - The Velvet Underground
  6. Axis: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix Experience
  7. Disraeli Gears - Cream
  8. Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
  9. Days Of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
10. Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
11. Forever Changes - Love
12. Piper At The Gates Of Dawn - Pink Floyd
13. Buffalo Springfield Again - Buffalo Springfield
14. Strange Days - The Doors
15. Younger Than Yesterday - The Byrds
16. The Who Sell Out - The Who
17. You've Got My Mind Messed Up - James Carr
18. Something Else - The Kinks
19. Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina - The Left Banke
20. Moby Grape - Moby Grape
21. Flowers - Rolling Stones
22. Mr. Fantasy - Traffic
23. The Wicked Pickett - Wilson Pickett
24. Reach Out - The Four Tops
25. John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
26. Electric Music For The Mind And Body - Country Joe & The Fish
27. Bee Gees 1st - Bee Gees
28. Get It While You Can - Howard Tate
29. Soul Men - Sam & Dave
30. The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland - The Supremes
31. Songs Of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen
32. Between The Buttons - Rolling Stones
33. Procol Harum/A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
34. After Bathing At Baxter's - Jefferson Airplane
35. Safe As Milk - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
36. The Sound Of Wilson Pickett - Wilson Pickett
37. Absolutely Free - The Mothers of Invention
38. Smiley Smile - The Beach Boys
39. Easter Everywhere - 13th Floor Elevators
40. With A Lot O' Soul - The Temptations
41. The Time Has Come - Chambers Brothers
42. I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die - Country Joe & The Fish
43. Small Faces/There Are But Four Small Faces - The Small Faces
44. Goodbye And Hello - Tim Buckley
45. Tangerine Dream - Kaleidoscope
46. Their Satanic Majesties Request - The Rolling Stones
47. Headquarters - The Monkees
48. More Of The Monkees - The Monkees
49. Aretha Arrives - Aretha Franklin
50. James Brown Sings Raw Soul - James Brown
51. Live In Europe - Otis Redding
52. Tim Hardin 2 - Tim Hardin
53. The Soul Of A Bell - William Bell
54. King & Queen - Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
55. United - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
56. Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson
57. A Gift from a Flower to a Garden - Donovan
58. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. - The Monkees
59. No Way Out - The Chocolate Watchband
60. Underground - The Electric Prunes
61. Part One - The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
62. The Parable Of Arable Land - The Red Crayola
63. A Hard Road - John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers
64. Butterfly - The Hollies
65. Evolution - The Hollies
66. Gene Clark With The Gosdin Brothers - Gene Clark
67. Cauldron - Fifty Foot Hose
68. More Than a New Discovery/The First Songs - Laura Nyro
69. The Electric Prunes/I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) - The Electric Prunes
70. Studio - Tages
71. Ten Years After - Ten Years After
72. We Are Paintermen - The Creation
73. Power Plant - The Golden Dawn
74. Canned Heat - Canned Heat
75. Big Brother & The Holding Company - Big Brother & the Holding Company
76. Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
77. Wild Honey - The Beach Boys
78. Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group
79. Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats
80. Future - The Seeds
81. Mellow Yellow - Donovan
82. We Are Ever So Clean - Blossom Toes
83. Make It Happen - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
84. The Five Stairsteps - The Five Stairsteps
85. The Intruders Are Together - The Intruders
86. Groovin' - The Rascals
87. Pandemonium Shadow Show - Nilsson
88. Winds Of Change - Eric Burdon & the Animals
89. Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge
90. But It's Alright - J.J. Jackson
91. Hypnotized - Linda Jones
92. Soul Finger - Bar-Kays
93. Hip Hug-Her - Booker T. & The M.G.'s
94. Clear Light - Clear Light
95. The Great Conspiracy - The Peanut Butter Conspiracy
96. Dry Your Eyes - Brenda and the Tabulations
97. Incense And Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock
98. Happy Together - The Turtles
99. The Queen Alone - Carla Thomas
100. Sock It To Me! - Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels


Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover
Are You Experienced album cover
The Doors album cover
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You album cover
Velvet Underground And Nico album cover
Cream Disraeli Gears album cover
 DigitalDreamDoor Editor Picks for 1967
  Bruce's choice - An unheralded great album from 1967
 •  I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James & The Shondells
  Adam's choice:
 •  It's Smoke Time - The Smoke
  Lew's choice:
 •  The Merry-Go-Round - The Merry-Go-Round
  Brett's choice:
 •  Bed Sitter Images - Al Stewart


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