My favourite album of 1965: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited I like Rubber Soul too, although there are too many mediocre tracks on it and one which is just awful, "Michelle". On the other hand, it contains "In My Life", one of my Top 5 Beatles tracks, simply beautiful. Glad to have the all analog mono reissue of Rubber Soul from the "The Beatles In Mono" box set though. Sounds great and much better than the ping pong stereo version I had bought in the 90s. Other great albums of 1965: Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home The Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones No. 2 The Beach Boys - Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man Otis Redding - Otis Blue The Beatles - Help! (the better Beatles album that year)
Đanfranko Geza Martinčić "...but we all know that Pete likes Styx and Toto and hates Bob" Well, life is full of mysteries, isn’t it? At least cheesy AOR or progressive rock had not been invented yet in 1965, or hard rock and heavy metal for that matter. Soon enough we might be faced with "The Grand Illusion" or "Leftoverture", how easy to bear is Rubber Soul compared to those albums...
Highway 61 by a mile. My list is 1. Highway 61 - Bob 2.Bringing It All Back Home-Bob 3. Rubber Soul 4. Folk, Blues & Beyond - Davy Graham 5. My Generation 6. Easy - The Easybeats 7. Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds
Another great 65er: "The Beach Boys Today." Some hauntingly beautiful tunes that foreshadowed Brian Wilson's internal struggles. Probably even helped launch the Wilson/McCartney rivalry.
Absolutely! I like Pete's reviews, but I haven't heard him mention the greatest of all by a long shot, Bob Dylan. Dylan is the greatest musical artist in at least 4 musical genres- folk, rock n roll, country and gospel.
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights. Great album and good memories of my parents playing the vinyl of this on their old upright phonograph in my early days. Still listen to this and their many other late 60's albums to this day.
@@tdunph4250 "Going Places" also came out in 1965; another gem of an album. I would imagine the two of these albums combined must of sold a lot of vinyl back in the day.
Pete....I can't imagine life without The Beatles......I first heard.....LOVE ME DO. as a 13 yr old ....I just got home from school, and watched them on the TV....introduced as ...Four lads from Liverpool....my hometown.....THEY COMPLETELY BLEW MY HEAD OFF!.... and still do ....👍🏻
I am mainly a jazz guy - specifically jazz bass. But I love rock and roll also. My rock pick for 65 is My Generation by The Who. Jazz pick = Love Supreme. Jazz Bass = The Call by Henry Grimes.
There is no denying the greatness of Rubber Soul. A fine choice. I believe an arguement can be made for Highway 61 by Bob Dylan. For the mere fact that it includes the song that changed everything: "Like A Rolling Stone". It's importance can't be diminished.
True for his songwriting but as far as his performing I'll pass. Give me Highway 61 Revisited performed by Johnny Winter. Bob Dylan is best served performed by others.
juzek1958 I kinda hate to agree with you on that but I do. I saw him live in about 1986 or 87-too many concerts too long ago-but I remember coming out of that show mightily disappointed. You could tell he didn’t really want to be there. Played everything so fast he’d be halfway through the song before you could even recognize what he was playing. I understand artists who want to “change things up” especially after playing the same songs for, even back then what, 35 years? But still, it would have been great to see him put a little effort into his performance. I still agree that album was a game-changer and I am a huge fan of his studio versions of most of that stuff. Now that I think about it, I saw him AND The Band, co-headline with the Dead in 1986 so I’ve seen him twice. (He was much better with Levon and the crew backing him!)
Saw Dylan at Toad's Place in New Haven, CT early 90's. 3 1/2 hours of torture. Just the absolute worst. That said, his lack of proficiency as a live performer doesn't matter in this discussion. This is about the best album of 1965 & Highway 61 was a gamechanger.
louis rossi Now see-that COULD have been a legendary event considering the history of THAT venue! I saw him at the Palace Theater in Columbus Ohio so I can almost forgive him for not being “up” for that gig but where you saw him?! Wow. I’m sad FOR you. At least when I say him with Robbie, Levon, Garth, Rick, and Richard-AND the Grateful Dead-he seemed to be having a good time! Something as simple as a “Hello!” or a genuine smile is something!!
@@gregusmc2868 He was getting ready for a tour breaking in his band. Songs were repeated. It was more of a rehearsal than a performance. It was historic as far as Connecticut goes. I'm glad I went.
Bob Dylan is one of my artìsts of all time. Highway 61 Revisited is my favourite album of his. Desolation Row my favourite song of his. So a no brainer for me. Quality song writing & performances throughout. 4 or 5 very top tier Dylan songs. Love it.
I'd go with Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited." Next in line would be Dylan's "Bringing It All Back Home." This in spite of being far more of a Beatles fan than Dylan fan. "Rubber Soul" would probably be my top non-Dylan album of the year, or perhaps "A Charlie Brown Christmas" by Vince Guaraldi. Honorable mentions: "Mr. Tambourine Man" by The Byrds, "My Generation" by The Who and "Help!" by The Beatles.
I wasn't into jazz when I was a kid in 1965, but in retrospect, and now thinking it's a magnificent album, my top pick of '65 is Coltrane's "A Love Supreme." I've always been a Beatles fan, and Rubber Soul is great, but Coltrane's '65 release is one of my favorite albums of all time. My runner up is Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited"--the Beatles were progressing into the genius band they soon became, but Dylan made a flying leap into greatness with "Highway 61."
1. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan 2. Bringing it All Back Home - Bob Dylan 3. Here Are the Sonics!!! - The Sonics 4. The Village Fugs - The Fugs 5. Rubber Soul - The Beatles 6. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane 7. For a Few Dollars More - Ennio Morricone 8. Help! - The Beatles 9. Now! - The Rolling Stones 10. Out of Our Heads - The Rolling Stones
My pick as well. Listened to it over 100 times throughout my life. I can't think of many other full albums from that year so it would have to be Rubber Soul.
I like the video format a lot, Pete. Will be interested to see your pick for certain years. As for 1965, Coltrane's A Love Supreme blows me away every time I hear it. An already stellar album that gets exponentially greater each listen. I can really only describe it as immaculate music. Some of the best work ever recorded.
My favorite Beatles album Pete. The perfect transition from the early years to a different sound. This will be a great feature! Thanks for all you do and letting us talk music!
1965 was probably the first year in my life that I consciously listened to music. However, given that I was just six at the time I would not be able to recall whether I heard a song in that year or later. Albums were not a thing for me, just songs on the radio. I loved the Byrds, Animals, Kinks, Rolling Stones and some others. Bob Dylan fascinated me like no other. My mother just shook her head while my father played LPs already, jazz, John Coltrane and Miles Davis and others. I was way too young for that but started to explore his kind of music later. When I was fifteen, we both had a common artist to appreciate, Miles Davis. 1965 was a great year in music and spawned many great albums (albums that worked as albums, I mean). My top album 1965 (maybe even the top album of the 60s?) has lost nothing of its power until today: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
right on the money with rubber soul no-doubt-about-it my favorite from 65 to although the byrds were kind of close.. and Bob Dylan's classic Highway 61 revisited it's right up there too but I give the nod to The Fab four.. that jingle jangle Rickenbacker and great voice of George on if I needed someone one of my all-time favorite Beatle cuts
My number one is a tie: Bob Dylan's *_Bringing it All Back Home_* and *_Highway 61 Revisited._* Both completely flawless, and two of the most important albums in music history. Running a close second (third)? *_A Charlie Brown Christmas_* by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
Hard to go against that pick Pete, but right up there with that one for me is the McCoy Tyner Trio w/ Wes Montgomery - Smokin’’ At the Half Note !!! Anything with Wes is always in contention for my faves lists !!!
Hi Pete! For me the best is A Love Supreme of John Coltrane, considering all genres. I agree that in Rock & Pop is Rubber Soul. Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱🤚🏻✨
It would be hard to dispute your favorite. I think that would be my favorite from 1965. Runners up (and like 1966, I have more than one) Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited The Beach Boys Today (I believe it made Pet Sounds possible) Rolling Stones- Out Of Our Heads Ysrdbirds- For Your Love (Eric Clapton leaves and Jeff Beck takes over) Beatles- Help! (UK version) Us Americans were ripped off with 6 instrumentalists! Just my opinion.
This is a great idea for a series, Pete - I can see some really tough choices over the next few weeks! It’s hard to look beyond Rubber Soul in 1965, although Highway 61 Revisited runs it close. Keep safe.
Rubber Soul is the best album of 1965 of course. Released in december 1965, just 5 months before the first big explosion with the release of the three albums that changed rock music forever: Blonde on Blonde, Pet Sounds and Freak Out
Always hard to pick just ONE, but Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock would be my pick, Rubber Soul second. But, after I found out A Love Supreme was RECORDED in 1964, but RELEASED in 1964, I'd have to add it as my second favorite, with The Beatles down to the third spot. I'm mre of a jazz guy, sorry... :) Keep up the great videos Pete!
Rubber Soul. A tough choice for me between The Beatles and Dylan (Bringing It All Back Home), but 14 great tracks...I gotta give top prize to The Beatles.
Rubber Soul....I agree! Such a joyful album to play all the way through. Many masterpieces. Bringing It All Back Home or Highway 61 Revisited....whichever the Hell one came out in 1965 is close. But, I know you hate Dylan lol The Beatles could be in the running to sweep 1965-1970 1965 - Rubber Soul 1966 - Revolver 1967 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1968 - The White Album 1969 - Abbey Road 1970 - Let It Be
The only legit competition I can see for RUBBER SOUL are the two Dylan albums - an artist I know you don’t care for - and MAYBE the first Who album, but I think you hit the nail on the head here, Pete.
Beach Boys Today ("skiss me baby"). Runner-up is a toss-up between Bob Dylan's two great albums, Bringing it all Back Home (with Subterranean homesick blues) and Highway 61 Revisited.
Well.....you could still tell us some of your other top choices too. Anyway, absolutely gotta go with "Rubber Soul" too, but I love some of the other albums people have mentioned here -- the two great Dylan albums, "A Love Supreme", "Maiden Voyage", the first Butterfield Blues Band, these are all outstanding.....
A shoot out between Rubber Soul and Highway 61 Revisited. Both are brilliant. My winner probably changes on a day by day basis. Otis Blue is also great. This is going to get much harder for me when we get to the 1970s.
No argument with your No. 1, but my runner up (apologies, Pete!) has to be one of Dylan’s - probably Bringing It All Back Home. It was, retrospectively at least, a great year to be alive!
I also think that Rubber Soul is a no-brainer. The two Dylan albums are both great, but all the other interesting bands are just finding their (album) feet. The main medium was the Single, not the Album at the time (and picking Singles would be far more difficult because there were many great ones in 65). Rubber Soul is also better than the summer release of the Help album (containing Help, Ticket to Ride and Yesterday, amongst others). Also: Otis Blue by Otis Redding.
The first album I ever bought. Well I got my mum to buy it although it was my money. She worked in a cinema and did Saturday morning kid's pictures. The record shop was on the next corner so she popped in after work and got it for me. The Stones, Out Of Our Heads- the UK version rather than the US version. They were still mainly reliant on songs by other artists but Jagger / Richards contributed three songs and Nanker Phelge (the group) one the brilliantly titled The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man. Runner-up, Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited. A borrowed album that I somehow managed to warp. That resulted in a well deserved whack when I returned it to the owner at my school. Just a totally different kind of hypnotic music first listened to on a hot afternoon. I should mention My Generation and Rubber Soul but both came to me a year or so later.
Great show, Pete and I look forward to it. Thumbs up to Rubber Soul with honorable mentions to "My Generation" and "Out of Our Heads". A couple of years ago I found a website that lists every album released each year and it ranks them by critical response. I've been prowling the lists for for hidden gems ever since.
I had to think about this. My list of favorites would definitely also include 'Rubber Soul," but also the Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man," John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme," and Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited," all desert island discs for me. Others I love from that year, in no particular order: "Song for My Father" by Horace Silver "The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra" "ESP" by Miles Davis "Spiritual Unity" by Albert Ayler Trio "Idle Moments" by Grant Green "Maiden Voyage" by Herbie Hancock "Out of Our Heads" by Rolling Stones "Hoodoo Man Blues" by Junior Wells The Pretty Things - s/t "Dialogue" - Bobby Hutcherson "Here are the Sonics" - the Sonics
Great choice. There were some special albums released that year (i.e. Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, Coltrane's A Love Supreme, and Otis Redding's Otis Blue). But I have to say that you selected the clear best from that year. Rubber Soul seems to get better each time I listen to it.
Good choice Pete. Fascinating to see some of the comments on here and remember just how many great releases there were in 1965. This is a really good idea for a new series so I'll look forward to watching them. Could we also know your shortlist for each year, if it's not asking too much of your time. Many thanks.
My favourite album of 1965:
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
I like Rubber Soul too, although there are too many mediocre tracks on it and one which is just awful,
"Michelle". On the other hand, it contains "In My Life", one of my Top 5 Beatles tracks, simply beautiful. Glad to have the all analog mono reissue of Rubber Soul from the "The Beatles In Mono" box set though. Sounds great and much better than the ping pong stereo version I had bought in the 90s.
Other great albums of 1965:
Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
The Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads
The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones No. 2
The Beach Boys - Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!)
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
Otis Redding - Otis Blue
The Beatles - Help! (the better Beatles album that year)
You are right about Michelle. "Girl" is another one. Highway 61 is probably better but we all know that Pete likes Styx and Toto and hates Bob
True, Michelle is totally overrated compared to You Won't See Me and I'm Looking Through You.
Đanfranko Geza Martinčić
"...but we all know that Pete likes Styx and Toto and hates Bob"
Well, life is full of mysteries, isn’t it? At least cheesy AOR or progressive rock had not been invented yet in 1965, or hard rock and heavy metal for that matter. Soon enough we might be faced with "The Grand Illusion" or "Leftoverture", how easy to bear is Rubber Soul compared to those albums...
Highway 61 by a mile. My list is
1. Highway 61 - Bob
2.Bringing It All Back Home-Bob
3. Rubber Soul
4. Folk, Blues & Beyond - Davy Graham
5. My Generation
6. Easy - The Easybeats
7. Mr Tambourine Man - The Byrds
Another great 65er: "The Beach Boys Today." Some hauntingly beautiful tunes that foreshadowed Brian Wilson's internal struggles. Probably even helped launch the Wilson/McCartney rivalry.
unevenspleener: Yeah, Brian was starting to come up with some seriously good songs in 65 - but Rubber Soul is a no brainer.
i gotta go with bob dylan 'highway 61 revisited'....stay safe pete...peace...rocky
Pedro Delgado same
Rubber Soul has so many different styles on it, something for everyone.
Bringing It All Back Home is a masterpiece as well
As is Highway 61 Revistited.
Definitely, Rubber Soul for me. 65-69 are likely to be a Beatles sweep in my house, despite some really tough competition.
That's the greatest thing about that era--the competition.. Nearly everyone was exceptional, which is oxymoronic but nonetheless true.
ESP by Miles Davis. The first of an amazing run of studio albums by the awesome Miles, Herbie, Wayne, Ron, Tony line up.
Mine has to be Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited with awesome songs like , Like a rolling stone, Queen Jane and the unforgettable Desolation Row.
Yeah, every song is so great. Tombstone Blues, Ballad of a thin man, Tom Thumbs Blues, It takes a train... I love it. Dylan kicks ass.
Both that and _Rubber Soul_ were pretty much the first 'all-killer-no-filler' pop/rock albums.
Bob Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home' and 'Highway 61 Revisited' were the best two albums of 1965.
Also, Bert Jansch & Otis Blue.
Absolutely! I like Pete's reviews, but I haven't heard him mention the greatest of all by a long shot, Bob Dylan. Dylan is the greatest musical artist in at least 4 musical genres- folk, rock n roll, country and gospel.
Highway 61 Revisited for me. A personal favourite and a pivotal album.
I am down here with a lot of people... Rubber Soul ALL THE WAY.
Michael Walters yep
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass - Whipped Cream & Other Delights. Great album and good memories of my parents playing the vinyl of this on their old upright phonograph in my early days. Still listen to this and their many other late 60's albums to this day.
I just stared at the cover... ;-) Great album, still love it!
Best Cover ever.
@Ryan Snyder Your right, one of the biggest selling albums of the 60's!!
@@tdunph4250 "Going Places" also came out in 1965; another gem of an album. I would imagine the two of these albums combined must of sold a lot of vinyl back in the day.
Pete....I can't imagine life without The Beatles......I first heard.....LOVE ME DO. as a 13 yr old ....I just got home from school, and watched them on the TV....introduced as ...Four lads from Liverpool....my hometown.....THEY COMPLETELY BLEW MY HEAD OFF!.... and still do ....👍🏻
I’d go with Highway 61 revisited by Bob Dylan but Rubber Soul is really close
I am mainly a jazz guy - specifically jazz bass. But I love rock and roll also. My rock pick for 65 is My Generation by The Who. Jazz pick = Love Supreme. Jazz Bass = The Call by Henry Grimes.
There is no denying the greatness of Rubber Soul. A fine choice. I believe an arguement can be made for Highway 61 by Bob Dylan. For the mere fact that it includes the song that changed everything: "Like A Rolling Stone". It's importance can't be diminished.
True for his songwriting but as far as his performing I'll pass. Give me Highway 61 Revisited performed by Johnny Winter. Bob Dylan is best served performed by others.
juzek1958 I kinda hate to agree with you on that but I do. I saw him live in about 1986 or 87-too many concerts too long ago-but I remember coming out of that show mightily disappointed. You could tell he didn’t really want to be there. Played everything so fast he’d be halfway through the song before you could even recognize what he was playing. I understand artists who want to “change things up” especially after playing the same songs for, even back then what, 35 years? But still, it would have been great to see him put a little effort into his performance. I still agree that album was a game-changer and I am a huge fan of his studio versions of most of that stuff. Now that I think about it, I saw him AND The Band, co-headline with the Dead in 1986 so I’ve seen him twice. (He was much better with Levon and the crew backing him!)
Saw Dylan at Toad's Place in New Haven, CT early 90's. 3 1/2 hours of torture. Just the absolute worst. That said, his lack of proficiency as a live performer doesn't matter in this discussion.
This is about the best album of 1965 & Highway 61 was a gamechanger.
louis rossi Now see-that COULD have been a legendary event considering the history of THAT venue! I saw him at the Palace Theater in Columbus Ohio so I can almost forgive him for not being “up” for that gig but where you saw him?! Wow. I’m sad FOR you. At least when I say him with Robbie, Levon, Garth, Rick, and Richard-AND the Grateful Dead-he seemed to be having a good time! Something as simple as a “Hello!” or a genuine smile is something!!
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He was getting ready for a tour breaking in his band. Songs were repeated. It was more of a rehearsal than a performance.
It was historic as far as Connecticut goes. I'm glad I went.
Favorite album from 1965 definitely Rubber Soul.
Favorite album cover from 1965 Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass Whipped Cream and Other Delights.
I'll fap to that.
Yes.....one of the best "cheesecake" covers of all time......
I like listening to the Tijuana Brass. The 60's had a LOT of excellent instrumentals.
Many great albums that year. But yeah, I'd have to go with Rubber Soul too.
Bringing it all Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan and Rubber Soul Beatles
Bob Dylan is one of my artìsts of all time. Highway 61 Revisited is my favourite album of his. Desolation Row my favourite song of his. So a no brainer for me. Quality song writing & performances throughout. 4 or 5 very top tier Dylan songs. Love it.
I'd go with Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited." Next in line would be Dylan's "Bringing It All Back Home." This in spite of being far more of a Beatles fan than Dylan fan. "Rubber Soul" would probably be my top non-Dylan album of the year, or perhaps "A Charlie Brown Christmas" by Vince Guaraldi. Honorable mentions: "Mr. Tambourine Man" by The Byrds, "My Generation" by The Who and "Help!" by The Beatles.
Great idea Pete. Love this concept!
1965 was a good year! Rubber Soul is a brilliant album. Mine from 65 would be Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisted. Top to bottom a great album.
I wasn't into jazz when I was a kid in 1965, but in retrospect, and now thinking it's a magnificent album, my top pick of '65 is Coltrane's "A Love Supreme." I've always been a Beatles fan, and Rubber Soul is great, but Coltrane's '65 release is one of my favorite albums of all time. My runner up is Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited"--the Beatles were progressing into the genius band they soon became, but Dylan made a flying leap into greatness with "Highway 61."
Great pick, Rubber Soul & Revolver are my two favorite Beatle albums
Highway 61 Revisited (Bob Dylan). Great leap forward for him in both songwriting and musicianship.
1. Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
2. Bringing it All Back Home - Bob Dylan
3. Here Are the Sonics!!! - The Sonics
4. The Village Fugs - The Fugs
5. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
6. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
7. For a Few Dollars More - Ennio Morricone
8. Help! - The Beatles
9. Now! - The Rolling Stones
10. Out of Our Heads - The Rolling Stones
Beatles, Rubber Soul my favorite album that year.
Just for sheer beauty and otherworldliness my favourite would be
A Love Supreme-John Coltrane
Tremendous!! Love this stuff!! Thank you. PETE
Highway61 Revisited. It's Bob & has both great acoustic and electric tunes and Michael Bloomfield in particular was a perfect fit.
I like Having a Rave Up with the Yardbirds by The Yardbirds for 1965.
*Illegitimate US album. : P
Easy for me :
Herbie Hancock : Maiden Voyage
A desert island record for me!
Good choice, but I would have to go with Herbie's other significant album that year - ESP by Miles.
Excellent choice 👍
Grreat call!
I like the way you guys think. And go ahead and put me down for Wayne Shorter's Speak No Evil for '66--again featuring Mr. Hancock on piano.
A fantastic album!
Idk if you are a Dylan fan but Highway 61 is my fav from 1965, and also Otis Redding album, so great
What a terrific album. A masterpiece. My pick too.
My pick as well. Listened to it over 100 times throughout my life. I can't think of many other full albums from that year so it would have to be Rubber Soul.
I like the video format a lot, Pete. Will be interested to see your pick for certain years.
As for 1965, Coltrane's A Love Supreme blows me away every time I hear it. An already stellar album that gets exponentially greater each listen. I can really only describe it as immaculate music. Some of the best work ever recorded.
My favorite Beatles album Pete. The perfect transition from the early years to a different sound. This will be a great feature! Thanks for all you do and letting us talk music!
Love "Rubber Soul", it's got a couple of my all-time favorite songs but I'd have to pick "Highway 61 Revisited". It's just relentlessly good.
Bob Dylan: "Bringing It All Back Home." Cheers from Finland! 😎
The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man for me.
I second that!
@@philmole1209 it's second for me
I adore THE Byrds, but they were nothing special untill 5th dimension '66
Wow, good call.
That would've been my other pick.
Agreed, in 1965, song for song Rubber Soul is untouchable.
Highway 61 is tough to beat. Close call with Rubber Soul. Dylan always wins out for me.
1965 was probably the first year in my life that I consciously listened to music. However, given that I was just six at the time I would not be able to recall whether I heard a song in that year or later. Albums were not a thing for me, just songs on the radio. I loved the Byrds, Animals, Kinks, Rolling Stones and some others. Bob Dylan fascinated me like no other. My mother just shook her head while my father played LPs already, jazz, John Coltrane and Miles Davis and others. I was way too young for that but started to explore his kind of music later. When I was fifteen, we both had a common artist to appreciate, Miles Davis. 1965 was a great year in music and spawned many great albums (albums that worked as albums, I mean).
My top album 1965 (maybe even the top album of the 60s?) has lost nothing of its power until today:
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
Highway 61 Revisited-Bob Dylan
My pick would be Highway 61 by Bob Dylan. His first electric album. Rubber Soul is a good pick, but I was raised on the American version of the album.
right on the money with rubber soul no-doubt-about-it my favorite from 65 to although the byrds were kind of close..
and Bob Dylan's classic Highway 61 revisited it's right up there too but I give the nod to The Fab four..
that jingle jangle Rickenbacker and great voice of George on if I needed someone one of my all-time favorite Beatle cuts
65 rubber soul defo a classic if ever there was one I was born in 89 but if I had to pick one that would be it
My number one is a tie: Bob Dylan's *_Bringing it All Back Home_* and *_Highway 61 Revisited._* Both completely flawless, and two of the most important albums in music history.
Running a close second (third)? *_A Charlie Brown Christmas_* by the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
Highway 61 and Rubber Soul. Impossible to separate.
The Turn, Turn, Turn album by Birds is really good as well. Rubber Soul is great choice!
_Mr. Tambourine Man_ was slightly better, IMO.
Hard to go against that pick Pete, but right up there with that one for me is the McCoy Tyner Trio w/ Wes Montgomery - Smokin’’ At the Half Note !!! Anything with Wes is always in contention for my faves lists !!!
Great idea, Pete, looking forward to this series.
Hi Pete! For me the best is A Love Supreme of John Coltrane, considering all genres. I agree that in Rock & Pop is Rubber Soul. Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱🤚🏻✨
Definitely room in my heart for John Coltrane!
Rubber Soul is a great pick. I also love The Who My Generation and The Rolling Stones Out of Our Heads from that year.
John Coltrane A love supreme
I love the Beatles - Rubber Soul!! Cool, hot and spot on!!🎤🎸🎵🥁
The Beach Boys "Today!" is my pick for '65. Pop Perfection. 🏄♂️
1. Highway 61 Revisited 2. B.B. King: Live at the Regal
Damn, I’d go with Rubber Soul too.
I’d have to go with The Who’s “My Generation”
Seamus Taylor: Great album - great band. But it hardly matches Rubber Soul.
It would be hard to dispute your favorite. I think that would be my favorite from 1965. Runners up (and like 1966, I have more than one)
Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited
The Beach Boys Today (I believe it made Pet Sounds possible)
Rolling Stones- Out Of Our Heads
Ysrdbirds- For Your Love
(Eric Clapton leaves and Jeff Beck takes over)
Beatles- Help! (UK version) Us Americans were ripped off with 6 instrumentalists! Just my opinion.
For me Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited
This is a great idea for a series, Pete - I can see some really tough choices over the next few weeks!
It’s hard to look beyond Rubber Soul in 1965, although Highway 61 Revisited runs it close.
Keep safe.
Rubber Soul is the best album of 1965 of course. Released in december 1965, just 5 months before the first big explosion with the release of the three albums that changed rock music forever: Blonde on Blonde, Pet Sounds and Freak Out
I can’t find anything to argue with you about that pick. What a classic! 👍
Always hard to pick just ONE, but Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock would be my pick, Rubber Soul second.
But, after I found out A Love Supreme was RECORDED in 1964, but RELEASED in 1964, I'd have to add it as my second favorite, with The Beatles down to the third spot. I'm mre of a jazz guy, sorry... :)
Keep up the great videos Pete!
Rubber Soul. A tough choice for me between The Beatles and Dylan (Bringing It All Back Home), but 14 great tracks...I gotta give top prize to The Beatles.
Rubber Soul....I agree! Such a joyful album to play all the way through. Many masterpieces. Bringing It All Back Home or Highway 61 Revisited....whichever the Hell one came out in 1965 is close. But, I know you hate Dylan lol
The Beatles could be in the running to sweep 1965-1970
1965 - Rubber Soul
1966 - Revolver
1967 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1968 - The White Album
1969 - Abbey Road
1970 - Let It Be
Gotta go Rubber Soul for '65. "In my life" is my hands down favorite track from The Beatles. 🤘
The only legit competition I can see for RUBBER SOUL are the two Dylan albums - an artist I know you don’t care for - and MAYBE the first Who album, but I think you hit the nail on the head here, Pete.
Great idea! I'm putting all of them, from beginning to end, in one giant playlist and making a marathon out of it for a Dutch rainy day :)
Beach Boys Today ("skiss me baby"). Runner-up is a toss-up between Bob Dylan's two great albums, Bringing it all Back Home (with Subterranean homesick blues) and Highway 61 Revisited.
Dylan-Bringing It All Back Home
The Who - My Generation gets my top spot for 1965
Rubber Soul is a good choice
My Runner Ups are the 2 Dylan albums that came out that same year:
“Bringing It All Back Home”
“Highway 61 Revisited”
"Out of Our Heads" The Rolling Stones, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bob Dylan " Highway 61 Revisited"...Historical.
Out Of Our Heads.
Well.....you could still tell us some of your other top choices too. Anyway, absolutely gotta go with "Rubber Soul" too, but I love some of the other albums people have mentioned here -- the two great Dylan albums, "A Love Supreme", "Maiden Voyage", the first Butterfield Blues Band, these are all outstanding.....
I agree with rubber soul. It's the beginning of the Beatles growing up. An absolute classic
A shoot out between Rubber Soul and Highway 61 Revisited. Both are brilliant. My winner probably changes on a day by day basis. Otis Blue is also great.
This is going to get much harder for me when we get to the 1970s.
Im really looking forward for more in this series. Great idea.
No argument with your No. 1, but my runner up (apologies, Pete!) has to be one of Dylan’s - probably Bringing It All Back Home. It was, retrospectively at least, a great year to be alive!
I also think that Rubber Soul is a no-brainer. The two Dylan albums are both great, but all the other interesting bands are just finding their (album) feet. The main medium was the Single, not the Album at the time (and picking Singles would be far more difficult because there were many great ones in 65). Rubber Soul is also better than the summer release of the Help album (containing Help, Ticket to Ride and Yesterday, amongst others).
Also: Otis Blue by Otis Redding.
The first album I ever bought. Well I got my mum to buy it although it was my money. She worked in a cinema and did Saturday morning kid's pictures. The record shop was on the next corner so she popped in after work and got it for me. The Stones, Out Of Our Heads- the UK version rather than the US version. They were still mainly reliant on songs by other artists but Jagger / Richards contributed three songs and Nanker Phelge (the group) one the brilliantly titled The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man.
Runner-up, Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited. A borrowed album that I somehow managed to warp. That resulted in a well deserved whack when I returned it to the owner at my school. Just a totally different kind of hypnotic music first listened to on a hot afternoon. I should mention My Generation and Rubber Soul but both came to me a year or so later.
My favorite of 1965 was The Rolling Stones third album, Now!
Great show, Pete and I look forward to it. Thumbs up to Rubber Soul with honorable mentions to "My Generation" and "Out of Our Heads". A couple of years ago I found a website that lists every album released each year and it ranks them by critical response. I've been prowling the lists for for hidden gems ever since.
I too was born in '66 but my best of list starts in '71 and thats when the bulk of my music listening starts.
For 1965 - Picking with hindsight, A Love Supreme by John Coltrane. The choices for the next few years are going to be tough.
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
I had to think about this. My list of favorites would definitely also include 'Rubber Soul," but also the Byrds' "Mr. Tambourine Man," John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme," and Bob Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited," all desert island discs for me. Others I love from that year, in no particular order:
"Song for My Father" by Horace Silver
"The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra"
"ESP" by Miles Davis
"Spiritual Unity" by Albert Ayler Trio
"Idle Moments" by Grant Green
"Maiden Voyage" by Herbie Hancock
"Out of Our Heads" by Rolling Stones
"Hoodoo Man Blues" by Junior Wells
The Pretty Things - s/t
"Dialogue" - Bobby Hutcherson
"Here are the Sonics" - the Sonics
1. {3 Way Tie} Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited / Beatles - Rubber Soul / Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
Mr. Tambourine man the Byrds
My generation by the who
I agree with your choice. My Top 3:
1. "Rubber Soul" - The Beatles
2. "Highway 61 Revisited" - Bob Dylan
3. "Help" - The Beatles
Great choice. There were some special albums released that year (i.e. Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, Coltrane's A Love Supreme, and Otis Redding's Otis Blue). But I have to say that you selected the clear best from that year. Rubber Soul seems to get better each time I listen to it.
Agreed, rubber soul was a huge transition from that pop style that their previous albums and eventually led to sgt. Pepper's and Abby Road
No other candidates for me that year. This album was in many ways my gateway to music later in life. It shaped me.
Good choice Pete. Fascinating to see some of the comments on here and remember just how many great releases there were in 1965. This is a really good idea for a new series so I'll look forward to watching them. Could we also know your shortlist for each year, if it's not asking too much of your time. Many thanks.