These Albums Are 10s (1960s)

[@fleetwoodcraic4235]

You can’t deny how impressive the Beatles were for inventing music in 1963

[@arthurdunn4594]

Doctor Who production crew also invented sci fi and television in '63, great year 😄

[@fleetwoodcraic4235]

@@arthurdunn4594 I believe Kubrick invented cinema at the time as well, just a decade of innovation

[@aidanhennessy242]

Whoah whoah whoah... Playboi Carti invented music. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here.

[@dungeon-wn4gw]

yeah, also underrated asf. I mean bro they just do not get enough attention!!

[@prodbyzaqq]

The Beatles da 🐐 no 🧢

[@davidp9416]

Now Im finally allowed to check out the Beatles

[@J25-p3h]

There is now one rock band I can like

[@SleepBeforeYouThink]

Don’t do it

[@swansonjoe7121]

Revolver better

[@deadfr0g]

Okay but be careful. I knew a guy who checked out the Beatles, and no one has seen him since.

[@SleepBeforeYouThink]

@@deadfr0g he’s the Man on the Hill.

[@harleybfilms]

isnt it shoking how abbey road was basically the last thing they ever did and were kinda pissed at each other at the time but still was able to pull out a absolute banger album

[@paulnottherealmccartney8558]

It's illegal how stacked the beatles was. Each album was basically a greatest hits album to some artists.

[@Ben-ff6hc]

Wasn't Let it Be the last thing they did?

[@harleybfilms]

@@Ben-ff6hc if I remember correctly the let it be session we’re before the abbey road sessions but let it be was realeased later so technically it was abbey road

[@macicoinc9363]

@@Ben-ff6hc Abbey Road was the last thing they ever recorded. Fittingly, the final song on the album, The End, was the last song they ever recorded in the same room together.

[@Ben-ff6hc]

@@harleybfilms ah okay, fair enough. Was always under the impression it and the rooftop session came after abbey road but that makes sense

[@seemjax]

She's So Heavy is the song that made me realize how revolutionary the Beatles actually were

[@Ina_Toma]

Yeah, and it is not one of their popular songs, unfortunately:(

[@KendrickMegaFan]

Many bands did heavy psych years before the Beatles did. It really wasn’t that special

[@gclip9883]

@@KendrickMegaFan She's so heavy might be a bad example, but Revolver is already incredibly psychedelic, and that one was one of the first psychedelic albums. Stuff like backwards guitar and tape loops were used for the first time in Revolver. And Tomorrow Never Knows to this day sounds like nothing else. Revolver was released in 1966, whereas most of the other big psychedlic albums came out after 1967. The Beatles may not have been at the forefront of music in 1970, but they certainly were some of the first to do psychedelia.

[@KendrickMegaFan]

@@gclip9883 I agree that revolver was very innovative but any other Beatles album not as much. Also it certainly wasn’t as innovative as Velvet Underground, Mothers of Invention, Captain Beefheart, or John Coltrane

[@daviebananas1735]

@@KendrickMegaFanit preceded all of those aside from Coltrane.

[@CRIMS0N_KING]

I'd definitely put In The Court of The Crimson King as a 10/10. It was absolutely groundbreaking and every song is incredible

[@shinriko4334]

I love Crimson but I have to ding it a point for the noodling on Moonchild. If an album is a 10 I can't have a desire to skip a track.

[@CRIMS0N_KING]

@@shinriko4334 I actually used to have an issue with the noodling on Moonchild too until I heard it on vinyl and there was so much more going on that I hadn't noticed and it removed the only blemish on the album to my ears.

[@niklaslachmann1038]

@@CRIMS0N_KING I mean king crimson themselves have an issue with the noodling

[@carterknuth5274]

I was expecting this album on the list, sad that it wasn’t but I understand

[@susannahs8533]

I love Moonchild 🥺 it’s a calm mental breather before the grand finale!!!

[@Mixedbag456]

All jokes aside, the Abbey Road medley I've always seen as my gold standard for music in general.

[@vDomMusic]

Facts. When I listen to the medley, i always feel like its the Beatles actually saying goodbye for some reason.

[@pedrogoncalvesmonteiro5338]

music peaked there

[@nomanatcore]

From a term paper I wrote while getting my music degree: The last project the Beatles ever worked on as a group is the album called Abbey Road. The second half of this album is where they reached their ultimate musical sophistication with a collection of consecutive songs that can be analyzed in three movements. Summarized by Thomas MacFarlane as "an architectonic framework predicated on double-tonic relationships between the tonal centers of A and C, the Abbey Road Medley (CD 12-21) displays a remarkable sophistication and musical eloquence. This framework facilitates the realization of a three-movement structure replete with sectional variation, thematic restatement, and inventive thematic and harmonic development" (MacFarlane 133). With this piece, the Beatles accomplished the seemingly subconscious underlying goal of their entire career, by composing to the scale of grand form. The piece is complete with a strophic-binary prelude called Because that John Lennon loosely based on Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (O'Grady 161). There is evidence of this in the songs tonic key of c# minor as well as the use of the Neapolitan chord. The first movement starts with Paul's You Never Give Me Your Money which carries through the "Out Of College," "That Magic Feeling," and "One Sweet Dream" sections. The second movement continues with Sun King, Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam and She Came In Through The Bathroom Window. The third movement begins with Golden Slumbers and Carry That Weight, and comes to a beautiful four-on-the-floor rock'n'roll climactic ending with The End. A few moments later a fragment of a song called Her Majesty serves as a postlude slightly resembling the "amen" of a plagal cadence. Grand form achieved.

[@macicoinc9363]

It’s crazy, most of the songs on the medley were leftovers they had been sitting on for a while that they just couldn’t make fit in any previous album. Most of them by themselves are pretty lackluster compared to other Beatles song. However, they decided to string and fuse them all together into one long medley, and it arguably makes for the pinnacle of their musical output. Fucking love it so much.

[@JoeAugustAcoustic]

The medley is like home base for all music. You can listen to whatever you like but when you come back to the medley, you're right back where it all began

[@martyshwaartz971]

I appreciate you for including Charles Mingus on here. Hell of a musician and one amazing album that is.

[@ursula3438]

60s had crazy many jazz 10s: In A Silent Way (along with ca. 5 other Miles albums), A Love Supreme (and Ballads), Soul Station, Sweet Rain (and Getz/Gilberto), On Impulse! (Sonny Rollins), Unity (Larry Young), Laughing on The Outside (Aretha), Further Adventures Of Jimmy And Wes (or Back At The Chicken Shack), Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, The New Earl Hines Trio, Juju, etc. Incredible decade for jazz.

[@fantasypgatour]

Agreed, I do not appreciate him for not including Forever Changes though which is objectively the best album of all time.

[@nicholasgogo]

@@ursula3438 ​damn bro u must hate free jazz. How u gonna snub my man ornette, Sun ra, or Cecil Taylor. Agree on miles tho, the dude released an insane amount of classic albums in the 50’s-70’s. Invented like 12 sub genres 😅😂

[@willoverdoseonmusic]

Contains my favorite part of music ever on the last track towards the end

[@ursula3438]

@@nicholasgogo Tbh I don't know much free jazz, so I couldn't tell you, what I like or don't like (what would you recommend?). However I do have a deep appreciation for the craft of playing the changes, and I do believe, if you're a true master improviser, let's say Keith Jarrett for example, you can creatively express yourself with total freedom and never leave the form of a song. Another example would be Sonny Rollins, at his peak his flow was so strong and vital, he was totally free, even when he just played a standard with a traditional 50s hardbop band. Having said that, I love Miles version of free jazz, which is to invite some of the best musicians in the world (Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul etc.) let them improvise freely, but put a steady rock or funk groove underneath to give it some "earth", some gravity, let Teo edit the whole thing and call it fusion, although Miles probably just called it music. Also my next buy was going to be Dave Holland's "Conference Of The Birds" and I think there's some free playing on that one, so maybe I'll come around to free jazz after all.

[@texxwave]

Frank Zappa is a damn genius, just incredible how ahead of his time he was

[@Gabe-qd4gz]

you should listen to uncle meat. made the same year and miles better than hot rats, which i love

[@rabidgoon]

We’re only in it for the money is a masterpiece as well

[@TheLetterH111]

Love zappa but im not too keen on hot rats. Vastly prefer one size fits all and apostrophe

[@Cpayne30]

@@TheLetterH111 Hot Rats is some of the best fusion ever. But I think One Sizs Fits All is an easy 10 too.

[@TheLetterH111]

@@Cpayne30 i dunno, I like the first two or three tracks but then it becomes a bit samey for me. I enjoy a lot of other fusion from the era as well, guess it's just personal preference. I really like zappas songwriting and the vocals on one size fits all are a big reason that album is so good to me

[@xWindreaderx]

I would say that "At Folsom Prison" by Johnny Cash is another 10/10 album. It is one of the greatest live albums ever, and there is so much to love about it.

[@joseadan13m]

And his San Quentin Album as well

[@jotarokujo3870]

I think Fantano already considers it a 10 based on the video he made years ago

[@rocknroll_jezus9233]

Great '60s live albums in my collection are Ritchie Valens in concert at Pacoima Jr. High, The Apollo Theatre Presents • In Person! The James Brown Show, The Kingsmen In Person, got LIVE if you want it! - The Rolling Stones, and my favorite Kick Out The Jams by the MC5

[@calebhopkins3346]

Nah, but it's till great

[@Godloveszaza]

pink floyds pipers album velvet underground made 2 60 albums that were 10/10s...led zeppelin and so many more that went unsaid.

[@johngerygooz3251]

Canon 10s: Charles Mingus- The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady [1963] Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited [1965] The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds [1966] Nina Simone- Nina Simone Sings the Blues [1967] The Beatles- Abbey Road [1969] Frank Zappa- Hot Rats [1969] Miles Davis- Bitches Brew [1970] Mahavishnu Orchestra- The Inner Mounting Flame [1971] Marvin Gaye- What's Going On [1971] David Bowie- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stradust and the Spiders from Mars [1972] Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti [1975] Pink Floyd- Animals [1977] Television- Marquee Moon [1977] Wire- Pink Flag [1977] Pink Floyd- The Wall [1979] The Clash- London Calling [1979] Talking Heads- Remain in Light [1980] Prince- Purple Rain [1984] Kate Bush- Hounds of Love [1985] Metallica- Master of Puppets [1986] Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back [1988] Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique [1989] Depeche Mode- Violator [1990] Nirvana- Nevermind [1991] Wu Tang Clan- Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers) [1993] Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea [1998] Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill [1998] Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven [2000] Daft Punk- Discovery [2001] Björk- Vespertine [2001] System of a Down- Toxicity [2001] Converge- Jane Doe [2001] The Postal Service- Give Up [2003] The Unicorns- Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? [2003] Madvillian- Madvilliany [2004] My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade [2006] Death Grips- The Money Store [2012] Swans- To Be Kind [2014] Kendrick Lamar- To Pimp a Butterfly [2015] Kids See Ghosts- KIDS SEE GHOSTS [2018] Daughters- You Won't Get What You Want [2018] Spellling- The Turning Wheel [2021] Lingua Ignota- SINNER GET READY [2021] Charli XCX- Brat [2023] I hope we'll get a list of all the 10s soon.

[@johngerygooz3251]

@cactushroom Oh, I know he's RYM, he just said they aren't "official" anymore.

[@roa.reyescortes298]

Spelllig deserves a Big shot Out

[@johngerygooz3251]

@@roa.reyescortes298 Yeah, I'm glad Melon gave her a 10.

[@gloryboyben5436]

In Utero is also a 10

[@johngerygooz3251]

@@gloryboyben5436 Where'd he say it?

[@michaelralph3074]

Production on Abbey Road absolutely spot on, Paul McCartney's basslines are so underrated

[@swansonjoe7121]

But abbey road ain’t even a 10 bruh That would mean Anthony thinks Maxwells silver hammer is also a 10 😂😂😂

[@ellie6091]

@@swansonjoe7121 k but that's a bop. it's a fun listen with an infectious beat

[@chan_martin]

Paul made me wanna pick up a bass and then realize his basslines are way more complex than people give him credit for

[@NamelessInternaut]

@@swansonjoe7121 Yeah, I don't know if Fantano forgot about that track. That one just sucks ass.

[@andrewthompson2]

@@swansonjoe7121 Stop pretending that it's not.

[@zander3943]

Total xanarchy was also my album of the decade (60s)

[@themaddestvillain-g4q]

It’s the album of all time

[@giulianogisotti4107]

It took 60s for me to stop listening to that

[@josephorossi]

definitely. also, lil pump was incredible in that era too. harvard dropout is an incredible record released in ‘66. it was competing with petsounds and revolver at the time. super good

[@saralilith8164]

Bro, the debut of 6NINE "SIX9" (1969) really standout everything that is called "music" for us today. Don't talk shit. Total Xanarchy is just one of the sons that were born from the groundwork of his 1969 debut album.

[@josephorossi]

@@saralilith8164 100% agree

[@liamcristello2591]

I’d throw in Are You Experienced, the way Hendrix reinvented the guitar overnight and shaped its development for decades to come can’t be overstated

[@misorodzinak8829]

Hendrix is an undisputed guitar legend but his songwriting wasn't consistently great

[@freelance_commie]

Axis and Electric Ladyland and Band of Gypsys though

[@zackzallie8735]

@@misorodzinak8829 you kidding me? Little Wing? Purple Haze? Castles Made of Sand? They're great songwriting

[@misorodzinak8829]

@@zackzallie8735 yes those are great, but he also had a lot of filler in his albums IMO

[@freelance_commie]

@@misorodzinak8829 only fair to give some examples

[@aleonimation]

King Crimson's In The Court of the Crimson King is my favorite album from the 60s just because it impresses me so much the fact it came out IN THE 60'S!!! (Yeah it was '69, but that's still the 60s) It sounds like something that straight up came the 70s but was accidentally transported to the 60s. It's also the most grandiose album I've ever heard (not because it's the loudest or most "grandiose", but because it's an album that sounds like it truly came out into the rock scene just to change it forever), it's a frickin GIANT.

[@TumidOfficial]

The true 70’s was born when King Crimson released In the Court of the Crimson King

[@AdamThomasMason]

Love - Forever Changes (1967) is an underappreciated classic 10/10 for me

[@timwhelan4432]

Agreed!

[@fantasypgatour]

Yes the best comment here, although for me it's an 11/10 for being the greatest album ever recorded.

[@zackzallie8735]

Bro, its such a great album! It feels so hazey, lush, and trippy at the same time.

[@gdawgs101]

It's an incredible record, but it's also one of the most cliché answers for underappreciated albums. If everybody calls an album underrated, can it still be underrated?

[@PercyEllis-qk9qb]

@@gdawgs101 True, but I've been scrolling through the comments on this video for a bit, and that's the first mention of the album I'm seeing here.

[@EPAZOTEking]

I know Pet Sounds doesn't need more praise than it gets already, but it's definitely a 10/10. It's a joke at this point how much acclaim it receives, but it's for a good reason. Undeniable how pristine and immaculate that record is.

[@thecinematicmind]

Pet Sounds and Pet Sound Sessions unanimous 10

[@iost5459]

@@thecinematicmind you mean smile sessions?

[@inrainbow111]

@@seanpanigel5494 idk what you're talking about, people won't stfu about this album

[@seanpanigel5494]

@@inrainbow111 yeah, but more than the beatles? more than dark side of the moon? ok computer? I don't know. I feel like it gets maybe only slightly more praise than every regular classic acclaimed record.

[@blarghblargh]

@@seanpanigel5494 there are portlandia skits on how much some people drone on about its sound and production. if network tv picks up on your high acclaim, it may just be A THING (tm). to be fair, fred armisen and carrie brownstein are music hipsters, so they're probably exposed to a lot more of this type of hype than the average person.

[@bruh-nk6hi]

Now do the 1890s version,anthony!

[@pranavprankstergangster]

Too contemporary for my liking. Fantano needs to reveal his top 5 sea shanties of the 1860s

[@graysonmcguire3510]

New World Symphony was the only good music to come out of that decade. Music kind of died after 1820 tbh.

[@henrysoprano7]

@@graysonmcguire3510 definitely

[@GorillaFan_32]

“I hate Benjamin Harrison” is a top notch album

[@albob6]

"The Grand Duke", 1896 Gilbert & Sullivan, 10/10

[@BetaHousing]

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady has to be my favourite Jazz album of all time, seriously creative on how they use separate takes that they made and construct them in such a way to creative a movement that still sounds original almost 60 years later.

[@joshuagregoire9504]

For me, the best album of all time

[@ethansadberry6069]

What’s up my fellow men of culture 😎

[@Vermonol]

When I was trying to get into Jazz and getting my head around the genre years ago, Mingus was one of the core artists that kept getting recommended to me, and in particular (Along with Mingus Ah Um) was this record. Totally turned my expectations upside down on what Jazz was and opened my ears on how experimental and progressive the genre was in the late 50s and 60s. Incredible record.

[@TheNamesJER]

@@VermonolMingus Ah Um is still my favorite jazz album! So good!

[@Pandametal_]

bitches brew was made in the same way, with everything cranked to 11, black saint is great but doesn't reach the same height for me

[@aesthetic4829]

As someone who never really understood jazz until very recently, Charles Mingus’ “The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady” literally hooked me in immediately. It was the first jazz album I finished all the way through and it’s one of my favorite albums of all time. It truly transcends the genre and is amazing music regardless of personal taste.

[@VictorGonzalez-yj6hh]

In my opinion Abbey Road is also one of the best sequenced albums in popular music, not just because of how the amazing the arrangements Paul displays on the medley, which combines both his and Lennon's genius songwriting in a bunch of short random unfinished songs and turn them into a magnificent coherent piece (the way Polythene pam transitions into She came in through the bathroom window still blows my mind and is Paul at his brightest), but also the way it starts with come together, a very ecclectic song that awakes the curiosity and makes you want to keep listening further that's followed up perfectly with one of Harrison's best songs. The best example though is the transition between the a and the b side. That jump from the ominous ending of I want you to the start of Here comes the sun is perfect and feels quite literally as if the sun has just appeared after a long period of darkness. Love this record

[@ksasidhar2980]

Track 2 :- Greatest love song of all time Track 3 :- Psychopath killer Track 4 :- Great fucking love song again

[@orbituary]

It is except for Her Majesty closing out the album. Idk why the fuck they didn’t end it with “The End”. An early version of the medley had it sequenced earlier in the track listing. That will never cease to bug me, and why I don’t think it’s QUITE a perfect album. As close as it gets though

[@hw343434]

The medley was not arranged by Paul. It was arranged by George Martin, Paul, Lennon and the rest of the band all together. Paul gets way too much credit for simply being alive and telling his one-sided ego-fueled take

[@timwhelan4432]

@@orbituarygo to Liverpool and you’ll know! It’s that cheeky humour. Even when they’ve found the meaning of life and the perfect ending they mess it up on purpose “hey this’ll be funny, leave it on” The End is epic but because of her majesty you can’t accuse them of being pompous.

[@orbituary]

@@timwhelan4432 yeah that's fucking stupid

[@user-ro4dm2jd4v]

abbey road is a perfect album. if you say it’s overrated the ghost of boomer past will drag you into hell

[@NamelessInternaut]

White Album is better don't @ me.

[@swansonjoe7121]

Also the album ending is undercut by a goofy ass Paul song lmao

[@zoeybarter3246]

Revolver is better

[@averagegoslingenthusiast2033]

Magical Mystery Tour better

[@user-ro4dm2jd4v]

@@averagegoslingenthusiast2033 the movie? i agree

[@jamjarrben12]

So happy to see Nina Simone on here - a truly influential musician that is too often overlooked - a magnificent force for the civil rights movement and powerful vocalist through and through

[@LookingForAName...]

Lol what? In what circles is Nina Simone overlooked? Only soul singer that gets similar levels of recognition is Marvin Gaye.

[@KIll74N]

@@LookingForAName... Speak for your own circles man 💀 most people I know dont even know who Nina simone is

[@bradleylechton4964]

@@LookingForAName... she has a new fan today.

[@peregrinecovington4138]

People should especially check out Pastel Blues, imo her best and most powerful work.

[@Benheartsart]

@@peregrinecovington4138 Sinnerman is just showstopping

[@Charles-xh2cn]

I am a huge Dylan Fan. Highway 61 has always been my favorite from him. I've always wanted to hear you talk about Dylan, this put a smile on my face today. Thanks!

[@JuliaRoshambo]

i'm so grateful for melon. put this on with my morning coffee and have all these albums queued up for the work day. what a literal gift. it can feel daunting to dig into music from decades past. these videos (and comment section!!!) are doing the lord's work.

[@jacques-andresaint-laurent1300]

Thank you so much : that Mingus music is actually blowing my mind ! As always, I'm so grateful for all your work...

[@jasonmitchell25]

Great picks, I would personally throw in Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix Experience Odessey and the Oracle - The Zombies Arthur or the Fall of the British Empire - The Kinks

[@antcif]

Glad to see someone properly respects Arthur

[@sirfredrickeggenhauser2795]

Arthur is a 11/10!!

[@Deadralord777]

I love Arthur but Village Green is a better album imo.

[@doctorrobert1339]

Zombies is definitely a 10, it has to be one of the best 60s albums I've ever heard

[@cagedbutterfly93]

Hell yes to all those albums

[@Ruby_5ltr]

maybe the real 10/10 was the friends we’ve made along the way

[@NRobbi42]

I give friendship a light 6

[@deadfr0g]

@@NRobbi42 I give that same friendship a rock-hard 9.

[@adamczubaszek9379]

WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF THIS

[@nofanealbni]

what's with your pfp bro

[@Ruby_5ltr]

@@nofanealbni you’re literally an R

[@Rll_2206]

I hope this dude does a Part 2 to these 10/10 decade videos. Just so I can see In The Court of the Crimson King in the Pt. 2 of this video.

[@letsget1ksubswithnovideos887]

I was just about to comment about that/

[@grey8478]

he's reviewed it for classics week and on his now abandoned rateyourmusic he already gave it a 10

[@Salad531]

Moonchild kinda ass though but everything else? My god, absolute peak prog

[@burgerman8308]

and what's crazy is that it's not even KC's best album imo. Red is easily a 10, I'm surprised anthony's never talked about it

[@okgoogleplay3500]

Finally! Someone that thinks the same.

[@legendarybelt]

Pet Sounds should be one of the 10/10 albums of 1960s. Love the songs in the album & the experimental elements in it. The album feels like a mix of old quartet singers & orchestral instruments & composition with modern music style, composition & instruments.

[@qasanoba]

It's not on the list? I'm skipping this video, then...

[@sunnysurfer101MA]

@@qasanoba fantano has said that pet sounds is a 10 on other videos

[@methampheminist]

Honestly Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, the White Album and Abbey Road are all 10’s (i also think Magical Mystery Tour is a severely underrated album)

[@nolanblanchard1772]

Magical mystery tour is one of my general go to for the Beatles. Very underrated

[@daved6536]

The white album is not a 10

[@oscarslater6123]

white album could be my favourite beatles album but it isn’t a ten, it’s a hot mess

[@traincue8795]

@@oscarslater6123 i think its aged perfectly

[@DefenestrateYourself]

@@daved6536 You’re right It’s an 11

[@cobbfunnybrain6632]

Nina Simone is one of the absolute goats of music, just ever. Pastel Blues is pretty much a perfect album, I Put A Spell On You is perfect, Little Girl Blue and Broadway-Blues-Ballads are great, I haven’t really done a deep dive into her discography but I have not heard anything that is below great from her yet since I have started getting into her music

[@tacosavings9751]

It's really kind of hard to go wrong with any Nina Simone album from the 60s...she was just on a heater that decade.

[@lans1531]

good for you. keep studying.

[@coolshirtkid]

@@lans1531 shut up nerd

[@ENNOIPARADOX]

Literally so psyched to see the Hot Rats 10. Such a phenomenal album, best of the batch imo

[@swinter11]

Glad to see Mingus. All time favorite album. So rich, intense, and beautiful!

[@VolvoImpala]

MINGUS! I was part of a few informal listening classes ("Listening to Music") and one of my instructors said Mingus was the greatest jazz composer of all time so I went out to investigate starting I think with Cornell 1964 or something like that and man it did not take long for me to get my head on right that the "greatest ever" part was not an overstatement. Mingus to me goes beyond jazz and is actually one of the greatest composers ever, PERIOD. It's almost impossible for me to choose a favorite album of his. Everything everyone says is classic is classic basically.

[@groovespoon1]

Hot Rats was the first album I ever bought with my own money on vinyl. Not the first record I ever owned (Buddy Miles Electric Church was gifted to me by my drum teacher) but the first one I bought when I was 15 at a little indie record shop that no longer exists. It's still very special to me.

[@coolusername588]

Hot Rats is phenomenal. Zappa's always been an insane composer and musician, and he always had the perfect accompanying musicians with him to bring those ideas to life.

[@TheBEAST205]

That album got me into Zappa and is still probably my favorite album of his.

[@ENigma-um8zw]

Jean Luc Ponty so good on Hot Rats

[@bigbananadealer846]

@@ENigma-um8zw that album has some of the most nasty sax and meanest fiddle ive ever heard

[@lowt-cityortega490]

the last 3 tracks I consider 1 song, the greatest Beatles song ever. what a medley

[@thenotoriusg]

I just checked out Nina Simone sing the blues and wtaf. This is the best album I've ever heard like wtf. I got into her and listened to two of her other beloved albums a year or so back maybe. But never tried this one. This is easily her best. Already in my top albums ever heard off one listen.

[@coolshirtkid]

damn i need to listen lol

[@lans1531]

do you even know what she sings about in that album lmfao

[@southsider3542]

- Revolver by The Beatles - Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones - Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys - Wheels On Fire by Cream - Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan - The Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks Those are my 10/10s for the 1960s. I find Revolver to be the Beatles at their absolute songwriting peak. It combines their experimental, eclectic, psychedelic side with their melodic, poppy, hook-filled side perfectly. Let It Bleed is just absolute perfection of blues, country, folk, and roots rock. I would argue this albums defines the Stones sound more than any of their other albums, although I do believe Sticky Fingers is slightly better. I mean, an album with Gimme Shelter, Live With Me, Let It Bleed, Midnight Rambler, Monkey Man, and You Can't Always Get What You Want is as perfect as rock and roll can get Pet Sounds is just a masterpiece. Can't say anything that hasn't been said millions of times already. Arguably the three most talented musicians together in the history of rock. Clapton's guitar, Baker's drumming, and Bruce's bass playing is at its peak here, just listen to that version of Crossroads. Very unique songwriting and excellent musicianship make this one of the most interesting albums of the 60s. Cream has a legitimate argument for being the first heavy rock band I love Bob Dylan's 60s work, even his early, politically charged folk albums with just an acoustic guitar. I think the electric and acoustic side blend perfectly and the songwriting is just classic Dylan. I don't believe it's the only 10/10 Dylan released in the 60s, but it is my favorite The most underrated band of all time with an excellent album satirizing and celebrating British culture. Very unique and kind of humourous songwriting from Ray Davies. It is very of its time, but I think that brings it charm.

[@nuffin2C]

Totally agree with the Let it bleed love

[@runtherockies7]

Let it Bleed has got to be the Stones most defining record.

[@paulnottherealmccartney8558]

The Vilage Green Preservation Society is definitely a 10.

[@timwhelan4432]

Love this list and hard pressed for an argument against it. It has not quite got the sheer weight of songwriting of village green I know; but I love Arthur too. I’d have sticky fingers over let it bleed but both very strong.

[@yanysguerrero]

Just so you know but In the Court of the Crimson King is from 1969

[@alison115]

absolute injustice that none of the velvet underground’s albums featured

[@quadkanix]

velvet underground & nico should totally be on here

[@peelslowly28]

Velvet Underground & Nico: This album literally changed my life when I first heard it. It showed me how music can be so much more than just a hook and some riffs, it can be expressed in the most abrasive or unexpected ways so long as you can capture a certain feeling.

[@louis-nz8ce]

I loved every bit of that album... apart from the slightly dated recording technology. I wish this album was made just 5 years later, it could have been my favourite ever

[@gringojr1900]

It's crazy how Dylan released two 10/10 albums within like 5 months of eachother in 1965, with Highway 61 and Bringing It All Back Home. Man is absolutely built different in terms of songwriting, nobody comes close imo.

[@lachlanneville7138]

I would say Blonde on Blonde is a 10 as well (honestly my favorite Dylan album)

[@psychobike1118]

Aye how you gonna do the boss like that

[@addable8999]

I agree. The Beatles are by far my favorite band but Dylan’s story telling is undefeated

[@lukeizabelle2131]

It baffles my mind how there are still so many people who seems to not see how "Blonde On Blonde" is the crown achievement of Bob Dylan's 60s music

[@1357musician]

Bringing It All Back Home > Highway 61, Fantano should've definitely included that album on the list instead

[@mauricioandres7470]

Finally! I though music started in the 70's, I'm glad to see the 60's also have valid music

[@ProdByFe1n]

This has gotta be my favorite series you’ve done. If there’s a way to continue this series or do the runner ups that would be dope 🤟

[@EayuProuxm]

Seeing Nina Simone get the respect she deserves as the apex musician she is always gladdens my day.

[@Advent3546]

Damn right Abbey Road is a 10!

[@Texas808]

So is revolver 🥱

[@averagegoslingenthusiast2033]

Some albums I feel could have been included: - The Doors self titled - Disraeli Gears: Cream - Let it Bleed : The Rolling Stones - Electric Ladyland : Hendrix

[@thisperson6708]

In the court of the crimson king too

[@johanliebert6734]

@@thisperson6708 it not being here is a war crime

[@Petteri_makiranta]

Absolutely yes

[@averagegoslingenthusiast2033]

@@thisperson6708 haven’t really paid much attention to King Crimson but I’ll check it out for sure

[@betelgeuse6617]

The velvet underground

[@knife-chase]

Love this series and it's good to see you not avoid picking obvious albums but it might be cool to go through the decades again picking more niche, lesser known stuff exclusively.

[@CurtisBond]

Abbey Road is a bloody masterpiece. One thing that doesn’t get talked about nearly enough is the medley near the end of the record. All of those songs are just short little snippets that don’t last more than a couple minutes yet they’re all memorable on their own as individual tracks. And they’re all freaking amazingly written, performed and produced to boot. My favorite Beatles record by a country mile.

[@lukeizabelle2131]

I am so happy that you've picked "The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady", one of the greatest achievements of 20th century music!!!

[@chrisdudedurian1305]

The first time I heard the Long Medley in Abbey Road, I lost my mind. The best album i've ever listened to fr

[@LeoGuidi]

Guys, there are about 5 10/10 Beatles albums Rubber Soul Revolver Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles (nicknamed the white album) Abbey Road Shoutout to Help!, Magical Mystery Tour and Let it be (naked). All amazing, just not as perfect as those 5 Edit: Hard Days Night is also excellent

[@Htoeisjbfj61]

Hard day's night > let it be and help!

[@aheendwhz1]

@@Htoeisjbfj61 Let It Be > Hard day's night > help Let It Be is so different from any other recording. You never felt so close to the Beatles. But at the same time, it's not Lo Fi, you get some huge arrangements there. It's not the album with the best songs beginning to finish, but it's an experience. A Hard day's Night is a banger album, Let It Be is not. But there have been banger albums before, also by the Beatles. Let It Be is unique in what it is.

[@bencarlson4300]

The White Album, as much as I love it, has Don’t Pass Me By and Revolution 9, the latter of which alone prevents it from being a 10. A 10/10 should never have a song everyone skips.

[@aheendwhz1]

@@bencarlson4300 I kind of agree with your point, but I think it's funny that you mention Revolution 9 and Don't Pass Me By. Revolution 9 is, with no doubt, legendary, no matter that a lot of people skip it. And I prefer Don't Pass Me By any time over I Will or Ob La Di Ob La Da. Not even mentioned "Wild Honey Pie". The violin on Don't Pass Me By is crazy and super nice, and Ringo's singing has way more class and style than Paul's more cheesy renditions on the songs I mentioned.

[@bencarlson4300]

@@aheendwhz1 I guess I'm a McCartney apologist, because Ob La Di Ob La Da and I Will are great imo. Revolution 9, for whatever experimental boundaries it broke, should never have been put on a Beatles album because its not even a song.

[@JustaRandomGuy890]

Pet Sounds is the best album of the 60’s

[@iamacookie6]

based

[@mellifluente]

it really is ! nothing comes close to it ! Virtuousity, in a heavenly and complex symphiny

[@manuelgaddala1664]

@@mellifluente Revolver

[@mellifluente]

@@manuelgaddala1664 comes very close,but not as good and revolutionnary. I think The Velvet Underground & Nico and Abbey Road can compete with Pet Sounds. I do believe that The Velvet Underground might even top it !

[@Manays]

YES YES YES THE BLACK SAINT AND THE SINNER LADY, the Mingus deserves this, it’s such an enjoyable thrilling album holy shit

[@Danny-ql2it]

The 60s deserve a longer video, there are so many more 10s that come to mind. Musically the best decade ever

[@ursula3438]

Jazz and Rock (british invasion) were both at a peak, that's what makes the 60s so special, also folk rock (Dylan) took off, and there were the beginnings of funk (James Brown, Sly Stone) and fusion (Miles, Tony Williams) and Jimi revolutionized the guitar.

[@rocknroll_jezus9233]

@@ursula3438 all of that + the many many great proto-punk garage bands across the world but mainly in America before and after The Beatles hit in '64

[@andrei11dr]

@rocknroll_jezus9 And don't forget the whole folk revival movement, which led to folk rock and psychedelic folk, and the boom in European Avant-garde composers, there was a lot of shit going on in the 60s

[@rocknroll_jezus9233]

@@andrei11dr true true

[@runalongnowm8]

I've changed what my possible favorite Beatles record could be for so long but after this it's obvious that I should keep it as Abbey Road from now on, so thank you for making it so clear this whole time Anthony

[@timwhelan4432]

Changes for me all the time - not at all obvious! Revolver and Rubber Soul switch in and out and there are strong arguments for either but I could listen to most of them depending on my mood.

[@hasselett]

It's hard to believe Abbey Road actually received quite a lukewarm reception at the time of its release. Contemporary critics weren't overly satisfied with the sound of the album. Now, it's considered the greatest album of all time by tons of people.

[@OttoVonValentine0.0]

Loved it, other amazing albums from this time that are 10's in my eyes are: Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow Almendra - Almendra Frank Zappa - Freak Out Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced Los Flippers - Pronto Viviremos Un Mundo Mucho Mejor The Band - Music From Big Pink The Velvet Underground & Nico - Selftitle The Doors - The Doors

[@bam3666]

id pick the band's follow up over music from big pink. a better record on almost every level.

[@UlyssesJonah]

isnt Los Flippers from 73?

[@dr.s.]

@@bam3666 I tend to agree, Music from Big Pink is historically the more important album, but the brown album is the better sounding record. Whether it's a 10 or not, I don't know, but it's great and one of my favorite records.

[@Mr.N1ntendo]

do you use apple music or sum who is Jimi Hendrix Experience (also The doors is not really talked about respect for putting it)

[@noralie3295]

almendra pfp, nice!

[@markosvarelas769]

I haven't listened Charles Mingus in a while, thanks for reminding me Anthony. I'm gonna dedicate a nice Christmas evening listening to this Album.

[@RobbieLugos]

Thanks for the recommendation of Hot Rats by Frank Zappa. Also, I’d love to see a “These albums are 0s.” series!

[@ffwlpe]

was just listening to highway 61 revisited this afternoon mind-blowing songwriting

[@darthalex9064]

the first ones that come to mind that melon left out that i’d also toss up there as 10s are sly and the family stone’s stand, let it bleed by the rolling stones, electric ladyland by the jimi hendrix experience, coltrane’s a love supreme, and odessey and oracle by the zombies. obviously there’s a lot more but those are some of my favorites not mentioned

[@KINOSWAGMONEY]

Based electric ladyland fan

[@fastnbulbous5115]

Odessey and oracle is probably my favorite Album of that era after the VU and Nico. Love - Forever Changes is another masterpiece of that era

[@darthalex9064]

@@fastnbulbous5115 oh shit i forgot about those albums, i literally have both hanging up on my wall hahaha. yes, move those to the top 2, i personally prefer white light/whit heat tho

[@freelance_commie]

Electric Ladyland/axis and love supreme absolutely

[@dodleblob]

I agree

[@dearthunderstorm4062]

THE BLACK SAINT AND SINNER LADY GOES SO HARD

[@sernoddicusthegallant6986]

Now you should do underrated albums for each decade, giving the spotlight to albums that tend to get overshadowed by the 10/10s but are still great listening

[@bumba5897]

theres so many 10/10 albums that i think we ned a part 2 for all the decades

[@SlashMMR]

Finally, 5 more albums that I can listen to

[@donmike0127]

As always spot on, love from Mexico!

[@sofushandberg9267]

so glad to see that you gave revolver a 10/10! such a deserved score for such an iconic album, bravo bravo👏👏😍

[@taylorpeak7289]

You forgot A Love Supreme my man, easily a 10. Very few albums can lead the way in avant-garde jazz while retaining a quality of memorable phrasings WITH an additional flavor of spirituality. A landmark album in 60s American music.

[@BrendanPappas]

I don’t need to say anything more about Abbey Road, I’ve been listening to it since I was little and it still holds up. And I have to say that while I have a very up and down relationship with Bob Dylan, his greatest songs are absolutely incredible. I only recently heard “Ballad of a Thin Man” when I watched “I’m Not There” (would highly recommend) and couldn’t believe I had never heard it before.

[@Miguel_Sacraaa]

What do you think about the record "Stand!" By Sly and the Family Stone?? I think Its one of the best albums of the sixtys not only for the messages that the band portrays, but too because of its bangers. I love it

[@dilloncloonan1393]

Please do 1950s!!! So many underrated albums

[@birch6615]

All of these picks are perfect 10s for sure. I would include The Velvet underground - Velvet underground Beach boys - Pet Sounds The Kinks - Arthur Van Morrison - Astral weeks John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica

[@OGeeSUSA]

The 1960s was the best musical decade I stand on it.

[@dariooben9]

Any list with "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady" is a 10/10 list. Good stuff.

[@victiniweenie7460]

Now he should do “These albums are 0/10’s for each decade he reviewed

[@andreasekeroth3950]

The Doors debut album ”The Doors” is a sure 10/10 in my book.

[@ENigma-um8zw]

I love that so many love the Beatles still and always because I’ve been a fan since I was a kid and used to get teased in the 90s for bringing in Beatles to listen to during computer class and not Montel Jordan’s “this is how we do it” true story, needless to say I had the last laugh, “🎼the parties here on the west side!”

[@henrytvchannel]

I also got into the Beatles in the nineties and was teased for it. Lol. At my school most kids listened to artists like Boyz II Men and Bon Jovi etc

[@garnetnewton-wade4091]

Thanks for including Zappa as it often slips under the radar. Another that often escapes it's due praise is Herbie Hancock's Empyrean Isles which is truly magnificent.

[@humanbeing4841]

I'm was pleasantly surprised to see the Mingus selection. Phenomenal jazz album.

[@moresoduh]

To your point - one of my favorite assignments in high school was our humanities teacher played The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady in its entirety and asked us to write out what we envisioned was happening at each point of the album as it was playing. Truly mind-blowing, cinematic stuff. Will always remember that assignment and kudos to my teacher Mr. N!

[@VolvagiasBlaze]

One album from the 60s that i always hold in high esteem is Moody Blues' Days of Futures Passed. Lovely mix of pop music with classical arrangements to form an early prog concept album about the day in the life of a man.

[@clarissima22]

A Moody Blues appreciation! I love how cohesive the album feels with the orchestral arrangements

[@j3dr905]

Glad to see Black Saint getting much-deserved recognition. Charles Mingus is a genius and that is truly a masterpiece

[@ICash1229]

this just makes me want a beatles worst to best video even more now.

[@donie5575]

I Want You (She's So Heavy) fucks so damn hard. Abbey Road deserves a 10 just for that track alone

[@michaelsieger9133]

Highway 61 is back to back bangers but Blonde on Blonde indisputably represents his artistic peak.

[@HotStrange]

Agreed

[@ayyguevara8448]

It’s BOTT, it always has been

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

Blonde On Blonde only wins on volume and being a double album. To me there is no peak, his whole career is his peak.

[@ariteuwsen6382]

@@cockoffgewgle4993 This!!

[@ALTROTOPIA]

I’m a bit disappointed cuz in the Black MIDI interview he said Pet Sounds was one of his favourite albums of all time and it doesn’t appear here :(

[@thecinematicmind]

Same

[@epixstarxxv]

Abbey Road literally be 5 mins away from my house by car its crazy how I be passing through it everyday and to the rest of the world its so influential/impactful to them

[@jasonlighton9636]

Good list, some I might add would be: 1. Pet Sounds 2. Velvet Underground & Nico 3. Zombies-Odessy and Oracle 4. Chicago Transit Authority

[@cody95]

Worth mentioning that Abbey Road was the last album they ever recorded

[@CesarMorais14]

Maybe (totally) biased, but IMHO Revolver is also a 10/10. Pepper too, although Fantano disagrees. Rubber Soul and the White Album are contenders for a 10/10 score also.

[@nepesilva2284]

Agreed. Fantano’s take on Sgt. Pepper is pretty awful imo lol

[@alexk9704]

I’m glad you finally included some jazz albums in these lists, but how could you not have included a love supreme?!

[@tylersquanto8938]

Because Giant Steps is better.

[@luvjenna1547]

0:50 = Frank Zappa - Hot Rats 1:38 = Bob Dylan - Highway 61 (Revisited) 3:04 = Mingus - The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady 4:35 = The Beatles - Abbey Road 6:00 = Nina Simone - Nina Simone Sings the Blues

[@manalive256]

Forever Changes/Pet Sounds/The Notorious Byrd Brothers/Scott 4 are for me all 10/10 albums from the 60's as well as the finest records I've ever heard!

[@davidmurray2539]

Great taste there. I'd also include the first Moby Grape album, JA's Surrealistic Pillow, Something Else by The Kinks, and a pick of The Youngbloods' first or second album. There's just too much really to choose from.

[@fantasypgatour]

@@davidmurray2539 Forever Changes and Surrealistic Pillow are both 11/10's, also Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane doesn't get talked about nearly enough, if that isn't the most 1969 album of all time then I don't know what is.

[@davidmurray2539]

As if Nina Simone and Charles Mingus were even remotely connected to the spirit, substance and tone of the 60's, especially the back half of the decade, so toss them and insert Moby Grape, Love, Blonde On Blonde or The Byrds' 5D for Godsakes. This dude's take on music superiority in such a clearly defined, unesoteric decade is the stuff of Monty Python at their most pompous!

[@orang6414]

For me it's The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle. How did they manage to complete music in 1968? Velvet Underground - s/t is also another favourite of mine

[@darokolghai7942]

Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson Giant Steps - John Coltrane The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground Pet Sounds - Beach Boys The White Album - The Beatles Led Zeppelin (I-IV) - Led Zeppelin Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones Tommy - The Who

[@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec]

Did you just casually include every zeppelin album up to 4? lol

[@ExcitedAnacondaSnake-hg8ec]

Tommy? Come on. No way .

[@InteriorPeople33]

I feel a severe lack of In the Court of the Crimson King in this list

[@fantasypgatour]

That and Forever Changes.

[@johnm3152]

Great refreshing and freewheeling narrative and analysis. Fun and glad to meet you !

[@princeneumator]

Best one of these yet. No misses. All 10s. Crushed it.

[@peddr.o]

2:45 what the hell was he using to scrstch his ear