70. Rolling Stones- Aftermath

Release Date: 1966
Label: Decca

69. The Mothers of Invention- Freak Out!

Release Date: 1966
Label: Verve

Rating: 9/10
Favourite Track: Wowie Zowie

66. The Kinks - Face to Face

Release Date: 1966
Label: Pye

60. The Beatles - Revolver

Release Date: 1966
Label: Parlophone

Rating: 10/10
Favourite Track: I'm Only Sleeping

59. The Who - My Generation

Release Date: 1965
Label: Brunswick

Rating: 7/10
Favourite Track: My Generation

58. Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Revisited

Release Date: 1965
Label: Columbia

Rating: 10/10
Favourite Track: Desolation Row

50. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

Release Date: 1965
Label: Columbia

At his peak Bob Dylan was a fucking genius. In 2002 I bought a Greatest Hits compilation and it took me ten seconds of Subterannean Homesick Blues to realise that. Everything about this album is worth discussing - the electric/acoustic split, his voice, the fact that the lyrics piss over anything John Lennon or Paul McCartney could ever dream of writing. This album is the sound of Bob Dylan climbing to the top of the mountain, and he hasn't yet reached the peak.

Rating: 10/10
Favourite Track: Love Minus Zero/No Limit

42. The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

Release Date: 1964
Label: Parlophone

Chaaaaaaaaaaang!!!!! Whenever nobody asks me to choose my favourite Beatles album from their early days (i.e. the days where moptops overruled the moustaches) I always pick 'A Hard Day's Night'. It's their first made up entirely of originals, and if anything it proves how much better they were at songwriting than any of their contemporaries. Every song on here packs at punch, with the first knock-out blow of the title tracks opening chord (probably the most discussed chord in popular music!) to the resigned farewell of 'I'll Be Back', this album has me falling in love with The Beatles again and again.

Rating: 10/10
Favourite Track: I'll Be Back

35. The Beatles - With The Beatles

Release Date: 1963
Label: Parlophone

The first album on the list that I've actually owned prior to beginning this project, and one I'm rather familiar with. Therefore I see no point in listening to it again just to review it. Out of the 'early' Beatles albums (say everything up to Help) this sits comfortably in the middle. There are some great tracks on this album - 'All My Loving', 'You Really Got a Hold On Me', 'All I've Gotta Do', but also a couple of duds. So great, but not perfect.

Overall: 8/10
Favourite Track: You Really Got A Hold On Me

27. The Everly Brothers - A Date With The Everlys

Release Date: 1960
Label: Warner Bros.

Now, I'm no expert when it comes to dating, but it's advisable not to date two guys at the same time if you can help it. It's probably recommended that you don't date two guys who are likely to know each other; I'd even go as far as saying you shouldn't date brothers. You should definitely not date brothers at the same time so they both feel inspired to write a whole album about you and then screw them over by leaving them both for some other dude at the end of it. Yes Cathy, I'm speaking to you!

I am a big fan of The Everly Brothers, so I was looking forward to this, and it did not disappoint. It was short, sharp and to the point. The harmonies are glorious and I could listen to the record again and again. The only thing preventing it from getting 5/5 is because, at under thirty minutes, it feels a little short. No doubt one of the reasons why Cathy left them both for the clown.

Overall: 8.5/10
Favourite Track: Love Hurts

Next Album: Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack

25. Elvis Presley- Elvis is Back!

Release Date: 1960
Label: RCA

If the first Elvis album in the list is the one to play during the party, this second offering is the album to play when you've walked your date home for the night and gone in for a cup of coffee. It begins with the upbeat 'Make Me Know It' and immediately slows down with Elvis's cover of 'Fever', which is a surprising highlight. I can only presume the criteria for songs on this album were 'ones you can dance in the kitchen too'. It's probably not 'cool' to admit it, but this was far better than his self-titled debut in the sense that it was more structured and less all over the place.

Overall: 7/10
Favourite Track: The Girl of My Best Friend

Next Album: Miriam Makeba- Miriam Makeba