Favorite Rock Albums of the '60's- A Scientific Approach

Submitted by dcstar on Thu, 09/02/2004 - 03:33
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  1. Highway 61 Revisited/ Bob Dylan (39.6)
  2. Abbey Road/ The Beatles (39.0)
  3. The Band/ The Band (38.8)
  4. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/ The Beatles (38.6)
  5. Revolver/ The Beatles (38.5)
  6. Pet Sounds/ Beach Boys (38.4)
  7. The White Album/ The Beatles (38.4)
  8. Astral Weeks/ Van Morrison (38.0)
  9. Blonde on Blonde/ Bob Dylan (37.8)
  10. Let It Bleed/ Rolling Stones (37.4)
  11. The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society/ The Kinks (37.3)
  12. Velvet Underground & Nico/ Velvet Underground (37.2)
  13. Magical Mystery Tour/ The Beatles (35.6)
  14. Bookends/ Simon & Garfunkel (35.5)
  15. Rubber Soul/ The Beatles (35.5)
  16. Tommy/ The Who (35.3)
  17. Beggers Banquet/ Rolling Stones (35.1)
  18. Music From Big Pink/ The Band (35.1)
  19. Are You Experienced?/ Jimi Hendrix Experience (35.0)
  20. A Love Supreme/ John Coltrane (35.0)
  21. A Hard Day's Night/ The Beatles (34.8)
  22. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan/ Bob Dylan (34.7)
Author Comments: 

I came up with a ratings system, giving points for:

-Listenability (how often, how pleasing, etc.) (out of 10)
-Lyrics (out of 10)
-Artistry (out of 10)
-Importance (out of 10)

This resulted in the order of the list. None received the perfect score of 40.