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Albums in the Year 1964

This page lists the top albums of 1964 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described in the home page. A list of biggest hit songs of 1964 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	John Coltrane	Love Supreme	1964	RYM 1 of 1965, Guiness 40, Rolling Stone 47, Acclaimed 68, NARM 78, Defin200 78, WXPN 79, Channel4 82, Virgin 85
2	The Beatles	A Hard Day's Night	1964	UK 1 - Jul 1964, RYM 11 of 1964, Virgin 22, US CashBox 32 of 1964, UK Radio2 36, Acclaimed 180, Rolling Stone 388, WXPN 390
3	Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto	Getz & Gilberto	1964	Grammy in 1964, RYM 2 of 1964, US CashBox 24 of 1964, Norway 35 - Feb 2003, Acclaimed 394, Rolling Stone 454, WXPN 688
4	The Beatles	Meet The Beatles!	1964	US CashBox 1 of 1964, RYM 13 of 1964, Rolling Stone 59, WXPN 205, Acclaimed 268, RIAA 277 - 5 M claimed
5	The Beatles	Beatles For Sale	1964	UK 1 - Apr 1965, Italy 2 of 1965, RYM 41 of 1964, Acclaimed 932
6	The Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones	1964	UK 1 - Apr 1964, RYM 39 of 1964, US CashBox 51 of 1964, Acclaimed 398
7	Bob Dylan	The Times They Are A-Changin'	1964	UK 4 - Jul 1964, RYM 18 of 1964, Guiness 41, WXPN 500, Acclaimed 835
8	Peter, Paul & Mary	In The Wind	1964	US 2 of 1964, US CashBox 5 of 1964, UK 11 - Mar 1964, RYM 113 of 1963
9	The Beatles	Beatles '65	1964	US 2 of 1965, US CashBox 8 of 1965, RYM 26 of 1964, Acclaimed 932
10	Bob Dylan	Another Side Of Bob Dylan	1964	UK 8 - Nov 1964, RYM 15 of 1964, WXPN 855, Acclaimed 999
11	Henry Mancini	The Pink Panther	1964	US CashBox 12 of 1964, UK 14 - Apr 1964, RYM 45 of 1964, Acclaimed 2600
12	Original Cast	Hello Dolly	1964	US 1 of 1964, US CashBox 6 of 1964
13	James Brown	Live at the Apollo (1963)	1964	Rolling Stone 24, Guiness 36, RYM 59 of 1967, US CashBox 90 of 1964
14	Eric Dolphy	Out to Lunch	1964	RYM 1 of 1964, Acclaimed 300
15	Al Hirt	Honey In The Horn	1964	US CashBox 2 of 1964, US 3 of 1964
16	The Supremes	Where Did Our Love Go	1964	US CashBox 4 of 1965, RYM 65 of 1964, Acclaimed 1984
17	The Animals	The Animals	1964	UK 6 - Nov 1964, RYM 77 of 1964, Acclaimed 2877
18	Louis Armstrong	Hello Dolly	1964	UK 11 - Jun 1964, US CashBox 15 of 1964, RYM 132 of 1964
19	The Beach Boys	Surfer Girl	1964	UK 13 - Mar 1967, RYM 55 of 1963, US CashBox 81 of 1964
20	Muddy Waters	Folk Singer	1964	RYM 16 of 1964, Rolling Stone 280, Acclaimed 1134
21	Otis Redding	Pain In My Heart	1964	UK 28 - Apr 1967, RYM 48 of 1964, Acclaimed 2880
22	The Rolling Stones	12 X 5	1964	US CashBox 36 of 1965, RYM 40 of 1964, Acclaimed 1339
23	The Beach Boys	All Summer Long	1964	US CashBox 40 of 1964, RYM 53 of 1964, Acclaimed 1478
24	The Yardbirds	Having a Rave Up With the Yardbirds	1964	RYM 27 of 1965, Rolling Stone 353, Acclaimed 2437
25	The Ronettes	Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica	1964	RYM 36 of 1964, Rolling Stone 427, Acclaimed 1497
26	Impressions	Keep On Pushing	1964	US CashBox 97 of 1964, RYM 127 of 1964, Acclaimed 2636
27	The Hollies	Stay With The Hollies	1964	UK 2 - Feb 1964, RYM 110 of 1964
28	The Four Tops	The Four Tops	1964	UK 2 - Oct 1966, RYM 178 of 1964
29	The Beatles	Long Tall Sally	1964	UK 1 - Jul 1964
30	The Kinks	Kinksize Session	1964	UK 1 - Dec 1964
31	The Rolling Stones	Five By Five	1964	UK 1 - Aug 1964
32	Elvis Presley	Elvis For You Volume I	1964	UK 1 - May 1964
33	The Bachelors	Bachelors' Hits	1964	UK 1 - Dec 1964
34	The Beatles	All My Loving	1964	UK 1 - Feb 1964
35	The Kinks	Kinks	1964	UK 3 - Oct 1964, RYM 69 of 1964
36	Manfred Mann	Five Faces Of Manfred Mann	1964	UK 3 - Sep 1964, RYM 116 of 1964
37	Andrew Hill	Point of Departure	1964	RYM 3 of 1964, Acclaimed 977
38	The Rolling Stones	Around & Around	1964	Italy 4 of 1965, RYM 83 of 1964
39	The Searchers	It's The Searchers	1964	UK 4 - May 1964, RYM 138 of 1964
40	Elvis Presley	Kissin' Cousins	1964	UK 5 - Jul 1964, US CashBox 72 of 1964
41	Jim Reeves	A Touch Of Velvet	1964	UK 8 - Aug 1964, Norway 12 - May 1968
42	Herb Alpert	South Of The Border	1964	US CashBox 5 of 1966, RYM 158 of 1964
43	Dusty Springfield	A Girl Called Dusty	1964	UK 6 - Apr 1964, RYM 52 of 1964
44	Elvis Presley	Elvis' Golden Records, Volume 3	1964	UK 6 - Apr 1964, US CashBox 55 of 1964
45	The Pretty Things	The Pretty Things	1964	UK 6 - Dec 1964, RYM 71 of 1965
46	Barbra Streisand	People	1964	US CashBox 6 of 1965, RYM 100 of 1964
47	The Hollies	The Hollies	1964	UK 6 - Jun 1964, RYM 158 of 1965
48	Los Indios Tabajaras	Maria Elena	1964	Italy 7 of 1965, US CashBox 52 of 1964
49	Horace Silver	Song for My Father	1964	RYM 7 of 1965, Acclaimed 758
50	Albert Ayler	Spiritual Unity	1964	RYM 8 of 1964, Acclaimed 528
51	Kingsmen	The Kingsmen In Person	1964	US CashBox 9 of 1964, RYM 92 of 1964
52	Wayne Shorter	Speak No Evil	1964	RYM 9 of 1965, Acclaimed 558
53	Herbie Hancock	Empyrean Isles	1964	RYM 9 of 1964, Acclaimed 1535
54	John Barry	James Bond 007 - Goldfinger	1964	UK 14 - Oct 1964, RYM 30 of 1964
55	Wayne Shorter	Ju Ju	1964	RYM 12 of 1964, Acclaimed 1909
56	The Beatles	The Beatles' Second Album	1964	US CashBox 23 of 1964, RYM 25 of 1964
57	P J Proby	I'm P J Proby	1964	UK 16 - Feb 1965, RYM 78 of 1964
58	Gerry & the Pacemakers	Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying	1964	UK 15 - Oct 1964, RYM 166 of 1964
59	John Coltrane	Coltrane's Sound	1964	RYM 14 of 1964, Acclaimed 2018
60	Frank Sinatra & Count Basie	It Might As Well Be Swing	1964	UK 17 - Sep 1964, RYM 109 of 1964
61	Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra	Blue Midnight	1964	US CashBox 19 of 1965, RYM 179 of 1964
62	Art Blakey	Free For All	1964	RYM 20 of 1964, Acclaimed 2068
63	The Beatles	Something New	1964	RYM 33 of 1964, US CashBox 50 of 1964
64	Dave Clark Five	Glad All Over	1964	US CashBox 27 of 1964, RYM 81 of 1964
65	Lee Morgan	Search for the New Land	1964	RYM 21 of 1964, Acclaimed 1597
66	John Coltrane	Crescent	1964	RYM 24 of 1964, Acclaimed 1809
67	Monica Zetterlund	Waltz for Debby	1964	Sweden 29 - May 1992, RYM 142 of 1964
68	Dean Martin	Everybody Loves Somebody	1964	US CashBox 28 of 1965, RYM 176 of 1964
69	Skip James	Skip James Today!	1964	RYM 29 of 1964, Acclaimed 1366
70	Joe Henderson	Inner Urge	1964	RYM 30 of 1965, Acclaimed 1865
71	Nat King Cole	Love	1964	US CashBox 38 of 1965, RYM 167 of 1964
72	Chuck Berry	St Louis to Liverpool	1964	RYM 32 of 1964, Acclaimed 958
73	Yusef Lateef	Live at Pep's	1964	RYM 37 of 1964, Acclaimed 2204
74	The Ventures	(The) Ventures In Space	1964	RYM 66 of 1964, US CashBox 95 of 1964
75	Johnny Rivers	Johnny Rivers At The Whisky A Go Go	1964	US CashBox 57 of 1964, RYM 146 of 1964
76	Charles Mingus	Town Hall Concert	1964	RYM 43 of 1964, Acclaimed 1835
77	Blue Mitchell	The Thing to Do	1964	RYM 44 of 1964, Acclaimed 2290
78	Sun Ra	Other Planes of There	1964	RYM 48 of 1966, Acclaimed 2616
79	The Supremes	A Bit Of Liverpool	1964	US CashBox 83 of 1965, RYM 191 of 1964
80	Archie Shepp	Four for Trane	1964	RYM 60 of 1964, Acclaimed 1807
81	Dusty Springfield	Stay Awhile - I Only Want To Be With You	1964	RYM 73 of 1964, Acclaimed 2881
82	Charles Mingus	The Great Concert of Charles Mingus	1964	RYM 95 of 1970, Acclaimed 1724
83	Solomon Burke	Rock 'N Soul	1964	RYM 101 of 1964, Acclaimed 2220
84	Freddie Hubbard	Breaking Point!	1964	RYM 108 of 1964, Acclaimed 2892
85	The Temptations	Meet the Temptations	1964	RYM 119 of 1964, Acclaimed 2847
86	Gil Evans	The Individualism of Gil Evans	1964	RYM 122 of 1964, Acclaimed 2174
87	The Merseybeats	On Stage	1964	UK 2 - Apr 1964
88	Val Doonican	Lucky 13 Shades Of Val Doonican	1964	UK 2 - Dec 1964
89	The Bachelors	The Bachelors & 16 Great Songs	1964	UK 2 - Jun 1964
90	The Shadows	Dance With The Shadows	1964	UK 2 - May 1964
91	Cliff Richard	Wonderful Life	1964	UK 2 - Jul 1964
92	Jim Reeves	Moonlight & Roses	1964	UK 2 - Sep 1964
93	Roy Orbison	It's Over	1964	UK 3 - Aug 1964
94	Buddy Holly	Buddy Holly Showcase	1964	UK 3 - Jun 1964
95	Elvis Presley	Love In Las Vegas	1964	UK 3 - Apr 1964
96	Dusty Springfield	Dusty	1964	UK 3 - Sep 1964
97	Dave Clark Five	A Session With The Dave Clark Five	1964	UK 3 - Apr 1964
98	Dave Clark Five	The Dave Clark Five	1964	UK 3 - Jan 1964
99	Manfred Mann	Groovin' With Manfred Mann	1964	UK 3 - Nov 1964
100	Roy Orbison	Oh Pretty Woman	1964	UK 4 - Dec 1964