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Albums in the Year 1965

This page lists the top albums of 1965 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 1965 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	The Beatles	Rubber Soul	1965	UK 1 - Dec 1965, Italy 1 of 1966, US 4 of 1966, RYM 4 of 1965, Rolling Stone 5, Guiness 10, WXPN 10, UK Radio2 11, US CashBox 16 of 1966, Acclaimed 27, Virgin 34, Global 96 - 11 M claimed, Defin200 110, RIAA 201 - 6 M claimed
2	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	1965	Guiness 2, RYM 2 of 1965, UK 4 - Oct 1965, Rolling Stone 4, NARM 8, Defin200 8, Acclaimed 11, WXPN 16, Italy 19 of 1966, Virgin 26, US CashBox 68 of 1966
3	The Beatles	Help!	1965	UK 1 - Aug 1965, Italy 12 of 1965, RYM 21 of 1965, US CashBox 34 of 1966, UK Radio2 50, WXPN 298, Rolling Stone 332, Acclaimed 665
4	Bob Dylan	Bringing It All Back Home	1965	UK 1 - May 1965, RYM 3 of 1965, US CashBox 12 of 1965, Rolling Stone 31, Acclaimed 65, WXPN 98, Defin200 195
5	Original Soundtrack	Mary Poppins	1965	US CashBox 1 of 1965, US 1 of 1965, UK 2 - Jan 1965, Italy 11 of 1966
6	The Rolling Stones	Out Of Our Heads	1965	UK 2 - Oct 1965, Italy 23 of 1965, US CashBox 28 of 1966, RYM 40 of 1965, Rolling Stone 114, Acclaimed 672
7	Otis Redding	Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul	1965	UK 6 - Feb 1966, RYM 6 of 1965, Guiness 21, Acclaimed 56, Rolling Stone 74, Virgin 90
8	The Byrds	Mr Tambourine Man	1965	UK 7 - Aug 1965, RYM 22 of 1965, US CashBox 54 of 1965, Rolling Stone 232, Acclaimed 267, WXPN 649
9	Frank Sinatra	September Of My Years	1965	Grammy in 1965, US CashBox 15 of 1966, RYM 24 of 1965, Acclaimed 1007
10	Original Soundtrack	My Fair Lady	1965	US CashBox 2 of 1965, US 4 of 1965, UK 9 - Apr 1965, Italy 18 of 1965
11	The Beach Boys	Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)	1965	UK 4 - Jul 1966, US CashBox 42 of 1965, RYM 66 of 1965, Acclaimed 1365
12	The Beach Boys	Beach Boys Today	1965	UK 6 - Apr 1966, US CashBox 11 of 1965, Rolling Stone 270, Acclaimed 811
13	The Who	My Generation	1965	UK 5 - Dec 1965, RYM 29 of 1965, Acclaimed 232, Rolling Stone 236
14	The Byrds	Turn, Turn, Turn	1965	UK 11 - Apr 1966, RYM 38 of 1965, US CashBox 48 of 1966, Acclaimed 1356
15	Original Cast	Fiddler On The Roof	1965	US CashBox 3 of 1965, US 5 of 1965, Norway 11 - Apr 1968
16	The Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones, Now!	1965	US CashBox 15 of 1965, RYM 45 of 1965, Rolling Stone 181, Acclaimed 605
17	Richard Rodgers	The Sound Of Music	1965	UK 1 - Apr 1965, Internet 43 - 21 M claimed 1965
18	The Rolling Stones	The Rolling Stones Number 2	1965	UK 1 - Jan 1965, RYM 88 of 1965
19	Joan Baez	Farewell Angelina	1965	UK 5 - Nov 1965, US CashBox 79 of 1966, RYM 90 of 1965
20	Vince Guaraldi Trio	A Charlie Brown Christmas	1965	RYM 5 of 1965, WXPN 716, Acclaimed 2813
21	The Beach Boys	The Beach Boys In Concert	1965	US CashBox 9 of 1965, Australia Goset 20 - Mar 1974, RYM 120 of 1964
22	Sonny & Cher	Look At Us	1965	UK 7 - Oct 1965, US CashBox 51 of 1966, RYM 179 of 1965
23	Petula Clark	Downtown	1965	UK 12 - Feb 1965, US CashBox 49 of 1965, RYM 190 of 1965
24	Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs	Wooly Bully	1965	UK 11 - Jun 1965, US CashBox 100 of 1965, RYM 150 of 1965
25	BB King	Live at the Regal	1965	RYM 11 of 1965, Rolling Stone 141, Acclaimed 249
26	Marianne Faithfull	Marianne Faithfull	1965	UK 15 - Jun 1965, US CashBox 40 of 1965, RYM 145 of 1965
27	Gerry & the Pacemakers	Ferry 'cross The Mersey	1965	UK 19 - Feb 1965, US CashBox 80 of 1965, RYM 164 of 1965
28	Frank Sinatra	Softly As I Leave You	1965	UK 20 - Mar 1965, US CashBox 87 of 1965, RYM 187 of 1964
29	The Rolling Stones	December's Children (And Everybody's)	1965	US CashBox 29 of 1966, RYM 64 of 1965, Acclaimed 1942
30	Otis Redding	The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads	1965	UK 30 - Apr 1966, RYM 75 of 1965, Acclaimed 2448
31	The Kinks	Kwyet Kinks	1965	UK 1 - Sep 1965
32	Manfred Mann	The One In The Middle	1965	UK 1 - Jun 1965
33	The Seekers	The Seekers	1965	UK 1 - Jul 1965
34	The Searchers	Bumble Bee	1965	UK 1 - May 1965
35	The Beatles	The Beatles' Million Sellers	1965	UK 1 - Dec 1965
36	Val Doonican	Green Shades of Val Doonican	1965	UK 1 - Feb 1965
37	Manfred Mann	No Living Without Loving	1965	UK 1 - Nov 1965
38	Mina	Studio Uno	1965	Italy 1 of 1965
39	Donovan	Universal Soldier	1965	UK 1 - Aug 1965
40	Joan Baez	Joan Baez No 5	1965	UK 3 - May 1965, US CashBox 26 of 1965
41	The Kinks	Kinksize Hits	1965	UK 3 - Jan 1965, US CashBox 51 of 1965
42	Jim Reeves	The Best Of Jim Reeves	1965	UK 3 - Jan 1965, US CashBox 95 of 1965
43	The Kinks	Kinda Kinks	1965	UK 3 - Mar 1965, RYM 98 of 1965
44	Donovan	What's Bin Did & What'd Bin Hid	1965	UK 3 - Jun 1965, RYM 115 of 1965
45	The Walker Brothers	Take It Easy With The Walker Brothers	1965	UK 3 - Dec 1965, RYM 171 of 1965
46	The Shadows	The Sound Of The Shadows	1965	UK 4 - Jul 1965, Italy 16 of 1965
47	Buck Owens	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail	1965	Norway 5 - Apr 1969, RYM 138 of 1965
48	Burt Bacharach	Burt Bacharach Plays His Hits	1965	Australia Goset 6 - Jan 1971, RYM 61 of 1965
49	Dusty Springfield	Everything's Coming Up Dusty	1965	UK 6 - Oct 1965, RYM 113 of 1965
50	The Animals	Animal Tracks	1965	UK 6 - May 1965, RYM 127 of 1965
51	John Coltrane	Ascension	1965	RYM 6 of 1966, Acclaimed 847
52	Elvis Presley	Girl Happy	1965	UK 8 - May 1965, US CashBox 27 of 1965
53	Manfred Mann	Mann Made	1965	UK 7 - Oct 1965, RYM 123 of 1965
54	Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band	Hoodoo Man Blues	1965	RYM 7 of 1966, Acclaimed 771
55	Elvis Presley	Elvis For Everyone	1965	UK 8 - Dec 1965, US CashBox 91 of 1965
56	Johnny Cash	Mean As Hell	1965	UK 8 - Jun 1966, RYM 192 of 1965
57	Jerry Lee Lewis	Live at the Star Club, Hamburg	1965	RYM 8 of 1965, Acclaimed 1103
58	Elvis Presley	Roustabout	1965	UK 12 - Jan 1965, US CashBox 25 of 1965
59	Bill Cosby	Why Is There Air?	1965	US CashBox 10 of 1966, RYM 105 of 1965
60	Herbie Hancock	Maiden Voyage	1965	RYM 10 of 1965, Acclaimed 483
61	P J Proby	P J Proby	1965	UK 13 - Jan 1965, RYM 68 of 1965
62	Marianne Faithfull	Come My Way	1965	UK 12 - Jun 1965, RYM 196 of 1965
63	Larry Young	Unity	1965	RYM 13 of 1966, Acclaimed 1384
64	Sounds Orchestral	Cast Your Fate To The Wind	1965	UK 17 - Jun 1965, US CashBox 67 of 1965
65	Nina Simone	I Put A Spell On You	1965	UK 18 - Jul 1965, RYM 59 of 1965
66	Miles Davis	ESP	1965	RYM 14 of 1965, Acclaimed 1900
67	Herman's Hermits	Herman's Hermits	1965	UK 16 - Sep 1965, RYM 162 of 1965
68	The Sonics	Here Are the Sonics!!!	1965	RYM 16 of 1965, Acclaimed 876
69	The Beatles	Beatles Vi	1965	US CashBox 24 of 1965, RYM 48 of 1965
70	Barbra Streisand	My Name Is Barbra	1965	US CashBox 18 of 1965, RYM 149 of 1965
71	Rahsaan Roland Kirk	Rip, Rig & Panic	1965	RYM 17 of 1965, Acclaimed 1705
72	Bert Jansch	Bert Jansch	1965	RYM 18 of 1965, Acclaimed 2312
73	John Fahey	The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death	1965	RYM 18 of 1966, Acclaimed 2456
74	Sun Ra	The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra	1965	RYM 19 of 1965, Acclaimed 1378
75	Otis Redding	Otis Blue	1965	Italy 20 of 1967, WXPN 582
76	Tom Lehrer	That Was The Year That Was	1965	US CashBox 32 of 1966, RYM 50 of 1965
77	Paul Butterfield Blues Band	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	1965	RYM 20 of 1965, Acclaimed 1065
78	Paul Revere & the Raiders	Just Like Us!	1965	US CashBox 25 of 1966, RYM 130 of 1965
79	Wynton Kelly Trio & Wes Montgomery	Smokin' at the Half Note	1965	RYM 26 of 1965, Acclaimed 2899
80	Them	The Angry Young Them	1965	RYM 39 of 1965, Acclaimed 803
81	The Beau Brummels	Introducing The Beau Brummels	1965	US CashBox 60 of 1965, RYM 133 of 1965
82	The Temptations	Temptin' Temptations	1965	US CashBox 64 of 1966, RYM 117 of 1965
83	Sun Ra	The Magic City	1965	RYM 43 of 1966, Acclaimed 2048
84	Jimmy Smith	Organ Grinder Swing	1965	RYM 82 of 1965, US CashBox 96 of 1966
85	Dave Clark Five	Coast To Coast	1965	US CashBox 69 of 1965, RYM 152 of 1965
86	Fred Neil	Bleecker & MacDougal	1965	RYM 52 of 1965, Acclaimed 2320
87	The Ventures	The Ventures On Stage	1965	US CashBox 73 of 1965, RYM 185 of 1965
88	The Supremes	More Hits By The Supremes	1965	US CashBox 98 of 1965, RYM 124 of 1965
89	The Kinks	The Kink Kontroversy	1965	RYM 58 of 1965, Acclaimed 2631
90	Ramsey Lewis Trio	The 'In' Crowd	1965	US CashBox 58 of 1965, Acclaimed 2927
91	Impressions	People Get Ready	1965	RYM 69 of 1965, Acclaimed 1325
92	Sun Ra	The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume 2	1965	RYM 68 of 1966, Acclaimed 1953
93	Archie Shepp	Fire Music	1965	RYM 77 of 1965, Acclaimed 1079
94	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Going to a Go-Go	1965	RYM 86 of 1965, Acclaimed 869
95	Wayne Shorter	The All Seeing Eye	1965	RYM 81 of 1965, Acclaimed 2641
96	Don Cherry	Complete Communion	1965	RYM 91 of 1966, Acclaimed 2180
97	The Temptations	The Temptations Sing Smokey	1965	RYM 96 of 1965, Acclaimed 1113
98	Lovin' Spoonful	Do You Believe in Magic?	1965	RYM 94 of 1965, Acclaimed 2487
99	Lee Morgan	Cornbread	1965	RYM 98 of 1966, Acclaimed 1675
100	Joan Baez	Silver Dagger & Other Things	1965	UK 3 - Apr 1965