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Albums in the Year 1969

This page lists the top albums of 1969 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 1969 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	The Beatles	Abbey Road	1969	UK 1 - Oct 1969, Norway 1 - Oct 1969, RYM 1 of 1969, WXPN 1, Italy 2 of 1970, US 4 of 1970, US CashBox 5 of 1970, UK Radio2 8, Virgin 8, Fox101 11, Australia Goset 12 - Jun 1970, NARM 12, Defin200 12, Rolling Stone 14, Internet 16 - 29 M claimed 1969, Acclaimed 24, Global 28 - 21 M claimed, RIAA 37 - 12 M claimed, Guiness 58
2	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin 2	1969	UK 1 - Nov 1969, Norway 2 - Jan 1970, Australia Goset 3 - May 1970, US CashBox 7 of 1970, RYM 8 of 1969, Fox101 15, UK Radio2 19, Guiness 26, RIAA 37 - 12 M claimed, NARM 47, Defin200 47, Global 58 - 16 M claimed, WXPN 63, Acclaimed 66, Rolling Stone 75, Virgin 81, Internet 83 - 15 M claimed 1969
3	The Rolling Stones	Let It Bleed	1969	UK 1 - Dec 1969, Norway 2 - Jan 1970, RYM 3 of 1969, Guiness 8, NARM 18, Defin200 18, US CashBox 25 of 1970, Italy 29 of 1970, Acclaimed 31, Rolling Stone 32, WXPN 33, Channel4 35, Virgin 40, Fox101 58, UK Radio2 73
4	Led Zeppelin	Led Zeppelin	1969	US 5 of 1969, UK 6 - Apr 1969, US CashBox 6 of 1969, Australia Goset 9 - May 1970, RYM 15 of 1969, Norway 16 - Feb 1970, Fox101 22, Rolling Stone 29, Virgin 61, Global 82 - 12 M claimed, Internet 119 - 13 M claimed 1969, RIAA 123 - 8 M claimed, Acclaimed 131, Defin200 165
5	Blind Faith	Blind Faith	1969	UK 1 - Sep 1969, Norway 1 - Sep 1969, US CashBox 25 of 1969, Italy 46 of 1970, RYM 78 of 1969, WXPN 284, Acclaimed 995
6	The Band	The Band	1969	RYM 9 of 1969, Australia Goset 14 - Jun 1970, Norway 15 - Feb 1970, UK 25 - Jan 1970, Guiness 35, Acclaimed 38, US CashBox 43 of 1970, Rolling Stone 45, Virgin 45, WXPN 49
7	Original Cast	Hair	1969	US CashBox 1 of 1969, US 2 of 1969, Australia Goset 2 - May 1970, Norway 4 - Aug 1969, Italy 12 of 1970, Austria 22 - Apr 2001
8	The Who	Tommy	1969	UK 2 - Jun 1969, US CashBox 23 of 1969, RYM 23 of 1969, Fox101 30, Virgin 52, Channel4 53, WXPN 55, Rolling Stone 96, Acclaimed 113
9	Bob Dylan	Nashville Skyline	1969	UK 1 - May 1969, Norway 2 - May 1969, US CashBox 12 of 1969, Italy 43 of 1969, RYM 68 of 1969, WXPN 183, Acclaimed 697
10	The Beatles	Yellow Submarine	1969	Norway 1 - Feb 1969, UK 3 - Feb 1969, Austria 12 - Oct 1999, Italy 13 of 1969, Sweden 22 - Sep 1999, Switzerland 23 - Sep 1999, US CashBox 50 of 1969
11	Elvis Presley	From Elvis In Memphis	1969	UK 1 - Aug 1969, Norway 1 - Jul 1969, RYM 17 of 1969, US CashBox 58 of 1969, Acclaimed 185, Rolling Stone 190
12	Blood Sweat & Tears	Blood, Sweat & Tears	1969	Grammy in 1969, US 3 of 1969, Norway 3 - Aug 1970, UK 15 - Apr 1969, Australia Goset 15 - May 1970, Acclaimed 906
13	Crosby, Stills & Nash	Crosby, Stills & Nash	1969	Australia Goset 10 - May 1970, US CashBox 17 of 1969, UK 25 - Aug 1969, RYM 38 of 1969, Guiness 43, WXPN 74, Virgin 83, Rolling Stone 259, Acclaimed 313
14	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Green River	1969	Norway 5 - Jan 1970, UK 20 - Jan 1970, RYM 34 of 1969, US CashBox 42 of 1969, Italy 45 of 1970, Rolling Stone 95, Acclaimed 223
15	Jethro Tull	Stand Up	1969	UK 1 - Aug 1969, Norway 5 - Aug 1969, RYM 52 of 1969, WXPN 627, Acclaimed 1570
16	Cream	Goodbye	1969	UK 1 - Mar 1969, Norway 7 - Apr 1969, Italy 29 of 1969, US CashBox 43 of 1969, RYM 186 of 1969
17	Nick Drake	Five Leaves Left	1969	RYM 4 of 1969, Virgin 55, Channel4 85, Acclaimed 160, Rolling Stone 283, WXPN 429
18	Captain Beefheart	Trout Mask Replica	1969	UK 21 - Dec 1969, RYM 24 of 1969, Virgin 50, Acclaimed 54, Rolling Stone 58, WXPN 801
19	Tom Jones	This Is Tom Jones	1969	UK 2 - Jun 1969, Norway 2 - Jun 1969, Italy 15 of 1969, US CashBox 16 of 1969
20	The Moody Blues	On The Threshold Of A Dream	1969	UK 1 - May 1969, Norway 12 - May 1969, RYM 71 of 1969, US CashBox 97 of 1969
21	Elvis Presley	Elvis - NBC TV Special	1969	UK 2 - May 1969, Norway 18 - May 1969, US CashBox 41 of 1969, RYM 59 of 1968, Acclaimed 843
22	Jefferson Airplane	Volunteers	1969	UK 34 - Mar 1970, RYM 54 of 1969, US CashBox 66 of 1970, Rolling Stone 370, WXPN 835, Acclaimed 988
23	The Moody Blues	To Our Children's Children's Children	1969	UK 2 - Dec 1969, Italy 49 of 1970, RYM 69 of 1969, US CashBox 83 of 1970, WXPN 523
24	King Crimson	In The Court Of The Crimson King	1969	UK 5 - Nov 1969, RYM 6 of 1969, Australia Goset 7 - Jul 1970, Acclaimed 141, WXPN 210
25	Tom Jones	Tom Jones Live In Las Vegas	1969	UK 2 - Nov 1969, Norway 3 - Jan 1970, Australia Goset 11 - Jun 1970, US CashBox 34 of 1969
26	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats	1969	RYM 7 of 1969, UK 9 - Feb 1970, Australia Goset 16 - May 1971, Acclaimed 203, WXPN 256
27	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash At San Quentin	1969	UK 2 - Aug 1969, RYM 12 of 1969, US CashBox 18 of 1969, Australia Goset 20 - Jul 1970
28	The Rolling Stones	Through The Past Darkly	1969	UK 2 - Sep 1969, Norway 10 - Oct 1969, Italy 26 of 1969, US CashBox 46 of 1969
29	Dusty Springfield	Dusty in Memphis	1969	RYM 10 of 1969, Channel4 87, Rolling Stone 89, Acclaimed 96, WXPN 517
30	Fairport Convention	Liege & Lief	1969	UK 17 - Jan 1970, RYM 25 of 1969, Guiness 61, WXPN 212, Acclaimed 407
31	Sly & The Family Stone	Stand!	1969	RYM 14 of 1969, US CashBox 52 of 1969, Guiness 59, Rolling Stone 118, Acclaimed 174
32	Procol Harum	A Salty Dog	1969	Norway 19 - Sep 1969, UK 27 - Jul 1969, RYM 80 of 1969, WXPN 490, Acclaimed 996
33	Barbra Streisand	Funny Girl	1969	Norway 6 - Apr 1969, US CashBox 10 of 1969, UK 11 - May 1969, Italy 21 of 1969
34	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Bayou Country	1969	US 4 of 1969, US CashBox 9 of 1969, RYM 63 of 1969, Acclaimed 1623
35	Ten Years After	Ssssh	1969	UK 4 - Oct 1969, Norway 16 - Jan 1970, RYM 92 of 1969, US CashBox 96 of 1969
36	Fleetwood Mac	Then Play On	1969	UK 6 - Oct 1969, Norway 8 - Nov 1969, RYM 32 of 1969, Acclaimed 1399
37	Cream	The Best Of Cream	1969	UK 6 - Nov 1969, Australia Goset 16 - Jun 1970, US CashBox 27 of 1969, Italy 55 of 1970
38	Engelbert Humperdinck	Engelbert	1969	UK 3 - Mar 1969, Norway 3 - Mar 1969, US CashBox 48 of 1969
39	Bee Gees	Odessa	1969	UK 10 - Apr 1969, Italy 20 of 1969, RYM 94 of 1969, WXPN 766
40	Neil Young	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere	1969	RYM 11 of 1969, WXPN 111, Acclaimed 168, Rolling Stone 208
41	The Temptations	Cloud Nine	1969	UK 32 - Sep 1969, US CashBox 37 of 1969, RYM 157 of 1969, Acclaimed 2014
42	Grateful Dead	Live Dead	1969	RYM 33 of 1969, WXPN 196, Rolling Stone 244, Acclaimed 359
43	Aretha Franklin	Soul '69	1969	Italy 48 of 1969, US CashBox 90 of 1969, RYM 173 of 1969, Acclaimed 2826
44	Various Artists	World Star Festival	1969	Norway 1 - Mar 1969, Italy 39 of 1969
45	Leonard Cohen	Songs From A Room	1969	UK 2 - May 1969, RYM 47 of 1969, Acclaimed 1055
46	Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations	Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations	1969	UK 1 - Jan 1969, US CashBox 51 of 1969
47	Miles Davis	In a Silent Way	1969	RYM 2 of 1969, Acclaimed 344, WXPN 562
48	Scott Walker	Scott 3	1969	UK 3 - Apr 1969, RYM 43 of 1969, Acclaimed 1183
49	Jose Feliciano	10 To 23	1969	Norway 4 - Sep 1969, UK 38 - Feb 1970, US CashBox 54 of 1969
50	Diana Ross & The Supremes	Love Child	1969	UK 8 - Feb 1969, Norway 10 - Feb 1969, US CashBox 82 of 1969
51	Pentangle	Basket Of Light	1969	UK 5 - Nov 1969, RYM 57 of 1969, Acclaimed 1246
52	Blodwyn Pig	Ahead Rings Out	1969	UK 9 - Aug 1969, Australia Goset 13 - May 1970, RYM 126 of 1969
53	Jack Bruce	Songs For A Tailor	1969	UK 6 - Sep 1969, RYM 89 of 1969, Acclaimed 2357
54	Johnny Cash	At San Quentin	1969	Norway 6 - Aug 1969, WXPN 503, Acclaimed 682
55	John Mayall	Looking Back	1969	Norway 13 - Oct 1969, UK 14 - Aug 1969, Italy 50 of 1970
56	Colosseum	Valentyne Suite	1969	Australia Goset 13 - Sep 1970, UK 15 - Nov 1969, RYM 42 of 1969
57	John Mayall	The Turning Point	1969	UK 11 - Nov 1969, Norway 17 - Apr 1970, RYM 76 of 1969
58	Vanilla Fudge	Near The Beginning	1969	Italy 8 of 1969, US CashBox 81 of 1969, RYM 185 of 1969
59	Herb Alpert	Warm	1969	Norway 14 - Oct 1969, UK 30 - Aug 1969, US CashBox 60 of 1969
60	Fairport Convention	Unhalfbricking	1969	UK 12 - Aug 1969, RYM 45 of 1969, Acclaimed 480
61	The Velvet Underground	Velvet Underground	1969	Rolling Stone 13, Channel4 46, WXPN 322
62	Isaac Hayes	Hot Buttered Soul	1969	RYM 19 of 1969, US CashBox 47 of 1969, Acclaimed 358
63	The Flying Burrito Brothers	The Gilded Palace of Sin	1969	RYM 18 of 1969, Acclaimed 155, Rolling Stone 192
64	The Kinks	Arthur (or The Decline & Fall of the British Empire)	1969	RYM 16 of 1969, WXPN 519, Acclaimed 710
65	The Stooges	The Stooges	1969	RYM 27 of 1969, Rolling Stone 185, Acclaimed 200
66	Joe Cocker	With A Little Help From My Friends	1969	UK 29 - May 1972, RYM 114 of 1969, Acclaimed 1187
67	MC5	Kick Out the Jams	1969	RYM 55 of 1969, Acclaimed 216, Rolling Stone 294
68	Quicksilver Messenger Service	Happy Trails	1969	RYM 58 of 1969, Rolling Stone 189, Acclaimed 556
69	Laura Nyro	New York Tendaberry	1969	RYM 64 of 1969, WXPN 471, Acclaimed 1318
70	Jeff Beck	Beck-ola	1969	US CashBox 85 of 1969, RYM 178 of 1969, Acclaimed 1598
71	Frank Sinatra	My Way	1969	UK 2 - Jun 1969, US CashBox 68 of 1969
72	Fabrizio De Andre	Fabrizio De Andre' vol. III	1969	Italy 1 of 1969
73	Jim Reeves	According To My Heart	1969	UK 1 - Jul 1969
74	Ray Conniff	His Orchestra, His Chorus, His Singers, His Sound	1969	UK 1 - Jun 1969
75	The Hollies	Hollies Sing Dylan	1969	UK 3 - May 1969, Norway 11 - Jun 1969
76	Blood Sweat & Tears	Blood Sweat & Tears	1969	US CashBox 3 of 1969, RYM 137 of 1969
77	The Beach Boys	20/20	1969	UK 3 - Mar 1969, RYM 148 of 1969
78	Dean Martin	The Best Of Dean Martin	1969	Norway 5 - Jul 1999, UK 9 - Feb 1969
79	Pink Floyd	Ummagumma	1969	UK 5 - Nov 1969, RYM 143 of 1969
80	The Velvet Underground	The Velvet Underground	1969	RYM 5 of 1969, Acclaimed 193
81	Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations	The Original Soundtrack From TCB	1969	UK 11 - Jun 1969, US CashBox 24 of 1969
82	Dean Martin	Gentle On My Mind	1969	UK 9 - Feb 1969, US CashBox 73 of 1969
83	Chicago Transit Authority	Chicago Transit Authority	1969	UK 9 - Sep 1969, Acclaimed 1751
84	Burt Bacharach	Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid	1969	US CashBox 11 of 1970, RYM 101 of 1969
85	T Rex	Unicorn	1969	UK 12 - Jun 1969, RYM 79 of 1969
86	Free	Free	1969	Australia Goset 13 - Jul 1971, RYM 88 of 1969
87	Grand Funk Railroad	On Time	1969	Australia Goset 14 - Jan 1971, RYM 123 of 1969
88	Glen Campbell	Glen Campbell Live	1969	UK 16 - Jan 1970, US CashBox 61 of 1969
89	Pharoah Sanders	Karma	1969	RYM 13 of 1969, Acclaimed 1790
90	Rare Earth	Get Ready	1969	US CashBox 15 of 1970, RYM 111 of 1969
91	The Doors	The Soft Parade	1969	US CashBox 14 of 1969, WXPN 656
92	Dionne Warwick	Soulful	1969	Norway 18 - Jul 1969, US CashBox 70 of 1969
93	Frank Sinatra	A Man Alone - The Words & Music Of Rod McKuen	1969	UK 18 - Oct 1969, US CashBox 99 of 1969
94	Andy Williams	Happy Heart	1969	UK 22 - Jul 1969, US CashBox 74 of 1969
95	Rod Stewart	An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down	1969	Australia Goset 19 - Dec 1970, Acclaimed 1918
96	Terry Riley	A Rainbow in Curved Air	1969	RYM 20 of 1969, Acclaimed 1537
97	Scott Walker	Scott 4	1969	RYM 21 of 1969, Acclaimed 503
98	Three Dog Night	Three Dog Night	1969	US CashBox 29 of 1969, RYM 191 of 1969
99	Miles Davis	Filles de Kilimanjaro	1969	RYM 26 of 1969, Acclaimed 2915
100	Humble Pie	As Safe As Yesterday Is	1969	UK 32 - Sep 1969, RYM 200 of 1969