10 Best USA albums of 1967

IMO 1967 seemed to be more of a "singles" year in the US. Other than the obvious mentioned, I'd like to add:

Four Tops- Reach Out
Otis + Carla
Supremes- Sing HH+D
Sweet Inspirations-S/T
Albert King- Born Under a Bad Sign

 

Part of it surely has to do with my age at the time, but I think 1967 was the greatest year for pop music ever (I'm referring to both UK and U.S. releases).

 

The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
The Velvet Underground & Nico - S/T
The Buffalo Springfield - Tbe Buffalo Springfield Again
The Doors - S/T
Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
The Kinks - Something Else
The Doors - Strange Days
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
The Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow

 

Does Magical Mystery Tour count as a USA only album for 1967?

 

In no particular order:

1. "Headquarters"- The Monkees
2. "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd."- The Monkees
3. "The Doors"-The Doors
4. "Strange Days"- The Doors
5. "Surrealistic Pillow"- Jefferson Airplane
6. "Younger Than Yesterday"- The Byrds
7. "Magic Garden"- The 5th Dimension
8. "Insight Out"- The Association
9. "Deliver"- The Mamas & The Papas
10."John Wesley Harding"- Bob Dylan

 

Phil Ochs - Pleasures of the Harbor
Love - Forever Changes
The Doors
The Monkees Headquarters
The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
The Blues Project - Projections
Vanilla Fudge
Johnny Rivers - Rewind
Velvet Underground and Nico
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow

 

UK Artist USA quasi comp !Not released in 67 but related to that year ...and the last excellent comp from this series. Mothers little helpers indeed.

 

1. Moby Grape-Self Titled (not sure if this can count because Skippy was born in Canada).
2. The Byrds-Younger Than Yesterday
3. The Velvet Underground & Nico (can this count since Cale wasn't American and neither was Nico?--if not than I guess Buffalo Springfield Again wouldn't count either which was really chose to making the list).
4. Jefferson Airplane-Surrealistic Pillow
5. Love-Forever Changes
6. James Brown-Sings Raw Soul
7. Groovin-The Rascals
8. The Beau Brummels-Triangle
9.The Monkees- Pisces, etc.
10. Harry Nilsson-Pandemonium Shadow Show

 

Regarding the VU. Recorded on American soil, european heart.. nYc soul.

 

Not in any particular order:

1.) Big Brother & The Holding Company - S/T
2.) Canned Heat - S/T
3.) Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign
4.) The Left Banke - Walk Away Renée/Pretty Ballerina
5.) Moby Grape - S/T
6.) Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown
7.) Vanilla Fudge - S/T
8.) The Youngbloods - S/T
9.) The Young Rascals - Groovin'
10.) Stevie Wonder - I Was Made To Love Her

 

1967 - a little album from england called sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band came out on june 1, 1967.

nothing even compares.

 

Recorded in L.A.

 

I can't do "best," only favorites

1. Rotary Connection - Rotary Connection
2. The Association - Insight Out
3. Harpers Bizarre - Feelin' Groovy
4. The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.
5. The Monkees - Headquarters
6. Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
7. The Doors - Strange Days
8. Spanky and Our Gang - Spanky and Our Gang
9. The Stone Poneys - Evergreen Vol. 2
10. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico

 

Brilliant, just like virtually everything the late, great Curt Boettcher touched.

 

1. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
2. The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
3. Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
4. 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere
5. Moby Grape - Moby Grape
6. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
7. The Beau Brummels - Triangle
8. Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello
9. The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones LTD.
10. Kaleidoscope - Side Trips

 

His seventies solo albums are well worth a listen, especially the first two.

 

Right on brother !!!

 

I can only do 9.
Also, I can't say they are the best of the year as this bunch is all I have from 1967

Butterfield Blues Band - The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw
Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
Canned Heat - Canned Heat
Booker T & The MGs - Hip Hug-Her
Tim Hardin - Tim Hardin 2
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery
Love - Forever Changes

 

I'm trying to process all of these 1967 lists without the Hendrix albums, and can't. Just an epic, epic year for popular music. I'll put out a more standard list - every album on the list is so iconic that it's recognizable by the title alone.
Smile might have topped the list, or at the very worst, come in no lower than 4th.

1. Are You Experienced?
2. The Velvet Underground & Nico
3. The Doors
4. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
5. John Wesley Harding
6. Forever Changes
7. Francis Albert Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim
8. Surrealistic Pillow
9. Axis: Bold as Love
10. The Supremes Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland

 

To reiterate 'USA albums only.

 

An inspired #1 choice. I've been re-listening to their discography recently...even though they did so many covers (sometimes in barely recognizable form), they were truly one of the most unique bands of the era. And that's really saying something!