1. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (Impulse, 1965)
  2. The United States of America - The United States of America (Columbia, 1968)
  3. Miles Davis - In a Silent Way (Columbia, 1969)
  4. Scott Walker - Scott 4 (Philips/Fontana, 1969)
  5. Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (Blue Note, 1966)
  6. Miles Davis - Nefertiti (Columbia, 1968)
  7. Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (Warner Bros, 1967)
  8. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (Capitol, 1966)
  9. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (Verve, 1968)
  10. David Axelrod - Songs of Experience (Capitol, 1969)

Honorable Mentions (No Order):

Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (Blue Note, 1964), Miles Davis - Sorcerer (Columbia, 1967), The Beatles - Revolver (Parlophone, 1966), The Beatles - Rubber Soul (Parlophone, 1966), The Rolling Stones - Aftermath (Decca, 1966), Cream - Disraeli Gears (ATCO, 1967), The Seeds - The Seeds (GNP Crescendo, 1965), The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (International Artists, 1966), Love - Forever Changes (Elektra, 1967), Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Angels and Demons at Play (Saturn/Impulse, 1965), The Sonics - The Sonics (Etiquette, 1965), The Sonics - Boom (Etiquette, 1966), The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico (Verve, 1967), The Electric Prunes - Release of an Oath (Reprise, 1968), Silver Apples - Silver Apples (Kapp, 1968), Gil Evans - The Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve, 1964), Joe Meek - I Hear a New World (Triumph, 1960)