A Love Supreme
1964
Coltrane recorded it in one December session and meant it as a prayer. On the last movement he plays a psalm he had written out.
★ 9.0
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Out to Lunch!
1964
There is no piano on it, just Bobby Hutcherson's vibraphone holding the harmony loosely enough that the tunes never quite settle.
★ 6.4
Meet the Beatles!
1964
Capitol assembled it themselves from a British album and some singles. The half-shadowed cover photograph came from a hotel session that took barely an hour.
★ 5.4
The Sidewinder
1964
Chrysler used the title track in a television advertisement without asking, and the record sold well enough to steady Blue Note's finances for years.
★ 5.4
Folk Singer
1964
Chess had him put down the electric guitar to chase the folk revival, and the result became a record audiophiles use to test their equipment.
★ 4.4
Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
1964
The drum figure that opens Be My Baby is four beats long, and Brian Wilson has said he played it hundreds of times over.
★ 3.9
Leader of the Pack
1964
Their producer Shadow Morton put real motorcycle engines and seagulls on the records, and the singers were teenagers from Queens acting out small tragedies.
★ 2.9