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We feature albums from the year 1965 throughout 2015. During this 50th anniversary celebration of this music, we have written original reviews these albums:
The Beach Boys – The Beach Boys Today! The Beatles – Help! The Beatles – Rubber Soul The Byrds – Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn! Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited * The Kinks – Kinda Kinks The Lovin Spoonful – Do You Believe In Magic Otis Redding – Otis Blue Rolling Stones – Out of Our Heads The Sonics – Here are the Sonics!!! The Who – My Generation The Yardbirds – For Your Love The Yardbirds – Having a Rave Up The Zombies – Begin Here * 1965 Album of the Year Below are further descriptions of each album, in the order that we reviewed. |
| January 28, 2015 |
 The Zombies were one of the more original pop groups from the first “British Invasion” of the early to mid 1960s. Their British debut, Begin Here is balanced between covers and originals while aptly displaying the group’s penchant for harmony and composition.
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| March 5, 2015 |
 The Kinks recorded and released their first majority-original album in quite a hurried frenzy in early 1965. Although some of the tracks on Kinda Kinks are underdeveloped, the album is still a rock gem which shows the vast promise of this talented band.
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| March 22, 2015 |
 Bob Dylan exponentially extended the boundaries of two musical genres with his 1965 brilliant release Bringing It All Back Home. This was not simply done by adding electric backing instruments to one side, but more potently through his profound, introspective and sometimes surreal lyrical passages.
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| June 13, 2015 |
 For Your Love is admittedly less a true album than a compilation made mainly of singles and B-sides from the previous year. Still, this first official studio album by The Yardbirds has large historical significance as the moment when Eric Clapton had the lead guitarist reigns over to Jeff Beck.
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| July 30, 2015 |
 The most successful phase of their long career started in mid-1965 for The Rolling Stones, first with the June release of the single “Satisfaction” followed by the July release of Out of Our Heads. More importantly, this album proved the viability and popularity of the group’s original songs for the first time.
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| August 6, 2015 |
 Help!, a hybrid between songs from the featured film and other recordings from early 1965, saw The Beatles straddle the line between the rock formula of their early years and the branching out and inventiveness of the late 60s Beatles. The album was a phenomenal success worldwide and it spawned three #1 singles.
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| September 15, 2015 |
 Otis Redding found breakthrough success with his third album, Otis Blue. More importantly, the musical arrangement and soulful vocals would provide influence that rippled through rock, blues, and soul for decades to come.
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| November 15, 2015 |
 The Yardbirds released a unique and divergent album in late 1965 with Having a Rave Up. It features newer studio recordings on the first side and live tracks from a year and a half earlier on the second side.
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| November 26, 2015 |
 The Lovin Spoonful‘s debut album (and single of the same name) sparked a very successful but meteoric stint for the quartet. Do You Believe in Magic was also a showcase for the group’s incredible diversity in playing styles and genres.
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| December 3, 2015 |
 For the first time in their meteoric career, The Beatles were able to compose and produce an album in one (albeit short) block of dedicated time. Rubber Soul, while still mostly filled with “love” songs, shows the group in a more deliberate, thoughtful and mature light, both lyrically and musically.
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| December 6, 2015 |
 The Byrds second album was the last to feature all members of the original quartet. Turn! Turn! Turn! built on the tremendous momentum that the group had built through 1965 and solidified the group as original and iconic contributors to 1960s music.
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| December 14, 2015 |
 Early on in their career, The Who went through several managed style (and name) changes. Their debut album, My Generation, reflects a confluence of these early styles as well as some indications of their compositional originality and sonic innovations to come.
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| August 30, 2015 |
 An album born of the romanticism of a major American musical artery, Highway 61 Revisited was a historical, breakthrough album for Bob Dylan. The album saw Dylan’s full realization of rock based arrangements while maintaining the depth of his poetic lyrics and contemporary themes.
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| March 9, 2020 |
 The Beach Boys Today! was the 1965 studio album by The Beach Boys where they subtly started shift in production technique and lyrical themes. Producer and group leader Brian Wilson decided to move away from the surfing / cars / girls themes that had brought them super-stardom and towards more mature themes with richer accompanying orchestration.
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| March 20, 2020 |
 In 1965 The Sonics unleashed a record that captured their live sound at the peak of its power. The 12 tracks on Here Are the Sonics!!! were recorded with a limited number of mics, giving into a highly energetic, lo-fi feel that was a huge influence on the later genre of punk rock.
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| May 5, 2020 |
 The Animals released a pair of 1965 albums that were each titled Animal Tracks, a May 1965 release in their native UK and a September release in the US. Aside from sharing a title these two records bore little resemblance in either song selections or effective approach.
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| June 27, 2020 |
 The Byrds‘ 1965 debut, Mr. Tambourine Man, has been credited as a significant step in the evolution of rock n’ roll. The songs draw heavily from Dylan and other folk contemporaries but are delivered with a distinct electric sound and backbeat which would reverberate in influence for decades to come.
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