In the End, The List You Make is Equal to the List You Take: 50 Year Vintage- The Best of 1969

Top Albums of 1969

1. Nick Drake- Five Leaves Left

2. King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King

3. The Beatles- Abbey Road

4. The Stooges- The Stooges

5. Scott Walker - Scott 3

6. Led Zeppelin- II

7. Al Green- Green is Blues

8. White Noise- An Electric Storm

9. Amon Duul II- Phallus Dei

10. The Meters- The Meters

11. Tim Buckley- Blue Afternoon

12. MC5- Kick Out the Jams

13. Don Cherry- Mu pt1&2

14. Neil Young- Everybody Knows This is Nowhere

15. The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground

16. David Axelrod- Songs of Experience

17. Gal Costa- Gal

18. Richard Hayman- Genuine Electric Latin Love Machine

19. Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg- Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin

20. Silver Apples- Contact

21. The Can- Monster Movie

22. Dickens Royal Incantation- Dickens Royal Incantation

23. Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed

24. Nina Simone- Nina and a Piano

25. Kinks- Arthur

Top Songs of 1969

1. Isaac Hayes- "Walk on By"

2. Nick Drake- "Cello Song"

3. The Stooges- "No Fun"

4. Jackson Five- "I Want You Back"

5. Led Zeppelin- "Communication Breakdown"

6. Neil Young- "Sugar Mountain"

7. Nina Simone- "I Shall Be Released"

8. Mulatu Astatke- "Yekermo Sew"

9. Gal Costa- "Divino, Maravilhoso"

10. The Winstons- "Amen Brother"

11. Shocking Blue- "Love Buzz"

12. Toots and the Maytals- "Pressure Drop"

13. Tim Buckley- "I Must Have Been Blind"

14. Stevie Wonder- "My Cherie Amour"

15. Scott Walker- "It's Raining Today"

16. Silver Apples- "A Pox on You"

17. Gershon Kingsley- "Hey Hey"

18. The Can- "Yoo Doo Right"

19. Leonard Cohen - "The Partisan"

20. MC5- "Starship"

21. The Beatles- "Here Comes the Sun"

22. David Bowie- "Space Oddity"

23. Hugo Montenegro- "Moog Power"

24. Sly and the Family Stone- "I Wanna Take You Higher"

25. Checkmates Ltd- "I Keep Forgettin"