List of UK top-ten albums in 1966 explained

The UK Albums Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling albums of the week in the United Kingdom.^{[1] [2] [3]} Before 2004, the chart was only based on the sales of physical albums. This list shows albums that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Albums Chart during 1966, as well as albums which peaked in 1965 but were in the top 10 in 1966. The entry date is when the album appeared in the top ten for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).

The first new number-one album of the year was by Aftermath by The Rolling Stones. Overall, two different albums peaked at number one in 1966, with two unique artists hitting that position.

Top-ten albums

Key

Symbol	Meaning
bgcolor=lightblue	‡	Album peaked in 1965 but still in chart in 1966.
Entered	The date that the album first appeared in the chart.
Peak	Highest position that the album reached in the UK Albums Chart.

Entered (week ending)	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks in top 10	Single	Artist	data-sort-type="number"	Peak	Peak reached (week ending)	data-sort-type="number"	Weeks at peak
Albums in 1965
	16	The Best of Jim Reeves ‡	Jim Reeves	3		4
	233	The Sound of Music: Original Soundtrack ‡	Various artists	1		70
	55	Mary Poppins: Original Soundtrack ‡		2		2
	8	A World of Our Own ‡	The Seekers	5		2
	24	Almost There ‡	Andy Williams	4		4
	30	Help! ‡	The Beatles	1		9
	16	Out of Our Heads ‡	The Rolling Stones	2		1
	12	Highway 61 Revisited ‡	Bob Dylan	4		2
	8	Ev'rything's Coming Up Dusty ‡	Dusty Springfield	6		1
	7	Farewell, Angelina ‡	Joan Baez	5		4
	30	Rubber Soul ‡	The Beatles	1		8
	2	Magic of the Minstrels ‡	The George Mitchell Minstrels	9		2
Albums in 1966
	5	My Generation	The Who	5		1
	3	Tears of Happiness	Ken Dodd	6		3
	24	Take It Easy with the Walker Brothers	The Walker Brothers	3		5
	1	The Kink Kontroversy	The Kinks	9		1
	5	Their First LP	The Spencer Davis Group	6		1
	13	The Second Album		3		1
	6	A Man and His Music	Frank Sinatra	9		1
	11	My Name Is Barbra, Two...	Barbra Streisand	6		1
	41	Going Places	Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass	4		2
	9	Beach Boys' Party!	The Beach Boys	3		1
	10	Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul	Otis Redding	6		1
	1	A String of Tony's Hits	Tony Bennett	9		1
	10	Bye Bye Blues	Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra	4		2
	18	Aftermath	The Rolling Stones	1		8
	7	Mantovani Magic	Mantovani	3		1
	10	The Most of the Animals	The Animals	4		1
	5	The Beach Boys Today!	The Beach Boys	6		1
	11	Cilla Sings a Rainbow	Cilla Black	4		2
	2	Daydream	The Lovin' Spoonful	8		1
	12	Small Faces	Small Faces	3		5
	1	Kinda Latin	Cliff Richard	9		1
	8	Shadow Music	The Shadows	5		1
	8	Animalisms	The Animals	4		4
	10	Sweet Things	Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames	6		1
	11	If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears	The Mamas & the Papas	3		1
	26	Pet Sounds	The Beach Boys	2		3
	8	Strangers in the Night	Frank Sinatra	4		2
	10	Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)	The Beach Boys	4		4
	21	Revolver	The Beatles	1		7
	6	Paradise, Hawaiian Style	Elvis Presley	5		3
	6	From Nowhere	The Troggs	6		1
	8	Blonde on Blonde	Bob Dylan	3		1
	11	Portrait	The Walker Brothers	3		4
	7	Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton	John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton	6		2
	8	Autumn '66	The Spencer Davis Group	4		1
	5	Stars Charity Fantasia	Various artists	6		1
	9	Well Respected Kinks	The Kinks	5		1
	4	Sinatra at the Sands	Frank Sinatra	7		1
	10	Golden Hits	Dusty Springfield	2		1
	1	Sound Venture	Georgie Fame and the Harry South Big Band	9		1
	13	Distant Drums	Jim Reeves	2		1
	55	Best of the Beach Boys	The Beach Boys	2		10
	10	Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass)	The Rolling Stones	4		2
	23	Come the Day	The Seekers	3		7
	9	Gentle Shades of Val Doonican	Val Doonican	5		2
	1	On Top	Four Tops	9		1

See also

• 1966 in British music
• List of number-one albums from the 1960s (UK)

References

General

• Web site: Six decades of singles charts . The Official Charts Company . 23 April 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110303221018/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart-singles/ . 3 March 2011 .

Specific

External links

• 1966 album chart archive at the Official Charts Company (click on relevant week)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Official Charts Company. Official Charts Company. 28 December 2014.
2. Book: Roberts, David. Guinness World Records: British Hit Singles and Albums (18th edition). 2005. 1-904994-00-8. 14. Guinness World Records Limited.
3. Web site: New singles formats to save the charts. BBC News. 16 October 2003 . 21 February 2010.