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Best baroque pop songs of the 1960s

Singles paid the bills at the start of the decade and albums did by the end of it. Once a record could hold one idea across two sides, psychedelia and Southern soul both started writing for the longer form, from opposite ends of the country.

Songs from the baroque pop albums of the 1960s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.

Pet Sounds cover№ 1Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)The Beach Boys · Pet Sounds4.4Weighted score4.8 avg · 3 ratings
  1. 2Nancy & Lee coverSummer WineNancy Sinatra · Nancy & Lee1 rating
  2. 3David Bowie coverSell Me a CoatDavid Bowie · David Bowie
  3. 4Reach Out coverMessage to MichaelBurt Bacharach · Reach Out
  4. 5Reach Out coverLisaBurt Bacharach · Reach Out
  5. 6Reach Out coverThe Windows of the WorldBurt Bacharach · Reach Out
  6. 7Reach Out coverI Say a Little PrayerBurt Bacharach · Reach Out
  7. 8Reach Out coverA House Is Not a HomeBurt Bacharach · Reach Out
  8. 9Reach Out coverThe Look of LoveBurt Bacharach · Reach Out
  9. 10Reach Out coverWhat the World Needs Now Is LoveBurt Bacharach · Reach Out
  10. 11Reach Out coverAre You There (With Another Girl)Burt Bacharach · Reach Out
  11. 12Reach Out coverBond StreetBurt Bacharach · Reach Out
  12. 13Reach Out coverAlfieBurt Bacharach · Reach Out
  13. 14Reach Out coverReach Out for MeBurt Bacharach · Reach Out
  14. 15Make It Easy on Yourself coverThis Guy's In Love with YouBurt Bacharach · Make It Easy on Yourself
  15. 16Make It Easy on Yourself coverShe's Gone AwayBurt Bacharach · Make It Easy on Yourself
  16. 17Make It Easy on Yourself coverPacific Coast HighwayBurt Bacharach · Make It Easy on Yourself
  17. 18Make It Easy on Yourself coverDo You Know the Way to San JoseBurt Bacharach · Make It Easy on Yourself
  18. 19Make It Easy on Yourself coverMake It Easy On YourselfBurt Bacharach · Make It Easy on Yourself
  19. 20Make It Easy on Yourself coverWhoever You Are I Love YouBurt Bacharach · Make It Easy on Yourself
  20. 21Make It Easy on Yourself coverWanting ThingsBurt Bacharach · Make It Easy on Yourself
  21. 22Make It Easy on Yourself coverAny Day NowBurt Bacharach · Make It Easy on Yourself
  22. 23Make It Easy on Yourself coverKnowing When to LeaveBurt Bacharach · Make It Easy on Yourself
  23. 24Make It Easy on Yourself coverI'll Never Fall In Love AgainBurt Bacharach · Make It Easy on Yourself
  24. 25Make It Easy on Yourself coverPromises, PromisesBurt Bacharach · Make It Easy on Yourself
  25. 26Nancy & Lee coverLove is Strange (Bonus Track)Nancy Sinatra · Nancy & Lee
  26. 27What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) coverCatch As Catch CanBurt Bacharach · What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
  27. 28What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) coverChateau ChantelBurt Bacharach · What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
  28. 29What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) coverA Walk On the Wild WharfBurt Bacharach · What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
  29. 30What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) coverP***y Cats On ParadeBurt Bacharach · What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
  30. 31What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) coverMy Little Red BookBurt Bacharach · What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
  31. 32What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) coverMarriage, French StyleBurt Bacharach · What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
  32. 33What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) coverHere I AmBurt Bacharach · What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
  33. 34What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) coverMarriage, French Style / Here I AmBurt Bacharach · What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
  34. 35What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) coverStripping Really Isn't Sexy, Is It?Burt Bacharach · What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
  35. 36What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) coverDownhill and ShadyBurt Bacharach · What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
  36. 37What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) coverHigh Temperature, Low ResistanceBurt Bacharach · What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
  37. 38What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) coverSchool for Anatomy / BookwormBurt Bacharach · What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
  38. 39What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) coverWhat's New Pussycat? (Main Title)Burt Bacharach · What's New Pussycat? (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
  39. 40Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture) coverNot Goin' Home Anymore (Reprise)Burt Bacharach · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture)
  40. 41Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture) coverThe Old Fun City (N.Y. Sequence)Burt Bacharach · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture)
  41. 42Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture) coverCome Touch the SunBurt Bacharach · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture)
  42. 43Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture) coverOn a Bicycle Built for JoyBurt Bacharach · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture)
  43. 44Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture) coverRaindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Instrumental)Burt Bacharach · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture)
  44. 45Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture) coverSouth American GetawayBurt Bacharach · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture)
  45. 46Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture) coverNot Goin' Home AnymoreBurt Bacharach · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture)
  46. 47Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture) coverRaindrops Keep Fallin' On My HeadBurt Bacharach · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture)
  47. 48Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture) coverThe Sundance KidBurt Bacharach · Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Music from the Motion Picture)
  48. 49The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore coverDon't Fight ItThe Walker Brothers · The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
  49. 50The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore coverYoung Man CriedThe Walker Brothers · The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore

One great song, one bad album

Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.

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