| 1 | 1965 | Highway 61 Revisited | Bob Dylan | Album | 4.25 | 34 |
| 2 | 1965 | Rubber Soul | The Beatles | Album | 4.45 | 97 |
| 3 | 1965 | The Rolling Stones, Now! | The Rolling Stones | Album | 4.25 | 20 |
| 4 | 1965 | The Beach Boys Today! | The Beach Boys | Album | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | 1965 | Beatles VI | The Beatles | Album | 5 | 26 |
| 6 | 1965 | Having a Rave Up | The Yardbirds | Album | 4.5 | 9 |
| 7 | 1965 | Out of Our Heads | The Rolling Stones | Album | 4.35 | 36 |
| 8 | 1965 | The Temptations Sing Smokey | The Temptations | Album | | 4 |
| 9 | 1964 | Beatles ’65 | The Beatles | Album | 4.4 | 28 |
| 10 | 1965 | Mr. Tambourine Man | The Byrds | Album | 3.65 | 16 |
| 11 | 1965 | Bringing It All Back Home | Bob Dylan | Album | 4.4 | 45 |
| 12 | 1965 | The Animals on Tour | The Animals | Album | | 3 |
| 13 | 1965 | Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul | Otis Redding | Album | 4.25 | 19 |
| 14 | 1965 | The Early Beatles | The Beatles | Album + Compilation | 5 | 15 |
| 15 | 1965 | Help! | The Beatles | Album + Soundtrack | 4.05 | 89 |
| 16 | 1965 | Kinks‐Size | The Kinks | Album | | 3 |
| 17 | 1965 | December’s Children (and Everybody’s) | The Rolling Stones | Album | 4 | 18 |
| 18 | 1965 | You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' | The Righteous Brothers | Album | | 1 |
| 19 | 1965 | The Angry Young Them | Them | Album | 3 | 8 |
| 20 | 1965 | Do You Believe in Magic | The Lovin’ Spoonful | Album | 2.65 | 9 |
| 21 | 1965 | Animal Tracks | The Animals | Album | 3 | 4 |
| 22 | 1965 | Going to a Go‐Go | Smokey Robinson and The Miracles | Album | | 6 |
| 23 | 1965 | For Your Love | The Yardbirds | Album | 4 | 6 |
| 24 | 1965 | Just Once in My Life | The Righteous Brothers | Album | | 2 |
| 25 | 1965 | Temptin' Temptations | The Temptations | Album | | 3 |
| 26 | 1965 | People Get Ready | The Impressions | Album | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | 1965 | Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) | The Beach Boys | Album | 4 | 12 |
| 28 | 1965 | Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag | James Brown | Album + Compilation | 3 | 5 |
| 29 | 1966 | Back to Back | The Righteous Brothers | Album | | 2 |
| 30 | 1965 | Second Album | Four Tops | Album | | 4 |
| 31 | 1965 | Kinkdom | The Kinks | Album | | 3 |
| 32 | 1965 | Goin' Out of My Head | Little Anthony & the Imperials | Album | | 1 |
| 33 | 1965 | More Hits by the Supremes | The Supremes | Album | | 6 |
| 34 | 1963 | Right Now! | The Righteous Brothers | Album | | 1 |
| 35 | 1965 | Having a Wild Weekend | The Dave Clark Five | Album + Soundtrack | | 2 |
| 36 | 1965 | The Zombies | The Zombies | Album | 4 | 3 |
| 37 | 1964 | Some Blue Eyed Soul | The Righteous Brothers | Album | | 1 |
| 38 | 1965 | Kinda Kinks | The Kinks | Album | 3.5 | 23 |
| 39 | 1965 | Hang On Sloopy | The McCoys | Album | 5 | 3 |
| 40 | 1965 | Here They Come! | Paul Revere & the Raiders featuring Mark Lindsay | Album | | 2 |
