My Favourite Albums of 1969, 50-26.

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50. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Genre: Jazz Rock
Best Tracks: Peaches En Regalia, Willie The Pimp, Son of Mr. Green Genes

49. Santana - Santana
Genre: Latin Psychedelic Rock
Best Tracks: Evil Ways, Jingo, Persuasion, Soul Sacrifice

48. The Aerovons - Resurrection
Genre: Beatlesque Pop
Best Tracks: World of You, Say Georgia, Bessy Goodnight, She's Not Dead

47. Yes - Yes
Genre: Proto-Prog
Best Tracks: I See You, Harold Land, Every Little Thing, Sweetness

46. Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
Genre: Country Rock
Best Tracks: To Be Alone With You, I Threw It All Away, Lay Lady Lay, Country Pie, Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

45. Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker
Genre: Rock
Best Tracks: Dear Landlord, Bird on The Wire, She Came In Through the Bathroom Window, Delta Lady, Darling Be Home Soon

44. Jack Bruce - Songs For A Tailor Progressive Jazz-Rock
Best Tracks: Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune, Theme For An Imaginary Western, Weird of Hermiston, Rope Ladder To The Moon, The Ministry of Bag, He The Richmond

43. Spooky Tooth - Spooky Two
Genre: Rock
Best Tracks: Waitin' For The Wind, I’ve Got Enough Heartaches, Evil Woman, That Was Only Yesterday, Better By You Better Than Me

42. Grateful Dead - Live/Dead
Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Best Tracks: St. Stephen, The Eleven, Turn On Your Lovelight, Death Don't Have No Mercy, And We Bid You Goodnight

41. Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On Genre: Blues/Psychedelic Rock
Best Tracks: Coming Your Way, Show-Biz Blues, Oh Well, Although The Sun Is Still Shining, Rattlesnake Shake, Like Crying

40. Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief Genre: British Folk Rock
Best Tracks: Come All Ye, Reynardine, Matty Groves, Farewell Farewell, Medley (The Lark In The Morning/Rakish Paddy/Foxhunter's Jig/Toss The Feathers), Tam Lin

39. The Collectors - Grass & Wild Strawberries
Genre: Art Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Best Tracks: Grass And Wild Strawberries, Things I Remember, Don't Turn Away (From Me), Teletype Click, Seventeenth Summer, My Love Delights Me, Early Morning

38. Steppenwolf - Monster
Genre: Rock
Best Tracks: Monster/Suicide/America, Draft Resister, Power Play, Move Over, What Would You Do (If I Did That To You), From Here To There Eventually

37. Donovan - Barabajagal
Genre: Rock/Folk
Best Tracks: Barabajagal, Superlungs My Supergirl, Happiness Runs, I Love My Shirt, To Susan On The West Coast Waiting, Atlantis, Trudi

36. Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica Genre: Avant-Garde
Best Tracks: Frownland, The Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back, Dachau Blues, Pachuco Cadaver, Moonlight On Vermont, Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish, Pena, She's Too Much For My Mirror

35. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
Genre: Rock
Best Tracks: Green River, Commotion, Wrote A Song For Everyone, Bad Moon Rising, Lodi, The Night Time Is The Right Time

34. The Guess Who - Wheatfield Soul Genre: Psychedelic Rock
Best Tracks: These Eyes, Pink Wine Sparkles In The Glass, I Found Her In A Star, Friends of Mine, When You Touch Me, A Wednesday In Your Garden, Maple Fudge, We're Coming To Dinner

33. Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
Genre: Brass Rock
Best Tracks: Introduction, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is, Beginnings, Questions 67 And 68, Listen, South California Purples, I'm A Man

32. Fairport Convention - What We Did on Our Holidays
Genre: British Folk Rock
Best Tracks: Fotheringay, Mr. Lacey, Book Song, I'll Keep It With Mine, Nottamun Town, Tale In Hard Time, Meet On The Ledge

31. Colosseum - Valentyne Suite
Genre: Jazz-Rock
Best Tracks: The Kettle, Elegy, The Machine Demands A Sacrifice, Valentyne Suite

30. Kevin Ayers - Joy of A Toy
Genre: Art-Rock
Best Tracks: Joy Of A Toy Continued, Town Feeling, The Clarietta Rag, Girl On A Swing, Song For Insane Times, Stop This Train (Again Doing It), Eleanor's Cake (Which Ate Her), The Lady Rachel, Oleh Oleh Bandu Bandong

29. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Genre: British Folk
Best Tracks: Time Has Told Me, River Man, Day Is Done, Way To Blue, 'Cello Song, Fruit Tree, Saturday Sun

28. Steve Miller Band - Brave New World
Genre: Rock
Best Tracks: Brave New World, Can't You Hear Your Daddy's Heartbeat, Got Love 'Cause You Need It, Kow Kow, Seasons, Space Cowboy, LT's Midnight Dream, My Dark Hour

27. The Doors - The Soft Parade
Genre: Rock
Best Tracks: Tell All The People, Touch Me, Shaman's Blues, Do It, Easy Ride, Wild Child, Runnin' Blue, The Soft Parade

26. The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children
Genre: Proto-Prog
Best Tracks: Higher And Higher, Eyes Of A Child Part 1, Floating, Eyes Of A Child Part 2, Out And In, Gypsy, Eternity Road, Candle Of Life, Sun Is Still Shining, Watching And Waiting