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List of top 25 albums for 1966 in Australia

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The following lists the top 25 (end of year) charting albums on the Australian Album Charts, for the year of 1966. These were the best charting albums in Australia for 1966. The source for this year is the "Kent Music Report", known from 1987 onwards as the "Australian Music Report".

# Title Artist Highest pos. reached weeks at No. 1
1. The Sound of Music Original Soundtrack Recording 1 76 (pkd #1 1965, 66 & 67)
2. Going Places Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass 1 17 (pkd #1 in 1967)
3. Rubber Soul The Beatles 1 11
4. Whipped Cream and Other Delights Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass 3
5. Help! The Beatles 1 11 (pkd #1 in 1965 & 66)
6. Revolver The Beatles 1 3
7. It's 2 Easy The Easybeats 3
8. The Most of the Animals The Animals 3
9. What Now My Love Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass 1 1
10. Aftermath Rolling Stones 2
11. Animalisms The Animals 4
12. Mary Poppins Soundtrack 2
13. Doctor Zhivago Soundtrack 7
14. The Best of Billy Thorpe Billy Thorpe 4
15. Don't You Dig this Kind of Beat Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs 3
16. Blonde on Blonde Bob Dylan 4
17. Oliver! Original London Cast Recording 7
18. Normie Rowe a Go Go Normie Rowe 3
19. Out of Our Heads Rolling Stones 2
20. Zorba the Greek Soundtrack 3
21. Volume 3 The Easybeats 7
22. A Man and His Music Frank Sinatra 4
23. Young Johnny Johnny Young 2
24. Great Scott It's Sandy Sandy Scott 4
25. My Name Is Barbra, Two... Barbra Streisand 5

These charts are calculated by David Kent of the Kent Music Report and they are based on the number of weeks and position the records reach within the top 100 albums for each week.

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