Yellow Submarine, the quirky animated film involving the Beatles, returns to theaters this season. The special screening has been scheduled to honor the fiftieth anniversary of its release, shortly after the band had created their iconic Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album.

Another psychedelic film by a popular musical quartet, which like Yellow Submarine was accompanied by an album of the same title, it came out in 1967. With a simple one-word title, Head He portrayed the Monkees in a very different way than what fans of his hit TV show had seen.

Neither the film nor the album received much critical acclaim, but the Monkees did release that same year an album that has long been considered among the best. It’s just one of many albums that came out a year after the Summer of Love, and here are ten of the best releases of 1968.

Bookend by Simon and Garfunkel

“Mrs. Robinson” appeared in this, as well as the soundtrack of Tea GraduateBut the highlight here is Simon’s story about the young couple who fruitlessly search for “America.”

Big Pink music for the band

Bob Dylan wrote a couple of tracks on this album, which is best remembered for Robbie Robertson’s “The Weight”.

In search of the lost chord by The Moody Blues

This disc generated two of the first successes of the British group, “Ride My See Saw” and “Voices In the Sky”.

California Ribbon by Phil Ochs

After a career making acoustic protest songs, the folk legend branched out here adding orchestration and electricity to his still poignant lyrics.

Hurdy-gurdy MaDonovan’s n

The title track was a huge hit for the man nicknamed the Brit Bob Dylan, and the album has several other fun tunes made along the same lines.

The white album (eponymous) by The Beatles

Some flaws are glaring, sure, but this four-sided masterpiece shows just how great John Lennon was as a composer.

Self-titled by Neil Young

After Buffalo Springfield’s demise, Young went on his own with an album that appropriately opens with a song called “The Loner.”

The birds, the bees and the monkeys by the Monkees

A girl named Valleri inspired one of the hits on this album, which also features “Daydream Believer” and the underrated “Tapioca Tundra.”

Aerial ballet by Nilsson

Midnight Cowboy propelled “Everybody’s Talking” to the Top Ten, but their album partner “One” was taken to the top a year later by Three Dog Night.

Nancy and Lee by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood

Frank’s Daughter teamed up with a popular songwriter to create this unique collection of surreal country psychedelic, including the classic “Some Velvet Morning.”