In August, Pitchfork often features a list that explores the music of a particular decade. Our writers and contributors have tackled the music of the 1970s and 1980s, and now, we’re going back a decade further. On Tuesday, August 22, we present the 200 Best Albums of the 1960s. The epic size of this list allows us to explore all corners of music during the decade, which was one of rapid evolution and astronomical ambition.

John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman changed the face of jazz; Motown smashed chart records and brought pop music to new levels of sophistication; music met politics in a beautiful new way with Brazil’s Tropicália movement; the Velvet Underground created new templates for guitar music; early electronic music from artists like Terry Riley and Pauline Oliveros changed how sound was imagined; and, yes, Dylan and the Beatles became Dylan and the Beatles.

Join us on tomorrow for our look at the best of what one of the great musical decades had to offer.

Watch Pitchfork.tv’s “Liner Notes” videos on The Velvet Underground & Nico and Pet Sounds: