Best Albums of the 1960s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1960s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
1960	594	26,796	Giant Steps (435th)by John Coltrane
1961	560	23,062	My Favorite Things (592nd)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,839	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,113th)by Ray Charles
1963	647	50,001	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	763	49,170	A Hard Day's Night (226th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,685	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	976	192,073	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,199	307,016	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,561	229,361	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,943	351,565	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,770	1,398,570

The best artists of the 1960s were The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and The Rolling Stones.

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151.

Howlin' Wolf
Compilation

Howlin' Wolf

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

203 charts

Rank Score:

1,221

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

151

Overall Rank:

1,418

Average Rating:

80 (210 votes)

Comments:

152.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

260 charts

Rank Score:

1,217

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

152

Overall Rank:

1,424

Average Rating:

77 (265 votes)

Comments:

153.

Truth

Jeff Beck

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

254 charts

Rank Score:

1,216

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

153

Overall Rank:

1,425

Average Rating:

78 (245 votes)

Comments:

154.

Speak No Evil

Wayne Shorter

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

200 charts

Rank Score:

1,190

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

154

Overall Rank:

1,455

Average Rating:

81 (179 votes)

Comments:

155.

Blues Breakers

John Mayall & Eric Clapton

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

270 charts

Rank Score:

1,172

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

155

Overall Rank:

1,482

Average Rating:

79 (276 votes)

Comments:

156.

Da Capo

Love

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

287 charts

Rank Score:

1,170

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

156

Overall Rank:

1,489

Average Rating:

78 (299 votes)

Comments:

157.

Monk's Dream

The Thelonious Monk Quartet

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

217 charts

Rank Score:

1,151

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

157

Overall Rank:

1,513

Average Rating:

80 (211 votes)

Comments:

158.

Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo [The Good, The Bad & The Ugly]
Soundtrack

Ennio Morricone

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

201 charts

Rank Score:

1,140

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

158

Overall Rank:

1,523

Average Rating:

82 (235 votes)

Comments:

159.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Live

Bill Evans Trio

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

165 charts

Rank Score:

1,133

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

159

Overall Rank:

1,536

Average Rating:

78 (190 votes)

Comments:

160.

Live At The Regal
Live

B.B. King

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

213 charts

Rank Score:

1,034

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

160

Overall Rank:

1,654

Average Rating:

79 (215 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	55	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	69	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	191	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	15	2%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	12	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	631	63%
	210	21%
	33	3%
	25	3%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	968	97%
Yes	32	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	960	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

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