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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1960s decade summary

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	591	26,594	Giant Steps (439th)by John Coltrane
1961	557	23,046	My Favorite Things (590th)by John Coltrane
1962	624	20,804	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,113th)by Ray Charles
1963	646	49,970	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	762	49,001	A Hard Day's Night (229th)by The Beatles
1965	901	148,856	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,345	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,133	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,592	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,635	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,760	1,398,976

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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Abbey Road

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,631 charts

Rank Score:

65,431

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Average Rating:

92 (4,513 votes)

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466

Revolver

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,481 charts

Rank Score:

56,753

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Average Rating:

91 (4,478 votes)

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478

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,419 charts

Rank Score:

50,869

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Average Rating:

90 (4,490 votes)

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480

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,983 charts

Rank Score:

45,928

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,785 charts

Rank Score:

45,069

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Average Rating:

88 (3,198 votes)

Comments:

354

The Beatles (The White Album)

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,867 charts

Rank Score:

43,214

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Average Rating:

89 (3,733 votes)

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337

In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson)

King Crimson

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,988 charts

Rank Score:

31,704

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1965

Appears in:

2,313 charts

Rank Score:

31,017

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1965

Appears in:

2,290 charts

Rank Score:

30,599

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Average Rating:

88 (3,291 votes)

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256

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The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,341 charts

Rank Score:

29,191

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Average Rating:

87 (2,765 votes)

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207

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	99	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	192	19%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	629	63%
	209	21%
	33	3%
	26	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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Best Albums of 1961
1. My Favorite Things by John Coltrane
2. King Of The Delta Blues Singers by Robert Johnson
3. Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio
4. Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
5. The Blues And The Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson
6. Olé Coltrane by John Coltrane
7. Africa/Brass by John Coltrane Quartet
8. Eastern Sounds by Yusef Lateef
9. Showcase by Patsy Cline
10. The Genius Sings The Blues by Ray Charles
11. Someday My Prince Will Come by The Miles Davis Sextet
12. Two Steps From The Blues by Bobby Bland
13. This Is Our Music by Ornette Coleman
14. West Side Story (The Original Sound Track Recording) by Various Artists
15. Djangology by Django Reinhardt
16. Lonely And Blue by Roy Orbison
17. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane by Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
18. Out Of The Cool by Gil Evans Orchestra
19. Time Further Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
20. A Night In Tunisia by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers