Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by saacsquatch

Chart updated: 05/07/2020 04:15
(Created: 12/19/2013 20:36).
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A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

[First added to this chart: 11/12/2014]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,294 charts

Rank Score:

17,156

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Average Rating:

87 (1,454 votes)

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White Light/White Heat

The Velvet Underground

[First added to this chart: 11/12/2014]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

963 charts

Rank Score:

10,084

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

154

Average Rating:

84 (1,383 votes)

Comments:

101

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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

[First added to this chart: 11/12/2014]

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

943 charts

Rank Score:

14,145

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Average Rating:

86 (992 votes)

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Ascension

John Coltrane

[First added to this chart: 11/12/2014]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

261 charts

Rank Score:

1,694

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

112

Overall Rank:

1,047

Average Rating:

77 (321 votes)

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The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

I wish that I was born a thousand years ago. I wish that I'd sailed the darkened seas on a great big clipper ship, going from this land here to that in a sailor's suit and cap, away from the big city where a man cannot be free of all the evils of this town and of himself and those around. [First added to this chart: 11/12/2014]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,988 charts

Rank Score:

45,836

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[First added to this chart: 11/12/2014]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,485 charts

Rank Score:

17,832

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Average Rating:

85 (1,665 votes)

Comments:

135

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Electric Ladyland

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

[First added to this chart: 11/12/2014]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,634 charts

Rank Score:

18,898

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[First added to this chart: 11/12/2014]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,318 charts

Rank Score:

31,105

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[First added to this chart: 11/12/2014]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,485 charts

Rank Score:

56,683

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[First added to this chart: 11/12/2014]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

766 charts

Rank Score:

7,910

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

211

Average Rating:

86 (868 votes)

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	4	4%
1961	4	4%
1962	1	1%
1963	6	6%
1964	3	3%
1965	11	11%
1966	13	13%
1967	14	14%
1968	17	17%
1969	27	27%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	5	5%
The Beatles	5	5%
John Coltrane	4	4%
Charles Mingus	3	3%
The Yardbirds	3	3%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	3	3%
Miles Davis	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%

	68	68%
	18	18%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	99	99%
Yes	1	1%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	99	99%
Yes	1	1%

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