Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by JMGL95

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My first complete top 100 of the 60s after some weeks of discovering new albums and re-listening to old ones. Still some details to be added, though.

EXTRA: Favourite songs of the 60s (1 per artist) ->

1. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone (Highway 61 Revisited)
2. David Bowie - Space Oddity (David Bowie)
3. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (Magical Mystery Tour)
4. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (Pet Sound)
5. The Velvet Underground - Heroin (The Velvet Underground & Nico)
6. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (In the Court of the Crimson King)
7. Love - Alone Again Or (Forever Changes)
8. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Electric Ladyland)
9. Van Morrison - Madame George (Astral Weeks)
10. The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)

Chart updated: 11/29/2023 17:45
(Created: 04/11/2014 09:59).
Chart size: 100 albums.

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Magical Mystery Tour
Soundtrack

The Beatles

Favourite songs: Strawberry Fields Forever, The Fool on the Hill, I Am The Walrus [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,445 charts

Rank Score:

16,075

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Average Rating:

86 (2,487 votes)

Comments:

177

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

King Crimson

Favourite songs: In the Court of the Crimson King, Epitaph, 21st Century Schizoid Man [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,991 charts

Rank Score:

31,599

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Favourite songs: "The Medley", Here Comes the Sun, Something [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,635 charts

Rank Score:

65,021

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Favourite songs: Day Is Done, Time Has Told Me, River Man [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

954 charts

Rank Score:

9,384

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Overall Rank:

168

Average Rating:

84 (1,053 votes)

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Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

Favourite songs: Like a Rolling Stone, Desolation Row, Ballad of a Thin Man [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,316 charts

Rank Score:

30,983

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Favourite songs: For No One, Eleanor Rigby, I'm Only Sleeping [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,484 charts

Rank Score:

56,405

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Favourite songs: Hung Up on a Dream, Care of Cell 44, Beechwood Park [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,259 charts

Rank Score:

15,354

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Average Rating:

85 (1,319 votes)

Comments:

119

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Townes Van Zandt

Favourite songs: Waitin' Around to Die; Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel; Lungs [First added to this chart: 06/18/2017]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

263 charts

Rank Score:

2,319

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Overall Rank:

772

Average Rating:

81 (269 votes)

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Led Zeppelin

Favourite songs: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Good Times Bad Times, Dazed and Confused [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,738 charts

Rank Score:

18,634

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Average Rating:

86 (2,522 votes)

Comments:

143

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Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

Favourite songs: So Long, Marianne; The Stranger Song, Suzzane [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,004 charts

Rank Score:

10,295

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Overall Rank:

146

Average Rating:

84 (1,086 votes)

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	0	0%
1961	1	1%
1962	0	0%
1963	2	2%
1964	4	4%
1965	15	15%
1966	15	15%
1967	19	19%
1968	17	17%
1969	27	27%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	8	8%
Bob Dylan	6	6%
The Kinks	4	4%
The Who	3	3%
The Byrds	3	3%
Simon & Garfunkel	3	3%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%

	54	54%
	30	30%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	99	99%
Yes	1	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	99	99%
Yes	1	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	95	95%
Yes	5	5%

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