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	594	26,791	Giant Steps (435th)by John Coltrane
1961	559	23,072	My Favorite Things (592nd)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,840	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,113th)by Ray Charles
1963	647	50,033	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	763	49,198	A Hard Day's Night (226th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,901	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	976	192,299	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,236	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,643	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,803	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,770	1,399,817

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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291.

Hoodoo Man Blues

Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

462

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

291

Overall Rank:

3,220

Average Rating:

81 (85 votes)

Comments:

292.

Fred Neil

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

462

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

292

Overall Rank:

3,223

Average Rating:

75 (81 votes)

Comments:

293.

Deep Purple

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

106 charts

Rank Score:

445

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

293

Overall Rank:

3,308

Average Rating:

72 (147 votes)

Comments:

294.

What We Did On Our Holidays

Fairport Convention

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

444

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

294

Overall Rank:

3,315

Average Rating:

77 (96 votes)

Comments:

295.

In Dreams

Roy Orbison

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

106 charts

Rank Score:

442

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

295

Overall Rank:

3,329

Average Rating:

74 (96 votes)

Comments:

296.

Black Woman

Sonny Sharrock

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

441

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

296

Overall Rank:

3,341

Average Rating:

78 (53 votes)

Comments:

297.

Blue Afternoon

Tim Buckley

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

92 charts

Rank Score:

433

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

297

Overall Rank:

3,395

Average Rating:

77 (105 votes)

Comments:

298.

Love

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

432

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

298

Overall Rank:

3,401

Average Rating:

76 (159 votes)

Comments:

299.

Headquarters

The Monkees

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

107 charts

Rank Score:

430

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

299

Overall Rank:

3,414

Average Rating:

74 (126 votes)

Comments:

300.

Aerial Ballet

Harry Nilsson

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

428

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

300

Overall Rank:

3,431

Average Rating:

77 (90 votes)

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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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