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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171.

After Bathing At Baxter's

Jefferson Airplane

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

186 charts

Rank Score:

976

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

171

Overall Rank:

1,739

Average Rating:

77 (225 votes)

Comments:

172.

Friends

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

187 charts

Rank Score:

970

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

172

Overall Rank:

1,753

Average Rating:

76 (294 votes)

Comments:

173.

Procol Harum

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

208 charts

Rank Score:

958

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

173

Overall Rank:

1,773

Average Rating:

78 (195 votes)

Comments:

174.

Then Play On

Fleetwood Mac

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

208 charts

Rank Score:

949

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

174

Overall Rank:

1,778

Average Rating:

77 (215 votes)

Comments:

175.

Buffalo Springfield

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

212 charts

Rank Score:

949

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

175

Overall Rank:

1,779

Average Rating:

77 (226 votes)

Comments:

176.

A Rainbow In Curved Air

Terry Riley

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

133 charts

Rank Score:

942

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

176

Overall Rank:

1,793

Average Rating:

78 (163 votes)

Comments:

177.

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

941

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

177

Overall Rank:

1,796

Average Rating:

77 (286 votes)

Comments:

178.

The Dock Of The Bay
Compilation

Otis Redding

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

188 charts

Rank Score:

928

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

178

Overall Rank:

1,817

Average Rating:

79 (177 votes)

Comments:

179.

Moby Grape

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

190 charts

Rank Score:

926

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

179

Overall Rank:

1,825

Average Rating:

77 (211 votes)

Comments:

180.

Where Did Our Love Go

The Supremes

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

187 charts

Rank Score:

924

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

180

Overall Rank:

1,830

Average Rating:

77 (156 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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