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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331.

Far East Suite

Duke Ellington

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

379

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

331

Overall Rank:

3,802

Average Rating:

77 (91 votes)

Comments:

332.

Tim Buckley

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

379

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

332

Overall Rank:

3,807

Average Rating:

73 (113 votes)

Comments:

333.

Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds

The Yardbirds

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

378

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

333

Overall Rank:

3,811

Average Rating:

76 (131 votes)

Comments:

334.

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

149 charts

Rank Score:

373

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

334

Overall Rank:

3,854

Average Rating:

74 (181 votes)

Comments:

335.

Surfer Girl

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

372

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

335

Overall Rank:

3,867

Average Rating:

70 (191 votes)

Comments:

336.

Kinda Kinks

The Kinks

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

135 charts

Rank Score:

370

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

336

Overall Rank:

3,885

Average Rating:

73 (188 votes)

Comments:

337.

Initials B.B.

Serge Gainsbourg

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

370

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

337

Overall Rank:

3,887

Average Rating:

80 (69 votes)

Comments:

338.

Chico Buarque De Hollanda Vol. 1

Chico Buarque

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

369

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

338

Overall Rank:

3,896

Average Rating:

76 (53 votes)

Comments:

339.

You Got My Mind Messed Up

James Carr

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

92 charts

Rank Score:

368

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

339

Overall Rank:

3,913

Average Rating:

79 (77 votes)

Comments:

340.

Aoxomoxoa

Grateful Dead

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

102 charts

Rank Score:

359

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

340

Overall Rank:

3,996

Average Rating:

74 (130 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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