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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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	26,840	Giant Steps (433rd)by John Coltrane
1961	561	23,026	My Favorite Things (594th)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,808	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,115th)by Ray Charles
1963	647	49,908	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	763	49,061	A Hard Day's Night (225th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,240	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	977	191,491	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	306,173	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,561	228,897	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,944	350,880	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,774	1,395,324

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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371.

Coltrane "Live" At The Village Vanguard
Live

John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

314

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

371

Overall Rank:

4,462

Average Rating:

79 (80 votes)

Comments:

372.

Oh Yeah

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

313

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

372

Overall Rank:

4,477

Average Rating:

77 (87 votes)

Comments:

373.

Straight, No Chaser

Thelonious Monk

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

310

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

373

Overall Rank:

4,507

Average Rating:

79 (72 votes)

Comments:

374.

More Than A New Discovery

Laura Nyro

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

71 charts

Rank Score:

310

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

374

Overall Rank:

4,510

Average Rating:

77 (54 votes)

Comments:

375.

There Are But Four Small Faces

Small Faces

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

310

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

375

Overall Rank:

4,514

Average Rating:

77 (79 votes)

Comments:

376.

Gal

Gal Costa

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

309

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

376

Overall Rank:

4,520

Average Rating:

78 (65 votes)

Comments:

377.

Nina Simone In Concert
Live

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

304

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

377

Overall Rank:

4,584

Average Rating:

77 (52 votes)

Comments:

378.

Djangology
Compilation

Django Reinhardt

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

303

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

378

Overall Rank:

4,596

Average Rating:

78 (69 votes)

Comments:

379.

Bee Gees' 1st

Bee Gees

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

105 charts

Rank Score:

302

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

379

Overall Rank:

4,604

Average Rating:

75 (124 votes)

Comments:

380.

2001: A Space Odyssey
Soundtrack

Various Artists

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

302

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

380

Overall Rank:

4,605

Average Rating:

79 (64 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	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	190	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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Best Albums of 1953
1. Black Coffee With Peggy Lee by Peggy Lee
2. Ellington Uptown by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
3. Chante Les Chansons Poétiques no1 by Georges Brassens
4. Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet by Sonny Rollins
5. Dean Martin Sings by Dean Martin
6. The Great Artistry Of Django Reinhardt by Django Reinhardt
7. An Evening With Billie Holiday by Billie Holiday
8. Songs By Tom Lehrer by Tom Lehrer
9. Inca Taqui by Yma Sumac
10. Jazz At Oberlin by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
11. Calamity Jane by Doris Day
12. Puccini: Tosca by Maria Callas / Victor De Sabata
13. Nat King Cole Sings For Two In Love by Nat King Cole
14. Moondog And His Friends by Moondog
15. Memorial Album by Hank Williams
16. New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm by Stan Kenton
17. Vol. 2 by Georges Brassens
18. The Duke Plays Ellington by Duke Ellington
19. Young Man With A Horn by Miles Davis
20. Chante... Charles Aznavour by Charles Aznavour