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	26,782	Giant Steps (435th)by John Coltrane
1961	560	23,067	My Favorite Things (592nd)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,836	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,113th)by Ray Charles
1963	647	50,009	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	763	49,183	A Hard Day's Night (226th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,749	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	976	192,176	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,126	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,535	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,633	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,771	1,399,097

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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381.

I Talk With The Spirits

Roland Kirk

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

302

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

381

Overall Rank:

4,598

Average Rating:

75 (42 votes)

Comments:

382.

Lonely And Blue

Roy Orbison

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

302

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

382

Overall Rank:

4,603

Average Rating:

72 (77 votes)

Comments:

383.

Mosaic

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

71 charts

Rank Score:

302

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

383

Overall Rank:

4,612

Average Rating:

78 (59 votes)

Comments:

384.

Volume Two

Soft Machine

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

104 charts

Rank Score:

300

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

384

Overall Rank:

4,638

Average Rating:

75 (105 votes)

Comments:

385.

Hums Of The Lovin' Spoonful

The Lovin' Spoonful

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

299

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

385

Overall Rank:

4,642

Average Rating:

73 (73 votes)

Comments:

386.

Leader Of The Pack

The Shangri-Las

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

298

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

386

Overall Rank:

4,649

Average Rating:

71 (66 votes)

Comments:

387.

The Family That Plays Together

Spirit

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

298

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

387

Overall Rank:

4,650

Average Rating:

77 (85 votes)

Comments:

388.

Father Of Folk Blues

Son House

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

298

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

388

Overall Rank:

4,661

Average Rating:

75 (66 votes)

Comments:

389.

Part One

The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

296

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

389

Overall Rank:

4,681

Average Rating:

76 (80 votes)

Comments:

390.

The Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

292

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

390

Overall Rank:

4,731

Average Rating:

74 (140 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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