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	26,786	Giant Steps (435th)by John Coltrane
1961	560	23,070	My Favorite Things (592nd)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,838	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,113th)by Ray Charles
1963	648	50,021	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	763	49,193	A Hard Day's Night (226th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,859	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	976	192,236	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,185	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,578	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,715	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,772	1,399,480

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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Agnetha Fältskog

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

5 charts

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992.

Dream With Dean

Dean Martin

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

3 charts

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992

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14,055

Average Rating:

74 (3 votes)

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993.

The Ice Man Cometh

Jerry Butler

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

15 charts

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994.

The Beach Boys' Christmas Album

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

43 charts

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994

Overall Rank:

14,074

Average Rating:

66 (81 votes)

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995.

Folk Roots, New Routes

Davy Graham & Shirley Collins

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

26 charts

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995

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14,085

Average Rating:

74 (21 votes)

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996.

The Circle Game

Tom Rush

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

20 charts

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997.

Tauhid

Pharoah Sanders

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

29 charts

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998.

The Nat King Cole Story

Nat King Cole

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

16 charts

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998

Overall Rank:

14,155

Average Rating:

68 (24 votes)

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999.

Empty Sky

Elton John

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

42 charts

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Boz Scaggs

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1969

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41 charts

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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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