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	26,858	Giant Steps (431st)by John Coltrane
1961	560	23,049	My Favorite Things (593rd)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,834	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,115th)by Ray Charles
1963	647	49,958	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	763	49,144	A Hard Day's Night (225th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,557	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	977	191,741	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	306,635	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,561	229,221	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,943	351,256	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,772	1,397,254

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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431.

Beck-Ola

The Jeff Beck Group

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

248

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432.

Miriam Makeba

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

247

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

432

Overall Rank:

5,398

Average Rating:

71 (68 votes)

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433.

Drums Of Passion

Olatunji

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

245

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433

Overall Rank:

5,442

Average Rating:

73 (48 votes)

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434.

Ella In Berlin
Live

Ella Fitzgerald

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

245

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Rank in 1960s:

434

Overall Rank:

5,454

Average Rating:

75 (77 votes)

Comments:

435.

Move

The Move

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

244

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

435

Overall Rank:

5,461

Average Rating:

73 (65 votes)

Comments:

436.

Gorilla

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

242

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Rank in 1960s:

436

Overall Rank:

5,488

Average Rating:

71 (62 votes)

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437.

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Compilation

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

241

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

437

Overall Rank:

5,505

Average Rating:

81 (174 votes)

Comments:

438.

Gilberto Gil (Frevo Rasgado)

Gilberto Gil

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

240

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Rank in 1960s:

438

Overall Rank:

5,527

Average Rating:

80 (73 votes)

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439.

"Mu" First Part

Don Cherry

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

240

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440.

Tell Mama

Etta James

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

71 charts

Rank Score:

240

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

440

Overall Rank:

5,536

Average Rating:

76 (70 votes)

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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	142	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	190	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	15	1%
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	%

	632	63%
	210	21%
	33	3%
	25	2%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	32	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	960	96%
Yes	41	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	17	2%

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