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	26,865	Giant Steps (431st)by John Coltrane
1961	560	23,052	My Favorite Things (592nd)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,848	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,111th)by Ray Charles
1963	647	49,961	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	763	49,148	A Hard Day's Night (226th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,517	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	977	191,845	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,199	306,726	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,561	229,275	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,943	351,317	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,771	1,397,554

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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501.

In C

Terry Riley

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

201

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

501

Overall Rank:

6,446

Average Rating:

76 (61 votes)

Comments:

502.

Jimmy Cliff

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

200

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503.

Groovin'

The Young Rascals

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

200

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

503

Overall Rank:

6,483

Average Rating:

76 (72 votes)

Comments:

504.

Cosmic Tones For Mental Therapy

Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

199

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

504

Overall Rank:

6,496

Average Rating:

75 (42 votes)

Comments:

505.

Mellow Yellow

Donovan

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

199

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

505

Overall Rank:

6,503

Average Rating:

74 (74 votes)

Comments:

506.

Surfer's Choice

Dick Dale And His Del-Tones

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

199

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

506

Overall Rank:

6,506

Average Rating:

73 (65 votes)

Comments:

507.

The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads

Otis Redding

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

198

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

507

Overall Rank:

6,513

Average Rating:

75 (69 votes)

Comments:

508.

No. 2

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

198

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

508

Overall Rank:

6,539

Average Rating:

70 (177 votes)

Comments:

509.

Mojo Hand

Lightnin' Hopkins

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

197

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

509

Overall Rank:

6,547

Average Rating:

75 (25 votes)

Comments:

510.

!!Going Places!!

Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

197

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

510

Overall Rank:

6,563

Average Rating:

74 (48 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	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%
Nina Simone	10	1%
Bob Dylan	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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