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	591	26,608	Giant Steps (437th)by John Coltrane
1961	557	23,048	My Favorite Things (588th)by John Coltrane
1962	624	20,785	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,112th)by Ray Charles
1963	646	49,961	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	762	49,024	A Hard Day's Night (229th)by The Beatles
1965	901	148,862	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,446	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,235	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,659	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,789	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,760	1,399,417

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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21.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,258 charts

Rank Score:

15,450

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

85 (1,313 votes)

Comments:

118

22.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

940 charts

Rank Score:

14,043

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Average Rating:

86 (991 votes)

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23.

The Velvet Underground

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,193 charts

Rank Score:

13,780

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

86 (1,590 votes)

Comments:

115

24.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,238 charts

Rank Score:

13,314

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Overall Rank:

103

Average Rating:

86 (1,640 votes)

Comments:

103

25.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,002 charts

Rank Score:

10,227

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Overall Rank:

151

Average Rating:

84 (1,085 votes)

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26.

The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,007 charts

Rank Score:

10,150

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Overall Rank:

152

Average Rating:

84 (1,108 votes)

Comments:

27.

White Light/White Heat

The Velvet Underground

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

961 charts

Rank Score:

10,013

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28.

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,180 charts

Rank Score:

9,780

Rank in 1968:

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Overall Rank:

162

Average Rating:

84 (1,516 votes)

Comments:

29.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,185 charts

Rank Score:

9,610

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30.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

952 charts

Rank Score:

9,391

Rank in 1969:

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Overall Rank:

168

Average Rating:

84 (1,054 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	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	99	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	192	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	12	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	629	63%
	209	21%
	33	3%
	26	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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