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	26,594	Giant Steps (439th)by John Coltrane
1961	557	23,046	My Favorite Things (590th)by John Coltrane
1962	624	20,804	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,113th)by Ray Charles
1963	646	49,970	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	762	49,001	A Hard Day's Night (229th)by The Beatles
1965	901	148,856	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,345	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,133	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,592	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,635	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,760	1,398,976

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:

15,388

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

85 (1,314 votes)

Comments:

118

22.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

942 charts

Rank Score:

14,076

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Average Rating:

86 (991 votes)

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23.

The Velvet Underground

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,194 charts

Rank Score:

13,785

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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:

1,240 charts

Rank Score:

13,310

Rank in 1965:

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Overall Rank:

103

Average Rating:

86 (1,641 votes)

Comments:

103

25.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,003 charts

Rank Score:

10,230

Rank in 1967:

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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:

1,008 charts

Rank Score:

10,157

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Overall Rank:

152

Average Rating:

84 (1,109 votes)

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27.

White Light/White Heat

The Velvet Underground

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

962 charts

Rank Score:

10,013

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28.

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,181 charts

Rank Score:

9,770

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:

9,615

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30.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

954 charts

Rank Score:

9,393

Rank in 1969:

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Overall Rank:

168

Average Rating:

84 (1,053 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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