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	26,783	Giant Steps (439th)by John Coltrane
1961	557	23,130	My Favorite Things (585th)by John Coltrane
1962	624	20,800	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,115th)by Ray Charles
1963	646	49,925	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	762	49,315	A Hard Day's Night (224th)by The Beatles
1965	901	148,898	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,329	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,308	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,691	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,774	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,760	1,399,955

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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371.

Whipped Cream & Other Delights

Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

315

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

371

Overall Rank:

4,456

Average Rating:

74 (78 votes)

Comments:

372.

Coltrane "Live" At The Village Vanguard
Live

John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

313

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

372

Overall Rank:

4,482

Average Rating:

79 (79 votes)

Comments:

373.

Straight, No Chaser

Thelonious Monk

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

312

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

373

Overall Rank:

4,489

Average Rating:

79 (72 votes)

Comments:

374.

More Than A New Discovery

Laura Nyro

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

71 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

374

Overall Rank:

4,498

Average Rating:

77 (54 votes)

Comments:

375.

There Are But Four Small Faces

Small Faces

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

375

Overall Rank:

4,503

Average Rating:

77 (79 votes)

Comments:

376.

Oh Yeah

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

309

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

376

Overall Rank:

4,521

Average Rating:

77 (86 votes)

Comments:

377.

Djangology
Compilation

Django Reinhardt

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

305

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

377

Overall Rank:

4,562

Average Rating:

78 (70 votes)

Comments:

378.

Nina Simone In Concert
Live

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

305

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

378

Overall Rank:

4,565

Average Rating:

77 (51 votes)

Comments:

379.

2001: A Space Odyssey
Soundtrack

Various Artists

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

303

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

379

Overall Rank:

4,582

Average Rating:

79 (64 votes)

Comments:

380.

I Talk With The Spirits

Roland Kirk

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

303

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

380

Overall Rank:

4,591

Average Rating:

75 (42 votes)

Comments:

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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	67	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	99	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	191	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	14	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	%

	630	63%
	209	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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