Best Albums of the 1960s

« View best albums of the 1950sView best albums of the 1970s »

Listed below are the best albums of the 1960s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

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	26,647	Giant Steps (439th)by John Coltrane
1961	557	23,085	My Favorite Things (584th)by John Coltrane
1962	624	20,803	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,113th)by Ray Charles
1963	646	49,937	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	762	49,206	A Hard Day's Night (228th)by The Beatles
1965	901	148,847	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,282	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,265	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,491	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,629	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,760	1,399,191

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.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

591.

For Once In My Life

Stevie Wonder

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

157

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

592.

Fat Albert Rotunda

Herbie Hancock

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

157

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

593.

Twistin' The Night Away

Sam Cooke

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

156

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

593

Overall Rank:

7,928

Average Rating:

72 (47 votes)

Comments:

594.

High Priestess Of Soul

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

156

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

594

Overall Rank:

7,929

Average Rating:

77 (61 votes)

Comments:

595.

The Supremes A' Go-Go

The Supremes

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

156

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

595

Overall Rank:

7,946

Average Rating:

73 (53 votes)

Comments:

596.

In The Groove

Marvin Gaye

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

156

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

597.

Evolution

Grachan Moncur III

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

156

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

597

Overall Rank:

7,950

Average Rating:

73 (46 votes)

Comments:

598.

Little Games

The Yardbirds

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

155

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

598

Overall Rank:

7,960

Average Rating:

70 (84 votes)

Comments:

599.

Art Blakey!!!!! Jazz Messengers!!!!!

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

155

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

599

Overall Rank:

7,981

Average Rating:

74 (22 votes)

Comments:

600.

Happy Together

The Turtles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

155

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

600

Overall Rank:

7,984

Average Rating:

72 (72 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
...
59
60
61
...
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 60 of 100

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%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	629	63%
	209	21%
	33	3%
	26	3%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	968	97%
Yes	32	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	960	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

« View best albums of the 1950sView best albums of the 1970s »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Recent Member Charts
1. Top 18 Music Albums of 2004 by AAL2014 (2024)
2. Top 20 Music Albums of 2003 by Untitled (2024)
3. Top 22 Music Albums of 2001 by AAL2014 (2024)
4. Top 50 Music Albums of 1990 by saltysurprise (2024)
5. Paal Nilssen-Love 🥁: So Far.. by AAL2014 (2024)
6. Top 45 Music Albums of 1995 by saltysurprise (2024)
7. Top 47 Music Albums of 1983 by cicadelic (2024)
8. Top 34 Music Albums of 1983 by Purplepash (2024)
9. Dylan Covers 4:Every Song 1973-78 by US artists by Moondance (2024)
10. Top 91 Music Albums of 2024 by AranD (2024)
11. Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s by LedZep (2024)
12. Top 72 Music Albums of 2024 by LedZep (2024)
13. Top 100 Music Albums of 2024 by JamesMowbray (2024)
14. Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 by cicadelic (2024)
15. Top 15 Music Albums of 2024 by ssteve (2024)
16. Samplers by Liedzeit (2024)
17. Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by SUPERJEFF6 (2024)
18. Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s by SUPERJEFF6 (2024)
19. Top 32 Music Albums of 1988 by jonny5244 (2024)
20. Top 100 Music Albums of the 2020s by jonny5244 (2024)