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	26,776	Giant Steps (439th)by John Coltrane
1961	557	23,130	My Favorite Things (584th)by John Coltrane
1962	624	20,799	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,114th)by Ray Charles
1963	646	49,933	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	762	49,345	A Hard Day's Night (224th)by The Beatles
1965	901	148,952	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,398	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,413	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,759	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,921	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,760	1,400,426

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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Tomorrow

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

130

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672.

Elis, Como & Porque

Elis Regina

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

12 charts

Rank Score:

130

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673.

Underground

Thelonious Monk

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

129

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674.

Orange Blossom Special

Johnny Cash

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

129

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674

Overall Rank:

9,270

Average Rating:

72 (57 votes)

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675.

Concerto For Group And Orchestra
Live

Deep Purple

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

129

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676.

Ligeti : Requiem; Lontano; Continuum

Liliana Poli / Barbro Ericson / Chöre Des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Wolfgang Schubert

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

129

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677.

Aretha Arrives

Aretha Franklin

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

129

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678.

In The Wind

Peter, Paul And Mary

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

128

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678

Overall Rank:

9,316

Average Rating:

71 (34 votes)

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679.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet At Carnegie Hall
Live

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

128

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679

Overall Rank:

9,320

Average Rating:

74 (30 votes)

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680.

Winds Of Change

Eric Burdon & The Animals

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

128

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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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