Top 36 Music Albums of the 1960s by mv3k

I'm changing my rating system from previous ranking --/100 to simpler scale 1-10 that will be look like that
10 - literally perfect
9+ - almost perfect
9 - great with minor flaws
8+ - very very good
8 - very good
7+ - good, enjoyable listen
7 - good
6+ - ok with potential
6 - ok
5, 5+ - mid
4, 4+ - not very bad
3, 3+ - bad
2, 2+ - very bad
1, 1+ - awful
I will also give average track rating for each album, but I won't always base my score on it, but on my overall enjoyment of each record.
Until I finish changing it you will find both types of ratings old and new in my charts.

• Chart updated: 06/02/2024 10:15
• (Created: 02/03/2023 10:22).
• Chart size: 36 albums.

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Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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Probably the most beautiful album ever recorded, every single track oozes with emotions by using these perfect vocal harmonies and so many instruments
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.8
Fav tracks: Wouldn't It Be Nice, Don't Talk, I Know There's An Answer, Sloop John B, God Only Knows, Here Today, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times [First added to this chart: 02/04/2023]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,835 charts

Rank Score:

41,533

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

12

Average Rating:

 88 (3,254 votes)

Comments:

356

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Revolver 

 The Beatles

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This is a great showcase of human creativity and especially their talent as a band. Songs here are so versatile and at the same time so incredibly good, experiments work and I love all small details in instrumentals
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: Eleanor Rigby, I'm Only Sleeping, Love You To, She Said She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing, For No One, Tomorrow Never Knows [First added to this chart: 02/04/2023]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,551 charts

Rank Score:

52,916

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,555 votes)

Comments:

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Abbey Road 

 The Beatles

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This album is just so huge and ambitious yet so simple, a lot of gorgeous songs and even weaker ones weirdly fit here, great album to finish the story of this wonderful band
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.5
Fav tracks: Come Together, Something, i Want You, Here Comes The Sun, You Never Give Me Your Money, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End [First added to this chart: 02/06/2023]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,703 charts

Rank Score:

60,959

Rank in 1969:

1

Rank in 1960s:

1

Overall Rank:

3

Average Rating:

 92 (4,593 votes)

Comments:

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In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) 

 King Crimson

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Amazing album, so ahead of its time, very beutiful and heavy at the same time, their best project by far, there is almost no weak points
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: 21st Century Schizoid Man, I Talk To The Wind, Epitaph, The Court Of The Crimson King [First added to this chart: 02/06/2023]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

2,050 charts

Rank Score:

29,833

Rank in 1969:

2

Rank in 1960s:

7

Overall Rank:

25

Average Rating:

 89 (2,409 votes)

Comments:

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Highway 61 Revisited 

 Bob Dylan

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On this album he perfected what he started the same year on his previous album, it is also the ultimate and best folk rock album, I love surrealistic lyrics and the images he paints here with his words
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.7
Fav tracks: Like A Rolling Stone, Tombstone Blues, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, Desolation Row [First added to this chart: 02/03/2023]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,352 charts

Rank Score:

28,509

Rank in 1965:

1

Rank in 1960s:

8

Overall Rank:

27

Average Rating:

 89 (2,794 votes)

Comments:

226

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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady 

 Charles Mingus

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The most brilliant, entertaining and entrancing jazz record I've heard in my life, it takes you through a real kaleidoscope of feelings
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.5
Fav tracks: Solo Dancer, Duete Solo Dancers, Group Dancers [First added to this chart: 02/03/2023]

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

969 charts

Rank Score:

13,509

Rank in 1963:

1

Rank in 1960s:

22

Overall Rank:

93

Average Rating:

 86 (1,018 votes)

Comments:

73

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The Doors 

 The Doors

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One of the best debuts of all time, such a blues rock power was displayed here. Also I love Morrison's voice and lyrics
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.4
Fav tracks: Break On Through, Soul Kitchen, 20th Century Fox, Light My Fire, Take It As It Comes, The End [First added to this chart: 02/04/2023]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,397 charts

Rank Score:

27,770

Rank in 1967:

3

Rank in 1960s:

10

Overall Rank:

29

Average Rating:

 87 (2,822 votes)

Comments:

208

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Bringing It All Back Home 

 Bob Dylan

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Lyrical masterpiece, not every track is perfect, but this is a start of the greatest period of his career in terms of sound and surreal lyrics
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.4
Fav tracks: It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding, Love Minus Zero, Maggie's Farm, Mr. Tambourine Man, Subterranean Homesick Blues [First added to this chart: 02/03/2023]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,262 charts

Rank Score:

12,630

Rank in 1965:

4

Rank in 1960s:

24

Overall Rank:

101

Average Rating:

 86 (1,669 votes)

Comments:

104

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Odessey And Oracle 

 The Zombies

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Exceptional album, it has magical quality similar to Forever Changes, but it is beautiful in more youthful and joyful way
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.3
Fav tracks: Care Of Cell 44, Beechwood Park, Brief Candles, Hung Up On A Dream, Time Of The Season [First added to this chart: 02/05/2023]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,296 charts

Rank Score:

14,503

Rank in 1968:

4

Rank in 1960s:

21

Overall Rank:

87

Average Rating:

 85 (1,340 votes)

Comments:

122

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Rubber Soul 

 The Beatles

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Maybe not their technically best, but one of the most compelling. This is just a set of songs with beautiful sound and lyrics, it is also probably their most atmospheric record
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.1
Fav tracks: In My Life, Nowhere Man, Norwegian Wood, If I Needed Someone, I'm Looking Through You [First added to this chart: 02/03/2023]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,330 charts

Rank Score:

28,434

Rank in 1965:

2

Rank in 1960s:

9

Overall Rank:

28

Average Rating:

 88 (3,354 votes)

Comments:

258

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Top 36 Music Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%
1960	3	8%
1961	3	8%
1962	2	6%
1963	4	11%
1964	4	11%
1965	4	11%
1966	4	11%
1967	4	11%
1968	4	11%
1969	4	11%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	10	28%
Bob Dylan	5	14%
John Coltrane	3	8%
Led Zeppelin	2	6%
Miles Davis	1	3%
The Doors	1	3%
Howlin' Wolf	1	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	19	53%
	15	42%
	2	6%

Top 36 Music Albums of the 1960s chart changes

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Down 1 from 19th to 20th Sounds Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
Down 1 from 20th to 21st My Favorite Things by John Coltrane

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