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 54,000 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	723	26,966	Giant Steps (432nd)by John Coltrane
1961	629	22,981	My Favorite Things (604th)by John Coltrane
1962	667	21,298	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,091st)by Ray Charles
1963	691	49,648	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	800	49,538	A Hard Day's Night (220th)by The Beatles
1965	949	146,057	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,032	187,623	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,224	299,665	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (9th)by The Beatles
1968	1,586	225,270	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,991	345,396	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,292	1,374,443

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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101.

Younger Than Yesterday

The Byrds

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

383 charts

Rank Score:

1,960

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

101

Overall Rank:

911

Average Rating:

79 (416 votes)

Comments:

102.

The United States Of America

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

297 charts

Rank Score:

1,919

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

102

Overall Rank:

932

Average Rating:

77 (329 votes)

Comments:

103.

S.F. Sorrow

The Pretty Things

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

315 charts

Rank Score:

1,899

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

103

Overall Rank:

941

Average Rating:

78 (288 votes)

Comments:

104.

Songs From A Room

Leonard Cohen

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

317 charts

Rank Score:

1,897

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

104

Overall Rank:

942

Average Rating:

79 (393 votes)

Comments:

105.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

362 charts

Rank Score:

1,896

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

105

Overall Rank:

943

Average Rating:

79 (332 votes)

Comments:

106.

Liege & Lief

Fairport Convention

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

312 charts

Rank Score:

1,865

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

106

Overall Rank:

964

Average Rating:

79 (334 votes)

Comments:

107.

Nashville Skyline

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

416 charts

Rank Score:

1,865

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

107

Overall Rank:

965

Average Rating:

77 (726 votes)

Comments:

108.

Mr. Tambourine Man

The Byrds

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

399 charts

Rank Score:

1,831

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

108

Overall Rank:

975

Average Rating:

78 (396 votes)

Comments:

109.

King Of The Delta Blues Singers
Compilation

Robert Johnson

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

303 charts

Rank Score:

1,796

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

109

Overall Rank:

996

Average Rating:

80 (426 votes)

Comments:

110.

Ascension

John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

267 charts

Rank Score:

1,757

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

110

Overall Rank:

1,010

Average Rating:

77 (323 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	60	6%
1962	50	5%
1963	52	5%
1964	72	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	191	19%
1969	190	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	18	2%
The Beach Boys	15	1%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	12	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	633	63%
	209	21%
	31	3%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	971	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	18	2%

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