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	592	26,772	Giant Steps (438th)by John Coltrane
1961	557	23,101	My Favorite Things (591st)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,812	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,113th)by Ray Charles
1963	646	50,038	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	762	49,310	A Hard Day's Night (228th)by The Beatles
1965	901	148,765	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,326	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,210	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,498	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,576	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,762	1,399,409

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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11.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

1,972 charts

Rank Score:

27,653

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Average Rating:

88 (2,334 votes)

Comments:

173

12.

Are You Experienced

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,168 charts

Rank Score:

24,179

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,885 charts

Rank Score:

22,964

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Average Rating:

87 (2,681 votes)

Comments:

174

14.

Electric Ladyland

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,632 charts

Rank Score:

18,878

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,724 charts

Rank Score:

18,851

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Average Rating:

85 (2,046 votes)

Comments:

138

16.

Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,738 charts

Rank Score:

18,668

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,484 charts

Rank Score:

17,772

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Average Rating:

85 (1,665 votes)

Comments:

135

18.

Forever Changes

Love

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,444 charts

Rank Score:

17,145

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,291 charts

Rank Score:

17,031

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Average Rating:

87 (1,454 votes)

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Magical Mystery Tour
Soundtrack

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,446 charts

Rank Score:

16,198

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Average Rating:

86 (2,484 votes)

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177

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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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