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 56,000 greatest album charts.

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summaryThe 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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Green Street

Grant Green

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

31 charts

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991

Overall Rank:

14,044

Average Rating:

75 (22 votes)

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992.

Grande Liquidação

Tom Zé

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

15 charts

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993.

Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill

Muddy Waters

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

30 charts

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993

Overall Rank:

14,059

Average Rating:

75 (27 votes)

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994.

European Echoes

Manfred Schoof

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

11 charts

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995.

Sov Gott Rose-Marie

International Harvester

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

34 charts

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996.

We Are Paintermen

The Creation

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

34 charts

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997.

The Nat King Cole Story

Nat King Cole

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

16 charts

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997

Overall Rank:

14,163

Average Rating:

68 (24 votes)

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998.

The Ark

Chad & Jeremy

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

13 charts

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999.

Angels And Demons At Play

Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

28 charts

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999

Overall Rank:

14,234

Average Rating:

73 (31 votes)

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Empty Sky

Elton John

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

45 charts

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	57	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	51	5%
1964	68	7%
1965	90	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	193	19%
1969	191	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	15	2%
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	%

	632	63%
	207	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	961	96%
Yes	39	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	980	98%
Yes	20	2%

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