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	594	26,800	Giant Steps (435th)by John Coltrane
1961	560	23,062	My Favorite Things (592nd)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,841	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,113th)by Ray Charles
1963	647	50,002	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	763	49,177	A Hard Day's Night (226th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,729	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	976	192,136	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,199	307,095	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,442	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,658	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,770	1,398,942

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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181.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

233 charts

Rank Score:

908

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

181

Overall Rank:

1,854

Average Rating:

73 (262 votes)

Comments:

182.

Kinks

The Kinks

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

217 charts

Rank Score:

907

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

182

Overall Rank:

1,857

Average Rating:

73 (304 votes)

Comments:

183.

Ain't That Good News

Sam Cooke

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

171 charts

Rank Score:

900

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

183

Overall Rank:

1,868

Average Rating:

78 (144 votes)

Comments:

184.

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

239 charts

Rank Score:

882

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

184

Overall Rank:

1,908

Average Rating:

72 (467 votes)

Comments:

185.

Yardbirds (Roger The Engineer)

The Yardbirds

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

218 charts

Rank Score:

872

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

185

Overall Rank:

1,921

Average Rating:

77 (230 votes)

Comments:

186.

Aretha Now

Aretha Franklin

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

166 charts

Rank Score:

866

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

186

Overall Rank:

1,931

Average Rating:

79 (167 votes)

Comments:

187.

Caetano Veloso (1968)

Caetano Veloso

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

864

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

187

Overall Rank:

1,936

Average Rating:

77 (166 votes)

Comments:

188.

Las Últimas Composiciones De Violeta Parra

Violeta Parra

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

858

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

188

Overall Rank:

1,947

Average Rating:

79 (85 votes)

Comments:

189.

The Soft Machine

Soft Machine

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

202 charts

Rank Score:

849

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

189

Overall Rank:

1,964

Average Rating:

77 (191 votes)

Comments:

190.

Volunteers

Jefferson Airplane

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

173 charts

Rank Score:

845

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

190

Overall Rank:

1,972

Average Rating:

78 (227 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	55	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	69	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	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	%

	631	63%
	210	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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Best Albums of 1966
1. Revolver by The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
3. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan
4. Sounds Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
5. Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
6. Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention
7. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel
8. Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone
9. The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators by 13th Floor Elevators
10. Face To Face by The Kinks
11. Ascension by John Coltrane
12. Fresh Cream by Cream
13. If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears by The Mamas And The Papas
14. Black Monk Time by Monks (US)
15. Fifth Dimension by The Byrds
16. Sunshine Superman by Donovan
17. Speak No Evil by Wayne Shorter
18. Blues Breakers by John Mayall & Eric Clapton
19. Da Capo by Love
20. Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo [The Good, The Bad & The Ugly] by Ennio Morricone