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	713	27,010	Giant Steps (432nd)by John Coltrane
1961	626	22,981	My Favorite Things (602nd)by John Coltrane
1962	662	21,217	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,098th)by Ray Charles
1963	686	49,751	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	798	49,476	A Hard Day's Night (220th)by The Beatles
1965	947	146,135	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,028	187,692	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,223	299,798	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,584	225,290	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,984	345,120	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,251	1,374,468

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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221.

Almendra

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

662

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

221

Overall Rank:

2,418

Average Rating:

80 (120 votes)

Comments:

222.

Song Cycle

Van Dyke Parks

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

140 charts

Rank Score:

657

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

222

Overall Rank:

2,431

Average Rating:

76 (146 votes)

Comments:

223.

The Blues And The Abstract Truth

Oliver Nelson

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

144 charts

Rank Score:

656

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

223

Overall Rank:

2,435

Average Rating:

79 (129 votes)

Comments:

224.

Song For My Father

Horace Silver Quintet

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

156 charts

Rank Score:

653

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

224

Overall Rank:

2,441

Average Rating:

79 (133 votes)

Comments:

225.

Basket Of Light

Pentangle

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

128 charts

Rank Score:

649

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

225

Overall Rank:

2,445

Average Rating:

76 (141 votes)

Comments:

226.

Nancy & Lee

Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

647

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

226

Overall Rank:

2,452

Average Rating:

77 (105 votes)

Comments:

227.

Scott 2

Scott Walker

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

128 charts

Rank Score:

643

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

227

Overall Rank:

2,469

Average Rating:

76 (153 votes)

Comments:

228.

Ces Gens-Là

Jacques Brel

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

641

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

228

Overall Rank:

2,476

Average Rating:

77 (66 votes)

Comments:

229.

"Live" At The Star-Club, Hamburg
Live

Jerry Lee Lewis

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

125 charts

Rank Score:

627

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

229

Overall Rank:

2,519

Average Rating:

78 (123 votes)

Comments:

230.

Steppenwolf

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

131 charts

Rank Score:

627

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

230

Overall Rank:

2,520

Average Rating:

75 (121 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	60	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	52	5%
1964	71	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	192	19%
1969	189	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	%

	634	63%
	207	21%
	31	3%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	960	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	18	2%

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