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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391.

Surfin' Safari

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

114 charts

Rank Score:

288

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

391

Overall Rank:

4,803

Average Rating:

63 (169 votes)

Comments:

392.

Tim Hardin 1

Tim Hardin

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

287

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

392

Overall Rank:

4,805

Average Rating:

75 (64 votes)

Comments:

393.

The Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

282

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

393

Overall Rank:

4,882

Average Rating:

74 (143 votes)

Comments:

394.

Volume Two

Soft Machine

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

282

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

394

Overall Rank:

4,886

Average Rating:

76 (107 votes)

Comments:

395.

Peter, Paul And Mary

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

279

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

395

Overall Rank:

4,909

Average Rating:

72 (69 votes)

Comments:

396.

Present Tense

Sagittarius

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

278

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

396

Overall Rank:

4,926

Average Rating:

77 (49 votes)

Comments:

397.

The Real McCoy

McCoy Tyner

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

276

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

397

Overall Rank:

4,960

Average Rating:

80 (79 votes)

Comments:

398.

Flowers
Compilation

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

275

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

398

Overall Rank:

4,975

Average Rating:

75 (166 votes)

Comments:

399.

Gorilla

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

275

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

399

Overall Rank:

4,980

Average Rating:

71 (63 votes)

Comments:

400.

Search For The New Land

Lee Morgan

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

273

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

400

Overall Rank:

5,004

Average Rating:

77 (52 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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