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 55,000 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	741	27,245	Giant Steps (429th)by John Coltrane
1961	675	23,026	My Favorite Things (602nd)by John Coltrane
1962	705	21,519	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,082nd)by Ray Charles
1963	725	49,209	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	831	49,489	A Hard Day's Night (220th)by The Beatles
1965	961	144,508	Rubber Soul (27th)by The Beatles
1966	1,046	184,586	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,233	286,979	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,598	232,583	The Beatles (The White Album) (14th)by The Beatles
1969	2,000	343,115	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,515	1,362,259

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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991.

Now, There Was A Song!

Johnny Cash

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

29 charts

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991

Overall Rank:

13,904

Average Rating:

68 (38 votes)

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992.

A Drop Of The Hard Stuff

The Dubliners

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

26 charts

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993.

European Echoes

Manfred Schoof

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

11 charts

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994.

Muddy Waters Sings Big Bill

Muddy Waters

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

30 charts

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994

Overall Rank:

14,055

Average Rating:

75 (27 votes)

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995.

The Ark

Chad & Jeremy

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

13 charts

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996.

Angels And Demons At Play

Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

28 charts

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996

Overall Rank:

14,170

Average Rating:

73 (31 votes)

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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:

14,171

Average Rating:

68 (24 votes)

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998.

Koko Taylor

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

15 charts

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999.

Empty Sky

Elton John

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

43 charts

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1000.

Runaway With Del Shannon

Del Shannon

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

33 charts

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1,000

Overall Rank:

14,320

Average Rating:

70 (31 votes)

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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	71	7%
1965	91	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	139	14%
1968	193	19%
1969	192	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	15	1%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	12	1%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	637	64%
	206	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	972	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	964	96%
Yes	39	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	20	2%

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