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	27,123	Giant Steps (432nd)by John Coltrane
1961	674	22,943	My Favorite Things (602nd)by John Coltrane
1962	706	21,523	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,084th)by Ray Charles
1963	724	49,339	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	832	49,454	A Hard Day's Night (220th)by The Beatles
1965	965	144,252	Rubber Soul (27th)by The Beatles
1966	1,046	184,264	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,235	286,759	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,600	232,480	The Beatles (The White Album) (14th)by The Beatles
1969	2,001	342,610	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,524	1,360,746

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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411.

The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads

Otis Redding

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

266

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

411

Overall Rank:

5,123

Average Rating:

76 (74 votes)

Comments:

412.

Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

266

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

412

Overall Rank:

5,131

Average Rating:

77 (92 votes)

Comments:

413.

Unity

Larry Young

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

264

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

413

Overall Rank:

5,170

Average Rating:

74 (44 votes)

Comments:

414.

The Second

Steppenwolf

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

264

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

414

Overall Rank:

5,180

Average Rating:

74 (51 votes)

Comments:

415.

Jorge Ben

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

263

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

415

Overall Rank:

5,188

Average Rating:

77 (73 votes)

Comments:

416.

Crescent

John Coltrane Quartet

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

263

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

416

Overall Rank:

5,196

Average Rating:

79 (82 votes)

Comments:

417.

Goodbye

Cream

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

262

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

417

Overall Rank:

5,217

Average Rating:

72 (148 votes)

Comments:

418.

The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark

Dillard And Clark

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

261

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

418

Overall Rank:

5,224

Average Rating:

75 (67 votes)

Comments:

419.

The Electric Prunes

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

260

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

419

Overall Rank:

5,242

Average Rating:

72 (90 votes)

Comments:

420.

Gorilla

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

259

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

420

Overall Rank:

5,257

Average Rating:

71 (63 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	51	5%
1964	68	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	193	19%
1969	193	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	%

	635	63%
	206	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	971	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	20	2%

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