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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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	719	27,013	Giant Steps (433rd)by John Coltrane
1961	627	22,938	My Favorite Things (604th)by John Coltrane
1962	664	21,200	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,093rd)by Ray Charles
1963	690	49,644	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	146,049	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,031	187,427	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,223	299,522	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,586	225,229	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,987	344,987	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,276	1,373,547

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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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

257

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

421

Overall Rank:

5,231

Average Rating:

76 (61 votes)

Comments:

422.

The Electric Prunes

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

257

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

422

Overall Rank:

5,233

Average Rating:

72 (89 votes)

Comments:

423.

The Immortal Otis Redding

Otis Redding

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

257

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

423

Overall Rank:

5,236

Average Rating:

76 (61 votes)

Comments:

424.

Ssssh

Ten Years After

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

256

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

424

Overall Rank:

5,247

Average Rating:

77 (69 votes)

Comments:

425.

More Of The Monkees

The Monkees

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

256

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

425

Overall Rank:

5,252

Average Rating:

73 (90 votes)

Comments:

426.

The Rolling Stones, Now!

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

255

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

426

Overall Rank:

5,261

Average Rating:

72 (155 votes)

Comments:

427.

Tell Mama

Etta James

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

254

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

427

Overall Rank:

5,285

Average Rating:

76 (73 votes)

Comments:

428.

River Deep - Mountain High

Ike & Tina Turner

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

254

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

428

Overall Rank:

5,286

Average Rating:

73 (83 votes)

Comments:

429.

Super Session

Mike Bloomfield / Al Kooper / Steve Stills

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

252

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

429

Overall Rank:

5,317

Average Rating:

75 (81 votes)

Comments:

430.

Canned Wheat

The Guess Who

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

250

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

430

Overall Rank:

5,352

Average Rating:

74 (56 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	72	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	191	19%
1969	189	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	18	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	%

	633	63%
	208	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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