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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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	27,127	Giant Steps (431st)by John Coltrane
1961	675	22,943	My Favorite Things (601st)by John Coltrane
1962	706	21,523	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,083rd)by Ray Charles
1963	724	49,393	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	833	49,516	A Hard Day's Night (220th)by The Beatles
1965	967	144,106	Rubber Soul (27th)by The Beatles
1966	1,047	184,048	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,235	286,487	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,600	232,326	The Beatles (The White Album) (14th)by The Beatles
1969	2,002	342,474	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,530	1,359,942

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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481.

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

212

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

481

Overall Rank:

6,167

Average Rating:

72 (45 votes)

Comments:

482.

Olympia 64
Live

Jacques Brel

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

212

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

482

Overall Rank:

6,168

Average Rating:

72 (61 votes)

Comments:

483.

Five Live Yardbirds
Live

The Yardbirds

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

211

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

483

Overall Rank:

6,204

Average Rating:

73 (86 votes)

Comments:

484.

Rockin' At The Hops

Chuck Berry

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

211

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

484

Overall Rank:

6,210

Average Rating:

70 (71 votes)

Comments:

485.

The Original Telstar: The Sounds Of The Tornadoes

The Tornados

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

210

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

485

Overall Rank:

6,225

Average Rating:

71 (28 votes)

Comments:

486.

In C

Terry Riley

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

210

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

486

Overall Rank:

6,230

Average Rating:

76 (65 votes)

Comments:

487.

Miles In The Sky

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

209

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

487

Overall Rank:

6,252

Average Rating:

78 (74 votes)

Comments:

488.

The Composer Of Desafinado, Plays

Antônio Carlos Jobim

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

209

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

488

Overall Rank:

6,256

Average Rating:

74 (54 votes)

Comments:

489.

At The Five Spot, Vol. 1
Live

Eric Dolphy

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

209

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

489

Overall Rank:

6,261

Average Rating:

74 (33 votes)

Comments:

490.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

208

Rank in 1969:

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Overall Rank:

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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	91	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	193	19%
1969	192	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%
Nina Simone	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	633	63%
	206	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	961	96%
Yes	39	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	980	98%
Yes	20	2%

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