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	720	26,931	Giant Steps (433rd)by John Coltrane
1961	629	22,938	My Favorite Things (604th)by John Coltrane
1962	665	21,179	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,092nd)by Ray Charles
1963	691	49,660	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	799	49,535	A Hard Day's Night (220th)by The Beatles
1965	949	146,029	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,031	187,439	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,223	299,411	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,586	225,164	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,988	345,078	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,281	1,373,364

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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541.

Looks Like Rain

Mickey Newbury

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

183

Rank in 1969:

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Average Rating:

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542.

Undercurrent

Bill Evans & Jim Hall

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

182

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

542

Overall Rank:

7,000

Average Rating:

76 (48 votes)

Comments:

543.

Buhaina's Delight

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

181

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

543

Overall Rank:

7,020

Average Rating:

76 (34 votes)

Comments:

544.

A Hard Road

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

181

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

544

Overall Rank:

7,032

Average Rating:

76 (61 votes)

Comments:

545.

Animalism

The Animals

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

180

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

545

Overall Rank:

7,043

Average Rating:

75 (71 votes)

Comments:

546.

Coltrane's Sound

John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

180

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

546

Overall Rank:

7,052

Average Rating:

79 (74 votes)

Comments:

547.

Inventions And Dimensions

Herbie Hancock

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

179

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

547

Overall Rank:

7,069

Average Rating:

74 (25 votes)

Comments:

548.

The Shadows

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

179

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

548

Overall Rank:

7,078

Average Rating:

71 (46 votes)

Comments:

549.

The Mamas And The Papas

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

179

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

549

Overall Rank:

7,084

Average Rating:

70 (60 votes)

Comments:

550.

Blue Hawaii (Soundtrack)
Soundtrack

Elvis Presley

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

178

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

550

Overall Rank:

7,114

Average Rating:

66 (70 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	61	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	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	%

	633	63%
	208	21%
	31	3%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	970	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	961	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	18	2%

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