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	739	27,338	Giant Steps (436th)by John Coltrane
1961	672	23,178	My Favorite Things (600th)by John Coltrane
1962	697	21,559	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,081st)by Ray Charles
1963	715	49,466	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	809	49,611	A Hard Day's Night (219th)by The Beatles
1965	956	145,125	Rubber Soul (27th)by The Beatles
1966	1,042	185,827	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,231	288,329	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,594	233,276	The Beatles (The White Album) (14th)by The Beatles
1969	1,996	344,168	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,451	1,367,877

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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United

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

35 charts

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992.

The Ark

Chad & Jeremy

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

13 charts

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993.

Sings Big Bill

Muddy Waters

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

30 charts

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993

Overall Rank:

14,045

Average Rating:

75 (27 votes)

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994.

Angels And Demons At Play

Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

28 charts

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994

Overall Rank:

14,060

Average Rating:

73 (31 votes)

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995.

The Nat King Cole Story

Nat King Cole

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

16 charts

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995

Overall Rank:

14,151

Average Rating:

68 (24 votes)

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996.

Ceremony

Spooky Tooth

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

14 charts

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997.

Koko Taylor

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

15 charts

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998.

Mahler: Symphony No. 5, Kindertotenlieder

Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

5 charts

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998

Overall Rank:

14,224

Average Rating:

72 (7 votes)

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999.

Brahms: Symphonie Nr. 4

Herbert Von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

3 charts

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999

Overall Rank:

14,230

Average Rating:

73 (3 votes)

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1000.

Elvis For Everyone

Elvis Presley

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

12 charts

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1,000

Overall Rank:

14,249

Average Rating:

65 (17 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	69	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	138	14%
1968	193	19%
1969	191	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%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	634	63%
	206	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	13	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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