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	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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Barbara N° 2

Barbara

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

140

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

641

Overall Rank:

8,687

Average Rating:

75 (13 votes)

Comments:

642.

Solo Monk

Thelonious Monk

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

140

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

642

Overall Rank:

8,699

Average Rating:

72 (52 votes)

Comments:

643.

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo

Status Quo

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

139

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644.

Coltrane Live At Birdland
Live

John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

139

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

644

Overall Rank:

8,729

Average Rating:

77 (43 votes)

Comments:

645.

Farewell, Angelina

Joan Baez

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

139

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Rank in 1960s:

645

Overall Rank:

8,732

Average Rating:

75 (40 votes)

Comments:

646.

It's Time

Max Roach

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

139

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

646

Overall Rank:

8,752

Average Rating:

73 (34 votes)

Comments:

647.

The Beatles' Second Album

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

139

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

647

Overall Rank:

8,761

Average Rating:

75 (73 votes)

Comments:

648.

The Delta Sweete

Bobbie Gentry

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

139

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649.

My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair But Now They're Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

138

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650.

Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger

Dave Van Ronk

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

138

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

650

Overall Rank:

8,837

Average Rating:

71 (30 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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