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	734	27,502	Giant Steps (433rd)by John Coltrane
1961	645	23,064	My Favorite Things (605th)by John Coltrane
1962	673	21,331	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,082nd)by Ray Charles
1963	698	49,592	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	805	49,669	A Hard Day's Night (222nd)by The Beatles
1965	950	145,977	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,034	187,493	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,225	300,242	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,590	225,487	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,992	345,794	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,346	1,376,151

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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991.

After The Rain

Muddy Waters

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

14 charts

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992.

We Are Paintermen

The Creation

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

33 charts

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993.

First Songs

Michael Hurley

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

20 charts

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993

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13,904

Average Rating:

71 (17 votes)

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994.

A Certain Smile A Certain Sadness

Astrud Gilberto / Walter Wanderley

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

9 charts

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994

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13,921

Average Rating:

73 (11 votes)

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995.

The Music Emporium

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

38 charts

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996.

Ceremony

Spooky Tooth

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

13 charts

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997.

Mahler: Symphony No. 5, Kindertotenlieder

Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

5 charts

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997

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14,026

Average Rating:

72 (7 votes)

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998.

Koko Taylor

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

15 charts

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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

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14,040

Average Rating:

73 (3 votes)

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1000.

Folk Roots, New Routes

Davy Graham & Shirley Collins

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

28 charts

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1,000

Overall Rank:

14,049

Average Rating:

75 (21 votes)

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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	71	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	139	14%
1968	192	19%
1969	190	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%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	633	63%
	207	21%
	32	3%
	24	2%
	24	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	982	98%
Yes	18	2%

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Best Albums of the 1960s
1. Abbey Road by The Beatles
2. Revolver by The Beatles
3. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
4. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico
5. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
6. The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
7. In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) by King Crimson
8. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
9. Rubber Soul by The Beatles
10. The Doors by The Doors
11. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan
12. Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
13. Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
14. Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
15. Let It Bleed by The Rolling Stones
16. Led Zeppelin by Led Zeppelin
17. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
18. Forever Changes by Love
19. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
20. Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles