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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911.

Around Midnight

Julie London

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

911

Overall Rank:

12,554

Average Rating:

71 (21 votes)

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912.

Harlem Street Singer

Rev. Gary Davis

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

22 charts

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912

Overall Rank:

12,562

Average Rating:

73 (28 votes)

Comments:

913.

L'étonnant Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

23 charts

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Rank in 1960s:

913

Overall Rank:

12,585

Average Rating:

72 (31 votes)

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914.

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

George Szell / The Cleveland Orchestra

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

3 charts

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Rank in 1960s:

914

Overall Rank:

12,608

Average Rating:

75 (3 votes)

Comments:

915.

Outsideinside

Blue Cheer

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

27 charts

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916.

Glad All Over

The Dave Clark Five

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

34 charts

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Rank in 1960s:

916

Overall Rank:

12,628

Average Rating:

70 (40 votes)

Comments:

917.

Percussion Bitter Sweet

Max Roach

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

27 charts

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917

Overall Rank:

12,646

Average Rating:

73 (39 votes)

Comments:

918.

The Wailing Wailers

The Wailers

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

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Rank in 1960s:

918

Overall Rank:

12,678

Average Rating:

71 (28 votes)

Comments:

919.

The Turtles Present The Battle Of The Bands

The Turtles

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

22 charts

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920.

Moonlight Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

9 charts

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920

Overall Rank:

12,716

Average Rating:

70 (22 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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