Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by 
Norman Bates 
90-100/100 LPs only. Work in progress.
1 album per artist, my favourite.
- Chart updated: 03/28/2025 15:45
- (Created: 12/05/2011 00:56).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1961 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1962 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1963 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1964 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1965 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1966 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1967 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1968 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1969 | 28 | 28% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Fred Neil | 2 | 2% | |
| Pharoah Sanders | 1 | 1% | |
| Fairport Convention | 1 | 1% | |
| The Temptations | 1 | 1% | |
| Nick Drake | 1 | 1% | |
| The Beatles | 1 | 1% | |
| Van Morrison | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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72 | 72% | |
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14 | 14% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 22 from 68th to 46th A Gift From A Flower To A Garden by Donovan |
| Up 19 from 47th to 28th Black Monk Time by Monks (US) |
| Up 12 from 84th to 72nd Buffalo Springfield by Buffalo Springfield |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 26 from 64th to 90th Pat Kelley Sings by Pat Kelly |
| Down 25 from 63rd to 88th Cloud Nine by The Temptations |
| Down 23 from 72nd to 95th Straight Ahead by Abbey Lincoln |
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 85/100  | 08/31/2024 17:51 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
| 90/100 | 08/18/2020 17:53 | Chrispeater | | 82/100 |
| 95/100 | 04/09/2016 21:30 |  louisjwyatt | | 85/100 |
| 95/100 | 04/09/2016 19:21 |  Cojo7 | | 84/100 |
| 95/100 | 04/09/2016 08:48 |  ButterThumbz | | 88/100 |
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Quality chart.
cestuneblague 08/02/2021 19:10
Fontaine is indeed wonderful
louisjwyatt 04/09/2016 21:30
Wow.
Cojo7 04/09/2016 19:22
Great chart, although I have to nitpick that you put two Don Cherry albums on here instead of the stated 1 per artist.
ButterThumbz 04/09/2016 08:49
Stay classy, Norm.
Amirkhosro 02/08/2016 21:35
Tons of personality. The order is amazing
Really interesting chart.
Leonard 10/05/2015 13:32
I m missing the Doors ......
HoldenM 10/05/2015 09:07
I dig it.
besides that velvet album... the rest is not bad. Pet sounds one of my top too.
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