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 53,000 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	592	26,788	Giant Steps (438th)by John Coltrane
1961	557	23,098	My Favorite Things (591st)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,813	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,113th)by Ray Charles
1963	646	49,994	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	762	49,240	A Hard Day's Night (228th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,659	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,193	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,137	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,533	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,537	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,763	1,398,993

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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181.

Kinks

The Kinks

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

217 charts

Rank Score:

910

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

181

Overall Rank:

1,849

Average Rating:

73 (304 votes)

Comments:

182.

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

233 charts

Rank Score:

909

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

182

Overall Rank:

1,852

Average Rating:

73 (262 votes)

Comments:

183.

Ain't That Good News

Sam Cooke

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

171 charts

Rank Score:

901

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

183

Overall Rank:

1,873

Average Rating:

78 (144 votes)

Comments:

184.

Yardbirds (Roger The Engineer)

The Yardbirds

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

218 charts

Rank Score:

874

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

184

Overall Rank:

1,917

Average Rating:

77 (230 votes)

Comments:

185.

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

236 charts

Rank Score:

872

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

185

Overall Rank:

1,919

Average Rating:

72 (465 votes)

Comments:

186.

Aretha Now

Aretha Franklin

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

166 charts

Rank Score:

866

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

186

Overall Rank:

1,931

Average Rating:

79 (167 votes)

Comments:

187.

Caetano Veloso (1968)

Caetano Veloso

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

861

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

187

Overall Rank:

1,941

Average Rating:

77 (166 votes)

Comments:

188.

Las Últimas Composiciones De Violeta Parra

Violeta Parra

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

861

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

188

Overall Rank:

1,942

Average Rating:

79 (85 votes)

Comments:

189.

The Soft Machine

Soft Machine

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

202 charts

Rank Score:

850

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

189

Overall Rank:

1,965

Average Rating:

77 (191 votes)

Comments:

190.

Volunteers

Jefferson Airplane

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

173 charts

Rank Score:

847

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

190

Overall Rank:

1,971

Average Rating:

78 (227 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	67	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	99	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	191	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
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	%

	630	63%
	209	21%
	33	3%
	25	3%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	968	97%
Yes	32	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	960	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

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