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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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	594	26,847	Giant Steps (434th)by John Coltrane
1961	560	23,059	My Favorite Things (592nd)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,850	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,114th)by Ray Charles
1963	647	49,965	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	763	49,161	A Hard Day's Night (226th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,566	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	977	191,967	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,199	306,874	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,561	229,354	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,404	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,770	1,398,045

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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251.

All Summer Long

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

573

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

251

Overall Rank:

2,701

Average Rating:

74 (231 votes)

Comments:

252.

Oar

Alexander Spence

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

135 charts

Rank Score:

563

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

252

Overall Rank:

2,748

Average Rating:

76 (120 votes)

Comments:

253.

Meditations

John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

563

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

253

Overall Rank:

2,750

Average Rating:

80 (134 votes)

Comments:

254.

Tijuana Moods

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

126 charts

Rank Score:

556

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

254

Overall Rank:

2,779

Average Rating:

78 (138 votes)

Comments:

255.

Dust Bowl Ballads
Compilation

Woody Guthrie

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

554

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

255

Overall Rank:

2,784

Average Rating:

79 (146 votes)

Comments:

256.

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe And The Fish

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

553

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

256

Overall Rank:

2,788

Average Rating:

76 (156 votes)

Comments:

257.

Soundtrack From The Film "More"
Soundtrack

Pink Floyd

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

195 charts

Rank Score:

553

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

257

Overall Rank:

2,790

Average Rating:

68 (493 votes)

Comments:

258.

Phallus Dei

Amon Düül II

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

112 charts

Rank Score:

550

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

258

Overall Rank:

2,807

Average Rating:

78 (118 votes)

Comments:

259.

Neil Young

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

159 charts

Rank Score:

548

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

259

Overall Rank:

2,814

Average Rating:

74 (259 votes)

Comments:

260.

Going To A Go-Go

Smokey Robinson And The Miracles

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

123 charts

Rank Score:

542

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

260

Overall Rank:

2,839

Average Rating:

76 (98 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	55	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	69	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	191	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%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	631	63%
	210	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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