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	592	26,772	Giant Steps (439th)by John Coltrane
1961	557	23,101	My Favorite Things (591st)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,812	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,113th)by Ray Charles
1963	646	50,038	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	762	49,310	A Hard Day's Night (224th)by The Beatles
1965	901	148,765	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,326	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,210	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,498	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,576	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,762	1,399,409

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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461.

The Book Of Taliesyn

Deep Purple

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

225

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

461

Overall Rank:

5,841

Average Rating:

71 (118 votes)

Comments:

462.

Small Faces [1966]

Small Faces

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

225

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

462

Overall Rank:

5,842

Average Rating:

75 (71 votes)

Comments:

463.

Walk Don't Run

The Ventures

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

223

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

463

Overall Rank:

5,891

Average Rating:

72 (72 votes)

Comments:

464.

Children Of The Future

Steve Miller Band

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

223

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

464

Overall Rank:

5,905

Average Rating:

71 (59 votes)

Comments:

465.

Sentimentally Yours

Patsy Cline

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

223

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

465

Overall Rank:

5,909

Average Rating:

73 (68 votes)

Comments:

466.

Five Live Yardbirds
Live

The Yardbirds

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

222

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

466

Overall Rank:

5,918

Average Rating:

73 (85 votes)

Comments:

467.

The Rolling Stones, Now!

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

221

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

467

Overall Rank:

5,928

Average Rating:

72 (154 votes)

Comments:

468.

A Night In Tunisia

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

219

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

468

Overall Rank:

5,967

Average Rating:

77 (57 votes)

Comments:

469.

The Sound Of Music
Soundtrack

Various Artists

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

219

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

469

Overall Rank:

5,982

Average Rating:

73 (81 votes)

Comments:

470.

Good Friday

The Easybeats

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

218

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

470

Overall Rank:

5,990

Average Rating:

73 (54 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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Best Albums of 1966
1. Revolver by The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
3. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan
4. Sounds Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel
5. Aftermath by The Rolling Stones
6. Freak Out! by The Mothers Of Invention
7. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme by Simon & Garfunkel
8. Wild Is The Wind by Nina Simone
9. The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators by 13th Floor Elevators
10. Face To Face by The Kinks
11. Ascension by John Coltrane
12. Fresh Cream by Cream
13. If You Can Believe Your Eyes And Ears by The Mamas And The Papas
14. Black Monk Time by Monks (US)
15. Fifth Dimension by The Byrds
16. Sunshine Superman by Donovan
17. Speak No Evil by Wayne Shorter
18. Blues Breakers by John Mayall & Eric Clapton
19. Da Capo by Love
20. Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo [The Good, The Bad & The Ugly] by Ennio Morricone