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	595	26,831	Giant Steps (435th)by John Coltrane
1961	561	23,014	My Favorite Things (593rd)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,843	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,089th)by Ray Charles
1963	647	49,903	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	763	49,045	A Hard Day's Night (225th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,259	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	978	191,625	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	306,002	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,561	229,169	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,944	350,704	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,776	1,395,396

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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471.

July

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

216

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

471

Overall Rank:

6,036

Average Rating:

77 (51 votes)

Comments:

472.

At The Five Spot, Vol. 1
Live

Eric Dolphy

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

216

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

472

Overall Rank:

6,046

Average Rating:

74 (33 votes)

Comments:

473.

Miles In The Sky

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

216

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

473

Overall Rank:

6,049

Average Rating:

79 (73 votes)

Comments:

474.

David Bowie

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

216

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

474

Overall Rank:

6,055

Average Rating:

60 (247 votes)

Comments:

475.

It Serves You Right To Suffer

John Lee Hooker

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

215

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

475

Overall Rank:

6,079

Average Rating:

75 (51 votes)

Comments:

476.

Judy At Carnegie Hall
Live

Judy Garland

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

215

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

476

Overall Rank:

6,081

Average Rating:

76 (59 votes)

Comments:

477.

Sinatra At The Sands
Live

Frank Sinatra

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

214

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

477

Overall Rank:

6,088

Average Rating:

74 (52 votes)

Comments:

478.

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

The Jazz Composer's Orchestra

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

214

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

478

Overall Rank:

6,091

Average Rating:

72 (43 votes)

Comments:

479.

Jacques Brel (Les Bourgeois)

Jacques Brel

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

214

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

479

Overall Rank:

6,104

Average Rating:

73 (31 votes)

Comments:

480.

Five Live Yardbirds
Live

The Yardbirds

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

212

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

480

Overall Rank:

6,136

Average Rating:

73 (84 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	57	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	190	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	15	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	%

	631	63%
	210	21%
	33	3%
	25	2%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	32	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	961	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	17	2%

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Best Albums of 1956
1. Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
2. Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
3. Pithecanthropus Erectus by Charles Mingus
4. Ella & Louis by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
5. Ellington At Newport by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
6. Lady Sings The Blues by Billie Holiday
7. Elvis by Elvis Presley
8. Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book by Ella Fitzgerald
9. J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations by Glenn Gould
10. This Is Fats Domino! by Fats Domino
11. The Wildest! by Louis Prima
12. Music Of India (Three Classical Ragas) by Ravi Shankar
13. Johnny Burnette And The Rock N' Roll Trio by Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n Roll Trio
14. Jazz At Massey Hall by The Quintet
15. Bluejean Bop by Gene Vincent
16. Calypso by Harry Belafonte
17. Rock And Rollin' With Fats Domino by Fats Domino
18. Moondog by Moondog
19. Tragic Songs Of Life by The Louvin Brothers
20. Tenor Madness by Sonny Rollins