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	594	26,836	Giant Steps (434th)by John Coltrane
1961	560	23,074	My Favorite Things (592nd)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,857	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,112th)by Ray Charles
1963	647	49,997	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	763	49,192	A Hard Day's Night (226th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,610	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	976	192,005	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,199	306,874	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,561	229,268	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,943	351,439	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,770	1,398,151

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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511.

Evolution

The Hollies

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

196

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

511

Overall Rank:

6,577

Average Rating:

75 (64 votes)

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512.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

196

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513.

Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps

Igor Stravinsky / Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

195

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

513

Overall Rank:

6,617

Average Rating:

75 (23 votes)

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514.

Boogie With Canned Heat

Canned Heat

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

194

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

514

Overall Rank:

6,642

Average Rating:

74 (60 votes)

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515.

Balaklava

Pearls Before Swine

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

194

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

515

Overall Rank:

6,644

Average Rating:

76 (58 votes)

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516.

Life

Sly & The Family Stone

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

194

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517.

I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die

Country Joe And The Fish

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

193

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

517

Overall Rank:

6,689

Average Rating:

74 (55 votes)

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518.

Tons Of Sobs

Free

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

193

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519.

Alice's Restaurant

Arlo Guthrie

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

192

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

519

Overall Rank:

6,719

Average Rating:

72 (65 votes)

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520.

Chopin: The Nocturnes

Artur Rubinstein

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

191

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520

Overall Rank:

6,725

Average Rating:

78 (47 votes)

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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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