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	591	26,608	Giant Steps (437th)by John Coltrane
1961	557	23,048	My Favorite Things (588th)by John Coltrane
1962	624	20,785	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,112th)by Ray Charles
1963	646	49,961	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	762	49,024	A Hard Day's Night (229th)by The Beatles
1965	901	148,862	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,446	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,235	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,659	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,789	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,760	1,399,417

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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271.

Traffic

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

152 charts

Rank Score:

514

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

271

Overall Rank:

2,947

Average Rating:

76 (165 votes)

Comments:

272.

Idle Moments

Grant Green

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

510

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

272

Overall Rank:

2,969

Average Rating:

80 (108 votes)

Comments:

273.

Walk Away Renée / Pretty Ballerina

The Left Banke

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

506

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

273

Overall Rank:

2,997

Average Rating:

76 (84 votes)

Comments:

274.

Astigmatic

Komeda Quintet

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

505

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

274

Overall Rank:

3,001

Average Rating:

79 (103 votes)

Comments:

275.

At Newport 1960
Live

Muddy Waters

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

167 charts

Rank Score:

502

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

275

Overall Rank:

3,016

Average Rating:

77 (158 votes)

Comments:

276.

Illuminations

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

499

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

276

Overall Rank:

3,028

Average Rating:

78 (79 votes)

Comments:

277.

The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery

Wes Montgomery

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

499

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

277

Overall Rank:

3,029

Average Rating:

78 (148 votes)

Comments:

278.

Jazz På Svenska

Jan Johansson

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

495

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

278

Overall Rank:

3,047

Average Rating:

76 (86 votes)

Comments:

279.

St. Louis To Liverpool

Chuck Berry

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

492

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

279

Overall Rank:

3,063

Average Rating:

76 (89 votes)

Comments:

280.

The Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul - Complete & Unbelievable

Otis Redding

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

491

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

280

Overall Rank:

3,065

Average Rating:

78 (133 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	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	99	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	192	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	%

	629	63%
	209	21%
	33	3%
	26	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 the 1970s
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2. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
3. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie
4. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
5. London Calling by The Clash
6. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
7. The Wall by Pink Floyd
8. Animals by Pink Floyd
9. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
10. Who's Next by The Who
11. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
12. Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones
13. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
14. Marquee Moon by Television
15. Pink Moon by Nick Drake
16. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
17. Paranoid by Black Sabbath
18. Low by David Bowie
19. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
20. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen