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.

Best albums by year or decade

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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	26,522	Giant Steps (441st)by John Coltrane
1961	554	23,025	My Favorite Things (585th)by John Coltrane
1962	624	20,793	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,112th)by Ray Charles
1963	645	49,967	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	760	48,945	A Hard Day's Night (233rd)by The Beatles
1965	895	148,662	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,290	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	306,394	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,695	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,944	350,197	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,751	1,395,487

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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73.

Pastel Blues

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

351 charts

Rank Score:

2,784

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

644

Average Rating:

81 (342 votes)

Comments:

90.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

251 charts

Rank Score:

2,091

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

854

Average Rating:

80 (234 votes)

Comments:

166.

I Put A Spell On You

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

190 charts

Rank Score:

1,007

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

166

Overall Rank:

1,689

Average Rating:

80 (181 votes)

Comments:

228.

Nina Simone Sings The Blues

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

634

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

228

Overall Rank:

2,492

Average Rating:

80 (151 votes)

Comments:

375.

Nina Simone In Concert
Live

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

306

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

375

Overall Rank:

4,553

Average Rating:

77 (50 votes)

Comments:

574.

Nina Simone At Newport
Live

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

164

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

574

Overall Rank:

7,602

Average Rating:

72 (30 votes)

Comments:

594.

High Priestess Of Soul

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

156

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

594

Overall Rank:

7,920

Average Rating:

77 (59 votes)

Comments:

618.

Forbidden Fruit

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

147

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

618

Overall Rank:

8,335

Average Rating:

72 (46 votes)

Comments:

667.

'Nuff Said !

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

131

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Average Rating:

Comments:

878.

Silk & Soul

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

24 charts

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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 Rolling Stones	14	1%
The Beach Boys	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%
	22	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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