Best Albums of the 1960s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 1960s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 1960s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 9,600 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	69	7,976	Sketches Of Spain (508th) by Miles Davis
1961	85	7,959	King of the Delta Blues Singers (471st) by Robert Johnson
1962	78	4,582	Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (1,281st) by Ray Charles
1963	94	25,621	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (147th) by Bob Dylan
1964	130	21,743	A Hard Day's Night (182nd) by The Beatles
1965	174	131,684	Highway 61 Revisited (17th) by Bob Dylan
1966	195	195,933	Revolver (3rd) by The Beatles
1967	251	301,707	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (5th) by The Beatles
1968	341	185,282	The Beatles (The White Album) (7th) by The Beatles
1969	353	273,118	Abbey Road (4th) by The Beatles
Total	1,770	1,155,605

The best bands of the 1960s were The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, The Beach Boys, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Van Morrison and The Kinks.

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141.

Townes Van Zandt

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	19 charts
Rank in 1969:	41	Rank Score:	630
Rank in 1960s	141	Overall Rank:	1,572
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142.

Blood, Sweat & Tears

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	25 charts
Rank in 1968:	25	Rank Score:	618
Rank in 1960s	142	Overall Rank:	1,593
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143.

The Soft Parade

The Doors

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	50 charts
Rank in 1969:	42	Rank Score:	602
Rank in 1960s	143	Overall Rank:	1,620
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144.

Here Are The Sonics

The Sonics

Year of Release:	1965	Appears in:	32 charts
Rank in 1965:	13	Rank Score:	594
Rank in 1960s	144	Overall Rank:	1,640
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145.

Uncle Meat

Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	25 charts
Rank in 1969:	43	Rank Score:	591
Rank in 1960s	145	Overall Rank:	1,647
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146.

At Last!

Etta James

Year of Release:	1961	Appears in:	36 charts
Rank in 1961:	3	Rank Score:	572
Rank in 1960s	146	Overall Rank:	1,681
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147.

Buffalo Springfield

Year of Release:	1966	Appears in:	40 charts
Rank in 1966:	15	Rank Score:	571
Rank in 1960s	147	Overall Rank:	1,684
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148.

A Quick One

The Who

Year of Release:	1966	Appears in:	44 charts
Rank in 1966:	16	Rank Score:	569
Rank in 1960s	148	Overall Rank:	1,691
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149.

Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake

Small Faces

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	41 charts
Rank in 1968:	26	Rank Score:	567
Rank in 1960s	149	Overall Rank:	1,694
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150.

Pain In My Heart

Otis Redding

Year of Release:	1964	Appears in:	26 charts
Rank in 1964:	9	Rank Score:	562
Rank in 1960s	150	Overall Rank:	1,706
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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	41	4%
1961	45	5%
1962	42	4%
1963	48	5%
1964	63	6%
1965	100	10%
1966	98	10%
1967	150	15%
1968	199	20%
1969	215	22%

Band	Albums	%

The Beatles	15	2%
The Beach Boys	15	2%
John Coltrane	13	1%
The Rolling Stones	13	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Johnny Cash	10	1%
Various Artists	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	611	61%
	240	24%
	27	3%
	21	2%
	15	2%
	9	1%
	8	1%
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