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	70	7,986	Sketches Of Spain (514th) by Miles Davis
1961	86	8,101	King of the Delta Blues Singers (469th) by Robert Johnson
1962	78	4,589	Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (1,284th) by Ray Charles
1963	95	25,625	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (147th) by Bob Dylan
1964	130	21,731	A Hard Day's Night (182nd) by The Beatles
1965	174	131,377	Highway 61 Revisited (17th) by Bob Dylan
1966	195	195,918	Revolver (3rd) by The Beatles
1967	251	302,184	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (5th) by The Beatles
1968	341	185,079	The Beatles (The White Album) (7th) by The Beatles
1969	355	273,307	Abbey Road (4th) by The Beatles
Total	1,775	1,155,898

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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151.

Eli & The Thirteenth Confession

Laura Nyro

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	27 charts
Rank in 1968:	27	Rank Score:	557
Rank in 1960s	151	Overall Rank:	1,719
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152.

Oar

Alexander Spence

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	21 charts
Rank in 1969:	44	Rank Score:	557
Rank in 1960s	152	Overall Rank:	1,721
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153.

Truth

Jeff Beck

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	42 charts
Rank in 1968:	28	Rank Score:	552
Rank in 1960s	153	Overall Rank:	1,734
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154.

Smiley Smile

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	48 charts
Rank in 1967:	32	Rank Score:	544
Rank in 1960s	154	Overall Rank:	1,755
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155.

Then Play On

Fleetwood Mac

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	24 charts
Rank in 1969:	45	Rank Score:	541
Rank in 1960s	155	Overall Rank:	1,759
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156.

Os Mutantes

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	42 charts
Rank in 1968:	29	Rank Score:	516
Rank in 1960s	156	Overall Rank:	1,819
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157.

Procol Harum

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	28 charts
Rank in 1967:	33	Rank Score:	516
Rank in 1960s	157	Overall Rank:	1,820
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158.

Happy Sad

Tim Buckley

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	32 charts
Rank in 1969:	46	Rank Score:	514
Rank in 1960s	158	Overall Rank:	1,828
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159.

To Our Children's Children's Children

The Moody Blues

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	16 charts
Rank in 1969:	47	Rank Score:	512
Rank in 1960s	159	Overall Rank:	1,841
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160.

Fifth Dimension

The Byrds

Year of Release:	1966	Appears in:	34 charts
Rank in 1966:	17	Rank Score:	509
Rank in 1960s	160	Overall Rank:	1,846
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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	%

	612	61%
	240	24%
	27	3%
	21	2%
	15	2%
	9	1%
	8	1%
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