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	8,019	Sketches Of Spain (502nd) by Miles Davis
1961	85	7,989	King of the Delta Blues Singers (468th) by Robert Johnson
1962	78	4,583	Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (1,279th) by Ray Charles
1963	93	25,689	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (147th) by Bob Dylan
1964	130	21,751	A Hard Day's Night (182nd) by The Beatles
1965	174	131,742	Highway 61 Revisited (17th) by Bob Dylan
1966	195	195,952	Revolver (3rd) by The Beatles
1967	250	301,689	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (5th) by The Beatles
1968	339	185,363	The Beatles (The White Album) (7th) by The Beatles
1969	348	273,000	Abbey Road (4th) by The Beatles
Total	1,761	1,155,776

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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11.

Are You Experienced

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	718 charts
Rank in 1967:	4	Rank Score:	31,624
Rank in 1960s	11	Overall Rank:	29
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12.

Led Zeppelin II

Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	592 charts
Rank in 1969:	2	Rank Score:	26,018
Rank in 1960s	12	Overall Rank:	35
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13.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	557 charts
Rank in 1969:	3	Rank Score:	23,227
Rank in 1960s	13	Overall Rank:	39
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14.

Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	494 charts
Rank in 1969:	4	Rank Score:	19,223
Rank in 1960s	14	Overall Rank:	50
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15.

Astral Weeks

Van Morrison

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	440 charts
Rank in 1968:	2	Rank Score:	19,164
Rank in 1960s	15	Overall Rank:	51
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16.

Electric Ladyland

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	450 charts
Rank in 1968:	3	Rank Score:	16,962
Rank in 1960s	16	Overall Rank:	63
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17.

Forever Changes

Love

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	379 charts
Rank in 1967:	5	Rank Score:	16,176
Rank in 1960s	17	Overall Rank:	67
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18.

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	408 charts
Rank in 1969:	5	Rank Score:	15,286
Rank in 1960s	18	Overall Rank:	72
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19.

Magical Mystery Tour

The Beatles

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	363 charts
Rank in 1967:	6	Rank Score:	14,123
Rank in 1960s	19	Overall Rank:	78
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20.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:	1965	Appears in:	343 charts
Rank in 1965:	3	Rank Score:	13,767
Rank in 1960s	20	Overall Rank:	81
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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	41	4%
1961	45	5%
1962	41	4%
1963	48	5%
1964	64	6%
1965	100	10%
1966	98	10%
1967	150	15%
1968	199	20%
1969	214	21%

Band	Albums	%

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

	609	61%
	241	24%
	27	3%
	21	2%
	15	2%
	9	1%
	8	1%
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