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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181.

Electric Music For The Mind And Body

Country Joe And The Fish

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	14 charts
Rank in 1967:	36	Rank Score:	412
Rank in 1960s	181	Overall Rank:	2,197
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182.

Howlin' Wolf

Year of Release:	1962	Appears in:	34 charts
Rank in 1962:	2	Rank Score:	410
Rank in 1960s	182	Overall Rank:	2,204
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183.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard

Bill Evans

Year of Release:	1961	Appears in:	20 charts
Rank in 1961:	4	Rank Score:	406
Rank in 1960s	183	Overall Rank:	2,234
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184.

Volunteers

Jefferson Airplane

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	29 charts
Rank in 1969:	52	Rank Score:	394
Rank in 1960s	184	Overall Rank:	2,284
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185.

A Rainbow In Curved Air

Terry Riley

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	16 charts
Rank in 1969:	53	Rank Score:	389
Rank in 1960s	185	Overall Rank:	2,309
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186.

Monster Movie

Can

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	29 charts
Rank in 1969:	54	Rank Score:	384
Rank in 1960s	186	Overall Rank:	2,332
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187.

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:	1964	Appears in:	31 charts
Rank in 1964:	13	Rank Score:	380
Rank in 1960s	187	Overall Rank:	2,348
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188.

Born Under A Bad Sign

Albert King

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	26 charts
Rank in 1967:	37	Rank Score:	380
Rank in 1960s	188	Overall Rank:	2,349
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189.

A Christmas Gift For You

Phil Spector

Year of Release:	1963	Appears in:	19 charts
Rank in 1963:	7	Rank Score:	378
Rank in 1960s	189	Overall Rank:	2,359
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190.

Pastel Blues

Nina Simone

Year of Release:	1965	Appears in:	13 charts
Rank in 1965:	15	Rank Score:	361
Rank in 1960s	190	Overall Rank:	2,435
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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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