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 9,700 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	72	8,097	Sketches Of Spain (513th) by Miles Davis
1961	86	8,367	King of the Delta Blues Singers (451st) by Robert Johnson
1962	78	4,612	Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (1,358th) by Ray Charles
1963	96	25,913	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (150th) by Bob Dylan
1964	132	22,144	A Hard Day's Night (189th) by The Beatles
1965	175	132,172	Highway 61 Revisited (17th) by Bob Dylan
1966	195	197,038	Revolver (3rd) by The Beatles
1967	256	303,349	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (5th) by The Beatles
1968	343	185,660	The Beatles (The White Album) (7th) by The Beatles
1969	363	275,006	Abbey Road (4th) by The Beatles
Total	1,796	1,162,358

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

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221.

Headquarters

The Monkees

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	16 charts
Rank in 1967:	40	Rank Score:	276
Rank in 1960s	221	Overall Rank:	3,004
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222.

The Animals

Year of Release:	1964	Appears in:	33 charts
Rank in 1964:	17	Rank Score:	269
Rank in 1960s	222	Overall Rank:	3,063
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223.

"Yesterday" ...and Today

The Beatles

Year of Release:	1966	Appears in:	10 charts
Rank in 1966:	23	Rank Score:	268
Rank in 1960s	223	Overall Rank:	3,070
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224.

Tim Buckley

Year of Release:	1966	Appears in:	20 charts
Rank in 1966:	24	Rank Score:	261
Rank in 1960s	224	Overall Rank:	3,133
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225.

Point Of Departure

Andrew Hill

Year of Release:	1964	Appears in:	14 charts
Rank in 1964:	18	Rank Score:	258
Rank in 1960s	225	Overall Rank:	3,165
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226.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The M.G.'s

Year of Release:	1962	Appears in:	22 charts
Rank in 1962:	5	Rank Score:	256
Rank in 1960s	226	Overall Rank:	3,181
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227.

I Put A Spell On You

Nina Simone

Year of Release:	1965	Appears in:	9 charts
Rank in 1965:	20	Rank Score:	254
Rank in 1960s	227	Overall Rank:	3,198
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228.

Bert Jansch

Year of Release:	1965	Appears in:	16 charts
Rank in 1965:	21	Rank Score:	253
Rank in 1960s	228	Overall Rank:	3,210
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229.

Head

The Monkees

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	13 charts
Rank in 1968:	43	Rank Score:	252
Rank in 1960s	229	Overall Rank:	3,224
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230.

The Soft Machine

Soft Machine

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	23 charts
Rank in 1968:	44	Rank Score:	252
Rank in 1960s	230	Overall Rank:	3,230
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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	41	4%
1961	45	5%
1962	41	4%
1963	49	5%
1964	63	6%
1965	98	10%
1966	100	10%
1967	148	15%
1968	199	20%
1969	216	22%

Band	Albums	%

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

	615	62%
	242	24%
	22	2%
	21	2%
	15	2%
	9	1%
	8	1%
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