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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291.

Super Session

Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	8 charts
Rank in 1968:	56	Rank Score:	165
Rank in 1960s	291	Overall Rank:	4,520
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292.

Foggy Mountain Banjo

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs

Year of Release:	1961	Appears in:	7 charts
Rank in 1961:	10	Rank Score:	163
Rank in 1960s	292	Overall Rank:	4,549
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293.

Peter, Paul And Mary

Year of Release:	1962	Appears in:	11 charts
Rank in 1962:	9	Rank Score:	163
Rank in 1960s	293	Overall Rank:	4,561
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294.

Little Games

The Yardbirds

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	14 charts
Rank in 1967:	49	Rank Score:	162
Rank in 1960s	294	Overall Rank:	4,571
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295.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

Year of Release:	1963	Appears in:	8 charts
Rank in 1963:	11	Rank Score:	162
Rank in 1960s	295	Overall Rank:	4,574
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296.

Folkjokeopus

Roy Harper

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 1969:	74	Rank Score:	162
Rank in 1960s	296	Overall Rank:	4,577
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297.

Far East Suite

Duke Ellington

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	12 charts
Rank in 1967:	50	Rank Score:	160
Rank in 1960s	297	Overall Rank:	4,614
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298.

Aretha Now

Aretha Franklin

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	9 charts
Rank in 1968:	57	Rank Score:	160
Rank in 1960s	298	Overall Rank:	4,618
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299.

The Family That Plays Together

Spirit

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	7 charts
Rank in 1968:	58	Rank Score:	159
Rank in 1960s	299	Overall Rank:	4,629
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300.

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

Arthur Brown

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	7 charts
Rank in 1968:	59	Rank Score:	158
Rank in 1960s	300	Overall Rank:	4,653
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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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