Best Albums of the 1960s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1960s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 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	590	26,427	Giant Steps (448th)by John Coltrane
1961	553	22,772	My Favorite Things (584th)by John Coltrane
1962	623	20,779	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,109th)by Ray Charles
1963	644	50,072	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	756	48,796	A Hard Day's Night (230th)by The Beatles
1965	894	149,088	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	974	193,064	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	307,396	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,917	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	350,957	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,739	1,398,267

The best artists of the 1960s were The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and The Rolling Stones.

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331.

Comme À La Radio

Brigitte Fontaine, Areski Avec Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

379

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

331

Overall Rank:

3,807

Average Rating:

79 (59 votes)

Comments:

332.

Electric Mud

Muddy Waters

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

71 charts

Rank Score:

377

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

332

Overall Rank:

3,830

Average Rating:

74 (63 votes)

Comments:

333.

Far East Suite

Duke Ellington

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

92 charts

Rank Score:

376

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

333

Overall Rank:

3,834

Average Rating:

77 (91 votes)

Comments:

334.

Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

149 charts

Rank Score:

374

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

334

Overall Rank:

3,850

Average Rating:

74 (181 votes)

Comments:

335.

Initials B.B.

Serge Gainsbourg

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

373

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

335

Overall Rank:

3,859

Average Rating:

80 (69 votes)

Comments:

336.

Chico Buarque De Hollanda Vol. 1

Chico Buarque

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

336

Overall Rank:

3,882

Average Rating:

76 (53 votes)

Comments:

337.

You Got My Mind Messed Up

James Carr

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

92 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

337

Overall Rank:

3,891

Average Rating:

79 (76 votes)

Comments:

338.

Kinda Kinks

The Kinks

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

135 charts

Rank Score:

370

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

338

Overall Rank:

3,895

Average Rating:

73 (188 votes)

Comments:

339.

Surfer Girl

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

364

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

339

Overall Rank:

3,943

Average Rating:

70 (191 votes)

Comments:

340.

Small Faces [1967]

Small Faces

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

362

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

340

Overall Rank:

3,959

Average Rating:

77 (82 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	55	6%
1961	61	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	99	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	194	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	12	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	627	63%
	211	21%
	33	3%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	967	97%
Yes	33	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	960	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

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Best Albums of 1956
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2. Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
3. Pithecanthropus Erectus by Charles Mingus
4. Ella & Louis by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
5. Ellington At Newport by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
6. Lady Sings The Blues by Billie Holiday
7. Elvis by Elvis Presley
8. Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book by Ella Fitzgerald
9. J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations by Glenn Gould
10. The Wildest! by Louis Prima
11. This Is Fats Domino! by Fats Domino
12. Music Of India - Three Classical Ragas On Sitar by Ravi Shankar
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14. Jazz At Massey Hall by The Quintet
15. Bluejean Bop by Gene Vincent
16. Calypso by Harry Belafonte
17. Rock And Rollin' With Fats Domino by Fats Domino
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