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	26,412	Giant Steps (448th)by John Coltrane
1961	553	22,762	My Favorite Things (584th)by John Coltrane
1962	623	20,791	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,111th)by Ray Charles
1963	644	50,061	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	756	48,751	A Hard Day's Night (230th)by The Beatles
1965	894	148,999	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	974	192,784	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	306,966	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,717	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,944	350,867	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,741	1,397,110

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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341.

Joy Of A Toy

Kevin Ayers

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

358

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

341

Overall Rank:

4,000

Average Rating:

76 (86 votes)

Comments:

342.

Sweet And Dandy

Toots & The Maytals

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

357

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

342

Overall Rank:

4,012

Average Rating:

76 (42 votes)

Comments:

343.

The Magic City

Sun Ra And His Solar Arkestra

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

356

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

343

Overall Rank:

4,023

Average Rating:

77 (67 votes)

Comments:

344.

Takin' Off

Herbie Hancock

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

352

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

344

Overall Rank:

4,064

Average Rating:

76 (92 votes)

Comments:

345.

Quicksilver Messenger Service

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

351

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

345

Overall Rank:

4,067

Average Rating:

74 (76 votes)

Comments:

346.

Back At The Chicken Shack

Jimmy Smith

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

88 charts

Rank Score:

348

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

346

Overall Rank:

4,095

Average Rating:

73 (100 votes)

Comments:

347.

Vanilla Fudge

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

347

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

347

Overall Rank:

4,107

Average Rating:

73 (95 votes)

Comments:

348.

The Genius Sings The Blues

Ray Charles

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

345

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

348

Overall Rank:

4,126

Average Rating:

73 (69 votes)

Comments:

349.

Electric Mud

Muddy Waters

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

343

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

349

Overall Rank:

4,144

Average Rating:

74 (63 votes)

Comments:

350.

Juju

Wayne Shorter

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

343

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

350

Overall Rank:

4,151

Average Rating:

79 (88 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	98	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	195	20%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
The Rolling Stones	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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