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	7,967	Sketches Of Spain (512th) by Miles Davis
1961	85	7,956	King of the Delta Blues Singers (473rd) by Robert Johnson
1962	78	4,583	Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (1,258th) by Ray Charles
1963	94	25,498	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (147th) by Bob Dylan
1964	130	21,741	A Hard Day's Night (183rd) by The Beatles
1965	174	131,597	Highway 61 Revisited (17th) by Bob Dylan
1966	195	195,858	Revolver (3rd) by The Beatles
1967	251	301,557	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (5th) by The Beatles
1968	341	185,148	The Beatles (The White Album) (7th) by The Beatles
1969	353	273,094	Abbey Road (4th) by The Beatles
Total	1,770	1,154,999

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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31.

White Light/White Heat

The Velvet Underground

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	222 charts
Rank in 1968:	7	Rank Score:	7,252
Rank in 1960s	31	Overall Rank:	171
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32.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:	1963	Appears in:	169 charts
Rank in 1963:	2	Rank Score:	6,896
Rank in 1960s	32	Overall Rank:	181
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33.

A Hard Day's Night

The Beatles

Year of Release:	1964	Appears in:	221 charts
Rank in 1964:	1	Rank Score:	6,888
Rank in 1960s	33	Overall Rank:	183
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34.

Help!

The Beatles

Year of Release:	1965	Appears in:	240 charts
Rank in 1965:	5	Rank Score:	6,802
Rank in 1960s	34	Overall Rank:	188
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35.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	242 charts
Rank in 1967:	8	Rank Score:	6,723
Rank in 1960s	35	Overall Rank:	189
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36.

Axis: Bold as Love

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	213 charts
Rank in 1967:	9	Rank Score:	6,546
Rank in 1960s	36	Overall Rank:	192
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37.

Music From Big Pink

The Band

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	189 charts
Rank in 1968:	8	Rank Score:	6,111
Rank in 1960s	37	Overall Rank:	206
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38.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	199 charts
Rank in 1967:	10	Rank Score:	6,103
Rank in 1960s	38	Overall Rank:	207
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39.

At Folsom Prison

Johnny Cash

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	197 charts
Rank in 1968:	9	Rank Score:	5,682
Rank in 1960s	39	Overall Rank:	215
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40.

Five Leaves Left

Nick Drake

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	192 charts
Rank in 1969:	10	Rank Score:	5,411
Rank in 1960s	40	Overall Rank:	224
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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 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	%

	611	61%
	240	24%
	27	3%
	21	2%
	15	2%
	9	1%
	8	1%
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