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	26,422	Giant Steps (448th)by John Coltrane
1961	553	22,766	My Favorite Things (584th)by John Coltrane
1962	623	20,790	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,110th)by Ray Charles
1963	644	50,090	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	756	48,778	A Hard Day's Night (230th)by The Beatles
1965	894	149,045	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	974	192,998	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	307,258	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,860	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	350,903	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,739	1,397,909

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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391.

Behold And See

Ultimate Spinach

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

286

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

391

Overall Rank:

4,799

Average Rating:

76 (49 votes)

Comments:

392.

Smash Hits
Compilation

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

285

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

392

Overall Rank:

4,814

Average Rating:

81 (85 votes)

Comments:

393.

The Real McCoy

McCoy Tyner

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

284

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

393

Overall Rank:

4,826

Average Rating:

81 (77 votes)

Comments:

394.

Little Deuce Coupe

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

283

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

394

Overall Rank:

4,835

Average Rating:

63 (123 votes)

Comments:

395.

Present Tense

Sagittarius

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

283

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

395

Overall Rank:

4,839

Average Rating:

77 (46 votes)

Comments:

396.

Surfin' U.S.A.

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

113 charts

Rank Score:

282

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

396

Overall Rank:

4,845

Average Rating:

68 (166 votes)

Comments:

397.

Grand Funk

Grand Funk Railroad

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

282

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

397

Overall Rank:

4,847

Average Rating:

77 (65 votes)

Comments:

398.

Search For The New Land

Lee Morgan

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

281

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

398

Overall Rank:

4,861

Average Rating:

77 (49 votes)

Comments:

399.

Peter, Paul And Mary

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

281

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

399

Overall Rank:

4,863

Average Rating:

72 (66 votes)

Comments:

400.

Mosaic

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

280

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

400

Overall Rank:

4,870

Average Rating:

78 (56 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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