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	26,410	Giant Steps (448th)by John Coltrane
1961	553	22,757	My Favorite Things (584th)by John Coltrane
1962	623	20,788	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,111th)by Ray Charles
1963	644	50,041	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	756	48,928	A Hard Day's Night (230th)by The Beatles
1965	894	148,994	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	974	192,809	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	306,852	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,752	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,944	350,803	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,741	1,397,134

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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471.

Sinatra At The Sands
Live

Frank Sinatra

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

217

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

471

Overall Rank:

5,998

Average Rating:

74 (52 votes)

Comments:

472.

Time Further Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

217

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

472

Overall Rank:

6,000

Average Rating:

78 (57 votes)

Comments:

473.

David Bowie

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

217

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

473

Overall Rank:

6,005

Average Rating:

60 (246 votes)

Comments:

474.

The "Angry" Young Them!

Them

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

217

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

474

Overall Rank:

6,007

Average Rating:

74 (81 votes)

Comments:

475.

Judy At Carnegie Hall
Live

Judy Garland

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

216

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

475

Overall Rank:

6,029

Average Rating:

76 (58 votes)

Comments:

476.

Jacques Brel (Les Bourgeois)

Jacques Brel

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

215

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

476

Overall Rank:

6,034

Average Rating:

73 (31 votes)

Comments:

477.

Miles In The Sky

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

213

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

477

Overall Rank:

6,082

Average Rating:

78 (71 votes)

Comments:

478.

It Serves You Right To Suffer

John Lee Hooker

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

213

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

478

Overall Rank:

6,100

Average Rating:

75 (51 votes)

Comments:

479.

Crimson & Clover

Tommy James & The Shondells

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

213

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

480.

Now He Sings, Now He Sobs

Chick Corea

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

212

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

480

Overall Rank:

6,114

Average Rating:

78 (47 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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