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	7,986	Sketches Of Spain (515th) by Miles Davis
1961	86	7,983	King of the Delta Blues Singers (474th) by Robert Johnson
1962	78	4,593	Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (1,283rd) by Ray Charles
1963	95	25,707	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (147th) by Bob Dylan
1964	130	21,898	A Hard Day's Night (184th) by The Beatles
1965	174	131,568	Highway 61 Revisited (17th) by Bob Dylan
1966	195	196,054	Revolver (3rd) by The Beatles
1967	251	301,999	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (5th) by The Beatles
1968	341	184,969	The Beatles (The White Album) (7th) by The Beatles
1969	355	273,269	Abbey Road (4th) by The Beatles
Total	1,774	1,156,026

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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41.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young And Crazy Horse

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	169 charts
Rank in 1969:	11	Rank Score:	4,837
Rank in 1960s	41	Overall Rank:	252
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42.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	188 charts
Rank in 1967:	11	Rank Score:	4,385
Rank in 1960s	42	Overall Rank:	273
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43.

Strange Days

The Doors

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	158 charts
Rank in 1967:	12	Rank Score:	4,210
Rank in 1960s	43	Overall Rank:	284
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44.

Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)

The Kinks

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	132 charts
Rank in 1969:	12	Rank Score:	3,638
Rank in 1960s	44	Overall Rank:	321
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45.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	123 charts
Rank in 1969:	13	Rank Score:	3,618
Rank in 1960s	45	Overall Rank:	323
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46.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	130 charts
Rank in 1967:	13	Rank Score:	3,394
Rank in 1960s	46	Overall Rank:	339
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47.

The Who Sell Out

The Who

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	134 charts
Rank in 1967:	14	Rank Score:	3,379
Rank in 1960s	47	Overall Rank:	342
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48.

We're Only In It For The Money

Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	111 charts
Rank in 1968:	10	Rank Score:	3,375
Rank in 1960s	48	Overall Rank:	343
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49.

Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

Year of Release:	1965	Appears in:	153 charts
Rank in 1965:	6	Rank Score:	3,143
Rank in 1960s	49	Overall Rank:	368
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50.

The Stooges

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	129 charts
Rank in 1969:	14	Rank Score:	3,143
Rank in 1960s	50	Overall Rank:	369
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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	97	10%
1967	150	15%
1968	199	20%
1969	215	22%

Band	Albums	%

The Beatles	15	2%
The Beach Boys	15	2%
The Rolling Stones	13	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Various Artists	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Johnny Cash	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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