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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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YearAlbums   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.
1960707,986 Sketches Of Spain (512th)
by Miles Davis
1961868,166 King of the Delta Blues Singers (470th)
by Robert Johnson
1962784,589 Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (1,286th)
by Ray Charles
19639525,731 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (149th)
by Bob Dylan
196413021,755 A Hard Day's Night (182nd)
by The Beatles
1965174131,552 Highway 61 Revisited (17th)
by Bob Dylan
1966195196,025 Revolver (3rd)
by The Beatles
1967251302,601 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (5th)
by The Beatles
1968341185,266 The Beatles (The White Album) (7th)
by The Beatles
1969355273,637 Abbey Road (4th)
by The Beatles
Total1,7751,157,307

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 NowhereNeil Young And Crazy Horse
Year of Release:1969Appears in:169 charts
Rank in 1969:11Rank Score:4,844
Rank in 1960s41Overall Rank:251
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42.

Surrealistic PillowJefferson Airplane
Year of Release:1967Appears in:189 charts
Rank in 1967:11Rank Score:4,392
Rank in 1960s42Overall Rank:274
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43.

Strange DaysThe Doors
Year of Release:1967Appears in:162 charts
Rank in 1967:12Rank Score:4,260
Rank in 1960s43Overall Rank:280
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44.

Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire)The Kinks
Year of Release:1969Appears in:133 charts
Rank in 1969:12Rank Score:3,644
Rank in 1960s44Overall Rank:321
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45.

Hot RatsFrank Zappa
Year of Release:1969Appears in:123 charts
Rank in 1969:13Rank Score:3,618
Rank in 1960s45Overall Rank:324
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46.

Something Else By The KinksThe Kinks
Year of Release:1967Appears in:130 charts
Rank in 1967:13Rank Score:3,393
Rank in 1960s46Overall Rank:338
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47.

We're Only In It For The MoneyFrank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
Year of Release:1968Appears in:113 charts
Rank in 1968:10Rank Score:3,378
Rank in 1960s47Overall Rank:342
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48.

The Who Sell OutThe Who
Year of Release:1967Appears in:133 charts
Rank in 1967:14Rank Score:3,364
Rank in 1960s48Overall Rank:345
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49.

Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings SoulOtis Redding
Year of Release:1965Appears in:154 charts
Rank in 1965:6Rank Score:3,191
Rank in 1960s49Overall Rank:365
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50.

Please Please MeThe Beatles
Year of Release:1963Appears in:140 charts
Rank in 1963:3Rank Score:3,140
Rank in 1960s50Overall Rank:369
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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year Albums %


1960 41 4%
1961 46 5%
1962 42 4%
1963 48 5%
1964 63 6%
1965 100 10%
1966 98 10%
1967 150 15%
1968 198 20%
1969 214 21%
Band Albums %


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


United States 611 61%
United Kingdom 240 24%
Mixed Nationality 27 3%
Canada 21 2%
Brazil 15 2%
France 9 1%
Australia 8 1%
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