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 (514th) 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 (1,278th) 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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511.

Blue Hawaii

Elvis Presley

Year of Release:	1961	Appears in:	7 charts
Rank in 1961:	20	Rank Score:	74
Rank in 1960s	511	Overall Rank:	9,002
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512.

Sunshower

Thelma Houston

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	2 charts
Rank in 1969:	122	Rank Score:	73
Rank in 1960s	512	Overall Rank:	9,026
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513.

Our Man In Paris

Dexter Gordon

Year of Release:	1963	Appears in:	7 charts
Rank in 1963:	22	Rank Score:	73
Rank in 1960s	513	Overall Rank:	9,029
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514.

Crimson And Clover

Tommy James And The Shondells

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	3 charts
Rank in 1968:	103	Rank Score:	73
Rank in 1960s	514	Overall Rank:	9,030
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515.

Cloud Nine

The Temptations

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	8 charts
Rank in 1969:	123	Rank Score:	73
Rank in 1960s	515	Overall Rank:	9,041
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516.

Birthday Blues

Bert Jansch

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	3 charts
Rank in 1969:	124	Rank Score:	73
Rank in 1960s	516	Overall Rank:	9,094
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517.

Renaissance

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	3 charts
Rank in 1969:	125	Rank Score:	73
Rank in 1960s	517	Overall Rank:	9,096
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518.

The Birthday Party

The Idle Race

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 1968:	104	Rank Score:	73
Rank in 1960s	518	Overall Rank:	9,098
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519.

Mass In F Minor

The Electric Prunes

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 1968:	105	Rank Score:	72
Rank in 1960s	519	Overall Rank:	9,117
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520.

Blue Jeans a' Swinging

Swingin' Blue Jeans

Year of Release:	1964	Appears in:	2 charts
Rank in 1964:	30	Rank Score:	72
Rank in 1960s	520	Overall Rank:	9,124
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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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