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	26,431	Giant Steps (448th)by John Coltrane
1961	554	22,911	My Favorite Things (584th)by John Coltrane
1962	623	20,781	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,109th)by Ray Charles
1963	644	50,082	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	756	48,802	A Hard Day's Night (231st)by The Beatles
1965	894	149,129	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	974	193,026	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	307,503	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,977	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,050	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,740	1,398,693

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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571.

Southbound

Doc Watson

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

22 charts

Rank Score:

163

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

571

Overall Rank:

7,632

Average Rating:

73 (29 votes)

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572.

Blue Hawaii (Soundtrack)
Soundtrack

Elvis Presley

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

163

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572

Overall Rank:

7,635

Average Rating:

66 (68 votes)

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573.

Renaissance

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

163

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574.

Mahler: Symphony #2, "Resurrection"

Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

163

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

574

Overall Rank:

7,648

Average Rating:

72 (11 votes)

Comments:

575.

My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis In Concert
Live

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

163

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

575

Overall Rank:

7,652

Average Rating:

76 (43 votes)

Comments:

576.

Clear

Spirit

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

162

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577.

Think!

James Brown

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

162

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

577

Overall Rank:

7,696

Average Rating:

72 (44 votes)

Comments:

578.

The Outsiders (NL)

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

162

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579.

Kontakte

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

161

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Rank in 1960s:

579

Overall Rank:

7,728

Average Rating:

71 (52 votes)

Comments:

580.

Ask Me No Questions

Bridget St. John

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

161

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	55	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	98	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%
Nina Simone	10	1%
Bob Dylan	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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