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	70	7,986	Sketches Of Spain (514th) by Miles Davis
1961	86	8,101	King of the Delta Blues Singers (469th) by Robert Johnson
1962	78	4,589	Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (1,284th) by Ray Charles
1963	95	25,625	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (148th) by Bob Dylan
1964	130	21,731	A Hard Day's Night (184th) by The Beatles
1965	174	131,377	Highway 61 Revisited (17th) by Bob Dylan
1966	195	195,918	Revolver (3rd) by The Beatles
1967	251	302,184	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (5th) by The Beatles
1968	341	185,079	The Beatles (The White Album) (7th) by The Beatles
1969	355	273,307	Abbey Road (4th) by The Beatles
Total	1,775	1,155,898

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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51.

Please Please Me

The Beatles

Year of Release:	1963	Appears in:	140 charts
Rank in 1963:	3	Rank Score:	3,140
Rank in 1960s	51	Overall Rank:	369
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52.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	115 charts
Rank in 1969:	15	Rank Score:	3,110
Rank in 1960s	52	Overall Rank:	377
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53.

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	108 charts
Rank in 1967:	15	Rank Score:	3,066
Rank in 1960s	53	Overall Rank:	384
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54.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:	1966	Appears in:	136 charts
Rank in 1966:	4	Rank Score:	2,949
Rank in 1960s	54	Overall Rank:	399
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55.

Days Of Future Passed

The Moody Blues

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	105 charts
Rank in 1967:	16	Rank Score:	2,891
Rank in 1960s	55	Overall Rank:	406
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56.

Bookends

Simon and Garfunkel

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	133 charts
Rank in 1968:	11	Rank Score:	2,697
Rank in 1960s	56	Overall Rank:	428
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57.

Freak Out!

Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention

Year of Release:	1966	Appears in:	111 charts
Rank in 1966:	5	Rank Score:	2,679
Rank in 1960s	57	Overall Rank:	433
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58.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	103 charts
Rank in 1969:	16	Rank Score:	2,491
Rank in 1960s	58	Overall Rank:	463
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59.

Green River

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	137 charts
Rank in 1969:	17	Rank Score:	2,483
Rank in 1960s	59	Overall Rank:	465
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60.

King of the Delta Blues Singers

Robert Johnson

Year of Release:	1961	Appears in:	82 charts
Rank in 1961:	1	Rank Score:	2,444
Rank in 1960s	60	Overall Rank:	469
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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	98	10%
1967	150	15%
1968	199	20%
1969	215	22%

Band	Albums	%

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

	612	61%
	240	24%
	27	3%
	21	2%
	15	2%
	9	1%
	8	1%
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