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 9,700 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	72	8,093	Sketches Of Spain (515th) by Miles Davis
1961	86	8,423	King of the Delta Blues Singers (452nd) by Robert Johnson
1962	78	4,612	Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (1,360th) by Ray Charles
1963	96	25,963	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (150th) by Bob Dylan
1964	132	22,102	A Hard Day's Night (189th) by The Beatles
1965	175	132,548	Highway 61 Revisited (17th) by Bob Dylan
1966	195	197,665	Revolver (3rd) by The Beatles
1967	256	303,965	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (5th) by The Beatles
1968	343	186,258	The Beatles (The White Album) (7th) by The Beatles
1969	365	275,519	Abbey Road (4th) by The Beatles
Total	1,798	1,165,147

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 Love.

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71.

Stand!

Sly and the Family Stone

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	81 charts
Rank in 1969:	20	Rank Score:	1,561
Rank in 1960s	71	Overall Rank:	724
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72.

Blind Faith

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	66 charts
Rank in 1969:	21	Rank Score:	1,560
Rank in 1960s	72	Overall Rank:	725
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73.

John Wesley Harding

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	86 charts
Rank in 1967:	19	Rank Score:	1,552
Rank in 1960s	73	Overall Rank:	732
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74.

Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

The Byrds

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	74 charts
Rank in 1968:	12	Rank Score:	1,539
Rank in 1960s	74	Overall Rank:	739
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75.

A Saucerful Of Secrets

Pink Floyd

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	87 charts
Rank in 1968:	13	Rank Score:	1,486
Rank in 1960s	75	Overall Rank:	765
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76.

Giant Steps

John Coltrane

Year of Release:	1960	Appears in:	67 charts
Rank in 1960:	2	Rank Score:	1,465
Rank in 1960s	76	Overall Rank:	775
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77.

The Notorious Byrd Brothers

The Byrds

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	64 charts
Rank in 1968:	14	Rank Score:	1,461
Rank in 1960s	77	Overall Rank:	778
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78.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz and João Gilberto

Year of Release:	1964	Appears in:	62 charts
Rank in 1964:	3	Rank Score:	1,449
Rank in 1960s	78	Overall Rank:	783
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79.

Waiting For The Sun

The Doors

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	72 charts
Rank in 1968:	15	Rank Score:	1,438
Rank in 1960s	79	Overall Rank:	788
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80.

Nashville Skyline

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	75 charts
Rank in 1969:	22	Rank Score:	1,413
Rank in 1960s	80	Overall Rank:	799
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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	42	4%
1961	44	4%
1962	41	4%
1963	49	5%
1964	63	6%
1965	98	10%
1966	100	10%
1967	147	15%
1968	199	20%
1969	217	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	%

	615	62%
	241	24%
	22	2%
	21	2%
	15	2%
	9	1%
	8	1%
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