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	26,422	Giant Steps (448th)by John Coltrane
1961	553	22,766	My Favorite Things (584th)by John Coltrane
1962	623	20,790	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,110th)by Ray Charles
1963	644	50,090	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	756	48,778	A Hard Day's Night (230th)by The Beatles
1965	894	149,045	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	974	192,998	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	307,258	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,860	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	350,903	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,739	1,397,909

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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831.

Heavy

Iron Butterfly

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

102

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832.

Everything Playing

The Lovin' Spoonful

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

102

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833.

What A Wonderful World

Louis Armstrong

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

101

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834.

Folk Songs And Blues

Mississippi John Hurt

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

101

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834

Overall Rank:

11,405

Average Rating:

71 (26 votes)

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835.

Live At The Apollo, Volume II
Live

James Brown And His Famous Flames

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

101

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836.

Inventions And Dimensions

Herbie Hancock

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

101

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836

Overall Rank:

11,417

Average Rating:

74 (23 votes)

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837.

Misogynie À Part

Georges Brassens

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

101

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838.

I'm A Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard & The Strangers

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

101

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839.

Speak Like A Child

Herbie Hancock

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

101

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840.

Bradley's Barn

The Beau Brummels

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

101

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	55	6%
1961	61	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	99	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%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	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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