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	26,427	Giant Steps (448th)by John Coltrane
1961	553	22,772	My Favorite Things (584th)by John Coltrane
1962	623	20,779	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,109th)by Ray Charles
1963	644	50,072	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	756	48,796	A Hard Day's Night (230th)by The Beatles
1965	894	149,088	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	974	193,064	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	307,396	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,917	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	350,957	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,739	1,398,267

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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951.

The Pink Panther
Soundtrack

Henry Mancini

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

44 charts

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951

Overall Rank:

13,164

Average Rating:

74 (37 votes)

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952.

Angels And Demons At Play

Sun Ra And His Myth Science Arkestra

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

27 charts

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952

Overall Rank:

13,188

Average Rating:

73 (29 votes)

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953.

A Whole New Thing

Sly & The Family Stone

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

38 charts

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954.

The Music Emporium

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

37 charts

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955.

Taste

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

34 charts

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956.

Virgin Fugs

The Fugs

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

5 charts

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957.

More Hits By The Supremes

The Supremes

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

32 charts

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957

Overall Rank:

13,287

Average Rating:

73 (35 votes)

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958.

Brahms: Symphonie Nr. 4

Herbert Von Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

3 charts

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958

Overall Rank:

13,305

Average Rating:

73 (2 votes)

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959.

Bitter Tears - Ballads Of The American Indian

Johnny Cash

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

39 charts

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959

Overall Rank:

13,335

Average Rating:

69 (51 votes)

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960.

Ceremony

Spooky Tooth

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

12 charts

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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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