Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s
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Mercury 
- Chart updated: 11/24/2021 05:15
- (Created: 03/30/2013 02:25).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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1965
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1965
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1968
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1968
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1966
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23,327
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1961
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1964
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1963
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12,145
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1967
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40,112
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1965
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1961 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1962 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1963 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1964 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1965 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1966 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1967 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1968 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1969 | 24 | 24% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Bob Dylan | 8 | 8% | |
| Miles Davis | 4 | 4% | |
| The Beatles | 4 | 4% | |
| The Kinks | 3 | 3% | |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 3% | |
| Fleetwood Mac | 3 | 3% | |
| John Coltrane | 3 | 3% | |
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| ! | 05/17/2021 11:10 |  Larcx13 | 1,139 | 86/100 |
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BestEverAlbums 05/17/2021 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3492): By Mercury
BestEverAlbums 05/17/2021 08:00 in Chart of the day (#3492): By Mercury“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by Mercury () 1. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan (1965) 2. Astral Weeks by Van Morrison (1968) 3. Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan (1965) 4. King Of The Delta Blues Singers by Robert Johnson (1961) 5. Blonde On Blonde by Bob Dylan…”
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Mercury 01/19/2021 19:17 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I!“and this is done! I was stuck at 60 for some reason. I trimmed it quite a bit to 60 a couple months ago. That was silly as I saw that there is enough stuff I love in the 60s to make 2 charts. I also did a cleaning up and fleshing out of the year charts for the 60s. Still, there are some laughably…”
View forum topic (2 mentions) →From Mercury 02/26/2018 22:00 in Chart of the day (#2318): By Mercury
Mercury 02/26/2018 22:00 in Chart of the day (#2318): By Mercury“EDIT: I just made a huge change on this chart and I have listed the new chart below. Much more accurate percentage representation of great blues in there (I count 17, well, between 17 and 22 depending on your definition of the blues)/ Also y'know how i have been vouching for 1969 being the greatest…”
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JasonZaia 01/25/2015 23:23 | #132603
No, I absolutely agree with what you said about '65 to '69 showing a massive change in music. If you ask me, the 'rock 'n' roll' feel of the 50's didn't actually end until around '64, wherein the release of Dylan's '65 albums 'Bringing It All Back Home', and then 'Highway 61 Revisited' really began the 60's counter-cultural movement - not to mention the remarkable, even greater spark of influence the Beatles then had - seemingly opening the flood gates for all the other artists, as it were: Hendrix, Beach Boys, Doors, Zeppelin; countless others. Elvis may have marked the point when the development of music was born, but the 60's, without doubt, were its adolescence.
Great chart! Very insightful. P.s Sorry for the long comment lol.
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ForegroundNoise 02/26/2018 09:39 | #209655
ForegroundNoise 02/26/2018 09:39 | #209655
From the looks of it, it doesn't seem like you're big into the more psychedelic/avant-garde stuff from the 60s but I'll leave a few recommendations anyway!
The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of ...
The Monks - Black Monk Time
The Mothers of Invention (Zappa's band) - Freak Out!
The Red Crayola - The Parable Of Arable Land
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KevDoesTheAstro 01/24/2014 06:32 | #101389
KevDoesTheAstro 01/24/2014 06:32 | #101389
Gotta love the kewl blues and jazz here.
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bobbyb5 10/04/2017 15:49 | #199110
bobbyb5 10/04/2017 15:49 | #199110
I'm surprised you don't have Notorious Byrd Brothers because you have sweetheart of the rodeo. You like a lot of the same shit I do. And you got a lot of cool stuff that I never even thought of.
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Captain_Dude 07/07/2016 03:15 | #170736
Captain_Dude 07/07/2016 03:15 | #170736
Very nice, thoughtful rankings! I have never listened to Eric Dolphy. But, since he appears so high on your list filled with other favorites of mine, I'll just have to give that album some ear-time! :o)
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