Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by Tamthebam

This was a great decade for music although it was dominated with music from the mid/late sixties with great albums from The Beatles, Stones & Bob Dylan. Many iconic bands were formed during this period and there was a big breakthrough for soul/ RnB albums with the labels Atlantic, Stax and Motown leading the way. I like all types of music no matter who was responsible and I did not include any "Best Of" albums that I included in my year charts.

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This album sounds like 3 individual songwriters battling to see who can win with their songs. It makes for a great listen even if it is a bit disjointed. Not all four were present in the studio at the same time McCartney working mostly solo or with Harrison/Starr and Lennon preoccupied with Yoko Ono whose influence is clearly felt on Revolution 9. There are 30 tracks this could have been trimmed down to 28 omitting Piggies & Revolution 9, having said that the album is a must for all Beatle fans and music lovers contains some great tracks - Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Blackbird, Back In The U.S.S.R. & Helter Skelter. [First added to this chart: 09/24/2013]
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1968
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From start to finish this is one of my favourite Beatles album it is their second best album of the 60's and one of the best albums of all time and the last album they recorded (Let It Be was released a year later but the tracks for it had already been recorded). They hit an all time peak with this record I doubt they would have been able to better it,if they had stayed together. Octopus's Garden & Silver Hammer are the only tracks which get less than 90/100. [First added to this chart: 09/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1969
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65,800
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The first of the Beatles masterpieces which still sounds great today. Beatles album until The White album & Abbey Road were released. It is my 4th best Beatles album and one of my all time 100 albums. It contains one of the better Ringo tracks "What Goes On" along with Norwegian Wood, In My Life Michelle, Nowhere Man, The Word & Drive My Car which rank 90/100 or more. The rest of the album is good I think that Revolver released 6 months later took some of the spotlight away from this album but over the years I keep coming back to it more so than Sgt. Pepper or Revolver. [First added to this chart: 09/24/2013]
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1965
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30,764
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This is a great Stones record not a single weak track Sympathy, Jigsaw, Salt of the Earth and Street Fighting Man stand out from the rest but the other mostly acoustic numbers make the album a relaxing listen and a smooth ride. [First added to this chart: 09/24/2013]
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1968
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A great album Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, You Can't Always Get What You Want are all here I prefer the original Honky Tonk Woman to the country version but that's the only fault I can find. The title track, Live With Me & Monkey Man are brilliant. Sticky Fingers & Exile would follow. [First added to this chart: 09/24/2013]
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1969
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18,779
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A great Beatles album one of their best. I still prefer Abbey Road & the "White Album". The big disappointment on Revolver is Love You To I want to like it but it doesn't work for me and sounds out of place amongst so many other great tracks - Taxman, Eleanor Rigby, Yellow Submarine, For No One, And Your Bird Can Sing, Got To Get You Into My Life & Good Day Sunshine. Don't get me wrong it's a great album it's just not their best. [First added to this chart: 09/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1966
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57,223
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An album that sounds as good today as when it was released. It is however not their best album Abbey Road is a better all round album. It has a great mixture of styles and contains the best Beatles song of all time A Day In The Life. I don't get Within Without You & Lucy in The Sky doesn't really work for me either. A good album but not their best. [First added to this chart: 09/24/2013]
Year of Release:
1967
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51,238
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1969
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23,041
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[First added to this chart: 09/24/2013]
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1966
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4,288
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[First added to this chart: 09/25/2013]
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1968
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition

Year Albums %


1960 0 0%
1961 0 0%
1962 0 0%
1963 4 4%
1964 3 3%
1965 10 10%
1966 10 10%
1967 20 20%
1968 23 23%
1969 30 30%
Country Albums %


United States 56 56%
United Kingdom 31 31%
Canada 8 8%
Mixed Nationality 4 4%
Germany 1 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%

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From 01/11/2023 22:12
Nice chart with good coverage of the decade. I agree that the decade didn't truly kick off with great albums until 1963.
Nice to see Laura Nyro in there (twice)! ~ but surprised to see CSN a lot lower than I think they deserve, given the quality of the album.
I agree with a previous comment that Cream deserve a place in the top 100 of the 60's and we could quibble over artists like Blind Faith, Iron Butterfly, Blood Sweat & Tears.
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From 01/11/2023 20:25
Very good chart
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From 11/10/2020 03:03
Solid chart, love your writing
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From 03/16/2020 14:15
Beggars Banquet in the top 10! Great choice for an overall great list!
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From 01/04/2017 19:40
Sweet 60s chart! 44 albums in common. Good to see the Rod Stewart album or as it was called in the UK An Old Raincoat Won't Ever Let You Down. Good diversity of music. I think you have good taste man.
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From 09/08/2015 17:24
A nice chart, fluid. No Janis Joplin or Cream? Still a good feeling chart as is. Glad u dropped Moby Grape in there.
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From 02/07/2014 17:15
Fun to see Aretha Franklin so high.
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From 10/22/2013 12:56
You seem to be the soul representative of BEA.
There sure is a lack of good soul music on BEA, but I´m not fully satisfied with your chart - a bit too many classics and too many albums of your top4 - no real surprises.
The music`s OK
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