Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s
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sssvnnn 
- Chart updated: 11/15/2025 09:45
- (Created: 10/28/2013 20:43).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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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 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1964 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1965 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1966 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1967 | 17 | 17% | |
| 1968 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1969 | 33 | 33% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Bob Dylan | 3 | 3% | |
| Pink Floyd | 3 | 3% | |
| Nico | 2 | 2% | |
| Nina Simone | 2 | 2% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 2% | |
| The Beatles | 2 | 2% | |
| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band | 2 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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56 | 56% | |
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23 | 23% | |
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9 | 9% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 10 from 65th to 55th "Live" At The Star-Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis |
| Up 3 from 73rd to 70th Caravan by Caravan |
| Up 3 from 72nd to 69th Blowin' Your Mind! by Van Morrison |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 9 from 50th to 59th It's My Way! by Buffy Sainte-Marie |
| Down 9 from 67th to 76th The Soft Machine by Soft Machine |
| Down 8 from 82nd to 90th Basho Sings by Robbie Băsho |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 02/01/2022 14:45 | 178 | 95/100 | |
| ! | 05/10/2021 03:45 | 1,454 | 99/100 | |
| ! | 09/30/2020 18:23 | leniad | 673 | 85/100 |
| ! | 08/05/2020 13:15 | 1,144 | 86/100 | |
| ! | 07/15/2020 14:04 | TheSmiths82-87 | 1,831 | 83/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 5% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 88.9/100, a mean average of 91.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.2/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 8.1.
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Great list and I like the personalized ranking. Cool stuff.
"Forever Changes":
I discoverd the album on BEA. I didn´t know it since I heard serveral songs of the album on YouTube not long ago.
There are simply lot´s of albums I know since decades and they mean a lot to me - these are the albums in my decade chart.
"The Who":
I kow them since decades: I don´t hate them, I don´t love them.
I cannot really explain why...Maybe they are just not My Generation.
every album is a masterpiece !!!
Very psychedelic. But....100 albums from the 1960s and no Who?
Nice chart sssvnnn. I like seeing the "It's a long way down" in it but surprised not seeing "Forever Changes".
Great chart bro i loved The Velvet Underground
R.I.P Lou Reed
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