Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s
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My first complete top 100 of the 60s after some weeks of discovering new albums and re-listening to old ones. Still some details to be added, though.


EXTRA: Favourite songs of the 60s (1 per artist) ->

1. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone (Highway 61 Revisited)
2. David Bowie - Space Oddity (David Bowie)
3. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever (Magical Mystery Tour)
4. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (Pet Sound)
5. The Velvet Underground - Heroin (The Velvet Underground & Nico)
6. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (In the Court of the Crimson King)
7. Love - Alone Again Or (Forever Changes)
8. Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (Electric Ladyland)
9. Van Morrison - Madame George (Astral Weeks)
10. The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)
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Magical Mystery Tour 
Soundtrack
United Kingdom The Beatles
Buy album United States
Favourite songs: Strawberry Fields Forever, The Fool on the Hill, I Am The Walrus [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]
Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
1,518 charts
Rank Score:
14,807
Rank in 1967:
6
Rank in 1960s:
20
Overall Rank:
77
Average Rating:
Top rated album (86/100 - 2591 votes)  86 (2,591 votes)
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In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson) 
United Kingdom King Crimson
Buy album United States
Favourite songs: In the Court of the Crimson King, Epitaph, 21st Century Schizoid Man [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]
Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
2,089 charts
Rank Score:
26,774
Rank in 1969:
2
Rank in 1960s:
7
Overall Rank:
26
Average Rating:
Top rated album (89/100 - 2454 votes)  89 (2,454 votes)
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Abbey Road 
United Kingdom The Beatles
Buy album United States
Favourite songs: "The Medley", Here Comes the Sun, Something [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]
Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
3,768 charts
Rank Score:
54,613
Rank in 1969:
1
Rank in 1960s:
1
Overall Rank:
3
Average Rating:
Top rated album (92/100 - 4672 votes)  92 (4,672 votes)
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Five Leaves Left 
United Kingdom Nick Drake
Buy album United States
Favourite songs: Day Is Done, Time Has Told Me, River Man [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]
Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
995 charts
Rank Score:
8,557
Rank in 1969:
7
Rank in 1960s:
30
Overall Rank:
165
Average Rating:
Top rated album (85/100 - 1089 votes)  85 (1,089 votes)
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Highway 61 Revisited 
United States Bob Dylan
Buy album United States
Favourite songs: Like a Rolling Stone, Desolation Row, Ballad of a Thin Man [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]
Year of Release:
1965
Appears in:
2,378 charts
Rank Score:
25,585
Rank in 1965:
1
Rank in 1960s:
9
Overall Rank:
29
Average Rating:
Top rated album (88/100 - 2839 votes)  88 (2,839 votes)
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Revolver 
United Kingdom The Beatles
Buy album United States
Favourite songs: For No One, Eleanor Rigby, I'm Only Sleeping [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]
Year of Release:
1966
Appears in:
3,621 charts
Rank Score:
47,221
Rank in 1966:
1
Rank in 1960s:
2
Overall Rank:
4
Average Rating:
Top rated album (91/100 - 4625 votes)  91 (4,625 votes)
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Odessey And Oracle 
United Kingdom The Zombies
Buy album United States
Favourite songs: Hung Up on a Dream, Care of Cell 44, Beechwood Park [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]
Year of Release:
1968
Appears in:
1,312 charts
Rank Score:
13,348
Rank in 1968:
4
Rank in 1960s:
21
Overall Rank:
88
Average Rating:
Top rated album (85/100 - 1365 votes)  85 (1,365 votes)
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Townes Van Zandt 
United States Townes Van Zandt
Buy album United States
Favourite songs: Waitin' Around to Die; Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel; Lungs [First added to this chart: 06/18/2017]
Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
304 charts
Rank Score:
2,477
Rank in 1969:
22
Rank in 1960s:
79
Overall Rank:
700
Average Rating:
 81 (290 votes)
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Led Zeppelin 
United Kingdom Led Zeppelin
Buy album United States
Favourite songs: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, Good Times Bad Times, Dazed and Confused [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]
Year of Release:
1969
Appears in:
1,812 charts
Rank Score:
16,424
Rank in 1969:
5
Rank in 1960s:
16
Overall Rank:
61
Average Rating:
Top rated album (86/100 - 2615 votes)  86 (2,615 votes)
Comments:
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Songs Of Leonard Cohen 
Canada Leonard Cohen
Buy album United States
Favourite songs: So Long, Marianne; The Stranger Song, Suzzane [First added to this chart: 04/20/2014]
Year of Release:
1967
Appears in:
1,051 charts
Rank Score:
9,620
Rank in 1967:
7
Rank in 1960s:
25
Overall Rank:
138
Average Rating:
 84 (1,127 votes)
Comments:
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