Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s
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enough albums I care about to reduce to one per artist
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[First added to this chart: 12/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1969
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2,854
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[First added to this chart: 12/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1966
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24,988
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Top rated album (88/100 - 2400 votes)  88 (2,400 votes)
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[First added to this chart: 12/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1967
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9,661
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[First added to this chart: 08/13/2017]
Year of Release:
1963
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12,984
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Top rated album (86/100 - 1032 votes)  86 (1,032 votes)
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Year of Release:
1969
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2,374
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[First added to this chart: 12/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1969
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7,831
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Top rated album (86/100 - 904 votes)  86 (904 votes)
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[First added to this chart: 07/15/2020]
Year of Release:
1969
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8,102
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[First added to this chart: 12/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1966
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2,304
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[First added to this chart: 12/23/2018]
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1967
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39,926
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Top rated album (89/100 - 3550 votes)  89 (3,550 votes)
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[First added to this chart: 08/13/2017]
Year of Release:
1965
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15,729
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Top rated album (87/100 - 1505 votes)  87 (1,505 votes)
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition

Year Albums %


1960 5 5%
1961 2 2%
1962 6 6%
1963 5 5%
1964 6 6%
1965 8 8%
1966 11 11%
1967 11 11%
1968 18 18%
1969 28 28%
Country Albums %


United States 67 67%
United Kingdom 13 13%
Brazil 5 5%
Mixed Nationality 5 5%
Canada 4 4%
Germany 3 3%
France 1 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%
Live? Albums %
No 98 98%
Yes 2 2%

Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s chart changes

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Climber Up 64 from 100th to 36th
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Climber Up 30 from 98th to 68th
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Biggest fallers
Faller Down 27 from 29th to 56th
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Faller Down 26 from 36th to 62nd
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by Bob Dylan
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by Bob Dylan
Leaver The Velvet Underground
by The Velvet Underground
Leaver Blues & Roots
by Charles Mingus
Leaver Songs From A Room
by Leonard Cohen
Leaver The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
by Bob Dylan
Leaver The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
by Pink Floyd
Leaver Pastel Blues
by Nina Simone
Leaver White Light/White Heat
by The Velvet Underground
Leaver Abbey Road
by The Beatles
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by The Byrds
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by Bob Dylan
Leaver Illuminations
by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Leaver I Put A Spell On You
by Nina Simone
Leaver Bookends
by Simon & Garfunkel
Leaver My Favorite Things
by John Coltrane
Leaver Change Of The Century
by Ornette Coleman
Leaver Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
by The Kinks
Leaver Coltrane "Live" At The Village Vanguard
by John Coltrane
Leaver Ornette!
by Ornette Coleman
Leaver Are You Experienced
by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Leaver It's My Way!
by Buffy Sainte-Marie
Leaver Sounds Of Silence
by Simon & Garfunkel
Leaver John Wesley Harding
by Bob Dylan
Leaver Smiley Smile
by The Beach Boys
Leaver Oh Yeah
by Charles Mingus
Leaver Nashville Skyline
by Bob Dylan
Leaver Let It Bleed
by The Rolling Stones
Leaver Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
by The Beatles
Leaver I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
by Aretha Franklin
Leaver Ascension
by John Coltrane
Leaver Chelsea Girl
by Nico
Leaver Freak Out!
by The Mothers Of Invention
Leaver Miles Smiles
by Miles Davis Quintet
Leaver Astral Weeks
by Van Morrison
Leaver In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson)
by King Crimson
Leaver Something Else By The Kinks
by The Kinks
Leaver Black Monk Time
by Monks (US)
Leaver Joan Baez
by Joan Baez
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Sweet chart, man. A little heavy on Dylan, but oh well.
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Best Albums of 1970
1. Paranoid by Black Sabbath
2. After The Gold Rush by Neil Young
3. All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
4. Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
5. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band by John Lennon
6. Bitches Brew by Miles Davis
7. Moondance by Van Morrison
8. Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival
9. Led Zeppelin III by Led Zeppelin
10. Fun House by The Stooges
11. Let It Be by The Beatles
12. Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath
13. Loaded by The Velvet Underground
14. Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos
15. Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
16. American Beauty by Grateful Dead
17. Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple
18. Abraxas by Santana
19. Morrison Hotel by The Doors
20. Tea For The Tillerman by Cat Stevens
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