Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s
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• Chart updated: 10/09/2025 17:15
• (Created: 12/04/2011 20:31).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Abbey Road 

 The Beatles

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Overall chart rank: #1. Produced by George Martin. The last album The Beatles recorded somehow turned out to be one of their very best. The bits and pieces McCartney envisioned as song suites somehow worked, and Lennon's singular songs are among his best work. George Harrison's songs show how much he'd progressed into a rival of the band's songwriting team. Abbey Road is a miracle of 1969 modern technology: it sounds as clean as anything coming out today. One of the most entertaining albums ever made. [First added to this chart: 12/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,726 charts

Rank Score:

58,030

Rank in 1969:

1

Rank in 1960s:

1

Overall Rank:

3

Average Rating:

 92 (4,622 votes)

Comments:

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Rubber Soul 

 The Beatles

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Produced by George Martin. The growth of The Beatles as songwriters and recording artists between Help! and Rubber Soul was staggering. Rubber Soul is packed with great songs, many of them acoustic. This is the album that inspired Pet Sounds, and one of the albums that moved me far enough to first pick up a guitar and start writing my own songs. That Rubber Soul MIGHT be the greatest Beatles album speaks volumes about how great they really were. This album is beautiful, and it's scary good. [First added to this chart: 12/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,345 charts

Rank Score:

27,216

Rank in 1965:

2

Rank in 1960s:

9

Overall Rank:

28

Average Rating:

 88 (3,371 votes)

Comments:

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Are You Experienced 

 The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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Produced by Chas Chandler. Jimi Hendrix was a star for only four years before he died, but in that time, he did more to revolutionize the guitar than anyone else in the history of rock combined. The Experience was a great band...but it was all about Jimi. Are You Experienced is his coming out party. Thisis guitar like it had never been played before, and people are still trying to copy the playing on this album. This is the album that proves Jimi was the master of the electric guitar. Accept no substitutes. [First added to this chart: 01/23/2012]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,212 charts

Rank Score:

21,906

Rank in 1967:

4

Rank in 1960s:

12

Overall Rank:

39

Average Rating:

 87 (2,489 votes)

Comments:

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The Beatles (The White Album) 

 The Beatles

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Produced by George Martin. This was my first real exposure to The Beatles...what a ride!This album is like nothing else before it. You can feel the tension in it, and you can hear, more than on any of their other works, how different they were as individuals. This always seems a bit sad to me, but it's also a band stretching out in directions that no one had dared to ever record before. A great set of songs, and a highly emotional album. This made me love The Beatles. I don't regret it for a minute. [First added to this chart: 12/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,944 charts

Rank Score:

37,745

Rank in 1968:

1

Rank in 1960s:

6

Overall Rank:

14

Average Rating:

 89 (3,821 votes)

Comments:

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Odessey And Oracle 

 The Zombies

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[First added to this chart: 12/06/2011]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,298 charts

Rank Score:

13,997

Rank in 1968:

4

Rank in 1960s:

21

Overall Rank:

88

Average Rating:

 85 (1,352 votes)

Comments:

122

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Buffalo Springfield 

 Buffalo Springfield

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[First added to this chart: 11/13/2013]

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

225 charts

Rank Score:

931

Rank in 1966:

23

Rank in 1960s:

176

Overall Rank:

1,798

Average Rating:

 77 (242 votes)

Comments:

14

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Axis: Bold As Love 

 The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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Produced by Chas Chandler. Once you get past the somewhat ridiculous (and thankfully short)interview with the alien thing at the beginning,you have what may be the greatest guitar playing over the course of a ton of short little songs ever assembled. Only two tracks extend past four minutes...yet the guitar genius of Hendrix is never in the background. He did this with 2 and 3 minute snippets...imagine a double album with the songs stretched out so he could really wail on them! [First added to this chart: 12/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,020 charts

Rank Score:

7,621

Rank in 1967:

9

Rank in 1960s:

34

Overall Rank:

203

Average Rating:

 83 (1,376 votes)

Comments:

62

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Music From Big Pink 

 The Band

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Produced by John Simon. Armed with a career full of playing backup band for the likes of Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan, The Band recorded their debut armed with great originals and Dylan covers. The result is an album that was like no other. "I Shall Be Released" is one of the greatest recordings of the 20th century, and tracks like "Chest Fever", "The Weight" and "Tears Of Rage" make it one of the best debut albums of all time. A penomenal album by one of the greatest bands ever assembled. [First added to this chart: 12/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

791 charts

Rank Score:

5,845

Rank in 1968:

9

Rank in 1960s:

44

Overall Rank:

285

Average Rating:

 81 (964 votes)

Comments:

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At Last! 

 Etta James

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Produced by Phil & Leonard Chess. This was 1960, for chrissakes. The song "At Last" is owned by no one other than Etta James: it's absolutely perfect. It should be retired, and no one else should be able to record or even perform it, ever. The rest of the album At Last!? Holy hell, this woman could sing the shit out of anything. At Last! is loaded with amazing performances. Even the orchestrations can't hide the fact that she was an incredible talent, showcased nowhere as perfectly as it is here. [First added to this chart: 12/11/2011]

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

338 charts

Rank Score:

2,122

Rank in 1960:

3

Rank in 1960s:

92

Overall Rank:

815

Average Rating:

 78 (317 votes)

Comments:

24

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The Band 

 The Band

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Produced by John Simon. The second album from The Band is a thing of beauty. The songwriting would begin to fall off shortly after this, but for two albums (this and Music From Big Pink), The Band could do no wrong. People talk about music being timeless...well, I think it really applies to this album. All of the talent in the world at each instrument, plus incredible writing, makes this one of the greatest of all time. Could have come from any era, which is really what makes it so special. [First added to this chart: 12/04/2011]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

837 charts

Rank Score:

6,552

Rank in 1969:

12

Rank in 1960s:

40

Overall Rank:

247

Average Rating:

 81 (979 votes)

Comments:

46

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%
1960	1	1%
1961	1	1%
1962	2	2%
1963	6	6%
1964	6	6%
1965	11	11%
1966	10	10%
1967	18	18%
1968	16	16%
1969	28	28%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	12	12%
Bob Dylan	7	7%
The Byrds	4	4%
The Rolling Stones	4	4%
Creedence Clearwater Revival	3	3%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	3	3%
The Kinks	3	3%
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Country	Albums	%
	59	59%
	33	33%
	5	5%
	3	3%

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90/100	01/31/2025 14:14	SomethingSpecial	1,108	85/100
95/100	08/08/2024 20:52	pedro1976	107	85/100
100/100	07/22/2024 19:21	Rivera	49	98/100
100/100	09/15/2023 11:08	Larcx13	1,141	86/100
95/100	03/06/2023 07:29	Moondance	476	85/100

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This chart is rated in the top 2% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 90.2/100, a mean average of 89.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.4/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 15.6.

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95/100

From Tamthebam 07/22/2024 08:41

Well what can I say 48 albums in common ! You have good taste ! the order we rank them is slightly different so overall 95/100 but a really good chart obviously its one of my favourites.

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From Rm12398 09/15/2023 22:37

47 in common! Great list!

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From Moondance 03/06/2023 07:29

Yep, nailed it.

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From Goliath 04/16/2022 17:39

26 in common (and there's only 36 in my 60's chart).

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From Juneof44 04/13/2022 07:41

Really appreaciate the comments below the albums and the producer.

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From leniad 10/26/2020 01:57

good choices

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From Johnnyo 10/25/2017 11:35

Great chart. I love the time that has gone into this with notes against albums. I've tried to do this myself but run out of patience. Respect.

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From NowhereMan 07/25/2014 21:04

Hard day's night in top 10. Brilliant.

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From Antonio-Pedro 10/29/2013 17:25

Nice chart. I Agree with some Albuns. But i don't Guess ThatvThe White Album Is The Best Of The 60s. Yes He is one of the best abums of the beatles but not to be the best

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From tgarritsen 10/10/2013 23:13

Great Album. But I don't think the White Album is the best Beatles album

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