Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s by 
Norman Bates 
90-100/100 LPs only. Work in progress.
1 album per artist, my favourite.
- Chart updated: 05/15/2016 11:15
- (Created: 12/05/2011 00:56).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1961 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1962 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1963 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1964 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1965 | 9 | 9% | |
| 1966 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1967 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1968 | 21 | 21% | |
| 1969 | 24 | 24% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Don Cherry | 2 | 2% | |
| John Coltrane | 2 | 2% | |
| James Brown | 1 | 1% | |
| Otis Redding | 1 | 1% | |
| Billy Nicholls | 1 | 1% | |
| Pink Floyd | 1 | 1% | |
| Bobby Fuller Four | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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69 | 69% | |
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19 | 19% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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 95/100 | 04/09/2016 21:30 |  louisjwyatt | | 85/100 |
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cestuneblague 08/02/2021 19:10
Fontaine is indeed wonderful
louisjwyatt 04/09/2016 21:30
Wow.
Cojo7 04/09/2016 19:22
Great chart, although I have to nitpick that you put two Don Cherry albums on here instead of the stated 1 per artist.
ButterThumbz 04/09/2016 08:49
Stay classy, Norm.
Really interesting chart.
Leonard 10/05/2015 13:32
I m missing the Doors ......
HoldenM 10/05/2015 09:07
I dig it.
besides that velvet album... the rest is not bad. Pet sounds one of my top too.
Very good, I love that you included Love and Nick Drake in the top 10 and that you didn't go for the usual Brit bands of the 60's.
pa 12/14/2014 18:21
well done Norman!
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