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: 03/28/2025 15:45
- (Created: 12/05/2011 00:56).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1961 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1962 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1963 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1964 | 7 | 7% | |
| 1965 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1966 | 10 | 10% | |
| 1967 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1968 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1969 | 28 | 28% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Fred Neil | 2 | 2% | |
| Albert Ayler Trio | 1 | 1% | |
| The Thelonious Monk Quartet | 1 | 1% | |
| Solomon Burke | 1 | 1% | |
| Moondog | 1 | 1% | |
| Sly & The Family Stone | 1 | 1% | |
| James Brown And His Famous Flames | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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73 | 73% | |
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14 | 14% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 22 from 68th to 46th A Gift From A Flower To A Garden by Donovan |
| Up 19 from 47th to 28th Black Monk Time by Monks (US) |
| Up 12 from 84th to 72nd Buffalo Springfield by Buffalo Springfield |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 26 from 64th to 90th Pat Kelley Sings by Pat Kelly |
| Down 25 from 63rd to 88th Cloud Nine by The Temptations |
| Down 23 from 72nd to 95th Straight Ahead by Abbey Lincoln |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 08/31/2024 17:51 | Johnnyo | 2,549 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2020 17:53 | Chrispeater | 138 | 82/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2016 21:30 |  louisjwyatt | 213 | 85/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2016 19:21 |  Cojo7 | 38 | 84/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2016 08:48 |  ButterThumbz | 59 | 88/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 12% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 87.8/100, a mean average of 87.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.5/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 7.5.
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Quality chart.
cestuneblague 08/02/2021 19:10 | #272141
Fontaine is indeed wonderful
louisjwyatt 04/09/2016 21:30 | #163557
Wow.
Cojo7 04/09/2016 19:22 | #163549
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 | #163529
Stay classy, Norm.
Amirkhosro 02/08/2016 21:35 | #159143
Tons of personality. The order is amazing
Really interesting chart.
Leonard 10/05/2015 13:32 | #150993
I m missing the Doors ......
HoldenM 10/05/2015 09:07 | #150985
I dig it.
besides that velvet album... the rest is not bad. Pet sounds one of my top too.
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