Top 50 Music Albums of the 1960s
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• Chart updated: 05/22/2012 04:37
• (Created: 12/06/2011 07:07).
• Chart size: 50 albums.

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Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire 

 The Kinks

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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2011]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

613 charts

Rank Score:

4,757

Rank in 1969:

14

Rank in 1960s:

48

Overall Rank:

358

Average Rating:

 82 (712 votes)

Comments:

45

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Odessey And Oracle 

 The Zombies

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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2011]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,298 charts

Rank Score:

14,048

Rank in 1968:

4

Rank in 1960s:

21

Overall Rank:

88

Average Rating:

 85 (1,350 votes)

Comments:

122

3. (5) 2

Electric Ladyland 

 The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2011]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,684 charts

Rank Score:

17,653

Rank in 1968:

2

Rank in 1960s:

14

Overall Rank:

59

Average Rating:

 86 (1,980 votes)

Comments:

109

4. (8) 4

White Light/White Heat 

 The Velvet Underground

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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2011]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

988 charts

Rank Score:

9,219

Rank in 1968:

6

Rank in 1960s:

27

Overall Rank:

159

Average Rating:

 84 (1,412 votes)

Comments:

101

5. (3) 2

The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2011]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,046 charts

Rank Score:

40,808

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,545 votes)

Comments:

354

6. (4) 2

Beggars Banquet 

 The Rolling Stones

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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2011]

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,220 charts

Rank Score:

9,182

Rank in 1968:

7

Rank in 1960s:

28

Overall Rank:

161

Average Rating:

 84 (1,549 votes)

Comments:

97

7. (17) 10

Help! 
Soundtrack

 The Beatles

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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2011]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

983 charts

Rank Score:

6,910

Rank in 1965:

5

Rank in 1960s:

38

Overall Rank:

237

Average Rating:

 81 (1,945 votes)

Comments:

126

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Led Zeppelin II 

 Led Zeppelin

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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2011]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,947 charts

Rank Score:

21,293

Rank in 1969:

3

Rank in 1960s:

13

Overall Rank:

41

Average Rating:

 87 (2,744 votes)

Comments:

175

9. (12) 3

Highway 61 Revisited 

 Bob Dylan

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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2011]

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,362 charts

Rank Score:

27,714

Rank in 1965:

1

Rank in 1960s:

8

Overall Rank:

27

Average Rating:

 89 (2,813 votes)

Comments:

227

10. (7) 3

Abbey Road 

 The Beatles

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[First added to this chart: 12/10/2011]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,726 charts

Rank Score:

58,372

Rank in 1969:

1

Rank in 1960s:

1

Overall Rank:

3

Average Rating:

 92 (4,620 votes)

Comments:

476

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Top 50 Music Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%
1960	0	0%
1961	1	2%
1962	1	2%
1963	3	6%
1964	3	6%
1965	7	14%
1966	2	4%
1967	8	16%
1968	10	20%
1969	14	28%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	4	8%
Bob Dylan	3	6%
The Band	2	4%
The Kinks	2	4%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	2	4%
John Coltrane	2	4%
Nina Simone	2	4%
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Country	Albums	%
	27	54%
	14	28%
	3	6%
	2	4%
	2	4%
	1	2%
	1	2%

Top 50 Music Albums of the 1960s chart changes

Biggest climbers
Up 31 from 44th to 13th Waiting For The Sun by The Doors
Up 10 from 17th to 7th Help! by The Beatles
Up 6 from 30th to 24th Eli And The Thirteenth Confession by Laura Nyro

Biggest fallers
Down 18 from 16th to 34th Nina Simone Sings The Blues by Nina Simone
Down 17 from 31st to 48th Tijuana Moods by Charles Mingus
Down 17 from 32nd to 49th Pastel Blues by Nina Simone

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Born Under A Bad Sign by Albert King
Point Of Departure by Andrew Hill
Piano, Strings And Bossa Nova by Lalo Schifrin
Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
I'm A Loser by Doris Duke
A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles
The Honeycombs by The Honeycombs
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys

Leavers
The Beatles (The White Album) by The Beatles
Blood, Sweat & Tears by Blood, Sweat & Tears
My Generation by The Who
James Brown Live At The Apollo by James Brown
Miles Smiles by Miles Davis Quintet
Shine On Brightly by Procol Harum
Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks
Sounds Of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel

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100/100	09/25/2021 02:24	AlvaroIesus	75	77/100
65/100	10/11/2012 23:06	JamesCollier	4	74/100
85/100	03/23/2012 17:37	~SMiLE~	315	81/100
90/100	02/21/2012 20:35	Error Finn	115	83/100
85/100	12/11/2011 15:23	Triple Seis	1,251	79/100

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