Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s
by Pitchfork (2017) 
Pitchfork is an American online music publication. These are their best albums of 1960s.
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1961 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1962 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1963 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1964 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1965 | 11 | 11% | |
| 1966 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1967 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1968 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1969 | 31 | 31% |
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| The Beatles | 5 | 5% | |
| Bob Dylan | 4 | 4% | |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 3 | 3% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 3 | 3% | |
| Nina Simone | 3 | 3% | |
| Leonard Cohen | 2 | 2% | |
| The Velvet Underground | 2 | 2% | |
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66 | 66% | |
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17 | 17% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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1 | 1% | |
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Other 1960s decade charts
There are 12 charts from recognised sources for 1960s (3 are listed below). There are also 751 user submitted charts covering this period.
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greatest albums of the 1960s | Ultimate Record Collection (Magazine) | 1960s decade chart | 2022 | |
| The Greatest Albums Of The 1960s | Uncut | 1960s decade chart | 2022 | |
| Die 100 besten Alben der 1960er Jahre | Popkultur.de | 1960s decade chart | 2020 | |
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| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
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| The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s | Pitchfork | 2010s decade chart | 2019 | |
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| Top 100 Albums of the 1990s | Pitchfork | 1990s decade chart | 2003 | |
| The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s | Pitchfork | 1990s decade chart | 2022 | |
| Top 100 Albums of the 1980s | Pitchfork | 1980s decade chart | 2002 | |
| The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s | Pitchfork | 1980s decade chart | 2018 | |
| Top 100 Albums of the 1970s | Pitchfork | 1970s decade chart | 2004 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | Pitchfork | 1960s decade chart | 2017 | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/06/2025 05:46 |  slatsheit | 26 | 88/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2020 08:01 |  pjohnsongolf | 272 | 89/100 |
| ! | 08/17/2020 12:19 | Chrispeater | 138 | 82/100 |
| ! | 07/27/2020 14:42 |  Timestarter | 114 | 90/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2020 15:38 |  Larcx13 | 1,145 | 86/100 |
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Larcx13 06/19/2020 15:38 | #253920
Fair list.
Like the Miles and Coltrane in top 10.
Mercury 08/25/2017 19:34 | #196725
Very cool list with some recommendations for eme, especially in the last 30 or so. But when I saw no Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues I figured they were just not doing compilations. Then they included Howlin' Wolf...which is a compilation. So yeah they should include RJ and some other blues. Hell even non compilation LPs by Mayall, Albert King, BB, Magic Sam, etc would have been good. Oh well. Still, it's great!
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