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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1.

The Velvet Underground & Nico 

 The Velvet Underground & Nico

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Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,978 charts

Rank Score:

46,101

Rank in 1967:

2

Rank in 1960s:

4

Overall Rank:

10

Average Rating:

 89 (3,454 votes)

Comments:

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2.

Pet Sounds 

 The Beach Boys

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,777 charts

Rank Score:

45,123

Rank in 1966:

2

Rank in 1960s:

5

Overall Rank:

11

Average Rating:

 88 (3,192 votes)

Comments:

354

3.

A Love Supreme 

 John Coltrane

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,286 charts

Rank Score:

17,106

Rank in 1965:

3

Rank in 1960s:

19

Overall Rank:

75

Average Rating:

 87 (1,452 votes)

Comments:

99

4.

The Beatles (The White Album) 

 The Beatles

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,866 charts

Rank Score:

43,272

Rank in 1968:

1

Rank in 1960s:

6

Overall Rank:

13

Average Rating:

 89 (3,731 votes)

Comments:

337

5.

Wild Is The Wind 

 Nina Simone

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

251 charts

Rank Score:

2,095

Rank in 1966:

9

Rank in 1960s:

90

Overall Rank:

848

Average Rating:

 80 (233 votes)

Comments:

11

6.

Blonde On Blonde 

 Bob Dylan

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

1,968 charts

Rank Score:

27,839

Rank in 1966:

3

Rank in 1960s:

11

Overall Rank:

31

Average Rating:

 88 (2,330 votes)

Comments:

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8.

Revolver 

 The Beatles

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,478 charts

Rank Score:

57,015

Rank in 1966:

1

Rank in 1960s:

2

Overall Rank:

4

Average Rating:

 91 (4,473 votes)

Comments:

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9.

In A Silent Way 

 Miles Davis

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

764 charts

Rank Score:

7,940

Rank in 1969:

9

Rank in 1960s:

34

Overall Rank:

209

Average Rating:

 86 (864 votes)

Comments:

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10.

I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You 

 Aretha Franklin

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Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

615 charts

Rank Score:

4,365

Rank in 1967:

14

Rank in 1960s:

53

Overall Rank:

411

Average Rating:

 80 (580 votes)

Comments:

25

11.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen 

 Leonard Cohen

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Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,001 charts

Rank Score:

10,237

Rank in 1967:

7

Rank in 1960s:

25

Overall Rank:

150

Average Rating:

 84 (1,085 votes)

Comments:

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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%
1960	3	3%
1961	2	2%
1962	3	3%
1963	4	4%
1964	5	5%
1965	12	12%
1966	7	7%
1967	15	15%
1968	18	18%
1969	31	31%

Artist	Albums	%
The Beatles	5	5%
Bob Dylan	4	4%
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	3	3%
The Rolling Stones	3	3%
Nina Simone	3	3%
Aretha Franklin	2	2%
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	65	65%
	17	17%
	5	5%
	4	4%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	1	1%
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Decade charts

• The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2010s decade chart) (published 2019)
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• Top 100 Albums of the 1990s by Pitchfork (1990s decade chart) (published 2003)
• The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s by Pitchfork (1990s decade chart) (published 2022)
• Top 100 Albums of the 1980s by Pitchfork (1980s decade chart) (published 2002)
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70/100	12/11/2020 08:01	pjohnsongolf	273	89/100
85/100	08/17/2020 12:19	Chrispeater	138	82/100
100/100	07/27/2020 14:42	Timestarter	114	90/100
80/100	06/19/2020 15:38	Larcx13	1,090	86/100
85/100	01/18/2020 02:27	Timbo1564	36	73/100

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From Larcx13 06/19/2020 15:38

Fair list.

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From Timbo1564 01/18/2020 02:26

Like the Miles and Coltrane in top 10.

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From Mercury 08/25/2017 19:34

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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