Top 36 Music Albums of the 1960s by mv3k 
I'm changing my rating system from previous ranking --/100 to simpler scale 1-10 that will be look like that
10 - literally perfect
9+ - almost perfect
9 - great with minor flaws
8+ - very very good
8 - very good
7+ - good, enjoyable listen
7 - good
6+ - ok with potential
6 - ok
5, 5+ - mid
4, 4+ - not very bad
3, 3+ - bad
2, 2+ - very bad
1, 1+ - awful
I will also give average track rating for each album, but I won't always base my score on it, but on my overall enjoyment of each record.
Until I finish changing it you will find both types of ratings old and new in my charts.
- Chart updated: 01/19/2024 07:15
- (Created: 02/03/2023 10:22).
- Chart size: 36 albums.
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Probably the most beautiful album ever recorded, every single track oozes with emotions by using these perfect vocal harmonies and so many instruments
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.8
Fav tracks: Wouldn't It Be Nice, Don't Talk, I Know There's An Answer, Sloop John B, God Only Knows, Here Today, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times [First added to this chart: 02/04/2023]
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.8
Fav tracks: Wouldn't It Be Nice, Don't Talk, I Know There's An Answer, Sloop John B, God Only Knows, Here Today, I Just Wasn't Made For These Times [First added to this chart: 02/04/2023]
Year of Release:
1966
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45,081
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This is a great showcase of human creativity and especially their talent as a band. Songs here are so versatile and at the same time so incredibly good, experiments work and I love all small details in instrumentals
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: Eleanor Rigby, I'm Only Sleeping, Love You To, She Said She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing, For No One, Tomorrow Never Knows [First added to this chart: 02/04/2023]
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: Eleanor Rigby, I'm Only Sleeping, Love You To, She Said She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing, For No One, Tomorrow Never Knows [First added to this chart: 02/04/2023]
Year of Release:
1966
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56,944
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This album is just so huge and ambitious yet so simple, a lot of gorgeous songs and even weaker ones weirdly fit here, great album to finish the story of this wonderful band
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.5
Fav tracks: Come Together, Something, i Want You, Here Comes The Sun, You Never Give Me Your Money, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End [First added to this chart: 02/06/2023]
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.5
Fav tracks: Come Together, Something, i Want You, Here Comes The Sun, You Never Give Me Your Money, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End [First added to this chart: 02/06/2023]
Year of Release:
1969
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65,427
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Amazing album, so ahead of its time, very beutiful and heavy at the same time, their best project by far, there is almost no weak points
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: 21st Century Schizoid Man, I Talk To The Wind, Epitaph, The Court Of The Crimson King [First added to this chart: 02/06/2023]
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.6
Fav tracks: 21st Century Schizoid Man, I Talk To The Wind, Epitaph, The Court Of The Crimson King [First added to this chart: 02/06/2023]
Year of Release:
1969
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31,621
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On this album he perfected what he started the same year on his previous album, it is also the ultimate and best folk rock album, I love surrealistic lyrics and the images he paints here with his words
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.7
Fav tracks: Like A Rolling Stone, Tombstone Blues, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, Desolation Row [First added to this chart: 02/03/2023]
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.7
Fav tracks: Like A Rolling Stone, Tombstone Blues, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, Desolation Row [First added to this chart: 02/03/2023]
Year of Release:
1965
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31,057
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The most brilliant, entertaining and entrancing jazz record I've heard in my life, it takes you through a real kaleidoscope of feelings
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.5
Fav tracks: Solo Dancer, Duete Solo Dancers, Group Dancers [First added to this chart: 02/03/2023]
Score: 10
Avg. tr. rating: 9.5
Fav tracks: Solo Dancer, Duete Solo Dancers, Group Dancers [First added to this chart: 02/03/2023]
Year of Release:
1963
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14,033
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One of the best debuts of all time, such a blues rock power was displayed here. Also I love Morrison's voice and lyrics
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.4
Fav tracks: Break On Through, Soul Kitchen, 20th Century Fox, Light My Fire, Take It As It Comes, The End [First added to this chart: 02/04/2023]
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.4
Fav tracks: Break On Through, Soul Kitchen, 20th Century Fox, Light My Fire, Take It As It Comes, The End [First added to this chart: 02/04/2023]
Year of Release:
1967
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29,091
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Lyrical masterpiece, not every track is perfect, but this is a start of the greatest period of his career in terms of sound and surreal lyrics
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.4
Fav tracks: It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding, Love Minus Zero, Maggie's Farm, Mr. Tambourine Man, Subterranean Homesick Blues [First added to this chart: 02/03/2023]
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.4
Fav tracks: It's Alright Ma I'm Only Bleeding, Love Minus Zero, Maggie's Farm, Mr. Tambourine Man, Subterranean Homesick Blues [First added to this chart: 02/03/2023]
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1965
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13,367
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Exceptional album, it has magical quality similar to Forever Changes, but it is beautiful in more youthful and joyful way
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.3
Fav tracks: Care Of Cell 44, Beechwood Park, Brief Candles, Hung Up On A Dream, Time Of The Season [First added to this chart: 02/05/2023]
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.3
Fav tracks: Care Of Cell 44, Beechwood Park, Brief Candles, Hung Up On A Dream, Time Of The Season [First added to this chart: 02/05/2023]
Year of Release:
1968
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15,304
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Maybe not their technically best, but one of the most compelling. This is just a set of songs with beautiful sound and lyrics, it is also probably their most atmospheric record
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.1
Fav tracks: In My Life, Nowhere Man, Norwegian Wood, If I Needed Someone, I'm Looking Through You [First added to this chart: 02/03/2023]
Score: 9+
Avg. tr. rating: 9.1
Fav tracks: In My Life, Nowhere Man, Norwegian Wood, If I Needed Someone, I'm Looking Through You [First added to this chart: 02/03/2023]
Year of Release:
1965
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30,611
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Top 36 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 3 | 8% | |
| 1961 | 3 | 8% | |
| 1962 | 2 | 6% | |
| 1963 | 4 | 11% | |
| 1964 | 4 | 11% | |
| 1965 | 4 | 11% | |
| 1966 | 4 | 11% | |
| 1967 | 4 | 11% | |
| 1968 | 4 | 11% | |
| 1969 | 4 | 11% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Beatles | 10 | 28% | |
| Bob Dylan | 5 | 14% | |
| John Coltrane | 3 | 8% | |
| Led Zeppelin | 2 | 6% | |
| Miles Davis | 1 | 3% | |
| Charles Mingus | 1 | 3% | |
| Howlin' Wolf | 1 | 3% | |
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Top 36 Music Albums of the 1960s chart changes
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