Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s
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samistake2ice 
- Chart updated: 07/12/2016 15:45
- (Created: 09/19/2012 07:10).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2012]
Year of Release:
1966
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37,761
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2012]
Year of Release:
1967
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42,279
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[First added to this chart: 02/15/2013]
Year of Release:
1968
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Rank Score:
16,006
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2012]
Year of Release:
1967
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Rank Score:
38,730
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2012]
Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
2,416
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[First added to this chart: 05/14/2013]
Year of Release:
1969
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16,939
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[First added to this chart: 09/18/2012]
Year of Release:
1969
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55,824
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[First added to this chart: 04/06/2013]
Year of Release:
1967
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14,809
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[First added to this chart: 07/14/2015]
[First added to this chart: 03/06/2013]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1961 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1962 | 3 | 3% | |
| 1963 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1964 | 8 | 8% | |
| 1965 | 12 | 12% | |
| 1966 | 14 | 14% | |
| 1967 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1968 | 15 | 15% | |
| 1969 | 24 | 24% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| The Beatles | 9 | 9% | |
| Bob Dylan | 7 | 7% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 5 | 5% | |
| The Animals | 4 | 4% | |
| Simon & Garfunkel | 3 | 3% | |
| Phil Ochs | 3 | 3% | |
| Townes Van Zandt | 3 | 3% | |
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 2nd to 1stPet Sounds by The Beach Boys |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 1st to 2ndSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| 08/08/2021 20:41 |  travelful | 208 | 99/100 | |
| 03/12/2014 17:15 | mascamangas | 21 | 61/100 | |
| 02/17/2014 08:11 | PauloPaz | 1,759 | 89/100 | |
| 02/08/2014 13:30 |  tgarritsen | 375 | 86/100 | |
| 08/13/2013 02:42 |  benpaco | 142 | 85/100 |
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From mascamangas 03/12/2014 17:15 | #106072
Nice to see Townes Van Zandt well treated.
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From tgarritsen 02/08/2014 13:28 | #102566
tgarritsen 02/08/2014 13:28 | #102566
Some unique choices to put in the top ten or twenty like The Animals and Jerry Jeff Walker. Cool to see Born under a bad on the chart.
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EyeKanFly 06/04/2013 00:03 | #78031
This is a really nice decade chart. It's not too heavy on the classics, but nothing's too obscure either...I guess. Good job!
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