Top-rated albums of the 1960s

Listed below are the top-rated albums of the 1960s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

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Year of Release:
1969
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Rank Score:
70,074
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Year of Release:
1966
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62,095
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Year of Release:
1967
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56,287
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1969
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34,343
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1968
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Rank Score:
46,671
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Year of Release:
1967
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50,296
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Year of Release:
1965
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Rank Score:
33,371
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1965
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32,766
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1966
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48,890
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1966
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29,540
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 1 of 100

The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 73/100).

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