Top-rated albums of 1960

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

1.

Giant Steps 

 John Coltrane

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Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

505 charts

Rank Score:

4,149

Rank in 1960:

1

Rank in 1960s:

57

Overall Rank:

430

Average Rating:

 83 (613 votes)

Comments:

24

2.

Sketches Of Spain 

 Miles Davis

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Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

548 charts

Rank Score:

3,975

Rank in 1960:

2

Rank in 1960s:

59

Overall Rank:

453

Average Rating:

 81 (678 votes)

Comments:

27

3.

Quiet Kenny 

 Kenny Dorham

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Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

22

Rank in 1960:

128

Rank in 1960s:

2,091

Overall Rank:

34,515

Average Rating:

 80 (30 votes)

Comments:

1

4.

Blues & Roots 

 Charles Mingus

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Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

219 charts

Rank Score:

1,273

Rank in 1960:

4

Rank in 1960s:

145

Overall Rank:

1,362

Average Rating:

 80 (232 votes)

Comments:

9

5.

Soul Station 

 Hank Mobley

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Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

126 charts

Rank Score:

532

Rank in 1960:

8

Rank in 1960s:

263

Overall Rank:

2,871

Average Rating:

 79 (124 votes)

Comments:

4

6.

Workin' With The Miles Davis Quintet 

 Miles Davis Quintet

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Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

104

Rank in 1960:

40

Rank in 1960s:

818

Overall Rank:

11,109

Average Rating:

 79 (125 votes)

Comments:

1

7.

At Last! 

 Etta James

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Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

318 charts

Rank Score:

2,071

Rank in 1960:

3

Rank in 1960s:

93

Overall Rank:

861

Average Rating:

 78 (301 votes)

Comments:

21

8.

The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery 

 Wes Montgomery

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Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

495

Rank in 1960:

10

Rank in 1960s:

279

Overall Rank:

3,046

Average Rating:

 78 (149 votes)

Comments:

4

9.

Open Sesame 

 Freddie Hubbard

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Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

184

Rank in 1960:

20

Rank in 1960s:

534

Overall Rank:

6,948

Average Rating:

 78 (40 votes)

Comments:

2

10.

At Newport 1960 
Live

 Muddy Waters

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Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

167 charts

Rank Score:

499

Rank in 1960:

9

Rank in 1960s:

275

Overall Rank:

3,015

Average Rating:

 77 (159 votes)

Comments:

6

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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 72/100).