Best Albums of the 1960s
Listed below are the best albums of the 1960s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 3 hours ago).
"From the first few seconds, the jazz influence can be heard through the melody of "Strange Feelin'" which is lifted from Miles Davis' "All Blues". The jazz tendencies continue throughout the album and make for a great departure from his previously folk-inflected albums. Not only does the musical ..." [+] Reply
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mdbaxter | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1969
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"This was a bit of a train wreck for example Tell All the People. I recommend Touch Me and The Soft Parade nothing else is too memorable but it's not awful just not up to their standard." Reply
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Brandon8 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1969
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"This is one of the weakest Can albums. Goes to show how awesome Can is." Reply
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Defago | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (10 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1969
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"Their first 3 albums (Stand Up, This Was & Benefit) share a hard blues feel that would be seriously dampened after their big hit Aqualung. If you like the heavier/blues side of Tull go towards these earlier albums; if you like their folksier/prog side, the '70s albums starting with TAAB are for y..." [+] Reply
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Robert Anton Wilson | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1969
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"Sandy Denny is, in my opinion, the greatest female singer / songwriter Britain has ever produced, though, if you think about it, the competition list is quite short. 'Who Knows Where the time Goes' is on this, so that would be reason enough by itself to include this album, but it also includes tw..." [+] Reply
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1969
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"Incredible debut, the founding father of southern rock albums, rarely if ever equaled. It doesn't get much better than this. Solid lineup of tracks from beginning to end. Highlights include, 'Black Hearted Woman' which has an almost Hendrix sound to it, and one of the greatest LP climax's with 'W..." [+] Reply
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1969
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"Brilliant voodoo blues. A superb record; atmospheric and gritty it's a perfect late night, lights out record. Brilliant." Reply
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1968
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1,328
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"I have listened to bits and pieces. I'll listen to this when I get the copy for my cd player, seems like something I would have to pay a lot of attention to. Are those 'Free Form Freak Outs' part of the album? They sound like a novel idea." Reply
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1967
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1,303
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"Personally, this sounds fantastic. What else sounds like this? True sonic innovation, just like Pet Sounds before it. So why not as celebrated? Perhaps it's too weird for the masses. But a listen to Wind Chimes, for example, reveals a hauntingly beautiful deranged symphony. Quite frankly, it's Wo..." [+] Reply
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flamingyesdept | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1967
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""Night Beat" from 1963 is considered one of Sam Cooke's best albums. Since the album does not contain any of Cooke's hits or best known songs, the cause of the album's reputation is rather achieved through its overall casual late-night blues mood. Cooke has written three of the twelve songs, and ..." [+] Reply
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1963
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 14 of 100
Best Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 57 | 6% | |
| 1961 | 65 | 7% | |
| 1962 | 50 | 5% | |
| 1963 | 52 | 5% | |
| 1964 | 70 | 7% | |
| 1965 | 89 | 9% | |
| 1966 | 98 | 10% | |
| 1967 | 139 | 14% | |
| 1968 | 188 | 19% | |
| 1969 | 192 | 19% |
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| The Beatles | 17 | 2% | |
| The Beach Boys | 15 | 2% | |
| The Rolling Stones | 14 | 1% | |
| John Coltrane | 13 | 1% | |
| Miles Davis | 12 | 1% | |
| Nina Simone | 10 | 1% | |
| Bob Dylan | 10 | 1% | |
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634 | 63% | |
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201 | 20% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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17 | 2% | |
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11 | 1% | |
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