Best Albums of the 1960s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1960s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1960s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
1960	592	26,772	Giant Steps (439th)by John Coltrane
1961	557	23,101	My Favorite Things (591st)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,812	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,113th)by Ray Charles
1963	646	50,038	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	762	49,310	A Hard Day's Night (224th)by The Beatles
1965	901	148,765	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,326	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,210	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,498	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,576	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,762	1,399,409

The best artists of the 1960s were The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and The Rolling Stones.

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Patsy Cline

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

410

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

311

Overall Rank:

3,564

Average Rating:

75 (97 votes)

Comments:

312.

Comme À La Radio

Brigitte Fontaine, Areski Avec Art Ensemble Of Chicago

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

408

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

312

Overall Rank:

3,580

Average Rating:

79 (59 votes)

Comments:

313.

Ballads

John Coltrane Quartet

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

96 charts

Rank Score:

405

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

313

Overall Rank:

3,594

Average Rating:

79 (119 votes)

Comments:

314.

Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.

The Monkees

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

405

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

314

Overall Rank:

3,601

Average Rating:

75 (118 votes)

Comments:

315.

Beethoven: Symphonien No. 9

Herbert von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

403

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

315

Overall Rank:

3,621

Average Rating:

81 (74 votes)

Comments:

316.

The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

402

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

316

Overall Rank:

3,631

Average Rating:

74 (85 votes)

Comments:

317.

Spirit

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

105 charts

Rank Score:

402

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

317

Overall Rank:

3,633

Average Rating:

78 (106 votes)

Comments:

318.

Atlantis

Sun Ra And His Astro-Infinity Arkestra

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

398

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

318

Overall Rank:

3,660

Average Rating:

77 (120 votes)

Comments:

319.

Mutantes

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

396

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

319

Overall Rank:

3,671

Average Rating:

81 (92 votes)

Comments:

320.

Philosophy Of The World

The Shaggs

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

393

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

320

Overall Rank:

3,701

Average Rating:

61 (129 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	67	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	99	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	191	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	12	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	630	63%
	209	21%
	33	3%
	25	3%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	968	97%
Yes	32	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	960	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

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