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: 6 hours ago).
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"I recently saw Toots playing the same old songs at a FREE concert in Blackburn. Rain had washed off the free festival in the park, so Toots was moved to the small stage at King George's Hall. What a great night. He played a number of tracks from this, including the title track." Reply
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lancashirearab | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"A very strong debut album. Hints at what Tull were to become but stand out. Their 3 earlier albums (Stand Up, This Was & Benefit) are blues rock and stand slightly apart from the rest of their musical corpus. If you are into late 60s-early 70s blues-rock, these early Tull albums are essential." Reply
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Robert Anton Wilson | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"One of Beethoven's Best!" Reply
"When Coltrane signed for Impulse! in 1961, he already had the reputation of being one of the most ardent tenor saxophonists of jazz. But "Ballads" still does not announce Trane's most controversial albums. For those who love Coltrane, this record is indispensable because it reflects a facet of th..." [+] Reply
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1963
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"There's nothing bad here, but it can't hold a candle to the Beatles (of course)." Reply
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eclab | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1966
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"The lightning quick follow up to their self titled debut album, Kinda kinks, picks up where that record left off. The LP features ten originals and two poor cover versions(naggin' woman, and, dancing in the street). Of the self penned tracks best are the acoustic, nothin' in the world, and classi..." [+] Reply
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1965
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"A surprisingly good album. There are points where his youth shows but I thought it would be much more juvenile. Tim uses his accented voice like on Hello Goodbye and I prefer his more free vocals that started on Happy Sad but they're still fantastic vocals. He puts together some really nice melod..." [+] Reply
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mdbaxter | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1966
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"Honestly an amazing album, "Everybodys talking" is fantastic and Nilssons own song writing was at a peak here. "My old desk" is great and so is "bath". "One" is a stand out and given the popularity of "one" and "everybodys talking" im surprised this album is so over looked. Its perhaps one of the..." [+] Reply
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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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38 | 4% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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