Best Albums of the 1960s
Listed below are the best albums of the 1960s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 2 hours ago).
"This is the best Otis Redding album I've heard personally. Though I like "Otis Blue", this one is just better in my opinion track-for-track. The unbelievably spectacular opening track almost overshadows the rest of the album with its sheer power and attention it commands, but especially on repeat..." [+] Reply
"Delightful, faultless beauty (ok, apart from Gary Duncan missing the high note in The Fool) but maybe the most elegant album in Rock history. San Francisco truely must have been a very beautiful place to be." Reply
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O.T. | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Now this guy could play the guitar. He was one of the founding fathers of jazz guitar along with Eddie Lang. He is truly amazing, highly recommended!" Reply
"Tracklist should stop at "Teas". The rest is Reissue bonus track material. Whatever. Great record, both naive and very clever, instantly appealing, Donovan's best from what I've heard." Reply
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Norman Bates | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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""December's Children" was a U.S. only album that only in a few cases collided with the European releases, and for this reason the record was / is particularly interesting for Stones collectors. The music is somewhat a mixed bag, consisting of EP tracks and singles. A few numbers were already a ye..." [+] Reply
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1965
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"Classic folk album from Pentangle. Half live, half studio, it's an excellent document of one of the genres top groups. After, Basket of light, it's Pentangle's most essential album." Reply
""Good morning little schoolgirl, can I come home with you?" "...sir" "Tell your mama and your papa I'm a little schoolboy too" "sir, please step away from the girl" That's it for a Gen Z-ers interpretation of '60s blues rock. Other than that, I quite enjoy the simplistic blues rock songs with a h..." [+] Reply
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Boltzmann | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1967
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"On this album, Lee Morgan begins the move beyond traditional hard bop, and has outstanding results. He is well supported by an all star ensemble including the incomparable Grant Green on guitar, Herbie Hancock on piano, and Wayne Shorter on sax. This is one of the all time great jazz statements." Reply
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Fischman | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Damn! These first 2 Hardin albums just hit the sweet spot, don't they? Painfully short (this is 27 min, Tim Hardin 2 is 23 min), perfectly balanced between introspective and downright poetic tracks and blues rockers, and they feature obviously truly excellent and soulful vocals by the man himself..." [+] Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Roy Orbison has always been one of my favorite artists of the 60's, and this album is one of my three favorites (the other two being "Crying" and "Mystery Girl"). It's easy for anyone to see how Roy became such an icon to so many. He was so inept at his craft of singing and songwriting, that he f..." [+] Reply
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Best Albums of the 1960s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1960 | 58 | 6% | |
| 1961 | 66 | 7% | |
| 1962 | 50 | 5% | |
| 1963 | 52 | 5% | |
| 1964 | 69 | 7% | |
| 1965 | 89 | 9% | |
| 1966 | 97 | 10% | |
| 1967 | 140 | 14% | |
| 1968 | 189 | 19% | |
| 1969 | 190 | 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% | |
| Bob Dylan | 10 | 1% | |
| Nina Simone | 10 | 1% | |
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