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: 7 hours ago).
"One of their best LP's, and certainly better than anything they did from the late 70's onwards. A brilliant and very underrated LP." Reply
"The Move were one of the most talented bands of the British pop-psych-era in the late 1960's. The original line-up only recorded one album along with a string of catchy and inventive singles during 1966-69. The original album which was originally delayed several times contains their two big hits ..." [+] Reply
""For Certain Because" marked the beginning of probably the most creative period in the career of the Hollies. It was also the album that introduced Tonys Hicks' banjo which is very prominent on the big single hit "Stop Stop Stop". "Butterfly" is often regarded the strongest album by the Hollies. ..." [+] Reply
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"The awesome power of the fully operational Messengers on display on this killer album. Lee Morgan had become an uncontainable monster by this point and is just ridiculously good here. The songwriting of Shorter and Timmons makes this one of the best Messengers albums to my ears; the tempos and th..." [+] Reply
"Genesis' debut album will sound familiar to anyone listening to pop music in and around 1969. I'm sure my father had it - certainly I listened to it a few times around the turn of the decade and found it acceptable, and one track, "In The Beginning" - was on the sampler album Wowie Zowie! World o..." [+] Reply
"A whole lot of Keith Relf playing harmonica. Historically significant, for sure; it's a hard rocking album for 1964." Reply
"Possibly the greatest live album of all time? This album is certainly a candidate! Judy is one of my favorite female singers of the 20th century, and I feel as though unlike many singers, her vocal prowess grew as she aged. Sadly, this was to be her last crowing moment before she was taken away f..." [+] Reply
"A similar but more consistent effort compared to their debut. The production is significantly better. Country Joe & The Fish continue their journey into electric psychedelia but incorporate more acoustics. Though the album as a whole is more tame, they still indulge themselves musically whenever ..." [+] Reply
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"Their last strong album. Temptations were one of the Motown greats, and this album is somehow overlooked." Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 47 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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