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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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	594	26,858	Giant Steps (431st)by John Coltrane
1961	560	23,049	My Favorite Things (593rd)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,834	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,115th)by Ray Charles
1963	647	49,958	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	763	49,144	A Hard Day's Night (225th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,557	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	977	191,741	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	306,635	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,561	229,221	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,943	351,256	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,772	1,397,254

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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991.

Folkjokeopus

Roy Harper

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

20 charts

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992.

Agnetha Fältskog

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

5 charts

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993.

The Beach Boys' Christmas Album

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

43 charts

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993

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14,067

Average Rating:

66 (81 votes)

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994.

Folk Roots, New Routes

Davy Graham & Shirley Collins

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

26 charts

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994

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14,078

Average Rating:

74 (21 votes)

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995.

Dream With Dean

Dean Martin

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

3 charts

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995

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14,081

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74 (3 votes)

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996.

The Ice Man Cometh

Jerry Butler

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

15 charts

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997.

The Circle Game

Tom Rush

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

20 charts

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998.

The Nat King Cole Story

Nat King Cole

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

16 charts

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998

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14,126

Average Rating:

68 (24 votes)

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999.

Tauhid

Pharoah Sanders

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

29 charts

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Empty Sky

Elton John

Year of Release:

1969

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42 charts

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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	69	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	142	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	190	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	15	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	%

	632	63%
	210	21%
	33	3%
	25	2%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	32	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	960	96%
Yes	41	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	17	2%

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Best Albums of 1951
1. Genius Of Modern Music by Thelonious Monk
2. Masterpieces By Ellington by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
3. Hank Williams Sings by Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
4. Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite by Machito
5. Ritual Of The Savage by Les Baxter
6. On Moonlight Bay by Doris Day
7. Lover Man by Billie Holiday
8. Les Paul's New Sound, Vol. 2 by Les Paul & Mary Ford
9. Satchmo At Symphony Hall by Louis Armstrong
10. Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano By John Cage by Maro Ajemian
11. The New Sounds by Miles Davis
12. Judy At The Palace by Judy Garland
13. Talking And Drum Solos by Baby Dodds
14. I'll See You In My Dreams by Doris Day
15. Lullaby Of Broadway by Doris Day
16. Encores by Édith Piaf
17. Harmony Time Vol.2 by The Chordettes
18. 1ère Série: Félix Leclerc Chante Ses Derniers Succès by Félix Leclerc
19. Blessed Assurance by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
20. Porgy And Bess by George Gershwin