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: 4 hours ago).
"Taken from my forum thread on albums and stuff this is a more complete and overlong review of this great album: This is one of those things which almost seems to good to be true. I mean, this album is stunning, mesmerizing, completely overwhelming for me personally. Yet, this is also an album whi..." [+] Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Nothing wrong with this. The bluesy R&B band with some good songs hits the mark decently. The usual mid-sixties brit thing that was repeated so many times. Lacks some of the power and twist of the Stones." Reply
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Jboy56 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I just heard the most interesting track from the best of RR kirk titled " Variations on a theme from Hindemith"..really liked it, but the album is not on this website yet, so this was the only place that I could comment. Reminded me a little of "Blues on Bach" by the Modern Jazz Quartet, but of c..." [+] Reply
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"This is a slighty disappointing beach boys album. It's so short of material that it features a pathetic bit of studio banter between Brian Wilson and Mike Love, and a completely pointless drum solo from Dennis. But let's not get too down, this record also features the brilliant, fun,fun,fun, don'..." [+] Reply
"Pretty much one of the tests for whether you like modern jazz or not. Every received idea/cliche about that most rarefied beast is present here in abundance." Reply
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"Great album, even if i cannot understand Hungarian at all!!! Perfect link between beat and classic rock; the most surprising is... Hungarian language perfectly fits with rock!" Reply
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IlMala | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"A Kamasi Washington album nearly 50 years before there was such a thing." Reply
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"Dope third stream + free jazz. Wouldn't have thought the combo could work out as well as this" Reply
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JulianR | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Actually, for many persons i know, one of the masterpieces of rock; frankly i do not considerate it like this, and most of all, i even could considerate this as the best album from Colosseum, but not big difference with the others. Anyway, for proto hard rock and prog lovers, cannot be missed." Reply
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 58 of 100
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 | 70 | 7% | |
| 1965 | 89 | 9% | |
| 1966 | 98 | 10% | |
| 1967 | 140 | 14% | |
| 1968 | 187 | 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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199 | 20% | |
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38 | 4% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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