Best Albums of 1960

« View best albums of 1959View best albums of 1961 »

Listed below are the best albums of 1960 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

summaryThe best artists of 1960 were John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Etta James, Charles Mingus, Elvis Presley, Joan Baez, Max Roach, The Everly Brothers, Muddy Waters and Wes Montgomery.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Collector's summary (top 522)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

61.

King Of The Blues

B.B. King

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

1,087

Overall Rank:

15,801

Average Rating:

73 (23 votes)

Comments:

62.

Bellini: Norma (1960)

Tullio Serafin / Coro E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

1,148

Overall Rank:

16,958

Average Rating:

75 (11 votes)

Comments:

63.

Autobiography In Blues

Lightnin' Hopkins

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

1,153

Overall Rank:

17,079

Average Rating:

73 (13 votes)

Comments:

64.

Sings Hank Williams
Compilation

Johnny Cash

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

16 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

1,180

Overall Rank:

17,608

Average Rating:

72 (19 votes)

Comments:

65.

G.I. Blues
Soundtrack

Elvis Presley

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

1,188

Overall Rank:

17,703

Average Rating:

66 (39 votes)

Comments:

66.

Bye Bye Birdie (Original Broadway Cast)

Various Artists

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

3 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

1,189

Overall Rank:

17,731

Average Rating:

70 (3 votes)

Comments:

67.

Smack Up

Art Pepper

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

8 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

1,224

Overall Rank:

18,481

Average Rating:

72 (10 votes)

Comments:

68.

In The Spotlight

Bo Diddley

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

1,227

Overall Rank:

18,500

Average Rating:

68 (19 votes)

Comments:

69.

Movin' Along

Wes Montgomery

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

1,228

Overall Rank:

18,529

Average Rating:

76 (17 votes)

Comments:

70.

Gerry Mulligan Meets Ben Webster

Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

16 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

1,235

Overall Rank:

18,625

Average Rating:

74 (19 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
...
6
7
8
...
53
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 522. Page 7 of 53

Best Albums of 1960 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	5	1%
Wes Montgomery	4	1%
Bruno Walter / Columbia Symphony Orchestra	4	1%
Fritz Reiner / Chicago Symphony Orchestra	4	1%
Charles Mingus	3	1%
John Lee Hooker	3	1%
Max Roach	3	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	380	73%
	31	6%
	13	2%
	12	2%
	10	2%
	7	1%
	7	1%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	506	97%
Yes	16	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	510	98%
Yes	12	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	515	99%
Yes	7	1%

« View best albums of 1959View best albums of 1961 »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Best Albums of 2000
1. Kid A by Radiohead
2. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
3. The Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse
4. Since I Left You by The Avalanches
5. Parachutes by Coldplay
6. The Marshall Mathers LP by Eminem
7. Stankonia by OutKast
8. Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea by PJ Harvey
9. White Pony by Deftones
10. Relationship Of Command by At The Drive-In
11. Voodoo by D'Angelo
12. Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park
13. Rated R by Queens Of The Stone Age
14. Figure 8 by Elliott Smith
15. Dopethrone by Electric Wizard
16. All That You Can't Leave Behind by U2
17. The Sophtware Slump by Grandaddy
18. And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out by Yo La Tengo
19. De Stijl by The White Stripes
20. Deltron 3030 by Deltron 3030