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: 8 minutes ago).
"Although this is only three tracks in duration this effort by one of the founders of the experimental group Can packs a punch. Track number one "Boat-Woman-Song" features the singing of two unidentified traditional Vietnamese singers and is 17 minutes in length. The second song, title track "Cana..." [+] Reply
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"Brilliant work. Wish he had more." Reply
"Easily one of my most played compilation albums, from very young to today. I love it!" Reply
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"This album (and the singles from it) helped introduce the lyrical brilliance of Bob Dylan to a much wider audience. PP&M's cover of Blowin' In The Wind was a pivotal moment - I've added the song, via this album, to my own Dylan covers chart." Reply
"On par with Johnny Cash for songs of mistakes and regret." Reply
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"Johnny Cash at his very best. The two Dylan covers are dynamite, and Mama, You've Been on My Mind, Long Black Veil and the title track are among the highlights of Cash's entire catalog." Reply
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"This is a "forgotten" gem of an album. One of the leading figures of the counter culture scene in London during the mid to late 1960s, Mick Farren also wrote and conceived a proto-punk/psychedelic sound that was way ahead of its time and still sounds fresh today." Reply
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"Pretty much a mess, with occasional glimmers of better. Would never have guessed had I heard it new that I would be listening to this band as much as anyone for the next 50 years. I own it for completeness, but listen to it as duty once in a long while." 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 | 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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637 | 64% | |
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199 | 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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