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: 1 hour ago).
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1960s decade summaryThe best artists of the 1960s were The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Beach Boys, The Velvet Underground & Nico, The Doors, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones.
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"Obscured psychedelic gem from the late 60's era by composer of "The Electric Prunes"' "Mass in F Minor", an equally favorite album. And as it turns out, pretty influential as well."  Reply
- NickVolos | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1968
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""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". Their songwriting had been steadily growing since their ealiest ef..."  [+]  Reply
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1966
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"Although not as powerful or commercially successful as their next album, the Supremes showed up to introduce their talents to the world. Perhaps, they needed more fine tuning at this point, but that would be rectified with their second album. A decent album."  Reply
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"This was one of the more digestible Free Jazz records I've heard. It's not like a wall of noise, but more free improvisational, with a slightly psychedelic feel for that cosmic flair Sun Ra likes to have."  Reply
- Anti | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1965
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"By far my favorite songwriter of all time. With amazing ability to write lyrics that aren't trite, but completely other-worldly and eternal. And at the same time, inventing melodies that are original, and natural, and beautiful."  Reply
- Kingturtle | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1968
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"Wow... kinda surprised with the low rating on this. Either people just don't dig Elvis, don't dig compilations, or don't have a soul, hehe... joking aside this record has 7 90 or above rankings."  Reply
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