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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1960s decade summary

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	595	26,826	Giant Steps (434th)by John Coltrane
1961	562	23,072	My Favorite Things (593rd)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,840	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,089th)by Ray Charles
1963	647	49,887	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	763	49,051	A Hard Day's Night (225th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,167	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	978	191,562	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	306,074	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,561	229,106	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,944	350,590	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,777	1,395,177

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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701.

Jump Up Calypso

Harry Belafonte

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

124

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

701

Overall Rank:

9,560

Average Rating:

73 (26 votes)

Comments:

702.

Focus

Stan Getz & Eddie Sauter

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

124

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Rank in 1960s:

702

Overall Rank:

9,563

Average Rating:

74 (38 votes)

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703.

Tutti Morimmo A Stento

Fabrizio De André

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

24 charts

Rank Score:

124

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704.

The Birds, The Bees, & The Monkees

The Monkees

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

124

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705.

For Certain Because...

The Hollies

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

123

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Rank in 1960s:

705

Overall Rank:

9,636

Average Rating:

73 (54 votes)

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706.

Underground

The Electric Prunes

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

123

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707.

Together Again / My Heart Skips A Beat

Buck Owens And His Buckaroos

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

5 charts

Rank Score:

122

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

707

Overall Rank:

9,704

Average Rating:

69 (8 votes)

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708.

Jacques Brel 67

Jacques Brel

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

16 charts

Rank Score:

122

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709.

We Shall Overcome
Live

Pete Seeger

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

122

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Rank in 1960s:

709

Overall Rank:

9,716

Average Rating:

75 (28 votes)

Comments:

710.

Jazz Impressions Of Japan

The Dave Brubeck Quartet

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

121

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710

Overall Rank:

9,754

Average Rating:

75 (35 votes)

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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	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	190	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	15	2%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	12	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	631	63%
	210	21%
	33	3%
	25	3%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	968	97%
Yes	32	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	960	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

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