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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831.

Coltrane Plays The Blues

John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

102

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831

Overall Rank:

11,340

Average Rating:

74 (51 votes)

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832.

The Temptin' Temptations

The Temptations

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

102

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832

Overall Rank:

11,351

Average Rating:

70 (30 votes)

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833.

I'm A Lonesome Fugitive

Merle Haggard & The Strangers

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

102

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834.

Morgen

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

102

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835.

What A Wonderful World

Louis Armstrong

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

101

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836.

The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse

The Bonzo Dog Band

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

101

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837.

Bradley's Barn

The Beau Brummels

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

101

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838.

Live At The Apollo, Volume II
Live

James Brown And His Famous Flames

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

101

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839.

Folk Songs And Blues

Mississippi John Hurt

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

101

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839

Overall Rank:

11,437

Average Rating:

71 (26 votes)

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840.

Miles Davis At Carnegie Hall
Live

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

101

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840

Overall Rank:

11,465

Average Rating:

74 (23 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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