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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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	594	26,782	Giant Steps (435th)by John Coltrane
1961	560	23,067	My Favorite Things (591st)by John Coltrane
1962	625	20,836	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,113th)by Ray Charles
1963	647	50,009	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	763	49,183	A Hard Day's Night (226th)by The Beatles
1965	902	148,749	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	976	192,176	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,126	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,535	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,633	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,771	1,399,097

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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891.

The Shadows' Greatest Hits
Compilation

The Shadows

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

24 charts

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891

Overall Rank:

12,314

Average Rating:

73 (32 votes)

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892.

Tony Bennett At Carnegie Hall
Live

Tony Bennett

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

6 charts

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892

Overall Rank:

12,329

Average Rating:

74 (9 votes)

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893.

We Are Ever So Clean

Blossom Toes

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

31 charts

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894.

Have Guitar, Will Travel

Bo Diddley

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

28 charts

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894

Overall Rank:

12,355

Average Rating:

69 (27 votes)

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895.

A Man And The Blues

Buddy Guy

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

33 charts

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896.

In Person At The Whisky A Go Go
Live

Otis Redding

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

24 charts

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897.

Glad All Over

The Dave Clark Five

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

34 charts

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897

Overall Rank:

12,398

Average Rating:

70 (39 votes)

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898.

As Safe As Yesterday Is

Humble Pie

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

28 charts

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899.

Tonight's The Night

The Shirelles

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

31 charts

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899

Overall Rank:

12,410

Average Rating:

71 (25 votes)

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900.

Mott The Hoople

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

37 charts

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	55	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	191	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%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	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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Best Albums of 1965
1. Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan
2. Rubber Soul by The Beatles
3. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
4. Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
5. Help! by The Beatles
6. Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul by Otis Redding
7. Pastel Blues by Nina Simone
8. My Generation by The Who
9. The Beach Boys Today! by The Beach Boys
10. A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi
11. Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds
12. Here Are The Sonics!!! by The Sonics
13. Out Of Our Heads by The Rolling Stones
14. Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock
15. Spiritual Unity by Albert Ayler Trio
16. Jackson C. Frank by Jackson C. Frank
17. Live At The Regal by B.B. King
18. I Put A Spell On You by Nina Simone
19. Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds
20. Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch