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 54,000 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	734	27,502	Giant Steps (433rd)by John Coltrane
1961	645	23,064	My Favorite Things (605th)by John Coltrane
1962	673	21,331	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,082nd)by Ray Charles
1963	698	49,592	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	805	49,669	A Hard Day's Night (222nd)by The Beatles
1965	950	145,977	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,034	187,493	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,225	300,242	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,590	225,487	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,992	345,794	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,346	1,376,151

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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Abbey Road

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,677 charts

Rank Score:

62,585

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Average Rating:

92 (4,566 votes)

Comments:

471

Revolver

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,532 charts

Rank Score:

54,807

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Average Rating:

91 (4,526 votes)

Comments:

479

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,451 charts

Rank Score:

48,284

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Average Rating:

90 (4,536 votes)

Comments:

483

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,019 charts

Rank Score:

44,175

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,819 charts

Rank Score:

43,171

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Average Rating:

88 (3,232 votes)

Comments:

354

The Beatles (The White Album)

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,899 charts

Rank Score:

41,059

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Average Rating:

89 (3,780 votes)

Comments:

340

In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson)

King Crimson

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

2,025 charts

Rank Score:

30,559

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,336 charts

Rank Score:

29,613

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,319 charts

Rank Score:

29,437

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Average Rating:

88 (3,335 votes)

Comments:

256

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The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,372 charts

Rank Score:

28,393

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Average Rating:

87 (2,806 votes)

Comments:

207

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	60	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	52	5%
1964	71	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	139	14%
1968	192	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%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	633	63%
	207	21%
	32	3%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	961	96%
Yes	39	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	18	2%

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