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	711	26,980	Giant Steps (429th)by John Coltrane
1961	622	22,922	My Favorite Things (601st)by John Coltrane
1962	647	21,136	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,063rd)by Ray Charles
1963	679	49,599	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	793	49,254	A Hard Day's Night (224th)by The Beatles
1965	944	145,992	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,027	187,938	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,223	300,625	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,581	225,571	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,980	345,650	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,207	1,375,667

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:

3,661 charts

Rank Score:

62,901

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Average Rating:

92 (4,552 votes)

Comments:

470

Revolver

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,516 charts

Rank Score:

55,073

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Average Rating:

91 (4,513 votes)

Comments:

479

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,434 charts

Rank Score:

48,593

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Average Rating:

90 (4,523 votes)

Comments:

482

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,002 charts

Rank Score:

44,494

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,804 charts

Rank Score:

43,499

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Average Rating:

88 (3,224 votes)

Comments:

354

The Beatles (The White Album)

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,887 charts

Rank Score:

41,440

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Average Rating:

89 (3,769 votes)

Comments:

340

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

King Crimson

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

2,013 charts

Rank Score:

30,947

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,327 charts

Rank Score:

29,845

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,309 charts

Rank Score:

29,557

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Average Rating:

88 (3,320 votes)

Comments:

256

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The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,358 charts

Rank Score:

28,518

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Average Rating:

87 (2,795 votes)

Comments:

207

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	57	6%
1961	60	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	51	5%
1964	69	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	189	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
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	%

	630	63%
	209	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	970	97%
Yes	30	3%

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

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

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