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	26,991	Giant Steps (430th)by John Coltrane
1961	621	22,963	My Favorite Things (601st)by John Coltrane
1962	646	21,120	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,066th)by Ray Charles
1963	678	49,611	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	793	49,282	A Hard Day's Night (224th)by The Beatles
1965	941	146,141	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,025	187,895	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,222	300,843	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,578	225,600	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,979	345,929	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,194	1,376,374

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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73.

Pastel Blues

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

368 charts

Rank Score:

2,829

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

625

Average Rating:

81 (352 votes)

Comments:

89.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

257 charts

Rank Score:

2,191

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

809

Average Rating:

80 (238 votes)

Comments:

161.

I Put A Spell On You

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

198 charts

Rank Score:

1,026

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

161

Overall Rank:

1,660

Average Rating:

80 (188 votes)

Comments:

232.

Nina Simone Sings The Blues

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

131 charts

Rank Score:

616

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

232

Overall Rank:

2,547

Average Rating:

80 (157 votes)

Comments:

381.

Nina Simone In Concert
Live

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

295

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

381

Overall Rank:

4,705

Average Rating:

77 (54 votes)

Comments:

575.

Nina Simone At Newport
Live

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

165

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

575

Overall Rank:

7,593

Average Rating:

72 (33 votes)

Comments:

594.

High Priestess Of Soul

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

156

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

594

Overall Rank:

7,967

Average Rating:

77 (62 votes)

Comments:

607.

Forbidden Fruit

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

152

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

607

Overall Rank:

8,128

Average Rating:

72 (50 votes)

Comments:

715.

'Nuff Said !

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

121

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Average Rating:

Comments:

856.

Silk & Soul

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

25 charts

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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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