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 47,000 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	552	24,852	Sketches Of Spain (467th)by Miles Davis
1961	527	21,783	My Favorite Things (648th)by John Coltrane
1962	574	19,092	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,166th)by Ray Charles
1963	585	50,706	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (97th)by Charles Mingus
1964	668	47,859	A Hard Day's Night (233rd)by The Beatles
1965	798	158,831	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	868	209,231	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,106	335,336	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,412	243,107	The Beatles (The White Album) (14th)by The Beatles
1969	1,762	378,879	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	8,852	1,489,676

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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Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,217 charts

Rank Score:

35,154

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

89 (2,657 votes)

Comments:

222

11.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

1,886 charts

Rank Score:

30,920

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

88 (2,268 votes)

Comments:

169

24.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,181 charts

Rank Score:

14,674

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

103

Average Rating:

86 (1,581 votes)

Comments:

31.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

914 charts

Rank Score:

9,523

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

181

Average Rating:

84 (1,408 votes)

Comments:

63.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

541 charts

Rank Score:

3,798

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

491

Average Rating:

80 (871 votes)

Comments:

94.

John Wesley Harding

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

428 charts

Rank Score:

2,071

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

899

Average Rating:

78 (712 votes)

Comments:

97.

Nashville Skyline

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

395 charts

Rank Score:

2,009

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

922

Average Rating:

77 (696 votes)

Comments:

107.

Another Side Of Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

348 charts

Rank Score:

1,861

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

107

Overall Rank:

995

Average Rating:

78 (558 votes)

Comments:

176.

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

220 charts

Rank Score:

908

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

176

Overall Rank:

1,868

Average Rating:

72 (439 votes)

Comments:

573.

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Compilation

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

154

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

573

Overall Rank:

7,856

Average Rating:

81 (166 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	53	5%
1961	60	6%
1962	46	5%
1963	55	6%
1964	66	7%
1965	96	10%
1966	101	10%
1967	134	13%
1968	185	19%
1969	204	20%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
Miles Davis	9	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	633	63%
	215	22%
	31	3%
	27	3%
	17	2%
	13	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	38	4%

Live?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

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