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	732	27,258	Giant Steps (433rd)by John Coltrane
1961	633	23,070	My Favorite Things (606th)by John Coltrane
1962	668	21,317	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,096th)by Ray Charles
1963	692	49,576	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	803	49,640	A Hard Day's Night (220th)by The Beatles
1965	949	145,916	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,032	187,259	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,224	299,811	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (9th)by The Beatles
1968	1,588	225,445	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,991	345,511	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,312	1,374,803

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:

2,335 charts

Rank Score:

29,610

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

89 (2,776 votes)

Comments:

226

11.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,004 charts

Rank Score:

27,130

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

88 (2,362 votes)

Comments:

173

24.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,248 charts

Rank Score:

12,973

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

102

Average Rating:

86 (1,662 votes)

Comments:

104

32.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

966 charts

Rank Score:

8,187

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

194

Average Rating:

84 (1,489 votes)

Comments:

63.

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

584 charts

Rank Score:

3,628

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

491

Average Rating:

80 (926 votes)

Comments:

98.

Another Side Of Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

384 charts

Rank Score:

2,019

Rank in 1964:

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Overall Rank:

882

Average Rating:

78 (598 votes)

Comments:

99.

John Wesley Harding

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

465 charts

Rank Score:

2,003

Rank in 1967:

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Overall Rank:

887

Average Rating:

78 (761 votes)

Comments:

107.

Nashville Skyline

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

418 charts

Rank Score:

1,880

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

107

Overall Rank:

953

Average Rating:

77 (727 votes)

Comments:

183.

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

244 charts

Rank Score:

883

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

183

Overall Rank:

1,892

Average Rating:

72 (478 votes)

Comments:

474.

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Compilation

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

217

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

474

Overall Rank:

6,043

Average Rating:

81 (176 votes)

Comments:

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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	70	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	140	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%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	635	64%
	206	21%
	31	3%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

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

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

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