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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34.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

776 charts

Rank Score:

7,987

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

205

Average Rating:

86 (877 votes)

Comments:

60.

Sketches Of Spain

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

549 charts

Rank Score:

3,896

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

456

Average Rating:

81 (681 votes)

Comments:

285.

Filles De Kilimanjaro

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

471

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

285

Overall Rank:

3,176

Average Rating:

81 (107 votes)

Comments:

325.

E.S.P.

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

381

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

325

Overall Rank:

3,800

Average Rating:

77 (95 votes)

Comments:

327.

Nefertiti

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

111 charts

Rank Score:

379

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

327

Overall Rank:

3,818

Average Rating:

80 (137 votes)

Comments:

481.

Miles In The Sky

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

211

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

481

Overall Rank:

6,176

Average Rating:

78 (74 votes)

Comments:

571.

Seven Steps To Heaven

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

167

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

571

Overall Rank:

7,510

Average Rating:

76 (68 votes)

Comments:

582.

My Funny Valentine: Miles Davis In Concert
Live

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

163

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

582

Overall Rank:

7,684

Average Rating:

76 (46 votes)

Comments:

756.

Sorcerer

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

113

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

842.

Miles Davis In Person, Saturday Night At The Blackhawk, San Francisco, Volume 2
Live

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

101

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

842

Overall Rank:

11,482

Average Rating:

73 (15 votes)

Comments:

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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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