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 55,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

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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	741	27,118	Giant Steps (430th)by John Coltrane
1961	675	22,938	My Favorite Things (600th)by John Coltrane
1962	706	21,517	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,083rd)by Ray Charles
1963	724	49,450	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	833	49,521	A Hard Day's Night (220th)by The Beatles
1965	966	142,760	Rubber Soul (27th)by The Beatles
1966	1,049	185,029	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,235	286,407	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,600	232,345	The Beatles (The White Album) (14th)by The Beatles
1969	2,002	342,405	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,531	1,359,490

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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15.

Let It Bleed

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,756 charts

Rank Score:

18,246

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

85 (2,080 votes)

Comments:

139

27.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,212 charts

Rank Score:

9,492

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

160

Average Rating:

84 (1,541 votes)

Comments:

54.

Aftermath

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

678 charts

Rank Score:

4,348

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

399

Average Rating:

78 (943 votes)

Comments:

124.

Out Of Our Heads

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

349 charts

Rank Score:

1,474

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

124

Overall Rank:

1,196

Average Rating:

76 (511 votes)

Comments:

130.

Their Satanic Majesties Request

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

365 charts

Rank Score:

1,411

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

130

Overall Rank:

1,245

Average Rating:

73 (614 votes)

Comments:

131.

Between The Buttons

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

368 charts

Rank Score:

1,408

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

131

Overall Rank:

1,246

Average Rating:

77 (613 votes)

Comments:

243.

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

202 charts

Rank Score:

585

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

243

Overall Rank:

2,662

Average Rating:

72 (361 votes)

Comments:

262.

12 x 5

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

146 charts

Rank Score:

524

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

262

Overall Rank:

2,904

Average Rating:

74 (268 votes)

Comments:

398.

Flowers
Compilation

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

274

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

398

Overall Rank:

5,008

Average Rating:

75 (167 votes)

Comments:

408.

Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass)
Compilation

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

268

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

408

Overall Rank:

5,099

Average Rating:

78 (104 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	51	5%
1964	68	7%
1965	90	9%
1966	99	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	193	19%
1969	192	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%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	633	63%
	206	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	961	96%
Yes	39	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	980	98%
Yes	20	2%

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