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.

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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	737	27,250	Giant Steps (435th)by John Coltrane
1961	670	23,177	My Favorite Things (599th)by John Coltrane
1962	693	21,353	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,077th)by Ray Charles
1963	705	49,409	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	806	49,716	A Hard Day's Night (218th)by The Beatles
1965	954	145,060	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,038	186,367	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,227	298,702	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,593	224,155	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,994	344,224	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,417	1,369,415

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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237.

Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles

Françoise Hardy

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

124 charts

Rank Score:

608

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

237

Overall Rank:

2,580

Average Rating:

78 (134 votes)

Comments:

342.

Initials B.B.

Serge Gainsbourg

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

361

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

342

Overall Rank:

3,988

Average Rating:

79 (72 votes)

Comments:

385.

Djangology
Compilation

Django Reinhardt

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

292

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

385

Overall Rank:

4,772

Average Rating:

78 (71 votes)

Comments:

463.

Comment Te Dire Adieu?

Françoise Hardy

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

224

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

463

Overall Rank:

5,925

Average Rating:

74 (53 votes)

Comments:

470.

9 - Supplique Pour Etre Enterré A La Plage De Sète

Georges Brassens

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

219

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

470

Overall Rank:

6,033

Average Rating:

74 (18 votes)

Comments:

498.

Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

22 charts

Rank Score:

205

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

582.

N°4

Serge Gainsbourg

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

163

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

582

Overall Rank:

7,729

Average Rating:

73 (35 votes)

Comments:

627.

Barbara Chante Barbara

Barbara

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

146

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

627

Overall Rank:

8,427

Average Rating:

73 (19 votes)

Comments:

647.

Barbara N° 2

Barbara

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

139

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

647

Overall Rank:

8,797

Average Rating:

75 (13 votes)

Comments:

736.

Jacques Dutronc

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

120

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

736

Overall Rank:

9,953

Average Rating:

72 (26 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	61	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	52	5%
1964	70	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	139	14%
1968	192	19%
1969	191	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%
	207	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	24	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	981	98%
Yes	19	2%

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