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 51,000 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	586	26,356	Giant Steps (446th)by John Coltrane
1961	551	23,018	My Favorite Things (581st)by John Coltrane
1962	618	21,048	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,087th)by Ray Charles
1963	640	50,468	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (95th)by Charles Mingus
1964	747	49,058	A Hard Day's Night (228th)by The Beatles
1965	874	151,995	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	953	196,809	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,180	316,272	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,524	233,336	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,912	358,388	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,585	1,426,748

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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Abbey Road

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,599 charts

Rank Score:

67,430

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Average Rating:

92 (4,476 votes)

Comments:

465

Revolver

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,462 charts

Rank Score:

58,889

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Average Rating:

91 (4,440 votes)

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476

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,400 charts

Rank Score:

53,654

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Average Rating:

90 (4,452 votes)

Comments:

478

The Beatles (The White Album)

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,857 charts

Rank Score:

44,588

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Average Rating:

89 (3,703 votes)

Comments:

337

In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson)

King Crimson

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,974 charts

Rank Score:

32,819

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,272 charts

Rank Score:

31,566

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13.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,869 charts

Rank Score:

23,626

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Average Rating:

87 (2,663 votes)

Comments:

174

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Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,729 charts

Rank Score:

19,375

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15.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,710 charts

Rank Score:

19,185

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,478 charts

Rank Score:

18,676

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Average Rating:

85 (1,649 votes)

Comments:

135

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	54	5%
1961	63	6%
1962	47	5%
1963	49	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	100	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	196	20%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	11	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	625	62%
	210	21%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	22	2%
	16	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	32	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	963	96%
Yes	38	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	17	2%

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Best Albums of the 1970s
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
3. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie
4. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
5. London Calling by The Clash
6. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
7. The Wall by Pink Floyd
8. Animals by Pink Floyd
9. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
10. Who's Next by The Who
11. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
12. Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones
13. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
14. Marquee Moon by Television
15. Pink Moon by Nick Drake
16. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
17. Low by David Bowie
18. Paranoid by Black Sabbath
19. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
20. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen