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	712	26,966	Giant Steps (427th)by John Coltrane
1961	619	22,883	My Favorite Things (600th)by John Coltrane
1962	647	21,061	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,061st)by Ray Charles
1963	678	49,617	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	792	49,299	A Hard Day's Night (222nd)by The Beatles
1965	941	146,321	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,024	188,428	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,220	301,182	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,576	226,006	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,977	346,512	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,186	1,378,274

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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The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,001 charts

Rank Score:

44,612

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

89 (3,479 votes)

Comments:

353

50.

Getz/Gilberto

Stan Getz & João Gilberto

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

509 charts

Rank Score:

4,597

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

385

Average Rating:

83 (532 votes)

Comments:

51.

Crosby, Stills & Nash

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

634 charts

Rank Score:

4,564

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

387

Average Rating:

81 (643 votes)

Comments:

79.

Santana

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

398 charts

Rank Score:

2,445

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

726

Average Rating:

80 (412 votes)

Comments:

86.

Scott 4

Scott Walker

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

347 charts

Rank Score:

2,286

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

785

Average Rating:

79 (390 votes)

Comments:

105.

Buffalo Springfield Again

Buffalo Springfield

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

361 charts

Rank Score:

1,884

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

105

Overall Rank:

956

Average Rating:

79 (329 votes)

Comments:

175.

Buffalo Springfield

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

214 charts

Rank Score:

945

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

175

Overall Rank:

1,789

Average Rating:

77 (229 votes)

Comments:

178.

Then Play On

Fleetwood Mac

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

209 charts

Rank Score:

940

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

178

Overall Rank:

1,799

Average Rating:

77 (221 votes)

Comments:

191.

Scott 3

Scott Walker

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

135 charts

Rank Score:

828

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

191

Overall Rank:

2,002

Average Rating:

77 (179 votes)

Comments:

194.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

162 charts

Rank Score:

813

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

194

Overall Rank:

2,035

Average Rating:

78 (183 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	68	7%
1965	94	9%
1966	100	10%
1967	142	14%
1968	193	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	%

	634	63%
	208	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	973	97%
Yes	30	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	963	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	985	98%
Yes	18	2%

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