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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Abbey Road

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,657 charts

Rank Score:

63,197

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Average Rating:

92 (4,544 votes)

Comments:

470

Revolver

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,515 charts

Rank Score:

55,328

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Average Rating:

91 (4,510 votes)

Comments:

479

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,435 charts

Rank Score:

48,952

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Average Rating:

90 (4,520 votes)

Comments:

482

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,001 charts

Rank Score:

44,612

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,804 charts

Rank Score:

43,688

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Average Rating:

88 (3,220 votes)

Comments:

354

The Beatles (The White Album)

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,889 charts

Rank Score:

41,609

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Average Rating:

89 (3,763 votes)

Comments:

340

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

King Crimson

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

2,009 charts

Rank Score:

31,021

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,325 charts

Rank Score:

29,936

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,309 charts

Rank Score:

29,754

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Average Rating:

88 (3,315 votes)

Comments:

256

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The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,357 charts

Rank Score:

28,618

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Average Rating:

87 (2,790 votes)

Comments:

207

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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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