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	582	25,437	Giant Steps (460th)by John Coltrane
1961	547	23,403	My Favorite Things (579th)by John Coltrane
1962	615	21,000	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,127th)by Ray Charles
1963	627	50,887	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (95th)by Charles Mingus
1964	715	49,405	A Hard Day's Night (227th)by The Beatles
1965	852	153,487	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	918	199,190	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,159	319,724	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,507	234,726	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,883	361,725	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,405	1,438,984

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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59.

Giant Steps

John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

487 charts

Rank Score:

3,995

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

460

Average Rating:

83 (601 votes)

Comments:

60.

Sketches Of Spain

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

532 charts

Rank Score:

3,869

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

473

Average Rating:

81 (657 votes)

Comments:

91.

At Last!

Etta James

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

309 charts

Rank Score:

2,074

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

877

Average Rating:

78 (293 votes)

Comments:

151.

Blues & Roots

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

213 charts

Rank Score:

1,195

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

151

Overall Rank:

1,454

Average Rating:

80 (224 votes)

Comments:

192.

Elvis Is Back!

Elvis Presley

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

148 charts

Rank Score:

828

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

192

Overall Rank:

2,014

Average Rating:

74 (174 votes)

Comments:

205.

Joan Baez

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

165 charts

Rank Score:

741

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

205

Overall Rank:

2,192

Average Rating:

76 (170 votes)

Comments:

258.

Soul Station

Hank Mobley

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

123 charts

Rank Score:

540

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

258

Overall Rank:

2,839

Average Rating:

79 (116 votes)

Comments:

271.

The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery

Wes Montgomery

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

128 charts

Rank Score:

506

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

271

Overall Rank:

2,996

Average Rating:

78 (143 votes)

Comments:

274.

At Newport 1960
Live

Muddy Waters

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

164 charts

Rank Score:

494

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

274

Overall Rank:

3,053

Average Rating:

77 (151 votes)

Comments:

309.

Portrait In Jazz

Bill Evans Trio

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

88 charts

Rank Score:

416

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

309

Overall Rank:

3,534

Average Rating:

77 (93 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	54	5%
1961	64	6%
1962	47	5%
1963	52	5%
1964	67	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	100	10%
1967	139	14%
1968	193	19%
1969	192	19%

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	%

	624	62%
	210	21%
	31	3%
	25	2%
	23	2%
	18	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	970	97%
Yes	31	3%

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

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

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