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 47,000 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	552	24,852	Sketches Of Spain (467th)by Miles Davis
1961	527	21,783	My Favorite Things (648th)by John Coltrane
1962	574	19,092	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,166th)by Ray Charles
1963	585	50,706	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (97th)by Charles Mingus
1964	668	47,859	A Hard Day's Night (233rd)by The Beatles
1965	798	158,831	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	868	209,231	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,106	335,336	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,412	243,107	The Beatles (The White Album) (14th)by The Beatles
1969	1,762	378,879	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	8,852	1,489,676

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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74.

My Favorite Things

John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

364 charts

Rank Score:

2,864

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

648

Average Rating:

81 (450 votes)

Comments:

100.

King Of The Delta Blues Singers
Compilation

Robert Johnson

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

294 charts

Rank Score:

1,992

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

100

Overall Rank:

930

Average Rating:

80 (405 votes)

Comments:

158.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Live

Bill Evans Trio

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

1,064

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

158

Overall Rank:

1,624

Average Rating:

78 (175 votes)

Comments:

168.

Free Jazz

Ornette Coleman Double Quartet

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

150 charts

Rank Score:

988

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

168

Overall Rank:

1,739

Average Rating:

78 (176 votes)

Comments:

240.

The Blues And The Abstract Truth

Oliver Nelson

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

572

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

240

Overall Rank:

2,692

Average Rating:

79 (115 votes)

Comments:

253.

Olé Coltrane

John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

122 charts

Rank Score:

531

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

253

Overall Rank:

2,871

Average Rating:

79 (147 votes)

Comments:

255.

Africa/Brass

John Coltrane Quartet

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

521

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

255

Overall Rank:

2,913

Average Rating:

80 (98 votes)

Comments:

298.

Eastern Sounds

Yusef Lateef

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

427

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

298

Overall Rank:

3,448

Average Rating:

79 (62 votes)

Comments:

306.

Showcase

Patsy Cline

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

108 charts

Rank Score:

408

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

306

Overall Rank:

3,578

Average Rating:

76 (88 votes)

Comments:

333.

Djangology
Compilation

Django Reinhardt

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

343

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

333

Overall Rank:

4,092

Average Rating:

79 (66 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	53	5%
1961	60	6%
1962	46	5%
1963	55	6%
1964	66	7%
1965	96	10%
1966	101	10%
1967	134	13%
1968	185	19%
1969	204	20%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
Miles Davis	9	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	633	63%
	215	22%
	31	3%
	27	3%
	17	2%
	13	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	38	4%

Live?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

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