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 55,000 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	737	27,250	Giant Steps (435th)by John Coltrane
1961	670	23,177	My Favorite Things (599th)by John Coltrane
1962	693	21,353	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,077th)by Ray Charles
1963	705	49,409	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	806	49,716	A Hard Day's Night (218th)by The Beatles
1965	954	145,060	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,038	186,367	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,227	298,702	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,593	224,155	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,994	344,224	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,417	1,369,415

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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117.

Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music

Ray Charles

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

314 charts

Rank Score:

1,629

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

117

Overall Rank:

1,077

Average Rating:

79 (310 votes)

Comments:

143.

Howlin' Wolf
Compilation

Howlin' Wolf

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

206 charts

Rank Score:

1,285

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

143

Overall Rank:

1,356

Average Rating:

80 (215 votes)

Comments:

149.

Waltz For Debby
Live

Bill Evans Trio

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

199 charts

Rank Score:

1,221

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

149

Overall Rank:

1,420

Average Rating:

80 (197 votes)

Comments:

184.

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

250 charts

Rank Score:

888

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

184

Overall Rank:

1,898

Average Rating:

72 (479 votes)

Comments:

214.

Green Onions

Booker T. & The M.G.'s

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

184 charts

Rank Score:

695

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

214

Overall Rank:

2,326

Average Rating:

75 (186 votes)

Comments:

220.

Dexter Gordon

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

135 charts

Rank Score:

666

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

220

Overall Rank:

2,399

Average Rating:

78 (135 votes)

Comments:

237.

Tous Les Garçons Et Les Filles

Françoise Hardy

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

124 charts

Rank Score:

608

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

237

Overall Rank:

2,580

Average Rating:

78 (134 votes)

Comments:

260.

Tijuana Moods

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

126 charts

Rank Score:

531

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

260

Overall Rank:

2,866

Average Rating:

78 (142 votes)

Comments:

300.

Jazz Samba

Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

433

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

300

Overall Rank:

3,411

Average Rating:

77 (114 votes)

Comments:

311.

The Bridge

Sonny Rollins

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

402

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

311

Overall Rank:

3,639

Average Rating:

78 (87 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	61	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	52	5%
1964	70	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	139	14%
1968	192	19%
1969	191	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	15	2%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	12	1%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	633	63%
	207	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	961	96%
Yes	39	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	981	98%
Yes	19	2%

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