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 45,000 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	537	23,978	Sketches Of Spain (484th)by Miles Davis
1961	507	21,102	My Favorite Things (632nd)by John Coltrane
1962	550	18,983	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,140th)by Ray Charles
1963	572	50,770	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (104th)by Charles Mingus
1964	653	47,450	A Hard Day's Night (236th)by The Beatles
1965	769	162,906	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	839	216,694	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,073	347,901	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,375	250,064	The Beatles (The White Album) (14th)by The Beatles
1969	1,697	389,063	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	8,572	1,528,911

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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24.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

861 charts

Rank Score:

14,909

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

104

Average Rating:

86 (924 votes)

Comments:

31.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

898 charts

Rank Score:

9,995

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

179

Average Rating:

84 (1,380 votes)

Comments:

54.

Please Please Me

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

625 charts

Rank Score:

4,512

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

432

Average Rating:

77 (1,569 votes)

Comments:

73.

Live At The Apollo
Live

James Brown

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

432 charts

Rank Score:

2,989

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

633

Average Rating:

79 (527 votes)

Comments:

88.

With The Beatles

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

449 charts

Rank Score:

2,181

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

852

Average Rating:

76 (1,121 votes)

Comments:

145.

Night Beat

Sam Cooke

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

195 charts

Rank Score:

1,269

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

145

Overall Rank:

1,402

Average Rating:

78 (183 votes)

Comments:

173.

Monk's Dream

The Thelonious Monk Quartet

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

188 charts

Rank Score:

965

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

173

Overall Rank:

1,778

Average Rating:

80 (186 votes)

Comments:

185.

A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector

Various Artists

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

143 charts

Rank Score:

855

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

185

Overall Rank:

1,951

Average Rating:

78 (170 votes)

Comments:

235.

Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

111 charts

Rank Score:

591

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

235

Overall Rank:

2,630

Average Rating:

79 (94 votes)

Comments:

268.

Samba Esquema Novo

Jorge Ben

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

486

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

268

Overall Rank:

3,095

Average Rating:

77 (104 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	46	5%
1961	53	5%
1962	49	5%
1963	52	5%
1964	64	6%
1965	95	10%
1966	102	10%
1967	136	14%
1968	195	20%
1969	208	21%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Rolling Stones	15	2%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	628	63%
	220	22%
	28	3%
	26	3%
	17	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	963	96%
Yes	37	4%

Live?	Albums	%
No	973	97%
Yes	27	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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Best Albums of the 1970s
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
3. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie
4. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
5. London Calling by The Clash
6. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
7. The Wall by Pink Floyd
8. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
9. Animals by Pink Floyd
10. Who's Next by The Who
11. Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones
12. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
13. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
14. Marquee Moon by Television
15. Pink Moon by Nick Drake
16. Low by David Bowie
17. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
18. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
19. Paranoid by Black Sabbath
20. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen