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	711	26,991	Giant Steps (430th)by John Coltrane
1961	621	22,963	My Favorite Things (601st)by John Coltrane
1962	646	21,120	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,066th)by Ray Charles
1963	678	49,611	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	793	49,282	A Hard Day's Night (224th)by The Beatles
1965	941	146,141	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,025	187,895	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,222	300,843	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,578	225,600	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,979	345,929	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,194	1,376,374

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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Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,328 charts

Rank Score:

29,908

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Average Rating:

89 (2,763 votes)

Comments:

226

Rubber Soul

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,310 charts

Rank Score:

29,633

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18.

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,306 charts

Rank Score:

16,802

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Average Rating:

87 (1,466 votes)

Comments:

24.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,242 charts

Rank Score:

13,071

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Overall Rank:

101

Average Rating:

86 (1,653 votes)

Comments:

104

39.

Help!
Soundtrack

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

959 charts

Rank Score:

7,033

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Overall Rank:

243

Average Rating:

81 (1,912 votes)

Comments:

123

49.

Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

696 charts

Rank Score:

4,763

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Overall Rank:

374

Average Rating:

83 (716 votes)

Comments:

73.

Pastel Blues

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

368 charts

Rank Score:

2,829

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Overall Rank:

625

Average Rating:

81 (352 votes)

Comments:

75.

My Generation

The Who

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

530 charts

Rank Score:

2,742

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Overall Rank:

646

Average Rating:

78 (790 votes)

Comments:

94.

A Charlie Brown Christmas
Soundtrack

Vince Guaraldi

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

232 charts

Rank Score:

2,071

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Overall Rank:

864

Average Rating:

80 (244 votes)

Comments:

99.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

384 charts

Rank Score:

1,984

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Overall Rank:

898

Average Rating:

78 (558 votes)

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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	69	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	194	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	%

	630	63%
	209	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	970	97%
Yes	30	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	960	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	18	2%

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