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 53,000 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	590	26,414	Giant Steps (448th)by John Coltrane
1961	553	22,759	My Favorite Things (584th)by John Coltrane
1962	623	20,790	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,111th)by Ray Charles
1963	644	50,051	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	756	48,932	A Hard Day's Night (230th)by The Beatles
1965	894	149,035	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	974	192,801	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	306,950	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,815	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,944	350,894	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,741	1,397,440

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:

2,310 charts

Rank Score:

31,075

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Average Rating:

89 (2,737 votes)

Comments:

226

Rubber Soul

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,287 charts

Rank Score:

30,641

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19.

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,286 charts

Rank Score:

17,092

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Average Rating:

87 (1,452 votes)

Comments:

24.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,238 charts

Rank Score:

13,376

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Overall Rank:

101

Average Rating:

86 (1,638 votes)

Comments:

102

36.

Help!
Soundtrack

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

951 charts

Rank Score:

7,400

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Overall Rank:

228

Average Rating:

81 (1,896 votes)

Comments:

123

49.

Otis Blue / Otis Redding Sings Soul

Otis Redding

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

685 charts

Rank Score:

4,856

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Overall Rank:

370

Average Rating:

83 (709 votes)

Comments:

72.

Pastel Blues

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

351 charts

Rank Score:

2,775

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Overall Rank:

644

Average Rating:

81 (340 votes)

Comments:

73.

My Generation

The Who

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

524 charts

Rank Score:

2,769

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Overall Rank:

646

Average Rating:

78 (780 votes)

Comments:

96.

The Beach Boys Today!

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

376 charts

Rank Score:

2,023

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Overall Rank:

886

Average Rating:

78 (552 votes)

Comments:

99.

A Charlie Brown Christmas
Soundtrack

Vince Guaraldi

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

223 charts

Rank Score:

1,947

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Overall Rank:

923

Average Rating:

80 (241 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	55	6%
1961	61	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	195	20%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	12	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	627	63%
	211	21%
	33	3%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	967	97%
Yes	33	3%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

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