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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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	739	27,321	Giant Steps (436th)by John Coltrane
1961	673	23,082	My Favorite Things (601st)by John Coltrane
1962	702	21,573	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,084th)by Ray Charles
1963	723	49,325	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	813	49,610	A Hard Day's Night (220th)by The Beatles
1965	958	144,958	Rubber Soul (27th)by The Beatles
1966	1,042	185,391	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,233	287,995	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,595	233,034	The Beatles (The White Album) (14th)by The Beatles
1969	1,998	343,807	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,476	1,366,097

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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Revolver

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,545 charts

Rank Score:

53,999

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Average Rating:

91 (4,543 votes)

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483

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,829 charts

Rank Score:

42,424

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11.

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,017 charts

Rank Score:

26,621

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54.

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

674 charts

Rank Score:

4,376

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Overall Rank:

397

Average Rating:

78 (940 votes)

Comments:

56.

Sounds Of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

619 charts

Rank Score:

4,240

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Overall Rank:

413

Average Rating:

80 (730 votes)

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64.

Freak Out!

The Mothers Of Invention

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

569 charts

Rank Score:

3,547

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Overall Rank:

502

Average Rating:

80 (726 votes)

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65.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

Simon & Garfunkel

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

570 charts

Rank Score:

3,534

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Overall Rank:

504

Average Rating:

80 (637 votes)

Comments:

89.

Wild Is The Wind

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

264 charts

Rank Score:

2,208

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Overall Rank:

800

Average Rating:

81 (247 votes)

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91.

Face To Face

The Kinks

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

412 charts

Rank Score:

2,105

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Overall Rank:

836

Average Rating:

80 (490 votes)

Comments:

96.

The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators

13th Floor Elevators

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

422 charts

Rank Score:

2,056

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Overall Rank:

859

Average Rating:

78 (490 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	57	6%
1961	61	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	52	5%
1964	68	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	138	14%
1968	193	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%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	633	63%
	207	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	968	97%
Yes	32	3%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	980	98%
Yes	20	2%

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