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	734	27,493	Giant Steps (435th)by John Coltrane
1961	636	23,052	My Favorite Things (606th)by John Coltrane
1962	669	21,307	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,094th)by Ray Charles
1963	693	49,560	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	803	49,613	A Hard Day's Night (220th)by The Beatles
1965	949	145,927	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,033	187,388	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,225	299,796	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,589	225,411	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,992	345,478	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,323	1,375,025

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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Abbey Road

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,674 charts

Rank Score:

62,518

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Average Rating:

92 (4,566 votes)

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471

In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson)

King Crimson

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

2,022 charts

Rank Score:

30,582

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,912 charts

Rank Score:

22,647

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,742 charts

Rank Score:

18,410

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Average Rating:

85 (2,074 votes)

Comments:

139

16.

Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,758 charts

Rank Score:

18,263

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Average Rating:

86 (2,544 votes)

Comments:

143

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The Velvet Underground

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,203 charts

Rank Score:

13,359

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

971 charts

Rank Score:

9,326

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Overall Rank:

168

Average Rating:

84 (1,062 votes)

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Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

918 charts

Rank Score:

8,441

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Overall Rank:

188

Average Rating:

84 (1,081 votes)

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34.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

782 charts

Rank Score:

8,017

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Overall Rank:

204

Average Rating:

86 (885 votes)

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36.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

851 charts

Rank Score:

7,355

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Overall Rank:

226

Average Rating:

83 (968 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	60	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	52	5%
1964	70	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	192	19%
1969	190	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	%

	634	63%
	206	21%
	32	3%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

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

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

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