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 51,000 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	585	26,306	Giant Steps (447th)by John Coltrane
1961	551	23,008	My Favorite Things (582nd)by John Coltrane
1962	618	20,982	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,084th)by Ray Charles
1963	640	50,480	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (95th)by Charles Mingus
1964	748	49,027	A Hard Day's Night (227th)by The Beatles
1965	874	152,061	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	953	196,941	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,180	316,283	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,524	233,360	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,912	358,650	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,585	1,427,097

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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Abbey Road

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,602 charts

Rank Score:

67,447

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Average Rating:

92 (4,476 votes)

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465

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

King Crimson

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,976 charts

Rank Score:

32,859

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,871 charts

Rank Score:

23,613

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Average Rating:

87 (2,663 votes)

Comments:

174

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Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,730 charts

Rank Score:

19,342

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,711 charts

Rank Score:

19,173

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Average Rating:

85 (2,027 votes)

Comments:

136

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The Velvet Underground

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,194 charts

Rank Score:

14,490

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30.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

946 charts

Rank Score:

9,581

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Overall Rank:

169

Average Rating:

84 (1,042 votes)

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32.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

889 charts

Rank Score:

8,310

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Overall Rank:

204

Average Rating:

84 (1,040 votes)

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In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

761 charts

Rank Score:

8,200

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Overall Rank:

206

Average Rating:

86 (852 votes)

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35.

Hot Rats

Frank Zappa

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

837 charts

Rank Score:

7,938

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Overall Rank:

221

Average Rating:

83 (934 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	54	5%
1961	63	6%
1962	47	5%
1963	49	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	100	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	195	20%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	11	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	625	63%
	210	21%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	22	2%
	16	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	968	97%
Yes	32	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	38	4%

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

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