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	712	26,964	Giant Steps (427th)by John Coltrane
1961	619	22,878	My Favorite Things (600th)by John Coltrane
1962	646	21,059	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,062nd)by Ray Charles
1963	678	49,607	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	792	49,292	A Hard Day's Night (222nd)by The Beatles
1965	941	146,279	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,023	188,480	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,220	301,443	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,577	226,024	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,977	346,558	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,185	1,378,585

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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11.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

1,988 charts

Rank Score:

27,095

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Average Rating:

88 (2,346 votes)

Comments:

173

12.

Are You Experienced

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,176 charts

Rank Score:

23,697

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,898 charts

Rank Score:

22,644

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Average Rating:

87 (2,695 votes)

Comments:

174

14.

Electric Ladyland

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,643 charts

Rank Score:

18,742

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,732 charts

Rank Score:

18,450

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Average Rating:

85 (2,055 votes)

Comments:

138

16.

Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,748 charts

Rank Score:

18,303

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,495 charts

Rank Score:

17,501

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,305 charts

Rank Score:

16,822

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Average Rating:

87 (1,465 votes)

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Forever Changes

Love

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,456 charts

Rank Score:

16,742

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Average Rating:

85 (1,598 votes)

Comments:

150

20.

Magical Mystery Tour
Soundtrack

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,455 charts

Rank Score:

15,719

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Average Rating:

86 (2,507 votes)

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177

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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	68	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	142	14%
1968	193	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	%

	631	63%
	208	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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Best Albums of 1961
1. My Favorite Things by John Coltrane
2. King Of The Delta Blues Singers by Robert Johnson
3. Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio
4. Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
5. Olé Coltrane by John Coltrane
6. The Blues And The Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson
7. Africa/Brass by John Coltrane Quartet
8. Eastern Sounds by Yusef Lateef
9. Showcase by Patsy Cline
10. Someday My Prince Will Come by The Miles Davis Sextet
11. The Genius Sings The Blues by Ray Charles
12. Two Steps From The Blues by Bobby Bland
13. This Is Our Music by Ornette Coleman
14. West Side Story (The Original Sound Track Recording) by Various Artists
15. Djangology by Django Reinhardt
16. Lonely And Blue by Roy Orbison
17. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane by Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
18. Out Of The Cool by Gil Evans Orchestra
19. Time Further Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
20. A Night In Tunisia by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers