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	735	27,506	Giant Steps (435th)by John Coltrane
1961	634	23,064	My Favorite Things (606th)by John Coltrane
1962	668	21,311	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,096th)by Ray Charles
1963	692	49,603	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	803	49,633	A Hard Day's Night (220th)by The Beatles
1965	949	146,005	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,033	187,430	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,224	299,864	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (9th)by The Beatles
1968	1,588	225,484	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,992	345,525	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,318	1,375,426

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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31.

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

918 charts

Rank Score:

8,445

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

188

Average Rating:

84 (1,081 votes)

Comments:

32.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

967 charts

Rank Score:

8,188

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

194

Average Rating:

84 (1,489 votes)

Comments:

33.

Axis: Bold As Love

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

998 charts

Rank Score:

8,144

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

198

Average Rating:

84 (1,360 votes)

Comments:

34.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

780 charts

Rank Score:

7,999

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

204

Average Rating:

86 (884 votes)

Comments:

35.

A Hard Day's Night
Soundtrack

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

949 charts

Rank Score:

7,448

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36.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

850 charts

Rank Score:

7,359

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

226

Average Rating:

83 (968 votes)

Comments:

37.

Strange Days

The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

875 charts

Rank Score:

7,230

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

232

Average Rating:

82 (1,204 votes)

Comments:

38.

Help!
Soundtrack

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

966 charts

Rank Score:

7,054

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

237

Average Rating:

81 (1,922 votes)

Comments:

123

39.

Tommy

The Who

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

979 charts

Rank Score:

7,017

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

241

Average Rating:

81 (1,444 votes)

Comments:

40.

The Band

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

813 charts

Rank Score:

6,777

Rank in 1969:

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Overall Rank:

253

Average Rating:

81 (966 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%
Nina Simone	10	1%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	635	64%
	206	21%
	31	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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