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 53,000 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	596	26,745	Giant Steps (430th)by John Coltrane
1961	568	23,060	My Favorite Things (598th)by John Coltrane
1962	629	21,032	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,055th)by Ray Charles
1963	653	49,897	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	767	49,337	A Hard Day's Night (223rd)by The Beatles
1965	908	148,032	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	984	190,614	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,205	303,863	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,566	228,011	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,954	349,259	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,830	1,389,851

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:

908 charts

Rank Score:

8,477

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

190

Average Rating:

84 (1,071 votes)

Comments:

32.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

960 charts

Rank Score:

8,440

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

191

Average Rating:

83 (1,470 votes)

Comments:

33.

Axis: Bold As Love

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

987 charts

Rank Score:

8,099

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

201

Average Rating:

83 (1,341 votes)

Comments:

34.

In A Silent Way

Miles Davis

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

768 charts

Rank Score:

7,867

Rank in 1969:

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Overall Rank:

209

Average Rating:

86 (873 votes)

Comments:

35.

A Hard Day's Night
Soundtrack

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

941 charts

Rank Score:

7,563

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36.

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

843 charts

Rank Score:

7,443

Rank in 1969:

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Overall Rank:

224

Average Rating:

83 (956 votes)

Comments:

37.

Strange Days

The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

871 charts

Rank Score:

7,275

Rank in 1967:

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Overall Rank:

233

Average Rating:

82 (1,192 votes)

Comments:

38.

Help!
Soundtrack

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

957 charts

Rank Score:

7,214

Rank in 1965:

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Overall Rank:

236

Average Rating:

81 (1,900 votes)

Comments:

123

39.

Tommy

The Who

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

973 charts

Rank Score:

7,167

Rank in 1969:

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Overall Rank:

242

Average Rating:

81 (1,433 votes)

Comments:

40.

Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

721 charts

Rank Score:

7,070

Rank in 1969:

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Overall Rank:

245

Average Rating:

74 (1,059 votes)

Comments:

170

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	67	7%
1965	94	9%
1966	100	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	188	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%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	632	63%
	208	21%
	33	3%
	25	3%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	968	97%
Yes	32	3%

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

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

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