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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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	591	26,526	Giant Steps (441st)by John Coltrane
1961	554	23,031	My Favorite Things (585th)by John Coltrane
1962	624	20,793	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,111th)by Ray Charles
1963	645	49,990	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	760	48,945	A Hard Day's Night (232nd)by The Beatles
1965	895	148,769	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,556	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	306,571	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,844	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,944	350,327	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,751	1,396,353

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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431.

River Deep - Mountain High

Ike & Tina Turner

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

249

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

431

Overall Rank:

5,353

Average Rating:

72 (81 votes)

Comments:

432.

Ella In Berlin
Live

Ella Fitzgerald

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

248

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

432

Overall Rank:

5,366

Average Rating:

75 (77 votes)

Comments:

433.

Drums Of Passion

Olatunji

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

248

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

433

Overall Rank:

5,375

Average Rating:

73 (48 votes)

Comments:

434.

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Compilation

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

245

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

434

Overall Rank:

5,432

Average Rating:

81 (174 votes)

Comments:

435.

Move

The Move

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

244

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

435

Overall Rank:

5,447

Average Rating:

73 (65 votes)

Comments:

436.

"Mu" First Part

Don Cherry

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

243

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

437.

Gilberto Gil (Frevo Rasgado)

Gilberto Gil

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

242

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

437

Overall Rank:

5,486

Average Rating:

80 (72 votes)

Comments:

438.

Tell Mama

Etta James

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

71 charts

Rank Score:

241

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

438

Overall Rank:

5,508

Average Rating:

77 (70 votes)

Comments:

439.

Gorilla

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

240

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

439

Overall Rank:

5,525

Average Rating:

71 (61 votes)

Comments:

440.

Out Of The Cool

Gil Evans Orchestra

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

239

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

440

Overall Rank:

5,556

Average Rating:

74 (55 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	55	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	99	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	195	20%
1969	192	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	12	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	630	63%
	209	21%
	33	3%
	25	3%
	22	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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