Best Albums of the 1960s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 1960s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 1960s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 37,000 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	341	24,115	Giant Steps (541st) by John Coltrane
1961	360	20,454	King Of The Delta Blues Singers (737th) by Robert Johnson
1962	383	15,862	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,294th) by Ray Charles
1963	426	65,396	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (137th) by Charles Mingus
1964	489	53,605	A Hard Day's Night (227th) by The Beatles
1965	589	265,211	Highway 61 Revisited (20th) by Bob Dylan
1966	659	376,486	Revolver (4th) by The Beatles
1967	840	591,282	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (5th) by The Beatles
1968	1,110	379,079	The Beatles (The White Album) (12th) by The Beatles
1969	1,352	591,883	Abbey Road (3rd) by The Beatles
Total	6,549	2,383,373

The best artists of the 1960s were The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, The Velvet Underground And Nico, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and The Rolling Stones.

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Artist

981.

From Rio With Love

Walter Wanderley

Year of Release:	1966	Appears in:	2 charts
Rank in 1966:	100	Rank Score:	76
Rank in 1960s	981	Overall Rank:	16,799
Average Rating: 70/100 (3 votes)
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982.

Crying Time

Ray Charles

Year of Release:	1966	Appears in:	3 charts
Rank in 1966:	101	Rank Score:	76
Rank in 1960s	982	Overall Rank:	16,881
Average Rating: 73/100 (4 votes)
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983.

Safe Mode: On

The American Metaphysical Circus

Joe Byrd And The Field Hippies

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	12 charts
Rank in 1969:	228	Rank Score:	76
Rank in 1960s	983	Overall Rank:	16,894
Average Rating: 68/100 (17 votes)
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984.

Intensified

Desmond Dekker And The Aces

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	11 charts
Rank in 1968:	192	Rank Score:	75
Rank in 1960s	984	Overall Rank:	16,922
Average Rating: 75/100 (14 votes)
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985.

Empty Sky

Elton John

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	25 charts
Rank in 1969:	229	Rank Score:	75
Rank in 1960s	985	Overall Rank:	16,966
Average Rating: 66/100 (52 votes)
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986.

Temptin' Temptations

The Temptations

Year of Release:	1965	Appears in:	16 charts
Rank in 1965:	93	Rank Score:	75
Rank in 1960s	986	Overall Rank:	17,038
Average Rating: 72/100 (14 votes)
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987.

Playback

The Appletree Theatre

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	5 charts
Rank in 1968:	193	Rank Score:	75
Rank in 1960s	987	Overall Rank:	17,045
Average Rating: 71/100 (6 votes)
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988.

On The Beach

Philip Cohran And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	9 charts
Rank in 1968:	194	Rank Score:	75
Rank in 1960s	988	Overall Rank:	17,051
Average Rating: 73/100 (11 votes)
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989.

It's A Mother

James Brown

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	2 charts
Rank in 1969:	230	Rank Score:	75
Rank in 1960s	989	Overall Rank:	17,052
Average Rating: 71/100 (3 votes)
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990.

The Way I Feel

Gordon Lightfoot

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	13 charts
Rank in 1967:	140	Rank Score:	75
Rank in 1960s	990	Overall Rank:	17,072
Average Rating: 73/100 (17 votes)
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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	35	4%
1961	44	4%
1962	37	4%
1963	56	6%
1964	61	6%
1965	94	9%
1966	102	10%
1967	143	14%
1968	197	20%
1969	231	23%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	15	2%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
Frank Sinatra	13	1%
John Coltrane	12	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	610	61%
	222	22%
	32	3%
	27	3%
	23	2%
	13	1%
	13	1%
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