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 35,000 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	292	23,156	Sketches Of Spain (522nd) by Miles Davis
1961	330	19,179	King Of The Delta Blues Singers (750th) by Robert Johnson
1962	352	15,075	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,271st) by Ray Charles
1963	394	63,695	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (140th) by Charles Mingus
1964	467	52,484	A Hard Day's Night (226th) by The Beatles
1965	559	261,925	Highway 61 Revisited (20th) by Bob Dylan
1966	622	371,435	Revolver (4th) by The Beatles
1967	792	584,451	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (5th) by The Beatles
1968	1,076	372,265	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th) by The Beatles
1969	1,315	583,636	Abbey Road (3rd) by The Beatles
Total	6,199	2,347,300

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.

Any Day Now

Joan Baez

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	14 charts
Rank in 1968:	193	Rank Score:	74
Rank in 1960s	981	Overall Rank:	16,803
Average Rating: 74/100 (22 votes)
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982.

My Name Is Albert Ayler

Albert Ayler

Year of Release:	1964	Appears in:	7 charts
Rank in 1964:	59	Rank Score:	74
Rank in 1960s	982	Overall Rank:	16,805
Average Rating: 71/100 (4 votes)
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983.

Sunshower

Thelma Houston

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 1969:	226	Rank Score:	74
Rank in 1960s	983	Overall Rank:	16,806
Average Rating: 73/100 (9 votes)
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984.

The Eyes Of The Beacon Street Union

Beacon Street Union

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	2 charts
Rank in 1967:	142	Rank Score:	74
Rank in 1960s	984	Overall Rank:	16,826
Average Rating: 70/100 (12 votes)
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985.

Un Homme Et Une Femme (Bande Originale Du Film)

Francis Lai

Year of Release:	1966	Appears in:	8 charts
Rank in 1966:	102	Rank Score:	74
Rank in 1960s	985	Overall Rank:	16,860
Average Rating: 73/100 (4 votes)
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986.

Country Songs, Old And New

The Country Gentlemen

Year of Release:	1960	Appears in:	13 charts
Rank in 1960:	36	Rank Score:	73
Rank in 1960s	986	Overall Rank:	16,945
Average Rating: 69/100 (16 votes)
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987.

Eight Miles High

Golden Earring

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	14 charts
Rank in 1969:	227	Rank Score:	73
Rank in 1960s	987	Overall Rank:	16,980
Average Rating: 75/100 (17 votes)
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988.

Side Trips

Kaleidoscope

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	22 charts
Rank in 1967:	143	Rank Score:	73
Rank in 1960s	988	Overall Rank:	17,001
Average Rating: 72/100 (18 votes)
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989.

Live At The Apollo, Volume II

James Brown

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	18 charts
Rank in 1968:	194	Rank Score:	73
Rank in 1960s	989	Overall Rank:	17,008
Average Rating: 77/100 (20 votes)
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990.

Quarteto Bossamba

Walter Wanderley

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	2 charts
Rank in 1967:	144	Rank Score:	73
Rank in 1960s	990	Overall Rank:	17,011
Average Rating: 70/100 (3 votes)
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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	37	4%
1961	41	4%
1962	37	4%
1963	57	6%
1964	61	6%
1965	94	9%
1966	105	11%
1967	144	14%
1968	195	20%
1969	229	23%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	15	2%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Frank Sinatra	13	1%
Miles Davis	11	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	616	62%
	221	22%
	32	3%
	22	2%
	22	2%
	14	1%
	10	1%
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