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 42,000 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	422	20,952	Sketches Of Spain (507th)by Miles Davis
1961	429	19,556	My Favorite Things (714th)by John Coltrane
1962	451	16,555	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,191st)by Ray Charles
1963	495	51,189	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (114th)by Charles Mingus
1964	578	45,455	A Hard Day's Night (243rd)by The Beatles
1965	688	169,234	Highway 61 Revisited (23rd)by Bob Dylan
1966	739	229,657	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	976	368,982	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,244	252,529	The Beatles (The White Album) (16th)by The Beatles
1969	1,510	400,003	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	7,532	1,574,112

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

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Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,435 charts

Rank Score:

58,314

Rank in 1966:

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Average Rating:

88 (2,817 votes)

Comments:

301

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,040 charts

Rank Score:

41,252

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Average Rating:

88 (2,457 votes)

Comments:

204

10.

The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,026 charts

Rank Score:

37,295

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11.

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

1,701 charts

Rank Score:

34,769

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Average Rating:

88 (2,087 votes)

Comments:

151

12.

Are You Experienced

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,856 charts

Rank Score:

31,063

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

87 (2,158 votes)

Comments:

141

17.

Forever Changes

Love

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,224 charts

Rank Score:

20,756

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Average Rating:

85 (1,407 votes)

Comments:

124

18.

Electric Ladyland

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,322 charts

Rank Score:

20,484

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Average Rating:

86 (1,685 votes)

Comments:

19.

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,077 charts

Rank Score:

19,597

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Average Rating:

87 (1,240 votes)

Comments:

22.

The Velvet Underground

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,027 charts

Rank Score:

16,169

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

86 (1,388 votes)

Comments:

23.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,052 charts

Rank Score:

15,961

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Overall Rank:

104

Average Rating:

86 (1,452 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	41	4%
1961	58	6%
1962	42	4%
1963	50	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	85	9%
1966	100	10%
1967	142	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	222	22%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Rolling Stones	15	2%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Nina Simone	11	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	620	62%
	218	22%
	31	3%
	26	3%
	19	2%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	970	97%
Yes	30	3%

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