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	590	26,410	Giant Steps (447th)by John Coltrane
1961	553	22,757	My Favorite Things (584th)by John Coltrane
1962	623	20,788	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,110th)by Ray Charles
1963	644	50,041	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	756	48,928	A Hard Day's Night (230th)by The Beatles
1965	894	148,994	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	974	192,809	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	306,852	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,752	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,944	350,803	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,741	1,397,134

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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42.

Disraeli Gears

Cream

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

959 charts

Rank Score:

6,824

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

257

Average Rating:

80 (1,123 votes)

Comments:

45.

Surrealistic Pillow

Jefferson Airplane

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

798 charts

Rank Score:

5,846

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

310

Average Rating:

81 (849 votes)

Comments:

47.

Days Of Future Passed

The Moody Blues

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

630 charts

Rank Score:

5,220

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

342

Average Rating:

80 (668 votes)

Comments:

53.

I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You

Aretha Franklin

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

615 charts

Rank Score:

4,358

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

411

Average Rating:

80 (581 votes)

Comments:

56.

Something Else By The Kinks

The Kinks

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

573 charts

Rank Score:

4,176

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

432

Average Rating:

81 (670 votes)

Comments:

63.

The Who Sell Out

The Who

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

599 charts

Rank Score:

3,643

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

493

Average Rating:

80 (835 votes)

Comments:

66.

Safe As Milk

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

492 charts

Rank Score:

3,576

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

504

Average Rating:

80 (607 votes)

Comments:

73.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

445 charts

Rank Score:

2,781

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

645

Average Rating:

77 (482 votes)

Comments:

94.

Goodbye And Hello

Tim Buckley

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

348 charts

Rank Score:

2,046

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

876

Average Rating:

78 (377 votes)

Comments:

97.

John Wesley Harding

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

454 charts

Rank Score:

2,020

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

888

Average Rating:

78 (745 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	55	6%
1961	61	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	195	20%

Artist	Albums	%

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

Country	Albums	%

	627	63%
	211	21%
	33	3%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	967	97%
Yes	33	3%

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

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

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