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 41,000 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	21,149	Giant Steps (510th)by John Coltrane
1961	422	18,634	My Favorite Things (706th)by John Coltrane
1962	444	16,047	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,216th)by Ray Charles
1963	490	50,897	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (114th)by Charles Mingus
1964	576	44,508	A Hard Day's Night (247th)by The Beatles
1965	684	167,962	Highway 61 Revisited (23rd)by Bob Dylan
1966	735	228,945	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	971	367,248	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,234	250,743	The Beatles (The White Album) (16th)by The Beatles
1969	1,500	397,963	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	7,478	1,564,095

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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Abbey Road

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,166 charts

Rank Score:

84,410

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Average Rating:

92 (3,940 votes)

Comments:

403

Revolver

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,087 charts

Rank Score:

77,833

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Average Rating:

91 (3,945 votes)

Comments:

429

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,019 charts

Rank Score:

72,149

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Average Rating:

90 (3,963 votes)

Comments:

426

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,623 charts

Rank Score:

61,835

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,410 charts

Rank Score:

58,327

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Average Rating:

88 (2,797 votes)

Comments:

298

The Beatles (The White Album)

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,517 charts

Rank Score:

55,738

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1965

Appears in:

2,017 charts

Rank Score:

41,017

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1965

Appears in:

1,992 charts

Rank Score:

39,658

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Average Rating:

88 (2,888 votes)

Comments:

220

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,649 charts

Rank Score:

38,223

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Average Rating:

89 (1,943 votes)

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187

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The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,004 charts

Rank Score:

37,275

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Average Rating:

87 (2,451 votes)

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179

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	41	4%
1961	57	6%
1962	42	4%
1963	51	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	86	9%
1966	100	10%
1967	143	14%
1968	193	19%
1969	221	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%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	619	62%
	216	22%
	33	3%
	25	3%
	18	2%
	16	2%
	15	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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