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 46,000 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	547	24,248	Sketches Of Spain (472nd)by Miles Davis
1961	518	20,873	My Favorite Things (653rd)by John Coltrane
1962	566	18,882	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,166th)by Ray Charles
1963	581	50,886	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (102nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	663	47,336	A Hard Day's Night (236th)by The Beatles
1965	780	160,733	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	853	213,976	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,091	342,871	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,395	246,828	The Beatles (The White Album) (14th)by The Beatles
1969	1,741	384,712	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	8,735	1,511,345

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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Abbey Road

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,447 charts

Rank Score:

75,741

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Average Rating:

92 (4,305 votes)

Comments:

447

Revolver

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,333 charts

Rank Score:

67,696

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Average Rating:

91 (4,271 votes)

Comments:

463

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,267 charts

Rank Score:

61,711

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Average Rating:

91 (4,296 votes)

Comments:

466

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,854 charts

Rank Score:

54,573

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,652 charts

Rank Score:

52,514

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Average Rating:

88 (3,042 votes)

Comments:

335

The Beatles (The White Album)

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,739 charts

Rank Score:

50,334

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Average Rating:

89 (3,574 votes)

Comments:

328

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,887 charts

Rank Score:

36,774

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,206 charts

Rank Score:

36,384

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,178 charts

Rank Score:

35,019

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Average Rating:

88 (3,146 votes)

Comments:

247

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The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,220 charts

Rank Score:

33,987

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Average Rating:

87 (2,637 votes)

Comments:

201

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	49	5%
1961	56	6%
1962	46	5%
1963	52	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	95	10%
1966	102	10%
1967	134	13%
1968	192	19%
1969	208	21%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
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	%

	629	63%
	218	22%
	27	3%
	27	3%
	18	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	964	96%
Yes	36	4%

Live?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

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

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