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 50,000 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	577	25,584	Giant Steps (455th)by John Coltrane
1961	544	23,952	My Favorite Things (590th)by John Coltrane
1962	603	21,006	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,097th)by Ray Charles
1963	612	51,258	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (96th)by Charles Mingus
1964	711	50,054	A Hard Day's Night (227th)by The Beatles
1965	835	155,652	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	900	203,666	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,147	324,421	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,492	238,059	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,864	366,622	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,285	1,460,274

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:

3,555 charts

Rank Score:

70,017

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Average Rating:

92 (4,428 votes)

Comments:

462

Revolver

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,433 charts

Rank Score:

62,042

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Average Rating:

91 (4,398 votes)

Comments:

472

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,366 charts

Rank Score:

56,248

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Average Rating:

91 (4,415 votes)

Comments:

476

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,948 charts

Rank Score:

50,236

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,744 charts

Rank Score:

48,838

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Average Rating:

88 (3,136 votes)

Comments:

346

The Beatles (The White Album)

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,822 charts

Rank Score:

46,636

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Average Rating:

89 (3,669 votes)

Comments:

337

In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson)

King Crimson

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,956 charts

Rank Score:

34,307

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,272 charts

Rank Score:

33,326

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1965

Appears in:

2,254 charts

Rank Score:

32,745

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Average Rating:

88 (3,242 votes)

Comments:

254

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The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,299 charts

Rank Score:

31,160

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Average Rating:

87 (2,729 votes)

Comments:

206

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	51	5%
1961	64	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	52	5%
1964	70	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	99	10%
1967	139	14%
1968	190	19%
1969	194	19%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	622	62%
	210	21%
	30	3%
	27	3%
	22	2%
	18	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	964	96%
Yes	36	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

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