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 49,000 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	563	25,012	Giant Steps (462nd)by John Coltrane
1961	536	23,425	My Favorite Things (597th)by John Coltrane
1962	587	20,173	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,121st)by Ray Charles
1963	605	50,516	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (99th)by Charles Mingus
1964	696	49,305	A Hard Day's Night (229th)by The Beatles
1965	821	156,448	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	877	205,489	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,136	328,464	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,466	240,057	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,831	371,002	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,118	1,469,892

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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11.

Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

1,913 charts

Rank Score:

29,954

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Average Rating:

88 (2,294 votes)

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169

12.

Are You Experienced

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,127 charts

Rank Score:

26,811

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,848 charts

Rank Score:

25,312

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Average Rating:

87 (2,637 votes)

Comments:

173

14.

Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,700 charts

Rank Score:

20,374

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,684 charts

Rank Score:

20,193

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Average Rating:

85 (2,004 votes)

Comments:

133

16.

Electric Ladyland

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,567 charts

Rank Score:

19,842

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,450 charts

Rank Score:

19,334

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Average Rating:

85 (1,633 votes)

Comments:

133

18.

Forever Changes

Love

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,400 charts

Rank Score:

18,495

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,258 charts

Rank Score:

18,265

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Average Rating:

87 (1,415 votes)

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Magical Mystery Tour
Soundtrack

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,418 charts

Rank Score:

17,124

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Average Rating:

86 (2,440 votes)

Comments:

174

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	52	5%
1961	62	6%
1962	46	5%
1963	49	5%
1964	68	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	103	10%
1967	137	14%
1968	190	19%
1969	200	20%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
Otis Redding	9	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	616	62%
	212	21%
	30	3%
	28	3%
	22	2%
	18	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	965	97%
Yes	35	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

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