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 54,000 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	638	26,808	Giant Steps (430th)by John Coltrane
1961	598	23,006	My Favorite Things (602nd)by John Coltrane
1962	628	21,106	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,070th)by Ray Charles
1963	657	49,752	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	769	49,268	A Hard Day's Night (222nd)by The Beatles
1965	914	147,086	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	995	189,310	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,212	302,190	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,571	226,919	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,970	347,778	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,952	1,383,223

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:

1,983 charts

Rank Score:

27,224

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Average Rating:

88 (2,339 votes)

Comments:

173

12.

Are You Experienced

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,178 charts

Rank Score:

23,698

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,896 charts

Rank Score:

22,697

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Average Rating:

87 (2,691 votes)

Comments:

174

14.

Electric Ladyland

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,644 charts

Rank Score:

18,741

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,734 charts

Rank Score:

18,495

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Average Rating:

85 (2,054 votes)

Comments:

138

16.

Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,745 charts

Rank Score:

18,395

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,494 charts

Rank Score:

17,488

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,303 charts

Rank Score:

16,919

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Average Rating:

87 (1,459 votes)

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Forever Changes

Love

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,455 charts

Rank Score:

16,817

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Average Rating:

85 (1,597 votes)

Comments:

150

20.

Magical Mystery Tour
Soundtrack

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,453 charts

Rank Score:

15,815

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Average Rating:

86 (2,500 votes)

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177

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	57	6%
1961	61	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	51	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	99	10%
1967	142	14%
1968	193	19%
1969	189	19%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	632	63%
	208	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

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

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

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Best Albums of the 1970s
1. The Dark Side Of The Moon by Pink Floyd
2. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
3. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars by David Bowie
4. Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
5. London Calling by The Clash
6. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
7. The Wall by Pink Floyd
8. Animals by Pink Floyd
9. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division
10. Who's Next by The Who
11. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
12. Exile On Main St. by The Rolling Stones
13. Marquee Moon by Television
14. Hunky Dory by David Bowie
15. Pink Moon by Nick Drake
16. Paranoid by Black Sabbath
17. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
18. Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
19. Low by David Bowie
20. Blue by Joni Mitchell