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 55,000 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	737	27,250	Giant Steps (435th)by John Coltrane
1961	670	23,177	My Favorite Things (599th)by John Coltrane
1962	693	21,353	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,077th)by Ray Charles
1963	705	49,409	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	806	49,716	A Hard Day's Night (218th)by The Beatles
1965	954	145,060	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,038	186,367	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,227	298,702	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,593	224,155	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,994	344,224	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,417	1,369,415

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:

2,012 charts

Rank Score:

26,813

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Average Rating:

88 (2,369 votes)

Comments:

173

12.

Are You Experienced

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,186 charts

Rank Score:

23,464

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,914 charts

Rank Score:

22,421

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Average Rating:

87 (2,717 votes)

Comments:

174

14.

Electric Ladyland

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,656 charts

Rank Score:

18,487

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,748 charts

Rank Score:

18,312

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Average Rating:

85 (2,074 votes)

Comments:

139

16.

Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,761 charts

Rank Score:

18,112

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,511 charts

Rank Score:

17,357

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Average Rating:

84 (1,688 votes)

Comments:

136

18.

Forever Changes

Love

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,481 charts

Rank Score:

16,641

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,311 charts

Rank Score:

16,543

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Average Rating:

87 (1,474 votes)

Comments:

100

20.

Magical Mystery Tour
Soundtrack

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,466 charts

Rank Score:

15,613

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Average Rating:

86 (2,529 votes)

Comments:

179

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	61	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	52	5%
1964	70	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	139	14%
1968	192	19%
1969	191	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	15	2%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	12	1%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	633	63%
	207	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	961	96%
Yes	39	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	981	98%
Yes	19	2%

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2. David Bowie
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Neil Young
5. The Rolling Stones
6. The Clash
7. Fleetwood Mac
8. Black Sabbath
9. The Who
10. Stevie Wonder
11. Genesis
12. Paul McCartney
13. Joni Mitchell
14. Bob Dylan
15. Yes
16. Bruce Springsteen
17. Bob Marley
18. Brian Eno
19. Nick Drake
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