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	25,009	Giant Steps (461st)by John Coltrane
1961	536	23,420	My Favorite Things (597th)by John Coltrane
1962	587	20,096	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,119th)by Ray Charles
1963	604	50,531	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (100th)by Charles Mingus
1964	696	49,217	A Hard Day's Night (229th)by The Beatles
1965	819	156,503	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	876	205,483	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,134	328,435	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,465	240,070	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,831	371,011	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,111	1,469,776

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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151.

Howlin' Wolf

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

189 charts

Rank Score:

1,197

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

151

Overall Rank:

1,469

Average Rating:

80 (198 votes)

Comments:

152.

Truth

Jeff Beck

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

239 charts

Rank Score:

1,194

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

152

Overall Rank:

1,471

Average Rating:

79 (231 votes)

Comments:

153.

Sunday At The Village Vanguard
Live

Bill Evans Trio

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

160 charts

Rank Score:

1,177

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

153

Overall Rank:

1,486

Average Rating:

78 (182 votes)

Comments:

154.

Da Capo

Love

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

275 charts

Rank Score:

1,160

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

154

Overall Rank:

1,507

Average Rating:

78 (289 votes)

Comments:

155.

Silver Apples

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

221 charts

Rank Score:

1,152

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

155

Overall Rank:

1,518

Average Rating:

77 (189 votes)

Comments:

156.

Speak No Evil

Wayne Shorter

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

195 charts

Rank Score:

1,134

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

156

Overall Rank:

1,541

Average Rating:

81 (172 votes)

Comments:

157.

Sunshine Superman

Donovan

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

244 charts

Rank Score:

1,106

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

157

Overall Rank:

1,569

Average Rating:

77 (253 votes)

Comments:

158.

Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo [The Good, The Bad & The Ugly]
Soundtrack

Ennio Morricone

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

188 charts

Rank Score:

1,094

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

158

Overall Rank:

1,590

Average Rating:

82 (219 votes)

Comments:

159.

Absolutely Free

The Mothers Of Invention

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

173 charts

Rank Score:

1,086

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

159

Overall Rank:

1,599

Average Rating:

79 (296 votes)

Comments:

160.

At San Quentin
Live

Johnny Cash

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

1,084

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

160

Overall Rank:

1,601

Average Rating:

79 (274 votes)

Comments:

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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	104	10%
1967	137	14%
1968	189	19%
1969	200	20%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Frank Sinatra	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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