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 51,000 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	585	26,308	Giant Steps (448th)by John Coltrane
1961	551	23,010	My Favorite Things (582nd)by John Coltrane
1962	618	21,051	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,088th)by Ray Charles
1963	640	50,475	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (95th)by Charles Mingus
1964	748	49,058	A Hard Day's Night (228th)by The Beatles
1965	874	152,006	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	953	196,803	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,180	316,072	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,524	233,326	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,912	358,297	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,585	1,426,406

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:

1,958 charts

Rank Score:

28,492

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Average Rating:

88 (2,315 votes)

Comments:

172

12.

Are You Experienced

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,152 charts

Rank Score:

25,177

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,870 charts

Rank Score:

23,634

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Average Rating:

87 (2,663 votes)

Comments:

174

14.

Led Zeppelin

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,729 charts

Rank Score:

19,354

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Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,711 charts

Rank Score:

19,180

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Average Rating:

85 (2,027 votes)

Comments:

136

16.

Electric Ladyland

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,613 charts

Rank Score:

19,024

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Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

1,479 charts

Rank Score:

18,703

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Average Rating:

85 (1,650 votes)

Comments:

135

18.

Forever Changes

Love

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,427 charts

Rank Score:

17,767

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

1,274 charts

Rank Score:

17,645

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Average Rating:

87 (1,446 votes)

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Magical Mystery Tour
Soundtrack

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

1,436 charts

Rank Score:

16,630

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Average Rating:

86 (2,464 votes)

Comments:

177

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	54	5%
1961	63	6%
1962	47	5%
1963	49	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	100	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	195	20%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	625	63%
	210	21%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	22	2%
	16	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	968	97%
Yes	32	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	38	4%

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

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