Best Albums of the 1960s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 1960s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 1960s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 37,000 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	346	24,358	Sketches Of Spain (538th) by Miles Davis
1961	366	21,049	King Of The Delta Blues Singers (741st) by Robert Johnson
1962	389	16,045	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,292nd) by Ray Charles
1963	435	65,969	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (137th) by Charles Mingus
1964	502	54,024	A Hard Day's Night (231st) by The Beatles
1965	595	266,166	Highway 61 Revisited (20th) by Bob Dylan
1966	660	377,857	Revolver (4th) by The Beatles
1967	856	592,791	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (5th) by The Beatles
1968	1,119	380,346	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th) by The Beatles
1969	1,357	594,506	Abbey Road (3rd) by The Beatles
Total	6,625	2,393,112

The best artists of the 1960s were The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, The Velvet Underground And Nico, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zeppelin, The Doors and The Rolling Stones.

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Album

Artist

21.

Bringing It All Back Home

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:	1965	Appears in:	967 charts
Rank in 1965:	4	Rank Score:	25,209
Rank in 1960s	21	Overall Rank:	102
Average Rating: 86/100 (1,334 votes)
Comments: 76 comments

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22.

The Velvet Underground

Year of Release:	1969	Appears in:	939 charts
Rank in 1969:	6	Rank Score:	23,467
Rank in 1960s	22	Overall Rank:	106
Average Rating: 86/100 (1,270 votes)
Comments: 94 comments

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23.

Odessey And Oracle

The Zombies

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	932 charts
Rank in 1968:	4	Rank Score:	23,382
Rank in 1960s	23	Overall Rank:	107
Average Rating: 85/100 (1,031 votes)
Comments: 89 comments

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24.

Beggars Banquet

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	912 charts
Rank in 1968:	5	Rank Score:	19,820
Rank in 1960s	24	Overall Rank:	131
Average Rating: 84/100 (1,210 votes)
Comments: 66 comments

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25.

The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:	1963	Appears in:	686 charts
Rank in 1963:	1	Rank Score:	19,292
Rank in 1960s	25	Overall Rank:	137
Average Rating: 86/100 (760 votes)
Comments: 52 comments

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26.

White Light/White Heat

The Velvet Underground

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	766 charts
Rank in 1968:	6	Rank Score:	17,884
Rank in 1960s	26	Overall Rank:	151
Average Rating: 84/100 (1,086 votes)
Comments: 82 comments

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27.

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	938 charts
Rank in 1967:	7	Rank Score:	17,465
Rank in 1960s	27	Overall Rank:	153
Average Rating: 82/100 (1,572 votes)
Comments: 90 comments

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28.

The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society

The Kinks

Year of Release:	1968	Appears in:	760 charts
Rank in 1968:	7	Rank Score:	16,704
Rank in 1960s	28	Overall Rank:	159
Average Rating: 84/100 (858 votes)
Comments: 54 comments

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29.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:	1963	Appears in:	755 charts
Rank in 1963:	2	Rank Score:	16,471
Rank in 1960s	29	Overall Rank:	162
Average Rating: 84/100 (1,183 votes)
Comments: 64 comments

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30.

Songs Of Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

Year of Release:	1967	Appears in:	760 charts
Rank in 1967:	8	Rank Score:	15,822
Rank in 1960s	30	Overall Rank:	171
Average Rating: 85/100 (842 votes)
Comments: 29 comments

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	36	4%
1961	46	5%
1962	38	4%
1963	56	6%
1964	62	6%
1965	93	9%
1966	103	10%
1967	142	14%
1968	195	20%
1969	229	23%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	606	61%
	221	22%
	32	3%
	27	3%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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