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 53,000 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	590	26,414	Giant Steps (448th)by John Coltrane
1961	553	22,759	My Favorite Things (584th)by John Coltrane
1962	623	20,790	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,111th)by Ray Charles
1963	644	50,051	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	756	48,932	A Hard Day's Night (230th)by The Beatles
1965	894	149,035	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	974	192,801	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	306,950	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,815	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,944	350,894	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,741	1,397,440

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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351.

Sweet Child

Pentangle

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

342

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

351

Overall Rank:

4,153

Average Rating:

76 (64 votes)

Comments:

352.

The Exciting Wilson Pickett

Wilson Pickett

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

338

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

352

Overall Rank:

4,191

Average Rating:

77 (77 votes)

Comments:

353.

Someday My Prince Will Come

The Miles Davis Sextet

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

338

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

353

Overall Rank:

4,194

Average Rating:

78 (104 votes)

Comments:

354.

Fairytale

Donovan

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

337

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

354

Overall Rank:

4,207

Average Rating:

75 (75 votes)

Comments:

355.

Two Steps From The Blues

Bobby Bland

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

334

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

355

Overall Rank:

4,239

Average Rating:

78 (94 votes)

Comments:

356.

Ewa Demarczyk Śpiewa Piosenki Zygmunta Koniecznego

Ewa Demarczyk

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

330

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

356

Overall Rank:

4,279

Average Rating:

75 (57 votes)

Comments:

357.

Gal

Gal Costa

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

330

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

357

Overall Rank:

4,285

Average Rating:

78 (65 votes)

Comments:

358.

A Girl Called Dusty

Dusty Springfield

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

328

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

358

Overall Rank:

4,306

Average Rating:

75 (95 votes)

Comments:

359.

Boom

The Sonics

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

327

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

359

Overall Rank:

4,313

Average Rating:

74 (82 votes)

Comments:

360.

This Is Our Music

Ornette Coleman

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

326

Rank in 1961:

Rank in 1960s:

360

Overall Rank:

4,327

Average Rating:

74 (51 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	55	6%
1961	61	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	195	20%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	627	63%
	211	21%
	33	3%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	967	97%
Yes	33	3%

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

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

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