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 41,000 greatest album charts.

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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	422	21,120	Giant Steps (510th)by John Coltrane
1961	420	18,596	My Favorite Things (705th)by John Coltrane
1962	444	16,007	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,262nd)by Ray Charles
1963	490	50,836	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (114th)by Charles Mingus
1964	575	44,464	A Hard Day's Night (246th)by The Beatles
1965	683	167,651	Highway 61 Revisited (23rd)by Bob Dylan
1966	735	228,662	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	971	366,407	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,234	250,212	The Beatles (The White Album) (16th)by The Beatles
1969	1,499	397,153	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	7,473	1,561,109

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

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Abbey Road

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,163 charts

Rank Score:

84,408

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Average Rating:

92 (3,936 votes)

Comments:

402

Revolver

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,084 charts

Rank Score:

77,774

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Average Rating:

91 (3,942 votes)

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429

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,014 charts

Rank Score:

71,991

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Average Rating:

90 (3,958 votes)

Comments:

424

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,619 charts

Rank Score:

61,835

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,407 charts

Rank Score:

58,352

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Average Rating:

88 (2,794 votes)

Comments:

297

The Beatles (The White Album)

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,515 charts

Rank Score:

55,726

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1965

Appears in:

2,013 charts

Rank Score:

40,828

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1965

Appears in:

1,990 charts

Rank Score:

39,688

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Average Rating:

88 (2,885 votes)

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220

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,645 charts

Rank Score:

38,072

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Average Rating:

89 (1,941 votes)

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187

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The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,000 charts

Rank Score:

37,171

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Average Rating:

87 (2,447 votes)

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179

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	41	4%
1961	57	6%
1962	43	4%
1963	51	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	86	9%
1966	100	10%
1967	142	14%
1968	193	19%
1969	221	22%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Rolling Stones	15	2%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Nina Simone	11	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	618	62%
	216	22%
	33	3%
	25	3%
	18	2%
	16	2%
	16	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	970	97%
Yes	30	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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