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 46,000 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	512	23,335	Giant Steps (480th)by John Coltrane
1961	476	20,510	My Favorite Things (686th)by John Coltrane
1962	507	18,210	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,158th)by Ray Charles
1963	544	51,230	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (107th)by Charles Mingus
1964	623	46,879	A Hard Day's Night (247th)by The Beatles
1965	742	166,654	Highway 61 Revisited (24th)by Bob Dylan
1966	800	226,644	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,035	361,770	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,328	254,182	The Beatles (The White Album) (14th)by The Beatles
1969	1,621	399,284	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	8,188	1,568,697

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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Abbey Road

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,364 charts

Rank Score:

81,273

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Average Rating:

92 (4,141 votes)

Comments:

428

Revolver

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,251 charts

Rank Score:

74,163

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Average Rating:

91 (4,116 votes)

Comments:

451

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,198 charts

Rank Score:

68,554

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Average Rating:

90 (4,146 votes)

Comments:

450

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,796 charts

Rank Score:

59,647

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Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,575 charts

Rank Score:

56,801

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Average Rating:

88 (2,933 votes)

Comments:

315

The Beatles (The White Album)

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,667 charts

Rank Score:

53,806

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1965

Appears in:

2,165 charts

Rank Score:

39,716

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Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,129 charts

Rank Score:

38,207

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Average Rating:

88 (3,043 votes)

Comments:

236

In The Court Of The Crimson King

King Crimson

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

1,796 charts

Rank Score:

38,183

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Average Rating:

89 (2,084 votes)

Comments:

200

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The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,165 charts

Rank Score:

36,576

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Average Rating:

87 (2,559 votes)

Comments:

192

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	46	5%
1961	54	5%
1962	47	5%
1963	52	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	102	10%
1967	134	13%
1968	196	20%
1969	211	21%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	15	2%
The Rolling Stones	15	2%
John Coltrane	12	1%
Frank Sinatra	11	1%
Nina Simone	11	1%
The Kinks	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	637	64%
	214	21%
	28	3%
	26	3%
	17	2%
	13	1%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	963	96%
Yes	37	4%

Live?	Albums	%
No	976	98%
Yes	24	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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