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	591	26,525	Giant Steps (441st)by John Coltrane
1961	554	23,025	My Favorite Things (585th)by John Coltrane
1962	624	20,793	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,112th)by Ray Charles
1963	645	49,976	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	760	48,949	A Hard Day's Night (232nd)by The Beatles
1965	895	148,696	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,343	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	306,384	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,750	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,944	350,296	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,751	1,395,737

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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991.

That's My Story: John Lee Hooker Sings The Blues

John Lee Hooker

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

32 charts

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991

Overall Rank:

14,018

Average Rating:

73 (24 votes)

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992.

Boz Scaggs

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

41 charts

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993.

The Circle Game

Tom Rush

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

20 charts

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994.

Tauhid

Pharoah Sanders

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

29 charts

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995.

Empty Sky

Elton John

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

42 charts

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996.

Léo Ferré 1916-19...

Léo Ferré

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3 charts

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996

Overall Rank:

14,128

Average Rating:

72 (3 votes)

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997.

Braziliana

Luiz Bonfá & Maria Toledo

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

7 charts

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997

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14,137

Average Rating:

71 (13 votes)

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998.

Art Of The Prima Donna

Joan Sutherland

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

4 charts

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998

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14,150

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73 (7 votes)

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999.

The Nat King Cole Story

Nat King Cole

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

16 charts

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999

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14,161

Average Rating:

68 (24 votes)

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1000.

The Progressive Blues Experiment

Johnny Winter

Year of Release:

1968

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32 charts

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	48	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	66	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	99	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	192	19%

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	%

	630	63%
	209	21%
	33	3%
	25	3%
	22	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	968	97%
Yes	32	3%

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

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

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Best Albums of 1953
1. Black Coffee With Peggy Lee by Peggy Lee
2. Ellington Uptown by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
3. Chante Les Chansons Poétiques no1 by Georges Brassens
4. Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet by Sonny Rollins
5. Dean Martin Sings by Dean Martin
6. An Evening With Billie Holiday by Billie Holiday
7. Songs By Tom Lehrer by Tom Lehrer
8. Calamity Jane by Doris Day
9. Inca Taqui by Yma Sumac
10. Jazz At Oberlin by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
11. Puccini: Tosca by Maria Callas / Victor De Sabata
12. Nat King Cole Sings For Two In Love by Nat King Cole
13. Moondog And His Friends by Moondog
14. Memorial Album by Hank Williams
15. New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm by Stan Kenton
16. Vol. 2 by Georges Brassens
17. The Duke Plays Ellington by Duke Ellington
18. Young Man With A Horn by Miles Davis
19. Chante... Charles Aznavour by Charles Aznavour
20. Jay Jay Johnson With Clifford Brown by J.J. Johnson