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	26,608	Giant Steps (437th)by John Coltrane
1961	557	23,048	My Favorite Things (588th)by John Coltrane
1962	624	20,785	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,112th)by Ray Charles
1963	646	49,961	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	762	49,024	A Hard Day's Night (229th)by The Beatles
1965	901	148,862	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	975	192,446	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,200	307,235	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	229,659	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	351,789	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,760	1,399,417

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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The Birthday Party

The Idle Race

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

177

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552.

Tim Hardin 2

Tim Hardin

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

176

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552

Overall Rank:

7,195

Average Rating:

77 (48 votes)

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553.

Dance Party

Martha And The Vandellas

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

176

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

553

Overall Rank:

7,196

Average Rating:

73 (50 votes)

Comments:

554.

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Yesterday And Today
Compilation

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

174

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Rank in 1960s:

554

Overall Rank:

7,268

Average Rating:

77 (150 votes)

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555.

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"

Yevgeny Mravinsky / Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

172

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Rank in 1960s:

555

Overall Rank:

7,348

Average Rating:

76 (11 votes)

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556.

Mass In F Minor

The Electric Prunes

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

171

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557.

Cauldron

Fifty Foot Hose

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

171

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558.

Looks Like Rain

Mickey Newbury

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

171

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559.

AMMMusic

AMM

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

171

Rank in 1967:

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559

Overall Rank:

7,381

Average Rating:

73 (36 votes)

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560.

A Hard Road

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

170

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

560

Overall Rank:

7,414

Average Rating:

76 (57 votes)

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

	629	63%
	209	21%
	33	3%
	26	3%
	23	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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