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	26,418	Giant Steps (448th)by John Coltrane
1961	553	22,764	My Favorite Things (584th)by John Coltrane
1962	623	20,787	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,110th)by Ray Charles
1963	644	50,079	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	756	48,771	A Hard Day's Night (230th)by The Beatles
1965	894	149,035	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	974	192,922	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	307,170	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,780	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,942	350,842	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,739	1,397,568

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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601.

Emergency!

The Tony Williams Lifetime

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

151

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602.

Sound

Roscoe Mitchell

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

151

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Rank in 1960s:

602

Overall Rank:

8,174

Average Rating:

71 (30 votes)

Comments:

603.

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Anthems In Eden

Shirley & Dolly Collins

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

151

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604.

What's Bin Did And What's Bin Hid

Donovan

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

151

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

604

Overall Rank:

8,191

Average Rating:

73 (47 votes)

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605.

Change Of The Century

Ornette Coleman

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

150

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605

Overall Rank:

8,213

Average Rating:

74 (61 votes)

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606.

Blues And Ballads

Lonnie Johnson

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

150

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

606

Overall Rank:

8,218

Average Rating:

71 (29 votes)

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607.

The Fugs Second Album

The Fugs

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

150

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Rank in 1960s:

607

Overall Rank:

8,219

Average Rating:

71 (33 votes)

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608.

The Time Has Come

The Chambers Brothers

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

150

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Rank in 1960s:

608

Overall Rank:

8,231

Average Rating:

75 (36 votes)

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609.

Barbara Chante Barbara

Barbara

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

16 charts

Rank Score:

150

Rank in 1964:

Rank in 1960s:

609

Overall Rank:

8,232

Average Rating:

73 (18 votes)

Comments:

610.

Zvoňte Zvonky

Prúdy

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

8 charts

Rank Score:

149

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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	99	10%
1967	141	14%
1968	194	19%
1969	194	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	%

	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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