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 55,000 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	741	27,118	Giant Steps (430th)by John Coltrane
1961	675	22,938	My Favorite Things (600th)by John Coltrane
1962	706	21,517	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,083rd)by Ray Charles
1963	724	49,450	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	833	49,521	A Hard Day's Night (220th)by The Beatles
1965	966	142,760	Rubber Soul (27th)by The Beatles
1966	1,049	185,029	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,235	286,407	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,600	232,345	The Beatles (The White Album) (14th)by The Beatles
1969	2,002	342,405	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,531	1,359,490

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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671.

Tomorrow

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

131

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672.

In The Wind

Peter, Paul And Mary

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

131

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

672

Overall Rank:

9,249

Average Rating:

71 (37 votes)

Comments:

673.

Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3
Compilation

Elvis Presley

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

130

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

673

Overall Rank:

9,268

Average Rating:

71 (28 votes)

Comments:

674.

Philip Cohran And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

130

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

674

Overall Rank:

9,269

Average Rating:

74 (19 votes)

Comments:

675.

Percussion Ensemble

Milford Graves Percussion Ensemble With Sunny Morgan

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

130

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

675

Overall Rank:

9,286

Average Rating:

70 (12 votes)

Comments:

676.

Winds Of Change

Eric Burdon & The Animals

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

130

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677.

Nice 'N' Easy

Frank Sinatra

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

130

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

677

Overall Rank:

9,300

Average Rating:

70 (78 votes)

Comments:

678.

Orange Blossom Special

Johnny Cash

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

129

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

678

Overall Rank:

9,318

Average Rating:

71 (57 votes)

Comments:

679.

From Nowhere

The Troggs

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

129

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

679

Overall Rank:

9,342

Average Rating:

73 (50 votes)

Comments:

680.

Monster

Steppenwolf

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

129

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	51	5%
1964	68	7%
1965	90	9%
1966	99	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	193	19%
1969	192	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	15	2%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	12	1%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	633	63%
	206	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	961	96%
Yes	39	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	980	98%
Yes	20	2%

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