Best Albums of the 1960s

Listed below are the best albums of the 1960s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 7 hours ago).
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1960s decade summaryThe best artists of the 1960s were The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Beach Boys, The Velvet Underground & Nico, The Doors, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones.
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"Again a very short and impressive album from the namesakes, lol, In man y ways the Impressions are more soulful and true to the tradition than their better known brothers namely the Temptations, albeit being less known by the general public, Throughout the album, Mayfield's songwriting shines, wi..."  [More]  Reply  
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1968
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1963
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1965
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"This 1966 album features a much more varied type of songs than the previous albums, making it a much more uneven affair. Including several standards of that time like "Unchained Melody" and "Lover's Concerto" and exposing them for rather heavy orchestration. Though "Lover's Concerto" is quite enj..."  [More]  Reply  
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1966
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"This album doesn't have a great reputation; it doesn't have any hits, and there are other Sly albums that get played before it. When I finally got around to it, I kept waiting for it to live down to that reputation, but it just kept funking with great horn riffs, a big full sound, and each song i..."  [More]  Reply  
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1968
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1967
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"Nuff Said is mostly a live record except for the studio recording of "Do What You Gotta Do ". The live part was recorded in April 68 not long after the murder of Martin Luther King as mentioned by Nina in the song "The King Of Love Is Dead" a moving song, overall a good record but not her best"  Reply  
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"Compared to the Yardbirds, The Animals does way better work, not least because Eric Burdon makes a huge effort to make these blues classics stand out. A fun album,true to the roots"  Reply  
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