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	26,461	Giant Steps (447th)by John Coltrane
1961	553	22,755	My Favorite Things (584th)by John Coltrane
1962	623	20,807	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,110th)by Ray Charles
1963	644	50,058	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (92nd)by Charles Mingus
1964	756	48,939	A Hard Day's Night (230th)by The Beatles
1965	894	148,992	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	974	192,812	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,201	306,887	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (7th)by The Beatles
1968	1,562	228,898	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,944	350,808	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,741	1,397,416

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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711.

We Shall Overcome
Live

Pete Seeger

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

122

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

711

Overall Rank:

9,705

Average Rating:

75 (28 votes)

Comments:

712.

(Turn On) The Music Machine

The Music Machine

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

122

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

712

Overall Rank:

9,708

Average Rating:

70 (37 votes)

Comments:

713.

The Natch'l Blues

Taj Mahal

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

122

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

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714.

Jacques Dutronc

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

121

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

714

Overall Rank:

9,730

Average Rating:

72 (26 votes)

Comments:

715.

We Get Requests

The Oscar Peterson Trio

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

16 charts

Rank Score:

121

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

715

Overall Rank:

9,755

Average Rating:

75 (13 votes)

Comments:

716.

This Old Heart Of Mine

The Isley Brothers

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

121

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

716

Overall Rank:

9,757

Average Rating:

74 (30 votes)

Comments:

717.

Meet The Supremes

The Supremes

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

121

Rank in 1962:

Rank in 1960s:

717

Overall Rank:

9,765

Average Rating:

70 (34 votes)

Comments:

718.

The Village Fugs Sing Ballads Of Contemporary Protest, Point Of Views, And General Dissatisfaction

The Fugs

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

121

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

718

Overall Rank:

9,785

Average Rating:

71 (40 votes)

Comments:

719.

Work Song

Nat Adderley

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

121

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

719

Overall Rank:

9,786

Average Rating:

74 (25 votes)

Comments:

720.

Lightfoot!

Gordon Lightfoot

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

121

Rank in 1966:

Rank in 1960s:

720

Overall Rank:

9,790

Average Rating:

74 (33 votes)

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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	195	20%
1969	193	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%
	210	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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