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 58,000 greatest album charts.

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1960s decade summaryThe 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, The Doors, Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones.

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721.

Nazz

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

119

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722.

Lightfoot!

Gordon Lightfoot

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

119

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722

Overall Rank:

10,005

Average Rating:

75 (39 votes)

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723.

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

The Fugs

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

119

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723

Overall Rank:

10,007

Average Rating:

71 (44 votes)

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724.

'Nuff Said!

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

119

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725.

Wheatfield Soul

The Guess Who

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

119

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726.

Have Guitar, Will Travel

Bo Diddley

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

119

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726

Overall Rank:

10,053

Average Rating:

70 (30 votes)

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727.

It's Everly Time

The Everly Brothers

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

118

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727

Overall Rank:

10,069

Average Rating:

69 (55 votes)

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728.

The Aerosol Grey Machine

Van Der Graaf Generator

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

118

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729.

Night Dreamer

Wayne Shorter

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

118

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729

Overall Rank:

10,085

Average Rating:

76 (49 votes)

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730.

Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger

Bo Diddley

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

118

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730

Overall Rank:

10,124

Average Rating:

69 (52 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	58	6%
1961	64	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	53	5%
1964	70	7%
1965	88	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	188	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%
Nina Simone	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	636	64%
	200	20%
	38	4%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	17	2%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	971	97%
Yes	29	3%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	979	98%
Yes	21	2%

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Best Albums of 1967
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
2. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico
3. The Doors by The Doors
4. Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
5. Forever Changes by Love
6. Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles
7. Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
8. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd
9. Axis: Bold As Love by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
10. Strange Days by The Doors
11. Disraeli Gears by Cream
12. Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
13. Days Of Future Passed by The Moody Blues
14. I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin
15. Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks
16. Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
17. The Who Sell Out by The Who
18. Chelsea Girl by Nico
19. John Wesley Harding by Bob Dylan
20. Younger Than Yesterday by The Byrds