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 54,000 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	712	27,013	Giant Steps (427th)by John Coltrane
1961	619	22,942	My Favorite Things (601st)by John Coltrane
1962	646	21,127	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,063rd)by Ray Charles
1963	678	49,682	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	792	49,356	A Hard Day's Night (224th)by The Beatles
1965	941	146,310	Highway 61 Revisited (27th)by Bob Dylan
1966	1,024	188,383	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,222	301,512	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,577	226,029	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,978	346,616	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,189	1,378,969

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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741.

I Hear A Symphony

The Supremes

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

117

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741

Overall Rank:

10,117

Average Rating:

71 (52 votes)

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742.

Vol. 2 (Breaking Through)

The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

116

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743.

Take A Picture

Margo Guryan

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

116

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744.

N° 7

Georges Brassens

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

116

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744

Overall Rank:

10,196

Average Rating:

73 (14 votes)

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745.

Love Child

Diana Ross & The Supremes

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

116

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746.

Out There

Eric Dolphy

Year of Release:

1961

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

116

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746

Overall Rank:

10,214

Average Rating:

75 (70 votes)

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747.

Ballad Of Easy Rider

The Byrds

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

115

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748.

It's Everly Time

The Everly Brothers

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

115

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748

Overall Rank:

10,256

Average Rating:

69 (55 votes)

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749.

Pongo En Tus Manos Abiertas

Víctor Jara

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

115

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750.

Together Again / My Heart Skips A Beat

Buck Owens And His Buckaroos

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

5 charts

Rank Score:

115

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750

Overall Rank:

10,274

Average Rating:

69 (8 votes)

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	57	6%
1961	60	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	51	5%
1964	68	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	142	14%
1968	193	19%
1969	189	19%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	631	63%
	208	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	24	2%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	970	97%
Yes	30	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	960	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	18	2%

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