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 49,000 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	563	25,007	Giant Steps (462nd)by John Coltrane
1961	536	23,421	My Favorite Things (597th)by John Coltrane
1962	587	20,176	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,122nd)by Ray Charles
1963	605	50,510	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (99th)by Charles Mingus
1964	696	49,296	A Hard Day's Night (229th)by The Beatles
1965	821	156,402	Highway 61 Revisited (26th)by Bob Dylan
1966	877	205,560	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,136	328,488	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (6th)by The Beatles
1968	1,466	240,040	The Beatles (The White Album) (13th)by The Beatles
1969	1,831	370,993	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	9,118	1,469,893

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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71.

Chelsea Girl

Nico

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

434 charts

Rank Score:

3,022

Rank in 1967:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

614

Average Rating:

78 (464 votes)

Comments:

72.

We're Only In It For The Money

The Mothers Of Invention

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

388 charts

Rank Score:

2,927

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

633

Average Rating:

78 (606 votes)

Comments:

73.

Karma

Pharoah Sanders

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

315 charts

Rank Score:

2,901

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

635

Average Rating:

82 (299 votes)

Comments:

74.

My Generation

The Who

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

515 charts

Rank Score:

2,851

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

648

Average Rating:

78 (756 votes)

Comments:

75.

James Brown Live At The Apollo
Live

James Brown

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

449 charts

Rank Score:

2,787

Rank in 1963:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

661

Average Rating:

79 (540 votes)

Comments:

76.

Lady Soul

Aretha Franklin

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

433 charts

Rank Score:

2,777

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

663

Average Rating:

79 (469 votes)

Comments:

77.

Dusty In Memphis

Dusty Springfield

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

440 charts

Rank Score:

2,736

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

677

Average Rating:

79 (508 votes)

Comments:

78.

Pastel Blues

Nina Simone

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

333 charts

Rank Score:

2,673

Rank in 1965:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

691

Average Rating:

81 (321 votes)

Comments:

79.

Os Mutantes

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

320 charts

Rank Score:

2,554

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

724

Average Rating:

81 (327 votes)

Comments:

80.

David Bowie (Space Oddity)

David Bowie

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

476 charts

Rank Score:

2,465

Rank in 1969:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

746

Average Rating:

74 (802 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	52	5%
1961	62	6%
1962	46	5%
1963	50	5%
1964	68	7%
1965	93	9%
1966	103	10%
1967	137	14%
1968	190	19%
1969	199	20%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
The Beach Boys	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Nina Simone	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
Otis Redding	9	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	616	62%
	212	21%
	30	3%
	28	3%
	22	2%
	18	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	969	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	965	97%
Yes	35	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

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