Best Albums of 1968

« View best albums of 1967View best albums of 1969 »

Listed below are the best albums of 1968 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

1968 year summaryThe best artists of 1968 were The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Van Morrison, The Zombies, The Kinks, The Velvet Underground, The Rolling Stones, The Band and Simon & Garfunkel.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Share | |

Collector's summary (filtered)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

This chart is currently filtered to only show live albums. (Remove this filter)

Sort by

10.

At Folsom Prison
Live

Johnny Cash

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

760 charts

Rank Score:

5,414

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

336

Average Rating:

83 (959 votes)

Comments:

55.

Elvis (TV Special)
Live soundtrack

Elvis Presley

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

391

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

319

Overall Rank:

3,703

Average Rating:

74 (71 votes)

Comments:

160.

Live At The Apollo, Volume II
Live

James Brown And His Famous Flames

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

101

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

174.

In Person At The Whisky A Go Go
Live

Otis Redding

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

24 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

199.

Undead
Live

Ten Years After

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

215.

At The Montreux Jazz Festival
Live

Bill Evans

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

358.

Tim Hardin 3: Live In Concert
Live

Tim Hardin

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

367.

Aretha In Paris
Live

Aretha Franklin

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

373.

Tape Music - An Historic Concert
Live

Otto Luening / Vladimir Ussachevsky

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

377.

Donovan In Concert
Live

Donovan

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

12 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1968:

Rank in 1960s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

« prev
1
2
3
next »

Total albums: 21. Page 1 of 3

Best Albums of 1968 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	11	1%
Johnny Cash	4	0%
Elvis Presley	4	0%
Manfred Mann	3	0%
Frank Sinatra	3	0%
John Fred And His Playboy Band	3	0%
The Dubliners	3	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	524	55%
	152	16%
	36	4%
	36	4%
	27	3%
	21	2%
	16	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	919	96%
Yes	36	4%

Live?	Albums	%
No	934	98%
Yes	21	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	941	99%
Yes	14	1%

« View best albums of 1967View best albums of 1969 »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Best Artists of the 1980s
1. The Smiths
2. Prince
3. Pixies
4. The Cure
5. Talking Heads
6. U2
7. Metallica
8. Kate Bush
9. R.E.M.
10. The Stone Roses
11. Sonic Youth
12. Michael Jackson
13. Bruce Springsteen
14. Tom Waits
15. Iron Maiden
16. Prince And The Revolution
17. Joy Division
18. New Order
19. Talk Talk
20. Rush