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 55,000 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	741	27,123	Giant Steps (432nd)by John Coltrane
1961	674	22,943	My Favorite Things (602nd)by John Coltrane
1962	706	21,523	Modern Sounds In Country And Wes... (1,084th)by Ray Charles
1963	724	49,339	The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (93rd)by Charles Mingus
1964	832	49,454	A Hard Day's Night (220th)by The Beatles
1965	965	144,252	Rubber Soul (27th)by The Beatles
1966	1,046	184,264	Revolver (4th)by The Beatles
1967	1,235	286,759	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club... (8th)by The Beatles
1968	1,600	232,480	The Beatles (The White Album) (14th)by The Beatles
1969	2,001	342,610	Abbey Road (3rd)by The Beatles
Total	10,524	1,360,746

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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Abbey Road

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

3,696 charts

Rank Score:

61,710

Rank in 1969:

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Average Rating:

92 (4,583 votes)

Comments:

472

Revolver

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

3,549 charts

Rank Score:

53,484

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Average Rating:

91 (4,544 votes)

Comments:

484

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,458 charts

Rank Score:

47,087

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

90 (4,550 votes)

Comments:

486

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

3,031 charts

Rank Score:

43,177

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Average Rating:

89 (3,507 votes)

Comments:

353

Pet Sounds

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

1966

Appears in:

2,830 charts

Rank Score:

42,040

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

88 (3,249 votes)

Comments:

356

The Beatles (The White Album)

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1968

Appears in:

2,915 charts

Rank Score:

40,271

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

89 (3,796 votes)

Comments:

340

In The Court Of The Crimson King (An Observation By King Crimson)

King Crimson

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

2,043 charts

Rank Score:

30,125

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Average Rating:

89 (2,403 votes)

Comments:

221

Rubber Soul

The Beatles

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,327 charts

Rank Score:

28,940

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Average Rating:

88 (3,351 votes)

Comments:

258

Highway 61 Revisited

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

1965

Appears in:

2,350 charts

Rank Score:

28,796

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

89 (2,789 votes)

Comments:

226

10.

The Doors

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

2,393 charts

Rank Score:

28,025

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

87 (2,819 votes)

Comments:

208

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Best Albums of the 1960s composition

Year	Albums	%

1960	56	6%
1961	62	6%
1962	49	5%
1963	51	5%
1964	68	7%
1965	92	9%
1966	98	10%
1967	140	14%
1968	193	19%
1969	193	19%

Artist	Albums	%

The Beatles	17	2%
The Beach Boys	15	1%
The Rolling Stones	14	1%
John Coltrane	13	1%
Miles Davis	12	1%
Frank Sinatra	10	1%
Bob Dylan	10	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	635	63%
	206	21%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	12	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	971	97%
Yes	31	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	962	96%
Yes	40	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	982	98%
Yes	20	2%

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