Best Albums of the 1960s

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RankAlbumArtist		Year	★ Overall		Critics	Users
2	Abbey Road - The Beatles · 1969	1969	92.1	86	100	91.6	90.7	93	92	91.2
8	A Love Supreme - John Coltrane · 1965	1965	91	86	100	89.9	88.7	94	87	91.6
10	Revolver - The Beatles · 1966	1966	91	84.6	100	89.2	88.7	93.2	91	90.2
12	The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Mingus · 1963	1963	90.7	86.6	96	91.4	89.3	93.8	86	91.8
18	In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson · 1969	1969	90	86.6	90	91.3	89.4	92.4	89	91.4
19	In a Silent Way - Miles Davis · 1969	1969	90	84.6	100	88.9	88.2	93.8	86	88.6
20	Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience · 1968	1968	89.9	83.2	100	90.6	88	92.2	86	89.2
21	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles · 1967	1967	89.9	82.4	99	88.1	88	92.6	90	89
28	Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys · 1966	1966	89.5	84	100	87.1	85.7	92.6	88	89.4
29	Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan · 1965	1965	89.5	83	100	88.9	86.1	91.8	88	89
32	A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi · 1965	1965	89.4	82.4	100	89	91.9	94	81	87.6
34	Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan · 1966	1966	89.4	82.8	100	88.5	86.3	91.8	88	88.2
38	Are You Experienced - The Jimi Hendrix Experience · 1967	1967	89.2	81.8	100	86.9	86.2	92.2	87	90.4
43	The Doors - The Doors · 1967	1967	89	81.8	100	86.7	86.8	91.6	87	89.4
47	The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico · 1967	1967	88.9	83.8	100	86.3	84	91.6	89	87.8
53	The Beatles - The Beatles · 1968	1968	88.8	82.8	96	87.8	86.7	92	89	87.2
60	At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash · 1968	1968	88.5	82.4	98	88	87.6	90.6	83	90
63	Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans · 1962	1962	88.5	81	100	86	88.3	95	81	88
65	Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan · 1965	1965	88.4	81.6	100	86.9	85.9	90.8	86	87.8
73	Rubber Soul - The Beatles · 1965	1965	88.2	80.2	100	85.2	85.9	91.8	88	86.2
80	The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground · 1969	1969	88	81.6	100	86.7	84.6	91.6	86	85.4
83	Songs of Leonard Cohen - Leonard Cohen · 1967	1967	87.9	82.4	100	87.3	86.3	88.4	84	87
91	Giant Steps - John Coltrane · 1960	1960	87.8	82.4	95	86.3	86.5	93.2	83	88
103	Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake · 1969	1969	87.6	81	98	86.8	84.6	91.8	85	86
108	Karma - Pharoah Sanders · 1969	1969	87.5	83.6	93	89.1	86.2	92.8	82	85.8
116	Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz & João Gilberto · 1964	1964	87.4	80.2	98	87.1	87.4	93.4	82	83.8
125	Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin · 1969	1969	87.2	78	97	84	85.2	91.8	87	87.6
141	My Favorite Things - John Coltrane · 1961	1961	86.9	82.6	95	86.5	85.3	93.4	81	84.4
147	Hot Rats - Frank Zappa · 1969	1969	86.8	81.6	90	87.4	85.5	92	83	88.2
149	Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin · 1969	1969	86.8	78.2	98	83.7	84.8	91.8	86	85.2
168	Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul - Otis Redding · 1965	1965	86.6	79	100	83.3	82.8	92.2	83	85.8
186	Gal Costa - Gal Costa · 1969	1969	86.4	78.4	100	86.2	89.2	93	78	80
189	Axis: Bold as Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience · 1967	1967	86.4	79	94	85.6	84.3	91.6	83	87
191	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan · 1963	1963	86.4	78.4	98	83.9	84.2	90.4	84	85.6
195	Forever Changes - Love · 1967	1967	86.3	79	100	82	79.4	92.6	85	86.4
197	Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits - Bob Dylan · 1967	1967	86.3	85.2	100	88.3	82.9	87	81	80
215	Odessey and Oracle - The Zombies · 1968	1968	86.2	81	93	83.4	82.7	91.2	85	86.8
218	Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter · 1966	1966	86.1	78.6	100	82.5	84.9	92.6	80	84
219	Nina Simone Sings the Blues - Nina Simone · 1967	1967	86.1	78.2	97	86.5	85.3	91.4	80	84.2
246	Almendra - Almendra · 1969	1969	85.9	78	100	84.4	87.9	90.8	80	80
254	Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones · 1969	1969	85.8	78.2	98	81.7	81.4	91	85	85.4
258	Astral Weeks - Van Morrison · 1968	1968	85.8	78.4	100	81.8	79	90.4	84	86.8
260	Jorge Ben - Jorge Ben · 1969	1969	85.8	77.8	89	85.2	90.8	94.6	77	86
261	White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground · 1968	1968	85.7	80.2	100	83	80.6	89.2	84	83.2
262	Idle Moments - Grant Green · 1965	1965	85.7	78	100	82.3	82.1	93.4	80	84.4
277	Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere - Neil Young & Crazy Horse · 1969	1969	85.6	80.6	93	83	82	90	84	86.6
291	The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks · 1968	1968	85.5	79.8	93	81.8	80.7	92.8	84	86.6
294	Hot Buttered Soul - Isaac Hayes · 1969	1969	85.5	80.6	93	88.1	83.5	89.6	79	84.6
297	Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles · 1967	1967	85.5	81.4	88	86	83.9	89.8	86	83.2
319	Pastel Blues - Nina Simone · 1965	1965	85.3	80.8	82	86.7	86.2	92.8	82	86.4
343	Lady Soul - Aretha Franklin · 1968	1968	85.1	78.6	100	84.2	81.5	89.8	79	82.6
344	I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You - Aretha Franklin · 1967	1967	85.1	77.8	98	84.1	82.4	91.2	80	82.2
358	Monk's Dream - The Thelonious Monk Quartet · 1963	1963	85	77.4	100	80.3	80.9	92.6	80	83.8
359	The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan · 1964	1964	85	77.4	100	80.9	82.1	93.6	81	80
381	At Last! - Etta James · 1960	1960	84.9	75.6	100	81	84.9	91.6	78	83
382	King of the Delta Blues Singers - Robert Johnson · 1961	1961	84.9	78.6	100	79.8	77.5	90.2	80	88
389	Wave - Antônio Carlos Jobim · 1967	1967	84.8	75.8	100	83.5	84.4	90	80	80
395	Out to Lunch! - Eric Dolphy · 1964	1964	84.8	78.8	100	79.9	79	91.2	79	85.6
399	Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus - Mingus · 1964	1964	84.8	79.4	90	83.6	84.5	93.4	80	82.4
402	Sunday at the Village Vanguard - Bill Evans Trio · 1961	1961	84.7	78.6	100	79.3	74.6	94.6	78	88
421	Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank · 1965	1965	84.6	78.2	90	83.2	83.8	92.2	81	84
429	Eastern Sounds - Yusef Lateef · 1961	1961	84.6	76.8	95	82	83.5	94.8	78	82
430	Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2) - The Rolling Stones · 1969	1969	84.6	84.6	93	88	78.9	86.6	77	84
431	Go - Dexter Gordon · 1962	1962	84.6	75.2	100	77.5	89.1	92.2	78	80
434	The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery - Wes Montgomery · 1960	1960	84.6	76.2	100	80.6	80.9	90	78	86.2
438	Willy and the Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival · 1969	1969	84.5	77.6	100	80.9	80.5	88	82	82.8
445	The Blues and the Abstract Truth - Oliver Nelson · 1961	1961	84.5	76.6	100	79.7	82.2	93.8	78	81.4
452	Miles Smiles - Miles Davis Quintet · 1967	1967	84.5	77	100	80	79.7	92.4	80	82.4
455	Blues & Roots - Charlie Mingus · 1960	1960	84.5	80.6	90	84	81.5	91.8	80	83.4
485	Portrait in Jazz - Bill Evans Trio · 1960	1960	84.3	75.6	95	80.1	84.7	93.6	78	83.2
495	Sketches of Spain - Miles Davis · 1960	1960	84.3	76.8	96	82.6	81.1	89.6	82	81.8
505	Beggars Banquet - Rolling Stones · 1968	1968	84.2	77	95	79.1	79.4	90.6	84	84.4
530	Born Under a Bad Sign - Albert King · 1967	1967	84.1	75.2	100	80.4	77	92.4	79	84.6
538	Empyrean Isles - Herbie Hancock · 1964	1964	84	78	93	81.3	80.6	92.8	79	83.4
554	Wild Is the Wind - Nina Simone · 1966	1966	83.9	80.4	82	87.6	85.4	89.8	80	82.4
569	Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock · 1965	1965	83.9	77.6	93	81.2	81.8	92.4	79	82.4
574	Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel · 1968	1968	83.9	76.2	100	82.6	81.6	84.8	82	80
599	The Band - The Band · 1969	1969	83.8	75.8	96	79.6	78.6	89.4	81	86
620	Juju - Wayne Shorter · 1965	1965	83.7	78	90	81.6	82.7	92	79	82.6
628	Nefertiti - Miles Davis · 1968	1968	83.7	76.6	100	80.4	79.8	91	80	78
643	Point of Departure - Andrew Hill · 1965	1965	83.6	77	100	78.4	76.9	92	78	83.2
655	Stand! - Sly & the Family Stone · 1969	1969	83.6	78.2	96	82.8	77.4	87.8	80	82.8
668	Soul Station - Hank Mobley · 1960	1960	83.5	76.8	90	80.7	83.2	93.6	79	81.4
693	Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival · 1969	1969	83.4	76.6	97	79.9	78.4	87.8	81	83.2
703	Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt · 1969	1969	83.4	81.4	70	85.5	88.7	92.4	81	84.6
704	Africa/Brass - The John Coltrane Quartet · 1961	1961	83.4	80	83	84.3	83.1	91.6	80	81.6
709	Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash · 1969	1969	83.4	75.6	97	79.2	80.2	87.2	81	83.4
722	Free Jazz - The Ornette Coleman Double Quartet · 1961	1961	83.3	77.4	100	80.5	76.8	89.8	77	81.6
733	Smash Hits - The Jimi Hendrix Experience · 1968	1968	83.2	84.4	90	80.5	78	87.8	82	80
734	Live at the Regal - B.B. King · 1965	1965	83.2	75	100	79.6	77.9	89.2	79	82
741	Begin - The Millennium · 1968	1968	83.2	76.8	90	81.1	82.8	90.8	79	82
748	Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes · 1968	1968	83.2	76.2	90	82.4	84.5	91.2	80	78
762	Scott 4 - Scott Engel · 1969	1969	83.1	78	90	81.5	80.5	89	79	83.8
772	Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane - Thelonious Monk & John Coltrane · 1961	1961	83.1	73.6	100	77.9	79.1	90.8	77	83
785	Music from Big Pink - The Band · 1968	1968	83	75.4	93	79.9	77.3	89.6	81	85
788	The Real McCoy - McCoy Tyner · 1967	1967	83	78.2	85	81.8	80.1	91	80	85
800	Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) - The Kinks · 1969	1969	83	79.6	80	83.1	80.7	89.6	82	85.8
806	Money Jungle - Duke Ellington, Charlie Mingus & Max Roach · 1963	1963	83	77.6	90	79.7	83.2	90.4	78	81.8
826	Night Train - The Oscar Peterson Trio · 1963	1963	82.9	74.2	90	80	85.6	89.8	77	83.8
830	Something Else by The Kinks - The Kinks · 1967	1967	82.9	76.8	98	78.3	73.8	90.6	81	81.8

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