Top 5 Albums From Every Year in the 1960s

1960

5. Joan Baez – Joan Baez

4. Elvis is Back! – Elvis

3. At Last! – Etta James

2. The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery – Wes Montgomery

  1. It’s Everly Time – The Everly Brothers

1961

5. Showcase – Patsy Cline

4. Blue Hawaii – Elvis Presley

3. Runaround Sue – Dion and the Belmonts

2. Two Steps From the Blues – Bobby “Blue” Band

  1. The Blues and the Abstract Truth – Oliver Nelson

1962

5. Twistin’ the Night Away – Sam Cooke

4. Sherry and 11 others – The Four Seasons

3. Crying – Roy Orbison

2. Sentimentally Yours – Patsy Cline

  1. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music – Ray Charles

1963

5. Meet The Beatles – The Beatles

4. Duke Ellington and John Coltrane – Duke Ellington and John Coltrane

3. Please Please Me – The Beatles

2. Live at the Apollo – James Brown

  1. The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan

1964

5. The Rolling Stones/England’s Newest Hitmakers – The Rolling Stones

4. St Louis to Liverpool – Chuck Berry

3. All Summer Long – The Beach Boys

2. The Times They Are-A Changin’ – Bob Dylan

  1. A Hard Day’s Night – The Beatles

1965

5. My Generation – The Who

4. Help! – The Beatles

3. Bringing It All Back Home – Bob Dylan

2. Rubber Soul – The Beatles

  1. Highway 61 Revisited – Bob Dylan

1966

5. Aftermath – The Rolling Stones

4. Sounds of Silence – Simon and Garfunkel

3. Revolver – The Beatles

2. Pet Sounds – The Beach Boys

1967

  1. Blonde on Blonde – Bob Dylan

5. Songs of Leonard Cohen – Leonard Cohen

4. The Doors – The Doors

3. John Wesley Harding – Bob Dylan

2. Are You Experienced – The Jimi Hendrix Experience

  1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles

1968

5. Astral Weeks – Van Morrison

4. Music From Big Pink The Band

3. Electric Ladyland – The Jimi Hendrix Experience

2. Beggars Banquet – The Rolling Stones

  1. The Beatles (“The White Album”) – The Beatles

1969

5. Green River – Creedence Clearwater Revival

4. Let it Bleed – The Rolling Stones

3. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin

2. Abbey Road – The Beatles

  1. Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) – The Kinks

Greatest Years of the 1960s for Music (in Order From Best to Worst):

1969, 1966, 1965, 1968, 1967, 1964, 1961, 1963, 1962, 1960


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