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Highest Rated Albums of the 1960s
Decade
1960s
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Genre
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Avant-Garde Jazz
Baroque Pop
Blues Rock
Contemporary Folk
Country
Folk
Folk Rock
Free Jazz
Hard Bop
Jazz
Pop
Pop Rock
Pop Soul
Post-Bop
Psychedelia
Psychedelic Pop
Psychedelic Rock
R&B
Rock
Singer-Songwriter
Soul
Southern Soul
Vocal Jazz
1960s
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1
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Anthony Braxton - 3 Compositions of New Jazz
September 0, 1968
Avant-Garde Jazz
,
Modern Creative
Score
100
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2
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Howlin’ Wolf - More Real Folk Blues
January 1, 1967
Score
100
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3
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Howlin' Wolf - The Real Folk Blues
January 11, 1966
Score
100
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4
.
Herbie Hancock - Empyrean Isles
December 0, 1964
Hard Bop
,
Post-Bop
Score
100
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5
.
Dexter Gordon - Our Man in Paris
December 1, 1963
Hard Bop
Score
100
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6
.
Dexter Gordon - Dexter Calling...
January 0, 1962
Score
100
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7
.
The Beatles - Please Please Me
March 22, 1963
Pop Rock
,
Merseybeat
Score
100
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8
.
Eric Dolphy - Far Cry
Post-Bop
Score
100
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9
.
Eric Dolphy Quintet - Outward Bound
April 1, 1960
Hard Bop
Score
100
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10
.
Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Alone in San Francisco
Hard Bop
Score
100
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11
.
The Gil Evans Orchestra - Out of the Cool
February 0, 1961
Cool Jazz
,
Progressive Big Band
Score
100
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12
.
Thelonious Monk - Underground
April 15, 1968
Hard Bop
,
Post-Bop
Score
100
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13
.
Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser
March 20, 1967
Post-Bop
,
Hard Bop
Score
100
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14
.
Charles Mingus and His Jazz Groups - Mingus Dynasty
April 11, 1960
Post-Bop
Score
100
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15
.
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Child Is Father to the Man
April 1, 1968
Psychedelic Pop
,
Blues Rock
,
Pop Soul
,
Jazz-Rock
Score
100
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16
.
Max Roach - We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite
January 12, 1960
Avant-Garde Jazz
,
Vocal Jazz
Score
100
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17
.
Ben Webster - See You at the Fair
Score
100
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18
.
Steve Lacy - Evidence
Post-Bop
Score
100
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19
.
Steve Lacy - The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy
Jazz
Score
100
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20
.
Max Roach - Percussion Bitter Sweet
August 0, 1961
Hard Bop
,
Post-Bop
,
Afro-Cuban Jazz
,
Vocal Jazz
Score
100
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21
.
John Coltrane - Lush Life
January 0, 1961
Cool Jazz
,
Modal Jazz
Score
100
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22
.
Don Ellis - Electric Bath
Big Band
Score
100
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23
.
Booker Ervin - The Freedom Book
December 3, 1963
Post-Bop
Score
100
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24
.
Booker Ervin - The Space Book
Post-Bop
Score
100
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25
.
Duke Ellington - First Time! The Count Meets The Duke
Big Band
Score
100
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NOTE:
This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings Rolling Stone awarded albums throughout 1960.
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