Personal Ranking of Pitchfork's Top 200 Albums of the 1960's

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I had some time to kill so I went and listened to every album on Pitchfork's list. Here they are ranked.

1.

The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico1967

100

2.

The Beach Boys

Pet Sounds1966

100

3.

Love

Forever Changes1967

100

4.

The Beatles

Abbey Road1969

100

5.

Nina Simone

Wild is the Wind1966

100

6.

The Beatles

The Beatles1968

100

7.

Van Morrison

Astral Weeks1968

100

8.

Pharoah Sanders

Karma1969

100

9.

Mickey Newbury

It Looks Like Rain1969

100

10.

Nina Simone

Nina Simone in Concert1964

100

11.

Leonard Cohen

Songs of Leonard Cohen1967

100

12.

The Zombies

Odessey and Oracle1968

100

13.

Mingus

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady1963

100

14.

Simon & Garfunkel

Bookends1968

97

15.

The Impressions

Keep On Pushing1964

97

16.

Sonny Sharrock

Black Woman1969

96

17.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Electric Ladyland1968

95

18.

Bob Dylan

Blonde on Blonde1966

94

19.

The Velvet Underground

White Light/White Heat1968

94

20.

Isaac Hayes

Hot Buttered Soul1969

96

21.

The Beatles

Revolver1966

94

22.

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin1969

93

23.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Axis: Bold as Love1967

94

24.

The Kinks

The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society1968

95

25.

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Willy and the Poor Boys1969

95

26.

Scott Engel

Scott 41969

93

27.

Gal Costa

Gal Costa1969

92

28.

Cannonball Adderley

Mercy, Mercy, Mercy! Live at 'The Club'1966

93

29.

The Delfonics

La La Means I Love You1968

93

30.

Aretha Franklin

Lady Soul1968

90

31.

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Illuminations1969

92

32.

Big Brother and the Holding Company

Cheap Thrills1968

90

33.

The Beatles

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band1967

92

34.

King Crimson

In the Court of the Crimson King1969

91

35.

Sly & The Family Stone

Stand!1969

90

36.

Nina Simone

Pastel Blues1965

90

37.

The Beatles

Rubber Soul1965

90

38.

The United States of America

The United States of America1968

90

39.

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin II1969

88

40.

Don Cherry

Eternal Rhythm1969

92

41.

Leonard Cohen

Songs from a Room1969

87

42.

Ike & Tina Turner

River Deep - Mountain High1966

87

43.

Johnny Cash

At Folsom Prison1968

88

44.

Archie Shepp

Blasé1969

89

45.

The Can

Monster Movie1969

88

46.

Four Tops

Reach Out1967

89

47.

Nico

Chelsea Girl1967

90

48.

Steve Reich / Richard Maxfield / Pauline Oliveros

New Sounds In Electronic Music (Come Out / Night Music / I Of IV)1967

87

49.

Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood

Nancy & Lee1968

91

50.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere1969

87