Best Albums of the 1960s
100 albums ranked by Wavelength users
In the Court of the Crimson King (Expanded Edition)
King Crimson • 1969
Abbey Road (2019 Mix)
The Beatles • 1969
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles • 1967
Revolver
The Beatles • 1966
Rubber Soul
The Beatles • 1965
Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan • 1965
Electric Ladyland
The Jimi Hendrix Experience • 1968
The Beatles (The White Album)
The Beatles • 1968
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus • 1963
The Doors
The Doors • 1967
A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles • 1964
Led Zeppelin II (Remastered)
Led Zeppelin • 1969
Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles • 1967
Blonde On Blonde
Bob Dylan • 1966
Nina Simone Sings the Blues
Nina Simone • 1967
Help!
The Beatles • 1965
Karma
Pharoah Sanders • 1969
The Velvet Underground & Nico (45th Anniversary Edition)
The Velvet Underground & Nico • 1967
A Love Supreme
John Coltrane • 1964
Led Zeppelin (Remastered)
Led Zeppelin • 1969
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground • 1969
Hot Rats
Frank Zappa • 1969
Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys • 1966
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin • 1967
Beatles For Sale
The Beatles • 1964
At Last!
Etta James • 1960
Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul (Collector's Edition)
Otis Redding • 1965
Out to Lunch!
Eric Dolphy • 1964
Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival • 1969
Otis Blue (Mono)
Otis Redding • 1965
Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band • 1967
Wave
Antônio Carlos Jobim, Joe Farrell, Hubert Laws, Eumir Deodato, Airto Moriera, Everaldo Ferriera, Ron Carter, Harry Lookofsky, Urbie Green & Joao Palm • 1967
Jazz Samba
Stan Getz • 1962
Willy and the Poor Boys
Creedence Clearwater Revival • 1969
Eddie Gale’s Ghetto Music
Eddie Gale • 1967
Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel • 1968
Hot Buttered Soul
Isaac Hayes • 1968
Nashville Skyline
Bob Dylan • 1969
Smile Sessions
The Beach Boys • 1967
Nina Simone In Concert (Live)
Nina Simone • 1963
For Once in My Life
Stevie Wonder • 1967
Please Please Me
The Beatles • 1963
Aftermath (US Version)
The Rolling Stones • 1966
Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus
Charles Mingus • 1964
Idle Moments
Grant Green • 1964
White Light/White Heat (45th Anniversary Edition)
The Velvet Underground • 1968
The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording
John Coltrane • 1966
With The Beatles
The Beatles • 1963
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At the Village Vanguard (Remastered) [Live]
Bill Evans Trio • 1960
Free Jazz
Ornette Coleman • 1961
Maiden Voyage
Herbie Hancock • 1965
Pastel Blues
Nina Simone • 1965
We Insist! Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite (2022 Remaster)
Max Roach • 1960
Empyrean Isles
Herbie Hancock • 1964
Bringing It All Back Home
Bob Dylan • 1965
Sings the Blues
Nina Simone • 1966
A Charlie Brown Christmas (Deluxe Edition)
Vince Guaraldi Trio • 1965
Emergency!
The Tony Williams Lifetime • 1969
The Inflated Tear
Roland Kirk • 1967
Looks Like Rain
Mickey Newbury • 1969
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Out Front (Remastered) [feat. Max Roach]
Booker Little and his Quintet • 1961
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young & Crazy Horse • 1969
Axis: Bold As Love
The Jimi Hendrix Experience • 1967
The Notorious Byrd Brothers (Reissue Edition with Bonus Tracks)
The Byrds • 1968
Judy At Carnegie Hall
Judy Garland • 1961
Cheap Thrills
Big Brother & The Holding Company & Janis Joplin • 1968
Gris-Gris
Dr. John with Rickie Lee Jones • 1968
Loaded (Remastered)
The Velvet Underground • 1969
The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (Remastered)
The Kinks • 1968
In a Silent Way
Miles Davis • 1969
A New Perspective
Donald Byrd • 1964
From Elvis In Memphis
Elvis Presley • 1969
Point of Departure
Andrew Hill • 1963
Unit Structures
Cecil Taylor • 1965
Folksinger
Dave Van Ronk • 1961
Monster Movie (Remastered)
Can • 1968
The Gilded Palace of Sin
The Flying Burrito Brothers • 1969
Lucille
B.B. King • 1967
Live At The Apollo (Expanded Edition)
James Brown • 1968
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At San Quentin (Legacy Edition) [Live]
Johnny Cash • 1969
Lady Soul
Aretha Franklin • 1968
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes • 1968
Gal Costa
Gal Costa • 1968
Sketches of Spain
Miles Davis • 1960
Tommy
The Who • 1969
Where Did Our Love Go
The Supremes • 1964
Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
The Ronettes • 1964
Chelsea Girl
Nico • 1967
My Favorite Things
John Coltrane Quartet • 1960
First Take
Roberta Flack • 1969
Song of Innocence
David Axelrod • 1967
I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
Janis Joplin • 1969
Kick Out the Jams
MC5 • 1969
Ain't That Good News
Sam Cooke • 1964
Live At Birdland
John Coltrane • 1964
Live Dead (Remastered)
Grateful Dead • 1969
New York Tendaberry
Laura Nyro • 1969
Moby Grape 69' (Bonus Track Version)
Moby Grape • 1967
Dusty In Memphis (Deluxe Edition)
Dusty Springfield • 1968
Parallelograms
Linda Perhacs • 1969
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