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This is a list of 1960's music albums that multiple music journalists, magazines, and review websites have considered to be among the best of the 1960's and of all time. The albums listed here are included on at least four separate "best/greatest of the 1960's/all time" lists from different publications (inclusive of all genres and nationalities) as chosen by their editorial staffs, and/or hall of fame awards and historical preservation measures.

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Release Date Album Artist Genre(s) Label Ref.
1960 Giant Steps John Coltrane [1][2][3][4][5]
July 1960[6] Sketches Of Spain Miles Davis [2][7][8][9]
November 1960 At Last! Etta James [10][9][11][12]
1961 King Of The Delta Blues Singers Robert Johnson [13][14][15][16]
October 1961[17] Sunday At The Village Vanguard Bill Evans Trio [9][18][19][20][21]
April 1962 Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Ray Charles [9][22][23][24]
January 1962 Howlin' Wolf Howlin' Wolf [9][11][25][26]
July 1963 The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady Charles Mingus [2][9][20][27]
May 1963 The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan [20][28][29][30][31]
March 1964 Getz/Gilberto [32][33][34][35]
July 1964 A Hard Day's Night The Beatles [12][36][37][38]
November 1964 Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes The Ronettes [9][11][12][39]
  1. ^ "#232 John Coltrane, 'Giant Steps' (1960)". Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  2. ^ a b c Uncut (2022-10-27). "The Greatest Albums Of The 1960s". UNCUT. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  3. ^ Berlin, Eric (2023-03-27). "John Coltrane – Giant Steps: #502 of best 1,000 albums ever!". popthruster.com. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 241. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006) [1992]. "John Coltrane". The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th. ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 269. ISBN 0-14-102327-9.
  6. ^ Miles Davis.com
  7. ^ Alkyer, Frank; Enright, Ed; Koransky, Jason, eds. (2007). The Miles Davis Reader. Hal Leonard. pp. 213–215. ISBN 978-1423430766.
  8. ^ Levy, Joe; Steven Van Zandt (2006) [2005]. "356 | Sketches of Spain - Miles Davis". Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (3rd ed.). London: Turnaround. ISBN 1-932958-61-4. OCLC 70672814. Retrieved 25 May 2006.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Pitchfork (2017-08-22). "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  10. ^ "#191 Etta James, 'At Last!' (1961)". Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  11. ^ a b c "The 60 Best Albums of the 1960s :: Blogs :: List of the Day :: Paste". Paste Magazine. May 30, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  12. ^ a b c "Die 100 besten Alben der 1960er Jahre | Popkultur.de". popkultur.de (in German). 2020-06-27. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  13. ^ Staff. "Records That Changed the World 100 Records That Changed the World". Mojo: June 2007.
  14. ^ "Rolling Stone – The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003)". Genius.com. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
  15. ^ Staff. "A Century of Music: The 25 Pivotal Recordings That Defined Our Times". The Hartford Courant: G.1. December 12, 1999.
  16. ^ Bragg, Rick. Journeys: Driving the Blues Trail, In Search of a Lost Muse. The New York Times. Retrieved on August 7, 2009.
  17. ^ Billboard Oct 16, 1961
  18. ^ Cook, Richard, and Morton, Brian, editors. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. London, Penguin Books Ltd., 2008, ninth edition, p. 456.
  19. ^ Colin Larkin (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 287. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
  20. ^ a b c ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
  21. ^ All About Jazz: Best Live Jazz Recordings (1953-65)
  22. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
  23. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0-89919-025-1. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  24. ^ Grammy.com - Hall of Fame inductees. The Recording Academy. Retrieved on 2008-08-13.
  25. ^ "The Blues Foundation - Past Hall of Fame Inductees". Blues.org. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  26. ^ "Howlin' Wolf, Rolling Stone Music, Lists". Rollingstone.com. April 5, 2010. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved September 11, 2010.
  27. ^ "The 300 Greatest Albums of All Time". Paste. June 3, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  28. ^ The Library of Congress 2002
  29. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  30. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2006). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 82. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
  31. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0-89919-025-1. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  32. ^ Vibe - December 1999. p. 158.
  33. ^ Wenner 2012
  34. ^ "Latin GRAMMY Hall Of Fame". Latin Grammy Award. Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. 2001. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
  35. ^ "Os 100 maiores discos da música brasileira" (in Portuguese). Umas Linhas. 2007-12-20. Archived from the original on 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  36. ^ Kelso, Paul (4 September 2000). "Radiohead challenge Fab Four as Bends leaves Sgt Pepper in the cold". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  37. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  38. ^ "Virgin Colin Larkin 1000 Albums - 2000". Rocklist.net. 2000. Archived from the original on 2024-05-19. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  39. ^ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
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