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Albums in the Year 1968

This page lists the top albums of 1968 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described in the home page. A list of biggest hit songs of 1968 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	The Beatles	The Beatles (The White Album)	1968	UK 1 - Dec 1968, Norway 1 - Dec 1968, RYM 1 of 1968, US CashBox 4 of 1969, Virgin 5, WXPN 6, RIAA 8 - 19 M claimed, Fox101 8, Rolling Stone 10, UK Radio2 10, Channel4 12, Guiness 15, Acclaimed 15, NARM 39, Defin200 39, Global 51 - 17 M claimed, Internet 55 - 18 M claimed 1968
2	The Rolling Stones	Beggars Banquet	1968	Norway 2 - Dec 1968, UK 3 - Dec 1968, RYM 7 of 1968, Italy 23 of 1969, Guiness 24, Acclaimed 29, US CashBox 36 of 1969, WXPN 53, Rolling Stone 57, Fox101 97, Defin200 121
3	Jimi Hendrix	Electric Ladyland	1968	RYM 3 of 1968, UK 6 - Nov 1968, Norway 13 - Dec 1968, Acclaimed 19, Virgin 32, WXPN 42, US CashBox 44 of 1969, Rolling Stone 54, Fox101 55, Guiness 72
4	Johnny Cash	At Folsom Prison	1968	RYM 5 of 1968, Norway 7 - Sep 1968, UK 37 - Jul 1968, US CashBox 39 of 1968, NARM 77, Defin200 77, Rolling Stone 88, Acclaimed 195, WXPN 248
5	Iron Butterfly	In-a-gadda-da-vida	1968	US 1 of 1969, US CashBox 2 of 1969, Australia Goset 14 - May 1970, RYM 134 of 1968, WXPN 608, Acclaimed 2027
6	The Beatles	Magical Mystery Tour	1968	US 4 of 1968, US CashBox 9 of 1968, Norway 13 - May 1968, RYM 13 of 1967, UK 31 - Jan 1968, WXPN 181, RIAA 201 - 6 M claimed, Acclaimed 990
7	Otis Redding	Dock Of The Bay	1968	UK 1 - Jun 1968, Norway 3 - Apr 1968, RYM 35 of 1968, US CashBox 47 of 1968, Rolling Stone 161, Acclaimed 858
8	Simon & Garfunkel	The Graduate	1968	US CashBox 2 of 1968, US 2 of 1968, Norway 2 - Jan 1969, UK 3 - Oct 1968, RYM 198 of 1968
9	Simon & Garfunkel	Bookends	1968	UK 1 - Aug 1968, US CashBox 4 of 1968, RYM 22 of 1968, WXPN 207, Rolling Stone 233, Acclaimed 284
10	Aretha Franklin	Lady Soul	1968	US CashBox 7 of 1968, RYM 8 of 1968, Italy 15 of 1968, UK 25 - Apr 1968, Rolling Stone 84, Guiness 85, Acclaimed 111
11	Tom Jones	Delilah	1968	UK 1 - Jul 1968, Norway 1 - Jul 1968, Italy 11 of 1968
12	Van Morrison	Astral Weeks	1968	RYM 6 of 1968, Guiness 7, Acclaimed 13, Virgin 16, Rolling Stone 19, WXPN 50
13	Aretha Franklin	Aretha Now	1968	Norway 4 - Oct 1968, UK 6 - Sep 1968, US CashBox 17 of 1968, Italy 50 of 1969, RYM 78 of 1968, Acclaimed 2561
14	Diana Ross & The Supremes	Diana Ross & The Supremes Greatest Hits	1968	UK 1 - Jan 1968, US 5 of 1968, Norway 8 - Feb 1968, US CashBox 29 of 1968
15	Tom Jones	Help Yourself	1968	Norway 1 - Dec 1968, UK 4 - Dec 1968, US CashBox 22 of 1969, Italy 38 of 1969
16	Cream	Wheels of Fire	1968	US CashBox 12 of 1968, Norway 16 - Aug 1968, RYM 42 of 1968, Rolling Stone 203, WXPN 260, Acclaimed 422
17	The Small Faces	Ogden's Nut Gone Flake	1968	UK 1 - Jun 1968, Norway 13 - Jul 1968, RYM 39 of 1968, Acclaimed 355
18	Bee Gees	Horizontal	1968	Italy 5 of 1968, Norway 7 - Mar 1968, UK 16 - Feb 1968, US CashBox 82 of 1968, RYM 175 of 1968
19	Engelbert Humperdinck	A Man Without Love	1968	Norway 1 - Jul 1968, UK 3 - Aug 1968, US CashBox 93 of 1968
20	The Doors	Waiting For The Sun	1968	UK 16 - Sep 1968, Italy 20 of 1968, US CashBox 24 of 1968, RYM 83 of 1968, Acclaimed 1819
21	The Four Tops	Four Tops Greatest Hits	1968	UK 1 - Jan 1968, Norway 7 - Mar 1968, US CashBox 49 of 1967
22	Traffic	Traffic	1968	UK 9 - Oct 1968, RYM 32 of 1968, US CashBox 95 of 1969, WXPN 813, Acclaimed 965
23	Big Brother & the Holding Company	Cheap Thrills	1968	US CashBox 20 of 1969, RYM 41 of 1968, Acclaimed 221, WXPN 319, Rolling Stone 338
24	The Kinks	The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society	1968	RYM 2 of 1968, WXPN 190, Acclaimed 213, Rolling Stone 255
25	Leonard Cohen	Songs Of Leonard Cohen	1968	RYM 5 of 1967, UK 13 - Apr 1969, Guiness 52, Acclaimed 182
26	The Zombies	Odessey & Oracle	1968	RYM 4 of 1968, Rolling Stone 80, Acclaimed 383, WXPN 488
27	The Byrds	The Notorious Byrd Brothers	1968	UK 12 - May 1968, RYM 17 of 1968, Rolling Stone 171, Acclaimed 227
28	The Velvet Underground	White Light - White Heat	1968	RYM 9 of 1968, Acclaimed 188, Rolling Stone 292, WXPN 478
29	The Band	Music From Big Pink	1968	RYM 18 of 1968, Rolling Stone 34, Acclaimed 73, WXPN 95
30	Otis Redding	Immortal Otis Redding	1968	UK 19 - Oct 1968, Italy 33 of 1969, RYM 75 of 1968, Acclaimed 2078
31	Otis Redding	The History Of Otis Redding	1968	UK 2 - Feb 1968, Norway 16 - Apr 1968, US CashBox 42 of 1968
32	The Byrds	Sweetheart of the Rodeo	1968	RYM 23 of 1968, Rolling Stone 117, Acclaimed 165, WXPN 317
33	Glen Campbell	By The Time I Get To Phoenix	1968	Grammy in 1968, US CashBox 45 of 1968
34	Scott Walker	Scott 2	1968	UK 1 - Apr 1968, RYM 67 of 1968
35	Andy Williams	Love, Andy	1968	UK 1 - May 1968, US CashBox 80 of 1968
36	Fabrizio De Andre	Tutti morimmo a stento	1968	Italy 1 of 1968, RYM 158 of 1968
37	Jimi Hendrix	Smash Hits	1968	UK 4 - Apr 1968, Norway 11 - Jun 1968, US CashBox 40 of 1969
38	Bee Gees	Idea	1968	UK 4 - Sep 1968, Italy 52 of 1969, US CashBox 77 of 1968
39	Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood	Nancy & Lee	1968	Norway 6 - Jul 1968, UK 17 - Jun 1968, RYM 34 of 1968
40	The Incredible String Band	The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter	1968	UK 5 - Apr 1968, RYM 31 of 1968, Acclaimed 810
41	The Moody Blues	In Search Of The Lost Chord	1968	UK 5 - Aug 1968, RYM 71 of 1968, WXPN 553
42	Jose Feliciano	Feliciano	1968	UK 6 - Nov 1998, US CashBox 25 of 1968, Acclaimed 2404
43	Pink Floyd	A Saucerful Of Secrets	1968	UK 9 - Jul 1968, RYM 82 of 1968, Acclaimed 2348
44	Donovan	A Gift From A Flower To A Garden	1968	UK 13 - May 1968, RYM 30 of 1968, US CashBox 91 of 1968
45	The Hollies	The Hollies' Greatest Hits	1968	Norway 18 - Nov 1968, UK 21 - Apr 2003, US CashBox 58 of 1967
46	Original Soundtrack	Camelot	1968	Norway 20 - Feb 1968, US CashBox 32 of 1968, UK 37 - Nov 1968
47	Diana Ross & The Supremes	Reflections	1968	Norway 20 - Aug 1968, UK 30 - Jul 1968, US CashBox 90 of 1968
48	Dr John	Gris-Gris	1968	RYM 15 of 1968, Rolling Stone 143, Acclaimed 879
49	Vanilla Fudge	Renaissance	1968	Australia Goset 20 - May 1970, US CashBox 64 of 1968, RYM 149 of 1968
50	The Mothers of Invention	We're Only In It For The Money	1968	UK 32 - Jun 1968, Acclaimed 169, Rolling Stone 296
51	Donovan	Donovan In Concert	1968	Italy 47 of 1969, US CashBox 86 of 1968, RYM 150 of 1968
52	The Bonzo Dog Band	Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse	1968	UK 40 - Jan 1969, RYM 76 of 1968, Acclaimed 2633
53	Blue Cheer	Vincebus Eruptum	1968	RYM 50 of 1968, US CashBox 67 of 1968, Acclaimed 2243
54	Laura Nyro	Eli & the Thirteenth Confession	1968	RYM 38 of 1968, WXPN 255, Acclaimed 759
55	Jefferson Airplane	Crown Of Creation	1968	RYM 70 of 1968, US CashBox 74 of 1968, Acclaimed 2061
56	Blood Sweat & Tears	Child Is Father to the Man	1968	RYM 55 of 1968, WXPN 267, Acclaimed 1149
57	Jeff Beck	Truth	1968	RYM 51 of 1968, WXPN 698, Acclaimed 713
58	Grateful Dead	Anthem of the Sun	1968	RYM 87 of 1968, Rolling Stone 287, Acclaimed 2356
59	Crazy World of Arthur Brown	The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown	1968	UK 2 - Jul 1968, RYM 68 of 1968
60	Anna Lena Lofgren	Lyckliga gatan	1968	Norway 1 - Jan 1968
61	Lill Lindfors	Kom i min varld	1968	Norway 1 - Sep 1968
62	The Hollies	The Hollies' Greatest	1968	UK 1 - Aug 1968
63	Ole Ivars	Ole Ivars	1968	Norway 1 - Jun 1968
64	Des O'Connor	I Pretend	1968	UK 1 - May 1968
65	Jimi Hendrix Experience	Are You Experienced?	1968	US 1 of 1968
66	The Seekers	The Best Of The Seekers	1968	UK 1 - Nov 1968
67	John Mayall's Bluesbreakers	Bare Wires	1968	UK 3 - Jul 1968, Norway 9 - Jul 1968
68	Andy Williams	Honey	1968	UK 4 - Jul 1968, US CashBox 55 of 1968
69	Herb Alpert	The Beat Of The Brass	1968	US CashBox 8 of 1968, Norway 8 - Jul 1968
70	Nat King Cole	The Best Of Nat King Cole	1968	UK 5 - Dec 1968, Norway 24 - Feb 2005
71	Fleetwood Mac	Mr Wonderful	1968	Norway 8 - Sep 1968, UK 10 - Sep 1968
72	Original Soundtrack	The Jungle Book	1968	UK 5 - Mar 1968, US CashBox 60 of 1968
73	Canned Heat	Boogie With Canned Heat	1968	UK 5 - Jun 1968, RYM 110 of 1968
74	Original Soundtrack	Oliver	1968	UK 7 - Nov 1968, US CashBox 19 of 1969
75	Herb Alpert	Herb Alpert's Ninth	1968	Norway 7 - Feb 1968, US CashBox 19 of 1968
76	Dionne Warwick	Valley Of The Dolls	1968	UK 10 - May 1968, US CashBox 52 of 1968
77	Jethro Tull	This Was	1968	UK 10 - Nov 1968, RYM 129 of 1968
78	James Taylor	James Taylor	1968	Australia Goset 10 - Feb 1971, RYM 188 of 1968
79	The Millennium	Begin	1968	RYM 10 of 1968, Acclaimed 1789
80	The Beach Boys	Friends	1968	UK 13 - Sep 1968, RYM 53 of 1968
81	Os Mutantes	Os Mutantes	1968	RYM 11 of 1968, Acclaimed 1076
82	Frank Zappa	We're Only In It For The Money	1968	RYM 12 of 1968, WXPN 602
83	Miles Davis	Nefertiti	1968	RYM 13 of 1968, Acclaimed 1633
84	The Move	The Move	1968	UK 15 - Apr 1968, RYM 101 of 1968
85	Bill Cosby	To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With	1968	US CashBox 18 of 1968, RYM 85 of 1968
86	Rahsaan Roland Kirk	The Inflated Tear	1968	RYM 16 of 1968, Acclaimed 1595
87	Steppenwolf	Steppenwolf	1968	US CashBox 22 of 1968, RYM 93 of 1968
88	The Pretty Things	S F Sorrow	1968	RYM 19 of 1968, Acclaimed 1137
89	The United States of America	The United States of America	1968	RYM 20 of 1968, Acclaimed 1030
90	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Creedence Clearwater Revival	1968	Norway 29 - Jul 1996, RYM 69 of 1968
91	Peter Brotzmann	Machine Gun	1968	RYM 21 of 1968, Acclaimed 1045
92	Ten Years After	Undead	1968	UK 26 - Sep 1968, RYM 160 of 1968
93	Steppenwolf	The Second	1968	US CashBox 28 of 1969, RYM 143 of 1968
94	John Mayall	Blues From Laurel Canyon	1968	UK 33 - Jan 1969, RYM 88 of 1968
95	Dean Martin	Dean Martin's Greatest Hits, Volume I	1968	UK 40 - Oct 1968, US CashBox 66 of 1968
96	Duke Ellington	...and His Mother Called Him Bill	1968	RYM 26 of 1968, Acclaimed 1405
97	Caetano Veloso	Caetano Veloso	1968	RYM 27 of 1968, Acclaimed 1395
98	Nico	The Marble Index	1968	RYM 28 of 1968, Acclaimed 1305
99	Soft Machine	Soft Machine	1968	RYM 29 of 1968, Acclaimed 993
100	Tiny Tim	God Bless Tiny Tim	1968	US CashBox 43 of 1968, RYM 104 of 1968