Top-rated albums of 1957

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1957 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

Blue Train 

 John Coltrane

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

571 charts

Rank Score:

5,957

Rank in 1957:

1

Rank in 1950s:

4

Overall Rank:

303

Average Rating:

 84 (648 votes)

Comments:

29

2.

'Round About Midnight 

 Miles Davis

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

238 charts

Rank Score:

1,727

Rank in 1957:

7

Rank in 1950s:

23

Overall Rank:

1,027

Average Rating:

 82 (304 votes)

Comments:

9

3.

Saxophone Colossus 

 Sonny Rollins

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

355 charts

Rank Score:

2,719

Rank in 1957:

4

Rank in 1950s:

15

Overall Rank:

659

Average Rating:

 81 (371 votes)

Comments:

15

4.

Brilliant Corners 

 Thelonious Monk

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

362 charts

Rank Score:

2,916

Rank in 1957:

3

Rank in 1950s:

13

Overall Rank:

610

Average Rating:

 81 (368 votes)

Comments:

11

5.

Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet 

 Miles Davis Quintet

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

125 charts

Rank Score:

741

Rank in 1957:

11

Rank in 1950s:

58

Overall Rank:

2,213

Average Rating:

 81 (139 votes)

Comments:

5

6.

Birth Of The Cool 
Compilation

 Miles Davis

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

352 charts

Rank Score:

2,452

Rank in 1957:

6

Rank in 1950s:

19

Overall Rank:

731

Average Rating:

 80 (455 votes)

Comments:

17

7.

Here's Little Richard 

 Little Richard

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

410 charts

Rank Score:

3,975

Rank in 1957:

2

Rank in 1950s:

7

Overall Rank:

452

Average Rating:

 79 (480 votes)

Comments:

40

8.

Miles Ahead 

 Miles Davis + 19

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

146 charts

Rank Score:

671

Rank in 1957:

13

Rank in 1950s:

60

Overall Rank:

2,385

Average Rating:

 79 (141 votes)

Comments:

4

9.

The Clown 

 Charles Mingus

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

618

Rank in 1957:

14

Rank in 1950s:

67

Overall Rank:

2,540

Average Rating:

 79 (125 votes)

Comments:

3

10.

The "Chirping" Crickets 

 The Crickets

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

302 charts

Rank Score:

2,645

Rank in 1957:

5

Rank in 1950s:

17

Overall Rank:

682

Average Rating:

 78 (315 votes)

Comments:

28

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).