Top-rated albums of the 1950s

Listed below are the top-rated albums of the 1950s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

Kind Of Blue 

 Miles Davis

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

1,610 charts

Rank Score:

25,069

Rank in 1959:

1

Rank in 1950s:

1

Overall Rank:

37

Average Rating:

 89 (2,213 votes)

Comments:

166

2.

Mingus Ah Um 

 Charles Mingus

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

642 charts

Rank Score:

7,425

Rank in 1959:

2

Rank in 1950s:

2

Overall Rank:

227

Average Rating:

 84 (707 votes)

Comments:

40

3.

Time Out 

 The Dave Brubeck Quartet

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

634 charts

Rank Score:

6,618

Rank in 1959:

3

Rank in 1950s:

3

Overall Rank:

266

Average Rating:

 84 (706 votes)

Comments:

37

4.

Blue Train 

 John Coltrane

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

570 charts

Rank Score:

5,996

Rank in 1957:

1

Rank in 1950s:

4

Overall Rank:

300

Average Rating:

 84 (646 votes)

Comments:

29

5.

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers 

 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

371 charts

Rank Score:

3,550

Rank in 1959:

5

Rank in 1950s:

9

Overall Rank:

509

Average Rating:

 83 (354 votes)

Comments:

11

6.

Somethin' Else 

 Cannonball Adderley

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

328 charts

Rank Score:

2,857

Rank in 1958:

2

Rank in 1950s:

14

Overall Rank:

622

Average Rating:

 82 (300 votes)

Comments:

14

7.

'Round About Midnight 

 Miles Davis

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

238 charts

Rank Score:

1,687

Rank in 1957:

7

Rank in 1950s:

23

Overall Rank:

1,047

Average Rating:

 82 (303 votes)

Comments:

9

8.

Saxophone Colossus 

 Sonny Rollins

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

354 charts

Rank Score:

2,722

Rank in 1957:

4

Rank in 1950s:

15

Overall Rank:

660

Average Rating:

 81 (371 votes)

Comments:

15

9.

Brilliant Corners 

 Thelonious Monk

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

361 charts

Rank Score:

2,919

Rank in 1957:

3

Rank in 1950s:

13

Overall Rank:

608

Average Rating:

 81 (368 votes)

Comments:

11

10.

The Shape Of Jazz To Come 

 Ornette Coleman

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

414 charts

Rank Score:

3,896

Rank in 1959:

4

Rank in 1950s:

8

Overall Rank:

461

Average Rating:

 81 (497 votes)

Comments:

24

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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).