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Year of Release:
1997
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62,724
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Top rated album (92/100 - 5663 votes)  92 (5,663 votes)
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Year of Release:
1973
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59,049
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Top rated album (92/100 - 5349 votes)  92 (5,349 votes)
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1969
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56,310
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Top rated album (92/100 - 4648 votes)  92 (4,648 votes)
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Year of Release:
1966
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48,682
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Top rated album (91/100 - 4607 votes)  91 (4,607 votes)
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1975
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44,216
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Top rated album (91/100 - 4075 votes)  91 (4,075 votes)
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Year of Release:
2007
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42,811
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Top rated album (90/100 - 3962 votes)  90 (3,962 votes)
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Year of Release:
1967
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42,524
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Top rated album (90/100 - 4614 votes)  90 (4,614 votes)
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Year of Release:
1972
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42,458
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Top rated album (90/100 - 3560 votes)  90 (3,560 votes)
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Year of Release:
2000
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41,033
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Top rated album (89/100 - 4485 votes)  89 (4,485 votes)
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Year of Release:
1967
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39,094
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Top rated album (89/100 - 3564 votes)  89 (3,564 votes)
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Total albums: 9,881. Page 1 of 989

Overall Chart composition

Best Albums of the 1950s
1. Kind Of Blue by Miles Davis
2. Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
3. Time Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
4. Blue Train by John Coltrane
5. Elvis Presley by Elvis Presley
6. In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra
7. Here's Little Richard by Little Richard
8. The Shape Of Jazz To Come by Ornette Coleman
9. Berry Is On Top by Chuck Berry
10. Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
11. Lady In Satin by Billie Holiday
12. Songs For Swingin' Lovers! by Frank Sinatra
13. Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
14. Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderley
15. The "Chirping" Crickets by The Crickets
16. Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins
17. Buddy Holly by Buddy Holly
18. Chet Baker Sings by Chet Baker
19. Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
20. Moanin' In The Moonlight by Howlin' Wolf
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