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2382.

The Best Of Muddy Waters
Compilation

Muddy Waters

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

671

Rank in 1957:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,382

Average Rating:

77 (60 votes)

Comments:

2386.

Miles Ahead

Miles Davis + 19

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

145 charts

Rank Score:

669

Rank in 1957:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,386

Average Rating:

79 (140 votes)

Comments:

2418.

Music Of India - Three Classical Ragas On Sitar

Ravi Shankar

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

657

Rank in 1956:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,418

Average Rating:

77 (77 votes)

Comments:

2479.

Johnny Burnette And The Rock N' Roll Trio

Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n Roll Trio

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

638

Rank in 1956:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,479

Average Rating:

76 (70 votes)

Comments:

2505.

Jazz In Silhouette

Sun Ra And His Arkestra

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

111 charts

Rank Score:

630

Rank in 1959:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,505

Average Rating:

80 (98 votes)

Comments:

2513.

Julie Is Her Name

Julie London

Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

626

Rank in 1955:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,513

Average Rating:

76 (93 votes)

Comments:

2543.

Monk's Music

Thelonious Monk Septet

Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

122 charts

Rank Score:

616

Rank in 1957:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,543

Average Rating:

78 (118 votes)

Comments:

2573.

Moanin' The Blues

Hank Williams

Year of Release:

1952

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

603

Rank in 1952:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,573

Average Rating:

76 (77 votes)

Comments:

2576.

Go Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

99 charts

Rank Score:

602

Rank in 1959:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,576

Average Rating:

74 (83 votes)

Comments:

2586.

The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
Live

Benny Goodman

Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

599

Rank in 1950:

Rank in 1950s:

Overall Rank:

2,586

Average Rating:

73 (81 votes)

Comments:

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Overall Chart composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	2	0%
1940s	25	0%
1950s	296	3%
1960s	741	7%
1970s	1,469	15%
1980s	1,459	15%
1990s	1,685	17%
2000s	1,792	18%
2010s	2,059	21%
2020s	472	5%

Artist	Albums	%

Bob Dylan	38	0%
The Rolling Stones	33	0%
David Bowie	32	0%
The Beatles	29	0%
Miles Davis	27	0%
Various Artists	25	0%
Neil Young	24	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	5,004	50%
	2,656	27%
	446	4%
	304	3%
	227	2%
	168	2%
	139	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	9,720	97%
Yes	281	3%

Live?	Albums	%
No	9,722	97%
Yes	279	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	9,886	99%
Yes	115	1%

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