Top 12 Music Albums of the 1950s
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Mother Nature's Son 
My favourite albums of the 1950s.
- Chart updated: 10/20/2016 22:45
- (Created: 10/21/2013 17:51).
- Chart size: 12 albums.
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The greatest soundtrack to any outdated 1950s movie. The strings sound so magically nostalgic and the overall arrangements are as charming as any Disney film, except a lot moodier. How I long for those simpler times!
Favourite tracks: "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" & "I Get Along Without You Very Well" [First added to this chart: 12/14/2013]
Favourite tracks: "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" & "I Get Along Without You Very Well" [First added to this chart: 12/14/2013]
Year of Release:
1955
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4,529
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Take a time out with this splendid jazz album, one of the greatest if not THE greatest cool jazz album out there. Apparently, it visits many different time signatures throughout, but for the most part it's very relaxing and elegant oozing with 1950s nostalgia.
Favourite tracks: "Blue Rondo à la Turk" [First added to this chart: 04/30/2014]
Favourite tracks: "Blue Rondo à la Turk" [First added to this chart: 04/30/2014]
Year of Release:
1959
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6,303
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Billie Holliday in satin. Beautifully fragile and heartbreaking in a sorta creepy, haunting way!
Favourite tracks: "I'm a Fool to Want You" & "The End of a Love Affair" [First added to this chart: 09/16/2015]
Favourite tracks: "I'm a Fool to Want You" & "The End of a Love Affair" [First added to this chart: 09/16/2015]
Year of Release:
1958
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3,229
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Appealing to the lonely, very much! Profoundly slow ride that overall weeps and suffers more than "In the Wee Small Hours". Couldn't be further away from "Songs for Swingin' Lovers!"!
Favourite tracks: "Only the Lonely" & "Willow Weep for Me" [First added to this chart: 10/20/2016]
Favourite tracks: "Only the Lonely" & "Willow Weep for Me" [First added to this chart: 10/20/2016]
Year of Release:
1958
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1,263
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Mingus ah um! This album is indeed very delicious and pleasurable. Without being easy-listening music, it's a great place to start your jazz journey. Very melodic for the most part with some enjoyably busy parts in places.
Favourite tracks: "Boogie Stop Shuffle", "Fables of Faubus" & "Jelly Roll" [First added to this chart: 12/26/2014]
Favourite tracks: "Boogie Stop Shuffle", "Fables of Faubus" & "Jelly Roll" [First added to this chart: 12/26/2014]
Year of Release:
1959
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6,755
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Cry a river with this woman. The music's fittingly lo-fi (in comparison to the music from this era that used lots of orchestration). There's not much beyond her voice, a bass (double, I think) and an atmospheric jazzy guitar which overall give it its lonely, late-night, incredible mood.
Favourite tracks: "Cry Me a River" & "'S Wonderful"
Favourite tracks: "Cry Me a River" & "'S Wonderful"
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1955
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709
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Every day, it's a-getting further and further away from unique rock 'n' roll performers/singer-songwriters like Buddy Holly. Buddy just had something very different from the others with his softer and quirkier approach and gift for melody.
Favourite tracks: "Peggy Sue" & "Words of Love" [First added to this chart: 07/01/2015]
Favourite tracks: "Peggy Sue" & "Words of Love" [First added to this chart: 07/01/2015]
Year of Release:
1958
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2,625
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Innocent rock 'n' roll with cute "chirping" background vocals. Back then, it was some of the freshest music around, today it seems harmless and beautifully old-fashioned. Listen to those adorable call and response backing vocals in "Oh, Boy!" and tell me you didn't nearly die realizing how effing long time ago this album was recorded!
Favourite tracks: "Oh, Boy!" & "Last Night" [First added to this chart: 04/01/2015]
Favourite tracks: "Oh, Boy!" & "Last Night" [First added to this chart: 04/01/2015]
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1957
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2,744
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Moody, kind of blue, but above all classic jazz album. The intro to ”So What” is one of the greatest intros ever of any genre. A perfect starting point for any jazz newcomer and an all-round cool pleasurable listening experience.
Favourite tracks: ”So What” & ”Freddie Freeloader” [First added to this chart: 11/30/2013]
Favourite tracks: ”So What” & ”Freddie Freeloader” [First added to this chart: 11/30/2013]
Year of Release:
1959
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The king of rock and roll when he was... the prince of rock and roll, I guess. The sound, the style, the vocal style, everything you needed from him. His most shocking album, if solely because it was his first!
Favourite tracks: "I'm Counting On You" & "I Love You Because" [First added to this chart: 08/16/2014]
Favourite tracks: "I'm Counting On You" & "I Love You Because" [First added to this chart: 08/16/2014]
Year of Release:
1956
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5,018
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Top 12 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1951 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1952 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1953 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1954 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1955 | 2 | 17% | |
| 1956 | 1 | 8% | |
| 1957 | 2 | 17% | |
| 1958 | 4 | 33% | |
| 1959 | 3 | 25% |
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| Frank Sinatra | 2 | 17% | |
| Thelonious Monk | 1 | 8% | |
| John Coltrane | 1 | 8% | |
| Dave Brubeck | 1 | 8% | |
| Billie Holiday | 1 | 8% | |
| Charles Mingus | 1 | 8% | |
| Julie London | 1 | 8% | |
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