Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s
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Patman360 
- Chart updated: 07/11/2025 12:45
- (Created: 04/14/2012 03:17).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 07/24/2018]
Year of Release:
1959
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1,661
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[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
Year of Release:
1958
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918
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[First added to this chart: 03/02/2023]
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[First added to this chart: 08/28/2024]
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[First added to this chart: 08/01/2020]
Year of Release:
1959
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Rank Score:
901
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[First added to this chart: 09/28/2022]
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[First added to this chart: 01/21/2021]
Year of Release:
1952
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690
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[First added to this chart: 12/08/2021]
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[First added to this chart: 05/26/2020]
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1958
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897
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[First added to this chart: 07/11/2013]
Year of Release:
1959
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6,411
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Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1951 | 2 | 2% | |
| 1952 | 4 | 4% | |
| 1953 | 1 | 1% | |
| 1954 | 6 | 6% | |
| 1955 | 5 | 5% | |
| 1956 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1957 | 18 | 18% | |
| 1958 | 27 | 27% | |
| 1959 | 15 | 15% |
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| The Dave Brubeck Quartet | 1 | 1% | |
| Nina Simone | 1 | 1% | |
| Tito Puente | 1 | 1% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong | 1 | 1% | |
| Duane Eddy | 1 | 1% | |
| Jimmy Smith | 1 | 1% | |
| Charlie Parker | 1 | 1% | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 01/31/2025 14:15 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,104 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/11/2013 14:15 | platus | 309 | 81/100 |
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From Patman360 04/19/2015 21:54 | #139859
Patman360 04/19/2015 21:54 | #139859
Well I am Irish so I'm pretty familiar with the Clancy's, this chart is just very much a work in progress (and has been for quite some time...), but thanks all the same JMan.
I have noticed you've been interested in Irish folk over the last few days though (or folk to us here in Ireland). You should try out Planxty (I could see you enjoying some of Christy Moore's stuff in particular), The Bothy Band, The Chieftans (they've got a really cool album with Van Morrison I'd recommend), Wolfe Tones and probably a few more of the 'heavyweights'that I'm forgetting now. I've seen you listen to the Dubliners before so definitely expand there, there's a pretty solid Luke Kelly compilation that's worth a listen. I have a few Irish charts here and there that might be worth a look, (both my own and ripped from publications).
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From Patman360 06/11/2013 19:35 | #78620
Patman360 06/11/2013 19:35 | #78620
Haha, naturally this chart is a work in progress like the majority of my decade charts and this one has a long way to go, I like to keep my charts public, allowing for other users to share recs if they please. So yeah, this will grow into a proper chart in due course.
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From platus 06/11/2013 14:15 | #78601
almost perfect
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