Best Album of Every Year 1940-2021 by EyeKanFly

Chart updated: 11/19/2021 18:15
(Created: 12/02/2020 17:47).
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Jazz As It Should Be Played

Bix Beiderbecke

1940

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

6 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1940:

Rank in 1940s:

141

Overall Rank:

31,973

Average Rating:

69 (5 votes)

Comments:

The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs)

Lead Belly

1941

Year of Release:

1941

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

316

Rank in 1941:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

4,446

Average Rating:

75 (23 votes)

Comments:

Debussy: Pelléas Et Mélisande

Roger Désormière / Orchestre Symphonique De Paris / Chœurs Yvonne Gouverné / Maurice Maeterlinck / Irène Joachim

1942

Year of Release:

1942

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1942:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

1943

Year of Release:

1943

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1943:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

15,787

Average Rating:

70 (12 votes)

Comments:

5. (1)

An Album Of Outstanding Arrangements

Glenn Miller

1944 [First added to this chart: 11/19/2021]

Year of Release:

1944

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

272

Rank in 1944:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

4,947

Average Rating:

73 (24 votes)

Comments:

6. (2)

Merry Christmas

Bing Crosby

1945 [First added to this chart: 11/19/2021]

Year of Release:

1945

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

249

Rank in 1945:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

5,357

Average Rating:

73 (53 votes)

Comments:

7. (3)

Calypso

Lord Invader And Lord Beginner With Felix And His Internationals

1946 [First added to this chart: 12/09/2020]

Year of Release:

1946

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

134

Rank in 1946:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

8,962

Average Rating:

69 (8 votes)

Comments:

8. (4)

Souvenir Album

Ella Fitzgerald

1947 [First added to this chart: 12/09/2020]

Year of Release:

1947

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

142

Rank in 1947:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

8,563

Average Rating:

73 (40 votes)

Comments:

9. (5)

Liberian Suite

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

1948 [First added to this chart: 12/09/2020]

Year of Release:

1948

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

160

Rank in 1948:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

7,766

Average Rating:

70 (13 votes)

Comments:

10. (6)

Bird Blows The Blues
Compilation

Charlie Parker

1949 [First added to this chart: 11/19/2021]

Year of Release:

1949

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

209

Rank in 1949:

Rank in 1940s:

Overall Rank:

6,199

Average Rating:

74 (16 votes)

Comments:

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Best Album of Every Year 1940-2021 composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	10	12%
1950s	10	12%
1960s	10	12%
1970s	10	12%
1980s	10	12%
1990s	10	12%
2000s	10	12%
2010s	10	12%
2020s	2	2%

Artist	Albums	%

Muse	4	5%
Charles Mingus	3	4%
Bruce Springsteen	3	4%
Radiohead	3	4%
The Flaming Lips	2	2%
Miles Davis	2	2%
Arcade Fire	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%

	44	54%
	22	27%
	4	5%
	3	4%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	81	99%
Yes	1	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	79	96%
Yes	3	4%

Best Album of Every Year 1940-2021 chart changes

Biggest fallers
Down 4 from 1st to 5th An Album Of Outstanding Arrangements by Glenn Miller
Down 4 from 2nd to 6th Merry Christmas by Bing Crosby
Down 4 from 3rd to 7th Calypso by Lord Invader And Lord Beginner With Felix And His Internationals

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Jazz As It Should Be Played by Bix Beiderbecke
The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs) by Lead Belly
Debussy: Pelléas Et Mélisande by Roger Désormière / Orchestre Symphonique De Paris / Chœurs Yvonne Gouverné / Maurice Maeterlinck / Irène Joachim
Songs Of Free Men by Paul Robeson
Paradigmes by La Femme

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