Top-rated albums of the 1950s

Listed below are the top-rated albums of the 1950s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

Kind Of Blue 

 Miles Davis

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

1,611 charts

Rank Score:

24,832

Rank in 1959:

1

Rank in 1950s:

1

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 89 (2,218 votes)

Comments:

166

2.

Mingus Ah Um 

 Charles Mingus

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

644 charts

Rank Score:

7,381

Rank in 1959:

2

Rank in 1950s:

2

Overall Rank:

229

Average Rating:

 84 (709 votes)

Comments:

40

3.

Time Out 

 The Dave Brubeck Quartet

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

632 charts

Rank Score:

6,549

Rank in 1959:

3

Rank in 1950s:

3

Overall Rank:

266

Average Rating:

 84 (708 votes)

Comments:

37

4.

Blue Train 

 John Coltrane

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

570 charts

Rank Score:

5,917

Rank in 1957:

1

Rank in 1950s:

4

Overall Rank:

306

Average Rating:

 84 (648 votes)

Comments:

29

5.

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers 

 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

372 charts

Rank Score:

3,525

Rank in 1959:

5

Rank in 1950s:

9

Overall Rank:

510

Average Rating:

 83 (355 votes)

Comments:

11

6.

Somethin' Else 

 Cannonball Adderley

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

330 charts

Rank Score:

2,857

Rank in 1958:

2

Rank in 1950s:

14

Overall Rank:

620

Average Rating:

 82 (301 votes)

Comments:

14

7.

'Round About Midnight 

 Miles Davis

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

238 charts

Rank Score:

1,727

Rank in 1957:

7

Rank in 1950s:

23

Overall Rank:

1,026

Average Rating:

 82 (305 votes)

Comments:

9

8.

Saxophone Colossus 

 Sonny Rollins

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

356 charts

Rank Score:

2,734

Rank in 1957:

4

Rank in 1950s:

15

Overall Rank:

656

Average Rating:

 81 (371 votes)

Comments:

15

9.

Brilliant Corners 

 Thelonious Monk

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

362 charts

Rank Score:

2,915

Rank in 1957:

3

Rank in 1950s:

13

Overall Rank:

611

Average Rating:

 81 (369 votes)

Comments:

11

10.

Little Girl Blue 

 Nina Simone

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

220 charts

Rank Score:

2,122

Rank in 1959:

8

Rank in 1950s:

21

Overall Rank:

840

Average Rating:

 81 (203 votes)

Comments:

9

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).