Top-rated albums of the 1940s

Listed below are the top-rated albums of the 1940s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

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Southern Exposure

Josh White

Year of Release:

1941

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

184

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Overall Rank:

6,935

Average Rating:

76 (15 votes)

Comments:

Billie Holiday

Year of Release:

1947

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

342

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Comments:

Year of Release:

1949

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

122

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Overall Rank:

9,775

Average Rating:

74 (13 votes)

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The Lonesome Road
Compilation

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Year of Release:

1941

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

235

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Overall Rank:

5,673

Average Rating:

74 (12 votes)

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Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Scenes De Ballet

Igor Stravinsky / The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York

Year of Release:

1948

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

121

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Overall Rank:

9,869

Average Rating:

74 (10 votes)

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Bird Blows The Blues
Compilation

Charlie Parker

Year of Release:

1949

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

197

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Overall Rank:

6,603

Average Rating:

74 (18 votes)

Comments:

Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 1

Woody Guthrie

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

401

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Overall Rank:

3,654

Average Rating:

74 (39 votes)

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Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

Year of Release:

1946

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

194

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Overall Rank:

6,660

Average Rating:

74 (12 votes)

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The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs)

Lead Belly

Year of Release:

1941

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

300

Rank in 1941:

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Overall Rank:

4,659

Average Rating:

74 (26 votes)

Comments:

10.

Charlie Parker No. 1

Charlie Parker

Year of Release:

1948

Appears in:

13 charts

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Overall Rank:

12,361

Average Rating:

73 (10 votes)

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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).

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