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 .)

1.

Southern Exposure 

 Josh White

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Year of Release:

1941

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

171

Rank in 1941:

3

Rank in 1940s:

14

Overall Rank:

7,375

Average Rating:

 76 (14 votes)

Comments:

1

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Billie Holiday 

 Billie Holiday

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Year of Release:

1947

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

306

Rank in 1947:

1

Rank in 1940s:

3

Overall Rank:

4,573

Average Rating:

 75 (20 votes)

Comments:

1

3.

Charlie Parker No. 3 

 Charlie Parker

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Year of Release:

1949

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

122

Rank in 1949:

4

Rank in 1940s:

25

Overall Rank:

9,780

Average Rating:

 74 (13 votes)

Comments:

2

4.

The Lonesome Road 
Compilation

 Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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Year of Release:

1941

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

236

Rank in 1941:

2

Rank in 1940s:

8

Overall Rank:

5,655

Average Rating:

 74 (12 votes)

Comments:

3

5.

Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Scenes De Ballet 

 Igor Stravinsky / The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York

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Year of Release:

1948

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

122

Rank in 1948:

3

Rank in 1940s:

26

Overall Rank:

9,813

Average Rating:

 74 (10 votes)

Comments:

0

6.

Bird Blows The Blues 
Compilation

 Charlie Parker

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Year of Release:

1949

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

196

Rank in 1949:

1

Rank in 1940s:

11

Overall Rank:

6,610

Average Rating:

 74 (18 votes)

Comments:

0

7.

Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 1 

 Woody Guthrie

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Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

379

Rank in 1940:

1

Rank in 1940s:

1

Overall Rank:

3,829

Average Rating:

 74 (39 votes)

Comments:

3

8.

Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five 

 Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five

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Year of Release:

1946

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

196

Rank in 1946:

2

Rank in 1940s:

12

Overall Rank:

6,628

Average Rating:

 74 (12 votes)

Comments:

1

9.

The Midnight Special (And Other Southern Prison Songs) 

 Lead Belly

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Year of Release:

1941

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

300

Rank in 1941:

1

Rank in 1940s:

4

Overall Rank:

4,653

Average Rating:

 74 (26 votes)

Comments:

1

10.

Charlie Parker No. 1 

 Charlie Parker

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Year of Release:

1948

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

93

Rank in 1948:

4

Rank in 1940s:

41

Overall Rank:

12,358

Average Rating:

 73 (10 votes)

Comments:

1

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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).