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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Year of Release:
1941
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Rank Score:
184
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1947
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Rank Score:
342
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1949
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Rank Score:
122
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1941
Appears in:
Rank Score:
235
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1948
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Rank Score:
121
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1940
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Rank Score:
400
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1949
Appears in:
Rank Score:
197
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1946
Appears in:
Rank Score:
194
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1941
Appears in:
Rank Score:
300
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
1947
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Rank Score:
269
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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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