Top-rated albums of 1959

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1959 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:

25,036

Rank in 1959:

1

Rank in 1950s:

1

Overall Rank:

37

Average Rating:

 89 (2,213 votes)

Comments:

166

2.

Mingus Ah Um 

 Charles Mingus

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

642 charts

Rank Score:

7,417

Rank in 1959:

2

Rank in 1950s:

2

Overall Rank:

227

Average Rating:

 84 (708 votes)

Comments:

40

3.

Time Out 

 The Dave Brubeck Quartet

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

634 charts

Rank Score:

6,612

Rank in 1959:

3

Rank in 1950s:

3

Overall Rank:

266

Average Rating:

 84 (707 votes)

Comments:

37

4.

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers 

 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

371 charts

Rank Score:

3,547

Rank in 1959:

5

Rank in 1950s:

9

Overall Rank:

509

Average Rating:

 83 (354 votes)

Comments:

11

5.

The Shape Of Jazz To Come 

 Ornette Coleman

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

414 charts

Rank Score:

3,892

Rank in 1959:

4

Rank in 1950s:

8

Overall Rank:

462

Average Rating:

 81 (497 votes)

Comments:

24

6.

Little Girl Blue 

 Nina Simone

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

217 charts

Rank Score:

2,092

Rank in 1959:

8

Rank in 1950s:

21

Overall Rank:

850

Average Rating:

 81 (200 votes)

Comments:

8

7.

Berry Is On Top 

 Chuck Berry

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

346 charts

Rank Score:

3,186

Rank in 1959:

6

Rank in 1950s:

10

Overall Rank:

562

Average Rating:

 80 (309 votes)

Comments:

16

8.

Jazz In Silhouette 

 Sun Ra And His Arkestra

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

111 charts

Rank Score:

629

Rank in 1959:

17

Rank in 1950s:

65

Overall Rank:

2,504

Average Rating:

 80 (98 votes)

Comments:

4

9.

Moanin' In The Moonlight 
Compilation

 Howlin' Wolf

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

291 charts

Rank Score:

2,389

Rank in 1959:

7

Rank in 1950s:

20

Overall Rank:

748

Average Rating:

 79 (289 votes)

Comments:

11

10.

Chet 

 Chet Baker

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

675

Rank in 1959:

15

Rank in 1950s:

59

Overall Rank:

2,373

Average Rating:

 79 (73 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).