Top-rated albums of 1956

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 1956 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

1.

J.S. Bach: The Goldberg Variations 

 Glenn Gould

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

872

Rank in 1956:

9

Rank in 1950s:

47

Overall Rank:

1,920

Average Rating:

 80 (115 votes)

Comments:

6

2.

Pithecanthropus Erectus 

 Charles Mingus

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

254 charts

Rank Score:

1,839

Rank in 1956:

3

Rank in 1950s:

22

Overall Rank:

974

Average Rating:

 80 (271 votes)

Comments:

9

3.

Ella & Louis 

 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

220 charts

Rank Score:

1,555

Rank in 1956:

4

Rank in 1950s:

27

Overall Rank:

1,139

Average Rating:

 79 (225 votes)

Comments:

10

4.

Elvis Presley 

 Elvis Presley

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

584 charts

Rank Score:

5,097

Rank in 1956:

1

Rank in 1950s:

5

Overall Rank:

349

Average Rating:

 79 (760 votes)

Comments:

37

5.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! 

 Frank Sinatra

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

313 charts

Rank Score:

2,934

Rank in 1956:

2

Rank in 1950s:

12

Overall Rank:

600

Average Rating:

 79 (372 votes)

Comments:

20

6.

Ellington At Newport 
Live

 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

211 charts

Rank Score:

1,479

Rank in 1956:

5

Rank in 1950s:

30

Overall Rank:

1,196

Average Rating:

 79 (198 votes)

Comments:

6

7.

Bartók: Concerto For Orchestra 

 Fritz Reiner / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

24 charts

Rank Score:

149

Rank in 1956:

34

Rank in 1950s:

242

Overall Rank:

8,296

Average Rating:

 78 (38 votes)

Comments:

1

8.

Ella Fitzgerald Sings The Cole Porter Song Book 

 Ella Fitzgerald

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

169 charts

Rank Score:

1,081

Rank in 1956:

8

Rank in 1950s:

38

Overall Rank:

1,597

Average Rating:

 78 (141 votes)

Comments:

5

9.

Tenor Madness 

 Sonny Rollins

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

321

Rank in 1956:

21

Rank in 1950s:

131

Overall Rank:

4,413

Average Rating:

 77 (50 votes)

Comments:

1

10.

Lady Sings The Blues 

 Billie Holiday

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

191 charts

Rank Score:

1,378

Rank in 1956:

6

Rank in 1950s:

33

Overall Rank:

1,272

Average Rating:

 77 (175 votes)

Comments:

5

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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).