Top-rated albums of the 1950s

Listed below are the top-rated albums of the 1950s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

21.

Misterioso 
Live

 The Thelonious Monk Quartet

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

509

Rank in 1958:

21

Rank in 1950s:

88

Overall Rank:

2,974

Average Rating:

 80 (71 votes)

Comments:

0

22.

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

23.

Clifford Brown And Max Roach 

 Clifford Brown & Max Roach

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Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

803

Rank in 1954:

2

Rank in 1950s:

52

Overall Rank:

2,063

Average Rating:

 80 (109 votes)

Comments:

5

24.

In The Wee Small Hours 

 Frank Sinatra

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Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

471 charts

Rank Score:

4,689

Rank in 1955:

1

Rank in 1950s:

6

Overall Rank:

381

Average Rating:

 80 (631 votes)

Comments:

38

25.

Lady In Satin 

 Billie Holiday

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

349 charts

Rank Score:

3,122

Rank in 1958:

1

Rank in 1950s:

11

Overall Rank:

569

Average Rating:

 80 (360 votes)

Comments:

25

26.

Ella & Louis 

 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

214 charts

Rank Score:

1,601

Rank in 1956:

4

Rank in 1950s:

25

Overall Rank:

1,100

Average Rating:

 79 (221 votes)

Comments:

10

27.

Here's Little Richard 

 Little Richard

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

411 charts

Rank Score:

3,991

Rank in 1957:

2

Rank in 1950s:

7

Overall Rank:

448

Average Rating:

 79 (478 votes)

Comments:

40

28.

Moanin' In The Moonlight 
Compilation

 Howlin' Wolf

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

291 charts

Rank Score:

2,390

Rank in 1959:

7

Rank in 1950s:

20

Overall Rank:

748

Average Rating:

 79 (289 votes)

Comments:

11

29.

Soulville 

 Ben Webster

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

498

Rank in 1958:

22

Rank in 1950s:

89

Overall Rank:

3,028

Average Rating:

 79 (64 votes)

Comments:

1

30.

Miles Ahead 

 Miles Davis + 19

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

145 charts

Rank Score:

669

Rank in 1957:

13

Rank in 1950s:

62

Overall Rank:

2,386

Average Rating:

 79 (140 votes)

Comments:

4

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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).