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 .)

41.

Chega De Saudade 

 João Gilberto

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

137 charts

Rank Score:

1,179

Rank in 1959:

11

Rank in 1950s:

36

Overall Rank:

1,475

Average Rating:

 79 (133 votes)

Comments:

4

42.

Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson 

 Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

84

Rank in 1959:

89

Rank in 1950s:

379

Overall Rank:

13,551

Average Rating:

 79 (22 votes)

Comments:

1

43.

Vertigo 
Soundtrack

 Bernard Herrmann

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

453

Rank in 1958:

24

Rank in 1950s:

92

Overall Rank:

3,263

Average Rating:

 78 (74 votes)

Comments:

4

44.

Porgy And Bess 

 Miles Davis

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

155 charts

Rank Score:

793

Rank in 1959:

14

Rank in 1950s:

53

Overall Rank:

2,088

Average Rating:

 78 (186 votes)

Comments:

5

45.

The "Chirping" Crickets 

 The Crickets

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

302 charts

Rank Score:

2,654

Rank in 1957:

5

Rank in 1950s:

17

Overall Rank:

680

Average Rating:

 78 (315 votes)

Comments:

28

46.

Blind Joe Death 

 John Fahey

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

351

Rank in 1959:

23

Rank in 1950s:

120

Overall Rank:

4,072

Average Rating:

 78 (39 votes)

Comments:

1

47.

Soultrane 

 John Coltrane

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

438

Rank in 1958:

28

Rank in 1950s:

98

Overall Rank:

3,360

Average Rating:

 78 (84 votes)

Comments:

2

48.

Sarah Vaughan 

 Sarah Vaughan

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Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

156 charts

Rank Score:

944

Rank in 1955:

2

Rank in 1950s:

41

Overall Rank:

1,788

Average Rating:

 78 (140 votes)

Comments:

5

49.

Blue Soul 

 Blue Mitchell

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

12 charts

Rank Score:

36

Rank in 1959:

140

Rank in 1950s:

709

Overall Rank:

25,353

Average Rating:

 78 (14 votes)

Comments:

0

50.

After School Session 

 Chuck Berry

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

188 charts

Rank Score:

1,492

Rank in 1957:

9

Rank in 1950s:

29

Overall Rank:

1,189

Average Rating:

 78 (152 votes)

Comments:

8

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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).