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 .)

551.

New Jazz Conceptions 

 Bill Evans

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

43

Rank in 1957:

101

Rank in 1950s:

625

Overall Rank:

22,569

Average Rating:

 71 (21 votes)

Comments:

1

552.

Hot And Sweet 

 Ella Fitzgerald

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Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

47

Rank in 1955:

45

Rank in 1950s:

589

Overall Rank:

21,166

Average Rating:

 71 (13 votes)

Comments:

2

553.

Songs By Tom Lehrer 

 Tom Lehrer

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Year of Release:

1953

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

173

Rank in 1953:

8

Rank in 1950s:

212

Overall Rank:

7,295

Average Rating:

 71 (24 votes)

Comments:

3

554.

Songs In A Mellow Mood 

 Ella Fitzgerald

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Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

22 charts

Rank Score:

78

Rank in 1954:

25

Rank in 1950s:

401

Overall Rank:

14,452

Average Rating:

 71 (24 votes)

Comments:

1

555.

Finger-Style Guitar 

 Chet Atkins

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

103

Rank in 1956:

44

Rank in 1950s:

322

Overall Rank:

11,246

Average Rating:

 71 (24 votes)

Comments:

1

556.

Innovations In Modern Music 

 Stan Kenton And His Orchestra

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Year of Release:

1950

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

101

Rank in 1950:

10

Rank in 1950s:

326

Overall Rank:

11,426

Average Rating:

 71 (25 votes)

Comments:

3

557.

Coltrane Time 

 John Coltrane

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

83

Rank in 1959:

90

Rank in 1950s:

386

Overall Rank:

13,761

Average Rating:

 71 (17 votes)

Comments:

2

558.

Close To You 

 Frank Sinatra

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

99

Rank in 1957:

54

Rank in 1950s:

332

Overall Rank:

11,683

Average Rating:

 71 (38 votes)

Comments:

2

559.

Oh! Suzy-Q 

 Dale Hawkins

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

58

Rank in 1958:

97

Rank in 1950s:

507

Overall Rank:

18,281

Average Rating:

 70 (21 votes)

Comments:

2

560.

Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel 

 Duane Eddy

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

350

Rank in 1958:

30

Rank in 1950s:

120

Overall Rank:

4,079

Average Rating:

 70 (33 votes)

Comments:

2

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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).