Best Albums of 1940

Listed below are the best albums of 1940 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1940 year summaryThe best artists of 1940 were Woody Guthrie, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Arnold Schoenberg / Erika Stiedry-Wagner / Stefan Auber / Kalman Bloch / Leonard Posella / Eduard Steuermann / Rudolf Kolisch, Josh White, Leopold Stokowski / Philadelphia Orchestra / Sergei Rachmaninov, Marlene Dietrich, Woody Herman And His Orchestra, Woody Herman and Igor Stravinsky / The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York.
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1940
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22
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Best Albums of 1940 composition

Country Albums %


United States 22 76%
United Kingdom 2 7%
Mixed Nationality 2 7%
Portugal 1 3%
Trinidad and Tobago 1 3%
Germany 1 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 27 93%
Yes 2 7%
Best Albums of 1990
1. Violator by Depeche Mode
2. Heaven Or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins
3. Nowhere by Ride
4. Rust In Peace by Megadeth
5. Bossanova by Pixies
6. Goo by Sonic Youth
7. Ritual De Lo Habitual by Jane's Addiction
8. Repeater by Fugazi
9. The La's by The La's
10. Fear Of A Black Planet by Public Enemy
11. Canción Animal by Soda Stereo
12. The Good Son by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
13. Reading, Writing And Arithmetic by The Sundays
14. Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches by Happy Mondays
15. Soundtrack From Twin Peaks by Angelo Badalamenti
16. I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got by Sinéad O'Connor
17. Flood by They Might Be Giants
18. Painkiller by Judas Priest
19. Ragged Glory by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
20. Facelift by Alice In Chains
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