Best Albums of the 1950s

Listed below are the best albums of the 1950s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 4 hours ago).
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1950s decade summaryThe best artists of the 1950s were Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Frank Sinatra, Charles Mingus, Elvis Presley, Art Blakey, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, The Dave Brubeck Quartet and Duke Ellington.
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"This album makes me really angry. The whole concept of this music is to evoke the "primitive" lifestyles of the "savage" peoples of Africa. The title of the album, "Ritual of the Savage", exemplifies so perfectly Les Baxter's ignorance towards non-Western cultures. HOWEVER, this music is just so ..."  [+]  Reply
- HeyItIsWilliam | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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1951
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1958
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141
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1955
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1950
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1959
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1956
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138
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1959
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137
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1957
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1953
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"Thanks to whoever repaired the info for this album. I didn’t realize it saw immediate release by Columbia after it was recorded. I only knew about the CD reissue by Arbiter Records. If you search “arbiter records dancers of Bali”, their page for the reissue will come up. There is a link to iTunes..."  [+]  Reply
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1952
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