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: 3 hours ago).
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"Kinda crazy that this is 1953. Otherworldly and strange for the times." Reply
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"This is a pretty cool record for what it is. The textures on the title track are worth coming back for. Just skip Over The Rainbow as an obvious mistake." Reply
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ticharu | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Perfect." Reply
"A good place to be.. hep cats." Reply
"Solid, deep cut and pro blues." Reply
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Jboy56 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"Solid jazz. This must be one of the two-hundredth jazz albums I have recently listened to. I'm not getting bored, but with that many listenens is soon becomes difficult to distinguish a GREAT album from the lot as it is impossible to find a BAD jazz album! With these great musicians, that is not ..." [+] Reply
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"A very solid album, but a bit bland next to the likes of The Sidewinder and Cornbread." Reply
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Fischman | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 28 of 100
Best Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 47 | 5% | |
| 1951 | 41 | 4% | |
| 1952 | 57 | 6% | |
| 1953 | 60 | 6% | |
| 1954 | 73 | 7% | |
| 1955 | 92 | 9% | |
| 1956 | 116 | 12% | |
| 1957 | 152 | 15% | |
| 1958 | 173 | 17% | |
| 1959 | 189 | 19% |
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| Billie Holiday | 18 | 2% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 16 | 2% | |
| Miles Davis | 16 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 16 | 2% | |
| Sonny Rollins | 15 | 2% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 13 | 1% | |
| Sarah Vaughan | 11 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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789 | 79% | |
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34 | 3% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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23 | 2% | |
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16 | 2% | |
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12 | 1% | |
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10 | 1% | |
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