Best Albums of 1951

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Listed below are the best albums of 1951 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1951 year summaryThe best artists of 1951 were Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Hank Williams, Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys, Doris Day, Machito, Les Baxter, Billie Holiday and Les Paul & Mary Ford.

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Genius Of Modern Music
Compilation

Thelonious Monk

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

96 charts

Rank Score:

559

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Overall Rank:

2,766

Average Rating:

77 (101 votes)

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Masterpieces By Ellington

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

433

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Rank in 1950s:

100

Overall Rank:

3,393

Average Rating:

76 (51 votes)

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Hank Williams Sings
Compilation

Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

408

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Rank in 1950s:

101

Overall Rank:

3,580

Average Rating:

75 (54 votes)

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Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite

Machito

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

139

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Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

137

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Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

130

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Rank in 1950s:

268

Overall Rank:

9,255

Average Rating:

70 (23 votes)

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Lover Man
Compilation

Billie Holiday

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

22 charts

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337

Overall Rank:

11,806

Average Rating:

73 (19 votes)

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Les Paul's New Sound, Vol. 2

Les Paul & Mary Ford

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

27 charts

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339

Overall Rank:

11,866

Average Rating:

72 (21 votes)

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Satchmo At Symphony Hall
Live

Louis Armstrong

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

22 charts

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355

Overall Rank:

12,400

Average Rating:

74 (18 votes)

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10.

Sonatas And Interludes For Prepared Piano By John Cage

Maro Ajemian

Year of Release:

1951

Appears in:

26 charts

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375

Overall Rank:

13,223

Average Rating:

68 (26 votes)

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Best Albums of 1951 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Various Artists	11	9%
Doris Day	3	2%
Andrew Rowan Summers	3	2%
Édith Piaf	2	2%
Charlie Parker	2	2%
Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic	2	2%
The Original Broadway Cast	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%

	86	67%
	14	11%
	6	5%
	5	4%
	4	3%
	3	2%
	1	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	115	90%
Yes	13	10%

Live?	Albums	%
No	125	98%
Yes	3	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	123	96%
Yes	5	4%

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Best Albums of 1961
1. My Favorite Things by John Coltrane
2. King Of The Delta Blues Singers by Robert Johnson
3. Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio
4. Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
5. Olé Coltrane by John Coltrane
6. The Blues And The Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson
7. Africa/Brass by John Coltrane Quartet
8. Eastern Sounds by Yusef Lateef
9. Showcase by Patsy Cline
10. The Genius Sings The Blues by Ray Charles
11. Someday My Prince Will Come by The Miles Davis Sextet
12. Two Steps From The Blues by Bobby Bland
13. This Is Our Music by Ornette Coleman
14. West Side Story (The Original Sound Track Recording) by Various Artists
15. Djangology by Django Reinhardt
16. Lonely And Blue by Roy Orbison
17. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane by Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
18. Out Of The Cool by Gil Evans Orchestra
19. Time Further Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
20. A Night In Tunisia by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers