Best Albums of the 1940s
Explore the best albums of the 1940s, based on over 2 million album rankings across 59,000 charts.
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"The start of the folk revival, but much more. A stylistic decision made by lack of alternatives, but it automatically is the perfect style to express political critique. Other than other folk revivals it didn't originate from chauvinistic longing to simpler times, but rather from a need for chang..." [+] Reply
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"47:a Riffin' the Scotch aka Better To Burn Out... He's hot as Hades A lady's not safe in his arms when she's kissed But I'm afraid that when he's cooled off And maybe I'm ruled off his list I'll never be missed - I MUST Have That Man (Billie Holiday) People forget. They just do. Jazz was the Devi..." [+] Reply
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"Song Of The Volga Boatmen - Russian folk song" Reply
"I dig this, but I have yet to find this is a legit release on Discogs, Amazon, or RYM. Would be interested to find evidence of such. Otherwise my Spotify playlist from her Decca Singles works for me, and great indeed they are." Reply
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"As important to modern music as anything from the pre-rock-and-roll era." Reply
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Best Albums of the 1940s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1940 | 33 | 3% | |
| 1941 | 31 | 3% | |
| 1942 | 24 | 2% | |
| 1943 | 24 | 2% | |
| 1944 | 25 | 3% | |
| 1945 | 26 | 3% | |
| 1946 | 37 | 4% | |
| 1947 | 42 | 4% | |
| 1948 | 40 | 4% | |
| 1949 | 45 | 5% |
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| Various Artists | 11 | 3% | |
| Duke Ellington | 8 | 2% | |
| Josh White | 8 | 2% | |
| The Original Broadway Cast | 6 | 2% | |
| Sir Thomas Beecham / The London Philharmonic Orchestra | 6 | 2% | |
| Bing Crosby | 5 | 2% | |
| Louis Armstrong | 5 | 2% | |
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251 | 77% | |
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23 | 7% | |
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14 | 4% | |
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8 | 2% | |
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6 | 2% | |
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5 | 2% | |
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3 | 1% | |
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