Best Albums of 1940

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Listed below are the best albums of 1940 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 57,000 greatest album charts.

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

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Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 1

Woody Guthrie

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

394

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Overall Rank:

3,713

Average Rating:

74 (45 votes)

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Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 2

Woody Guthrie

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

337

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Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

121

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Overall Rank:

9,887

Average Rating:

71 (23 votes)

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Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire

Arnold Schoenberg / Erika Stiedry-Wagner / Stefan Auber / Kalman Bloch / Leonard Posella / Eduard Steuermann / Rudolf Kolisch

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

10 charts

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Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

12 charts

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Overall Rank:

13,329

Average Rating:

69 (12 votes)

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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor

Leopold Stokowski / Philadelphia Orchestra / Sergei Rachmaninov

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

8 charts

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14,722

Average Rating:

76 (7 votes)

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Blues On Parade

Woody Herman And His Orchestra

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

12 charts

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15,710

Average Rating:

70 (9 votes)

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Marlene Dietrich

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

11 charts

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16,713

Average Rating:

71 (13 votes)

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Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite Of Spring)

Igor Stravinsky / The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

7 charts

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19,386

Average Rating:

72 (9 votes)

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10.

Chain Gang

Joshua White And His Carolinians

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

7 charts

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20,721

Average Rating:

74 (9 votes)

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Best Albums of 1940 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Woody Guthrie	2	7%
Josh White	1	3%
Carl Kress	1	3%
Joshua White And His Carolinians	1	3%
Igor Stravinsky / The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York	1	3%
Marlene Dietrich	1	3%
Albert Coates / The London Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Horowitz	1	3%
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Country	Albums	%

	22	73%
	2	7%
	2	7%
	1	3%
	1	3%
	1	3%
	1	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	28	93%
Yes	2	7%

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