Best Albums of the 1950s

Listed below are the best albums of the 1950s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 29 minutes 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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"I felt heartbroken by the imperfection of her voice on this one every time I listened to this... For Heaven's Sake is one of the most beautiful love ballads I've ever heard."  Reply
- ilovelctr | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 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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1958
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1956
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1,462
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1958
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495
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1952
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435
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"Great late Lady Day album, a fantastic song selection with no surplus tracks, all downright classics A moody album for your late nite moments. Top tracks - Solitude - Moonglow - These foolish things - You go to my head"  Reply
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1956
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256
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1950
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252
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1957
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195
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1953
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173
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Lover Man 
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1951
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106
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1959
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89
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