Best Albums of the 1950s
Explore the best albums of the 1950s, based on over 2 million album rankings across 61,000 charts
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"While Back at the Chicken Shack is generally Smith's most popular album, The Sermon is generally considered his best, and for good reason. Smith's performance is not only brilliant technically, but compositionally as well." Reply
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"Tour-de-force performances by (so I say) the best jazz band in the world at the time recorded beautifully, every instrument from bass to ride cymbal perfectly clear and present, so often not the case in live jazz, or studio recordings for that matter. Even the introduction by the legendary Pee We..." Reply
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"Berstein's exuberance is a perfect match for Gershwin's music. "Rhapsody" will take you away, from opening bluesy note and seduces you with all it's jazzy brilliance. It's a lively, flashy, and intensely enchanting piece of music. This rendition of "Rhapsody in Blue" is unsurpassed. "An American ..." Reply
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"An excellent jazz pianist at the top of his game. Wonderful album!" Reply
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"Very nice collection of Christmas classics from the King of Rock n Roll, ideal to have on when sitting by the log fire at December evenings" Reply
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"A fun and amazingly versatile album from Wanda." Reply
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"The fine treasure trove of fine ballads. An even tighter selection of songs could have improved the score a bit," Reply
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Best Albums of the 1950s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 1950 | 48 | 5% | |
| 1951 | 44 | 4% | |
| 1952 | 57 | 6% | |
| 1953 | 61 | 6% | |
| 1954 | 71 | 7% | |
| 1955 | 91 | 9% | |
| 1956 | 116 | 12% | |
| 1957 | 153 | 15% | |
| 1958 | 169 | 17% | |
| 1959 | 190 | 19% |
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| Miles Davis | 22 | 2% | |
| Billie Holiday | 18 | 2% | |
| Sonny Rollins | 16 | 2% | |
| Frank Sinatra | 16 | 2% | |
| Various Artists | 15 | 2% | |
| Thelonious Monk | 14 | 1% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 13 | 1% | |
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788 | 79% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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33 | 3% | |
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24 | 2% | |
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17 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of the 1950s chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 9 from 81st to 72nd |
Up 6 from 67th to 61st |
Up 3 from 59th to 56th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 4 from 74th to 78th |
Down 2 from 25th to 27th |
Down 2 from 56th to 58th |
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