Best Albums of the 1950s

Listed below are the best albums of the 1950s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 58,000 greatest album charts.

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1.

Kind Of Blue 

 Miles Davis

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

1,659 charts

Rank Score:

21,942

Rank in 1959:

1

Rank in 1950s:

1

Overall Rank:

37

Average Rating:

 89 (2,285 votes)

Comments:

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2.

Mingus Ah Um 

 Charles Mingus

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

664 charts

Rank Score:

6,977

Rank in 1959:

2

Rank in 1950s:

2

Overall Rank:

229

Average Rating:

 84 (732 votes)

Comments:

40

3.

Time Out 

 The Dave Brubeck Quartet

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

664 charts

Rank Score:

6,418

Rank in 1959:

3

Rank in 1950s:

3

Overall Rank:

251

Average Rating:

 84 (739 votes)

Comments:

39

4.

Blue Train 

 John Coltrane

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

603 charts

Rank Score:

5,600

Rank in 1958:

1

Rank in 1950s:

4

Overall Rank:

297

Average Rating:

 84 (670 votes)

Comments:

29

5.

Elvis Presley 

 Elvis Presley

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

600 charts

Rank Score:

4,988

Rank in 1956:

1

Rank in 1950s:

5

Overall Rank:

341

Average Rating:

 79 (779 votes)

Comments:

37

6.

In The Wee Small Hours 

 Frank Sinatra

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Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

504 charts

Rank Score:

4,651

Rank in 1955:

1

Rank in 1950s:

6

Overall Rank:

359

Average Rating:

 80 (650 votes)

Comments:

39

7.

Here's Little Richard 

 Little Richard

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

441 charts

Rank Score:

4,196

Rank in 1957:

1

Rank in 1950s:

7

Overall Rank:

400

Average Rating:

 79 (503 votes)

Comments:

40

8.

The Shape Of Jazz To Come 

 Ornette Coleman

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

442 charts

Rank Score:

3,924

Rank in 1959:

4

Rank in 1950s:

8

Overall Rank:

433

Average Rating:

 81 (516 votes)

Comments:

24

9.

Berry Is On Top 

 Chuck Berry

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

381 charts

Rank Score:

3,555

Rank in 1959:

5

Rank in 1950s:

9

Overall Rank:

480

Average Rating:

 80 (341 votes)

Comments:

16

10.

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers 

 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

397 charts

Rank Score:

3,502

Rank in 1958:

2

Rank in 1950s:

10

Overall Rank:

490

Average Rating:

 84 (379 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 1950s composition

Top 1,000 Top 500 Top 250 Top 100

Year	Albums	%
1950	48	5%
1951	42	4%
1952	57	6%
1953	61	6%
1954	74	7%
1955	88	9%
1956	114	11%
1957	153	15%
1958	173	17%
1959	190	19%

Artist	Albums	%
Billie Holiday	18	2%
Various Artists	16	2%
Frank Sinatra	16	2%
Miles Davis	16	2%
Sonny Rollins	15	2%
Ella Fitzgerald	13	1%
Elvis Presley	11	1%
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Country	Albums	%
	786	79%
	35	4%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	16	2%
	12	1%
	10	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	944	94%
Yes	56	6%

Live?	Albums	%
No	964	96%
Yes	36	4%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	975	98%
Yes	25	3%