Best Albums of 1958
Explore the best albums of 1958, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"While not as great a revolutionary opus as A Love Supreme, Blue Train is nevertheless its equal as an exemplary exposition of what great jazz can be. This one is highly listenable without forsaking any of the compositional and improvisational challenge that sets Coltrane apart in the first place...." [+] Reply
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Fischman | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1958
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"He really is the driving force of this record. Even when he is just keeping time. He is just great a that! The rest of the musicians are top players on peak form. So the album sounds great and makes you move with loads of attack and punch. Clearly musicians trying the push the boundaries of the s..." [+] Reply
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JoaoMoreira | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1958
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"Lady's voice is shot to pieces by the time she records Lady in Satin, but her ability to spin a song and make it her own is still unobscured." Reply
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1958
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"Basically, this is a Miles album--he takes the first solo on most of the tracks, wrote the title track, and the arrangements of the standards on side one especially just sound like your typical mid-50s Miles Davis thing. Cannonball does take the lead on the last couple of tracks. Not that it matt..." [+] Reply
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1958
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"'Peggy Sue', 'Rave On', 'Words of Love' and 'Everyday' are some fantastic highlights here. Overall, this album has some peaks and valleys, but ends up as a pretty good record overall." Reply
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2nd-Impressions | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1958
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"This album was a huge influence an all rock music that followed. Tracks on this album covered thousands of times by such artits as the Rolling Stones, Clapton, CCR and many, many more. Even Buddy Holly in his short prolific career. Hell the Pretty Things based a whole carrer on this album." Reply
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1958
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1,651
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"Ultra cool be bop album featuring heavy hitters; Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Red Garland, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones. Sounds like everyone is having a blast." Reply
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1958
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"The ultimate cool of any soundtracks, used while Jeanne Moreau is walking on the night streets of Paris" Reply
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Jboy56 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1958
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"Sinatra quote-"Only The Lonely was my Finest hour"." Reply
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1958
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1,268
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"A worthy follow-up to his brilliant debut record, this one's also filled with the same amount of vigour and unabashed fun. Excellent!" Reply
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1958
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Total albums: 506. Page 1 of 51
Best Albums of 1958 composition
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| Various Artists | 8 | 2% | |
| Art Blakey | 4 | 1% | |
| Mose Allison | 4 | 1% | |
| Duke Ellington | 4 | 1% | |
| Cannonball Adderley | 3 | 1% | |
| Johnny Mathis | 3 | 1% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 3 | 1% | |
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330 | 65% | |
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33 | 7% | |
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32 | 6% | |
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16 | 3% | |
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13 | 3% | |
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10 | 2% | |
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8 | 2% | |
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Best Albums of 1958 chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 7 from 87th to 80th |
Up 4 from 99th to 95th |
Up 2 from 79th to 77th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 8 from 73rd to 81st |
Down 4 from 67th to 71st |
Down 4 from 74th to 78th |
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