Best Albums of 1958
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"My favorite Coltrane and one of my top five jazz albums. Lee Morgan is my favorite trumpet player, so the two of them together is great, but this is also the moment when John Coltrane begins to blossom. He's just on the edge of the innovations of Giant Steps, he had been studying, and his songwri..." [+] Reply
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1958
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"Effervescent, breezy jazz and a core album for those wanting to get into the genre. A great place to start." Reply
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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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"I'm not generally an alto fan, but this album made me a believer. Adderley was the master of the alto and this is his finest work. The ensemble are tight and lay down jazz that is hot, cool and swinging. Two big thumbs up." Reply
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Fischman | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1958
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"You can just hear the major influence on the Beatles." Reply
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tgarritsen | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (6 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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"If you're a rock fan and haven't listened to this yet, do so as soon as you can. At times, this almost sounds like a documentary on African music- just listen to "Hush Your Mouth". But this is also the origins of hard, garage, and psychedelic music we all love, and much of that has to do with McD..." [+] Reply
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poppmusic | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1958
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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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"Easily Miles' most underrated album." Reply
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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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"At first, you'll think this is the greatest album ever, but most of the album is decent filler while there are only a few fantastic tracks." 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% | |
| Mose Allison | 4 | 1% | |
| Duke Ellington | 4 | 1% | |
| Art Blakey | 4 | 1% | |
| Louis Armstrong | 3 | 1% | |
| Billie Holiday | 3 | 1% | |
| June Christy | 3 | 1% | |
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332 | 66% | |
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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 6 from 87th to 81st |
Up 3 from 77th to 74th |
Up 2 from 79th to 77th |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 7 from 73rd to 80th |
Down 4 from 67th to 71st |
Down 4 from 74th to 78th |
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