Best Albums of 1959
Explore the best albums of 1959, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"An album that with one listening you're already hooked. One of my favorite albums, it's just something else! Bought the album with Flamenco Sketches (alternative take) and it's still brilliant, definitely doesn't take away from it's magic." Reply
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1959
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20,984
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"Charles Mingus is a pretty cool dude, played a mean bass. This album's sweet as candy mangoes, every track is a dang standard as far as this guy is concerned. An entirely different monster than Black Saint, but just as good in its own ways. If "Haitian Fight Song" happened to be tagged onto the e..." [+] Reply
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1959
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6,789
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"1959 was the greatest year in jazz history, and Time Out is one the year's best albums. Dave Brubeck combined cool jazz with odd time signatures to examine one of jazz music's core tenets, and show that jazz does not need to strictly be played in 4/4 or march time. Exploring 3s, 5s, 9s and other ..." [+] Reply
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souplipton | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1959
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"If every song was Lonely Woman, I would love this. But it gets kinda.. Too "free" for my tastes after that." Reply
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1959
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3,868
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"Great Album. My only beef with Chuck Berry is he often starts his songs off the same, but other than that, his guitar playing brought the guitar to the forefront more than anyone else. Almost no filler on this album. Key tracks- Carol, Maybellene, Johnny B. Goode, Roll Over Beethoven. I also like..." [+] Reply
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RoundTheBend | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (5 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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1959
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3,514
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"Suprb album. What a voice. I love the harmonica sound." Reply
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lancashirearab | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1959
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2,442
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"The first Nina's record is full of amazing songs, played with her precius talent, and singed with her smooth voice. MUST be on the best 500s." Reply
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1959
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2,348
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"Nothing wrong with Ray Charles, but this album didn't really pique my interest." Reply
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planetneutral | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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1959
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1,746
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"Ah back when country music had some class. Songs about something other than the pap crap that passes for country today. A classic and classy record in every sense of the word." Reply
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1959
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"The basis upon which all of modern Brazilian music was built. Gamechanger." Reply
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1959
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1,360
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Best Albums of 1959 composition
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| Oscar Peterson | 6 | 1% | |
| Miles Davis | 5 | 1% | |
| Ella Fitzgerald | 5 | 1% | |
| Various Artists | 5 | 1% | |
| Martin Denny | 4 | 1% | |
| Nina Simone | 4 | 1% | |
| Art Blakey | 4 | 1% | |
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366 | 69% | |
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33 | 6% | |
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31 | 6% | |
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13 | 2% | |
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13 | 2% | |
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11 | 2% | |
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9 | 2% | |
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