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The Highest Rated Albums of the 1950s

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Source
Genre
1950s
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1953
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1955
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1958
1959

1.

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
August 17, 1959
Modal Jazz, Cool Jazz
Critic Score
100
5 reviews
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2.

Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
March 23, 1956
Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Critic Score
100
4 reviews
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3.

Frank Sinatra - Come Fly with Me
January 6, 1958
Traditional Pop
Critic Score
100
2 reviews
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4.

Elvis Presley - Elvis
October 19, 1956
Rock & Roll, Rockabilly, Traditional Pop
Critic Score
100
2 reviews
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5.

Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
March 5, 1956
Vocal Jazz, Standards
Critic Score
98
4 reviews
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6.

Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair!
January 1, 1957
Vocal Jazz, Standards
Critic Score
97
3 reviews
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7.

Glenn Gould - Bach: The Goldberg Variations
March 1, 1956
Classical, Baroque Music
Critic Score
97
3 reviews
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8.

Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely
September 1, 1958
Vocal Jazz, Standards
Critic Score
95
4 reviews
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9.

Frank Sinatra - Swing Easy!
Standards, Vocal Jazz, Swing
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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10.

The Everly Brothers - Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
December 1, 1958
Folk Pop, Country Pop
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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11.

Miles Davis Quintet - Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet
September 1, 1959
Hard Bop
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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12.

Dizzy Gillespie & Stan Getz - Diz and Getz
Bebop, Cool Jazz, Hard Bop
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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13.

Frank Sinatra - Songs For Young Lovers
Vocal Jazz, Standards
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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14.

Sonny Rollins - Way Out West
January 1, 1957
Hard Bop
Critic Score
94
2 reviews
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15.

Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
April 1, 1955
Vocal Jazz, Standards, Traditional Pop
Critic Score
93
3 reviews
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16.

Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight
March 4, 1957
Hard Bop
Critic Score
93
3 reviews
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17.

John Coltrane - Blue Train
January 0, 1958
Hard Bop
Critic Score
93
3 reviews
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18.

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
Vocal Jazz, Big Band
Critic Score
93
2 reviews
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19.

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music
November 1, 1957
Hard Bop
Critic Score
91
2 reviews
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20.

Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles
October 1, 1959
Soul
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
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21.

Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry Is on Top
July 1, 1959
Rock & Roll
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
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22.

The Everly Brothers - The Everly Brothers
December 0, 1957
Pop, Rock & Roll
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
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23.

The Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet
July 0, 1957
Hard Bop
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
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24.

Sonny Rollins - Plus 4
January 1, 1956
Jazz, Hard Bop
Critic Score
87
2 reviews
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25.

Moondog - Moondog
Avant-Folk, Minimalism, Field Recordings, Third Stream
Critic Score
85
2 reviews
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