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The Highest Rated Albums of the 1950s

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Genre
1950s
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959

1.

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

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

Elvis Presley - Elvis
October 19, 1956
Rock & Roll
Critic Score
100
2 reviews
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4.

Frank Sinatra - Come Fly with Me
January 6, 1958
Traditional Pop
Critic Score
100
2 reviews
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5.

Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
March 1, 1956
Vocal Jazz
Critic Score
98
4 reviews
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6.

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

Glenn Gould - Bach: The Goldberg Variations
Classical
Critic Score
95
4 reviews
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8.

Charles Mingus - The Clown
January 1, 1957
Jazz
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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9.

Miles Davis Quintet - Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet
September 1, 1959
Jazz
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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10.

Frank Sinatra - Songs For Young Lovers
Vocal Jazz
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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11.

Frank Sinatra - Swing Easy!
Standards
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
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12.

Sonny Rollins - Way Out West
January 1, 1957
Jazz
Critic Score
94
2 reviews
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13.

Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
April 1, 1955
Vocal Jazz
Critic Score
93
3 reviews
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14.

Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight
March 6, 1957
Jazz
Critic Score
93
3 reviews
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15.

Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely
September 1, 1958
Vocal Jazz
Critic Score
93
3 reviews
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16.

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
Vocal Jazz
Critic Score
93
2 reviews
Amazon

17.

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music
November 1, 1957
Jazz
Critic Score
91
2 reviews
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18.

Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles
October 1, 1959
Soul
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
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19.

Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet
July 1, 1957
Jazz
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
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20.

Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
March 1, 1957
Rock & Roll
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.

Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk - Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk
June 1, 1958
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
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23.

Ornette Coleman - Something Else!!!!
January 1, 1958
Jazz
Critic Score
85
2 reviews
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24.

John Coltrane - Soultrane
January 1, 1958
Jazz
Critic Score
85
2 reviews
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25.

Duke Ellington - Such Sweet Thunder
April 1, 1957
Jazz
Critic Score
85
2 reviews
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