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Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
August 17, 1959
Jazz
Critic Score
100
5
reviews
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iTunes
Music
Spotify
2
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Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
March 23, 1956
Rock & Roll
Critic Score
100
4
reviews
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Spotify
3
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Elvis Presley - For LP Fans Only
February 6, 1959
Rock & Roll
Critic Score
100
2 reviews
Amazon
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Music
Spotify
4
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Frank Sinatra - Come Fly with Me
January 6, 1958
Traditional Pop
Critic Score
100
2 reviews
Amazon
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Spotify
5
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Elvis Presley - Elvis
October 19, 1956
Rock & Roll
Critic Score
100
2 reviews
Amazon
Spotify
6
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Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
March 1, 1956
Vocal Jazz
Critic Score
98
4
reviews
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Spotify
7
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Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair!
January 1, 1957
Vocal Jazz
Critic Score
97
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
8
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Glenn Gould - Bach: The Goldberg Variations
Classical
Critic Score
95
4
reviews
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Music
Spotify
9
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Frank Sinatra - Songs For Young Lovers
Vocal Jazz
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
10
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Miles Davis Quintet - Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet
September 1, 1959
Jazz
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
11
.
Charles Mingus - The Clown
January 1, 1957
Jazz
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
12
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Frank Sinatra - Swing Easy!
Standards
Critic Score
95
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
13
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Sonny Rollins - Way Out West
January 1, 1957
Jazz
Critic Score
94
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
14
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Frank Sinatra - Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely
September 1, 1958
Vocal Jazz
Critic Score
93
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
15
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Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours
April 1, 1955
Vocal Jazz
Critic Score
93
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
16
.
Miles Davis - 'Round About Midnight
March 6, 1957
Jazz
Critic Score
93
3 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
17
.
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
Vocal Jazz
Critic Score
93
2 reviews
Amazon
18
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Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music
November 1, 1957
Jazz
Critic Score
91
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
19
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Miles Davis Quintet - Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet
July 1, 1957
Jazz
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
20
.
Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry Is on Top
July 1, 1959
Rock & Roll
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
21
.
Little Richard - Here's Little Richard
March 1, 1957
Rock & Roll
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
22
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Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk - Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers With Thelonious Monk
June 1, 1958
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
23
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Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles
October 1, 1959
Soul
Critic Score
90
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
24
.
Duke Ellington - Such Sweet Thunder
April 1, 1957
Jazz
Critic Score
85
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
25
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Ray Charles - Ray Charles
January 1, 1957
Jazz
Critic Score
85
2 reviews
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
1
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