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Highest Rated Albums of the 1950s

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

1.

Mel Tormé & The Marty Paich Dek-Tette - Mel Tormé with the Marty Paich Dek-tette
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

2.

Mel Tormé - Mel Tormé Sings Fred Astaire
January 0, 1957
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

3.

Annie Ross - Annie Ross Sings a Song with Mulligan!
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

4.

Horace Silver - Finger Poppin’
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

5.

T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Blues
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

6.

Lou Donaldson - Blues Walk
July 7, 1958
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

7.

Lee Konitz - Subconscious-Lee
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

8.

The Lester Young & Teddy Wilson Quartet - Pres & Teddy
April 0, 1959
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

9.

Gerry Mulligan - What Is There To Say?
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

10.

Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker With Strings
January 2, 1950
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

11.

Carl Perkins - The Dance Album of Carl Perkins
June 13, 1957
Rockabilly
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

12.

Cal Tjader - Monterey Concerts
April 20, 1959
Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

13.

The Louvin Brothers - Satan Is Real
November 16, 1959
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

14.

Anita O'Day - Anita Sings The Most
Vocal Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

15.

Lester Young - Lester Young With The Oscar Peterson Trio
Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

16.

The Ben Webster Quintet - Soulville
Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

17.

Count Basie and His Orchestra - April in Paris
February 1, 1957
Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

18.

Woody Guthrie - Bound for Glory
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

19.

Lester Young - The Jazz Giants '56
Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

20.

Count Basie & Joe Williams - Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings
January 1, 1956
Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

21.

Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea
January 1, 1956
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

22.

Sonny Rollins - Plus 4
January 1, 1956
Jazz
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

23.

Babatunde Olatunji - Drums of Passion
World
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify

24.

Elizabeth Cotten - Folksongs and Instrumentals With Guitar
Folk
Score
100
Source →
Amazon

25.

Quincy Jones - This Is How I Feel About Jazz
February 0, 1957
Score
100
Source →
Amazon
Spotify
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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings AllMusic awarded albums throughout 1950.
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