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Best Albums of the 1950s by User Score

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

1.

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
August 17th, 1959
Modal Jazz, Cool Jazz
USER SCORE
90
2,183 ratings
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2.

John Coltrane - Blue Train
January 0th, 1958
Hard Bop
USER SCORE
87
701 ratings
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3.

Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
September 14th, 1959
Post-Bop
USER SCORE
86
560 ratings
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4.

Wilhelm Furtwängler / Ludwig Suthaus / Kirsten Flagstad - Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
November 10th, 1952
Western Classical Music, Opera, Romanticism
USER SCORE
85
17 ratings
Amazon

5.

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin'
January 0th, 1959
Hard Bop, Cool Jazz
USER SCORE
85
321 ratings
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6.

Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz To Come
November 0th, 1959
Avant-Garde Jazz
USER SCORE
84
397 ratings
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7.

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
December 14th, 1959
Cool Jazz
USER SCORE
84
474 ratings
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8.

Elizabeth Cotten - Folksongs and Instrumentals With Guitar
Folk, Country Blues
USER SCORE
84
42 ratings
Amazon

9.

Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus
April 0th, 1957
Hard Bop, Cool Jazz
USER SCORE
83
198 ratings
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10.

João Gilberto - Chega De Saudade
April 1st, 1959
Bossa Nova
USER SCORE
83
176 ratings
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11.

New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein - Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
Classical, Modern Classical, Orchestral
USER SCORE
83
113 ratings
Amazon

12.

The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop - The Clown
August 0th, 1957
Post-Bop
USER SCORE
83
216 ratings
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13.

Nina Simone - Nina Simone at Town Hall
September 12th, 1959
Vocal Jazz, Standards, Cool Jazz
USER SCORE
83
17 ratings
Amazon

14.

Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt & Dizzy Gillespie - Sonny Side Up
January 0th, 1959
Bebop, Hard Bop
USER SCORE
82
44 ratings
Amazon

15.

Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings
April 1st, 1954
Vocal Jazz, Standards, Cool Jazz
USER SCORE
82
322 ratings
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16.

Bill Evans - Everybody Digs Bill Evans
March 0th, 1959
Cool Jazz, Post-Bop
USER SCORE
82
51 ratings
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17.

Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs
September 1st, 1959
Country
USER SCORE
82
284 ratings
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18.

Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else
August 0th, 1958
Hard Bop
USER SCORE
82
135 ratings
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19.

Miles Davis - Milestones
September 2nd, 1958
Hard Bop
USER SCORE
82
213 ratings
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20.

Nina Simone - Little Girl Blue
June 24th, 1958
Vocal Jazz
USER SCORE
82
164 ratings
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21.

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis
October 1st, 1956
Vocal Jazz, Standards
USER SCORE
82
143 ratings
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22.

Little Richard - Little Richard
July 1st, 1958
Rock & Roll
USER SCORE
81
38 ratings
Amazon
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23.

Ray Charles - Ray Charles
January 1st, 1957
Jazz
USER SCORE
81
55 ratings
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24.

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - Study in Brown
Hard Bop, Bebop
USER SCORE
81
45 ratings
Amazon

25.

Billie Holiday - All or Nothing at All
Vocal Jazz
USER SCORE
81
15 ratings
Amazon
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