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Best Albums of 1956 by User Score

Decade
Genre
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1955
1956
1957
1958
1959

1.

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis
October 1st, 1956
Vocal Jazz, Standards
USER SCORE
81
161 ratings
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2.

The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall
June 0th, 1956
Bebop
USER SCORE
81
38 ratings
Amazon
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3.

Odetta - Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues
Blues, Folk, Contemporary Folk, Gospel, Country Blues
USER SCORE
80
25 ratings
Amazon
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4.

Glenn Gould - Bach: The Goldberg Variations
March 1st, 1956
Classical, Baroque Music
USER SCORE
80
83 ratings
Amazon
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5.

Ravi Shankar - Music of India (Three Classical Rāgas)
Classical
USER SCORE
80
33 ratings
Amazon

6.

The Charlie Mingus Jazz Workshop - Pithecanthropus Erectus
July 0th, 1956
Post-Bop
USER SCORE
79
220 ratings
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7.

B.B. King - Singin' The Blues
Blues
USER SCORE
79
24 ratings
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8.

Billie Holiday - Lady Sings the Blues
December 0th, 1956
Vocal Jazz, Standards
USER SCORE
79
83 ratings
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9.

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book
January 1st, 1956
Vocal Jazz, Standards
USER SCORE
78
43 ratings
Amazon
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Music

10.

Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport
July 7th, 1956
Jazz, Big Band
USER SCORE
78
91 ratings
Amazon
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11.

Frank Sinatra - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
March 5th, 1956
Vocal Jazz, Standards
USER SCORE
77
174 ratings
Amazon
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12.

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - The Jazz Messengers
Jazz, Hard Bop, Afro-Cuban Jazz
USER SCORE
76
34 ratings
Amazon

13.

Clifford Brown & Max Roach - At Basin Street
January 1st, 1956
Hard Bop, Cool Jazz
USER SCORE
76
15 ratings
Amazon

14.

Sonny Rollins - Plus 4
January 1st, 1956
Jazz, Hard Bop
USER SCORE
76
18 ratings
Amazon
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15.

Moondog - More Moondog
Avant-Folk
USER SCORE
76
21 ratings
Amazon
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16.

The Modern Jazz Quartet - Fontessa
Cool Jazz, Third Stream
USER SCORE
75
13 ratings
Amazon

17.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Train
July 0th, 1956
Blues, Gospel
USER SCORE
75
37 ratings
Amazon
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18.

Louis Prima - The Wildest!
November 1st, 1956
Traditional Pop, Big Band, Swing
USER SCORE
75
116 ratings
Amazon
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19.

Harry Belafonte - Calypso
January 1st, 1956
Calypso, Traditional Pop
USER SCORE
75
52 ratings
Amazon
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20.

Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n Roll Trio - Johnny Burnette and the Rock 'n Roll Trio
Rockabilly, Rock & Roll
USER SCORE
74
16 ratings
Amazon

21.

Moondog - Moondog
Avant-Folk, Minimalism, Field Recordings, Third Stream
USER SCORE
74
36 ratings
Amazon

22.

Pete Seeger - American Industrial Ballads
January 1st, 1956
USER SCORE
74
10 ratings
Amazon

23.

Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness
January 1st, 1956
Jazz
USER SCORE
73
24 ratings
Amazon

24.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner - Concerto for Orchestra
April 0th, 1956
Modern Classical, Orchestral
USER SCORE
72
21 ratings
Amazon

25.

Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk
Jazz
USER SCORE
72
16 ratings
Amazon
iTunes
Music
Spotify
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