Top-rated albums of the 1950s

Listed below are the top-rated albums of the 1950s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

31.

Chet Baker Sings 

 Chet Baker

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Year of Release:

1954

Appears in:

255 charts

Rank Score:

2,684

Rank in 1954:

1

Rank in 1950s:

16

Overall Rank:

671

Average Rating:

 79 (241 votes)

Comments:

13

32.

Songs For Distingué Lovers 

 Billie Holiday

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

439

Rank in 1958:

27

Rank in 1950s:

97

Overall Rank:

3,355

Average Rating:

 79 (83 votes)

Comments:

2

33.

Elvis Presley 

 Elvis Presley

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

576 charts

Rank Score:

4,944

Rank in 1956:

1

Rank in 1950s:

5

Overall Rank:

365

Average Rating:

 79 (747 votes)

Comments:

37

34.

Ellington At Newport 
Live

 Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

210 charts

Rank Score:

1,487

Rank in 1956:

5

Rank in 1950s:

30

Overall Rank:

1,197

Average Rating:

 79 (192 votes)

Comments:

6

35.

Buddy Holly 

 Buddy Holly

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

293 charts

Rank Score:

2,552

Rank in 1958:

3

Rank in 1950s:

18

Overall Rank:

709

Average Rating:

 79 (261 votes)

Comments:

19

36.

Songs For Swingin' Lovers! 

 Frank Sinatra

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Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

307 charts

Rank Score:

2,954

Rank in 1956:

2

Rank in 1950s:

12

Overall Rank:

600

Average Rating:

 79 (364 votes)

Comments:

20

37.

Chet 

 Chet Baker

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

667

Rank in 1959:

16

Rank in 1950s:

62

Overall Rank:

2,395

Average Rating:

 79 (73 votes)

Comments:

1

38.

Study In Brown 

 Clifford Brown & Max Roach

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Year of Release:

1955

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

364

Rank in 1955:

6

Rank in 1950s:

113

Overall Rank:

3,946

Average Rating:

 79 (68 votes)

Comments:

5

39.

The Clown 

 Charles Mingus

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

618

Rank in 1957:

14

Rank in 1950s:

67

Overall Rank:

2,540

Average Rating:

 79 (125 votes)

Comments:

3

40.

Cool Struttin' 

 Sonny Clark

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

571

Rank in 1958:

16

Rank in 1950s:

74

Overall Rank:

2,711

Average Rating:

 79 (64 votes)

Comments:

3

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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).