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 .)

1.

Kind Of Blue 

 Miles Davis

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

1,611 charts

Rank Score:

24,996

Rank in 1959:

1

Rank in 1950s:

1

Overall Rank:

38

Average Rating:

 89 (2,213 votes)

Comments:

166

2.

Mingus Ah Um 

 Charles Mingus

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

643 charts

Rank Score:

7,409

Rank in 1959:

2

Rank in 1950s:

2

Overall Rank:

228

Average Rating:

 84 (709 votes)

Comments:

40

3.

Time Out 

 The Dave Brubeck Quartet

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

633 charts

Rank Score:

6,621

Rank in 1959:

3

Rank in 1950s:

3

Overall Rank:

265

Average Rating:

 84 (708 votes)

Comments:

37

4.

Blue Train 

 John Coltrane

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

571 charts

Rank Score:

5,971

Rank in 1957:

1

Rank in 1950s:

4

Overall Rank:

303

Average Rating:

 84 (648 votes)

Comments:

29

5.

Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers 

 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

371 charts

Rank Score:

3,543

Rank in 1959:

5

Rank in 1950s:

9

Overall Rank:

507

Average Rating:

 83 (354 votes)

Comments:

11

6.

Somethin' Else 

 Cannonball Adderley

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Year of Release:

1958

Appears in:

328 charts

Rank Score:

2,854

Rank in 1958:

2

Rank in 1950s:

14

Overall Rank:

622

Average Rating:

 82 (301 votes)

Comments:

14

7.

'Round About Midnight 

 Miles Davis

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

238 charts

Rank Score:

1,729

Rank in 1957:

7

Rank in 1950s:

23

Overall Rank:

1,028

Average Rating:

 82 (303 votes)

Comments:

9

8.

Saxophone Colossus 

 Sonny Rollins

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

355 charts

Rank Score:

2,723

Rank in 1957:

4

Rank in 1950s:

15

Overall Rank:

661

Average Rating:

 81 (371 votes)

Comments:

15

9.

Brilliant Corners 

 Thelonious Monk

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

361 charts

Rank Score:

2,915

Rank in 1957:

3

Rank in 1950s:

13

Overall Rank:

610

Average Rating:

 81 (368 votes)

Comments:

11

10.

Little Girl Blue 

 Nina Simone

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Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

217 charts

Rank Score:

2,101

Rank in 1959:

8

Rank in 1950s:

21

Overall Rank:

851

Average Rating:

 81 (202 votes)

Comments:

8

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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).