Best Albums of 1940

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Listed below are the best albums of 1940 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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1940 year summaryThe best artists of 1940 were Woody Guthrie, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Arnold Schoenberg / Erika Stiedry-Wagner / Stefan Auber / Kalman Bloch / Leonard Posella / Eduard Steuermann / Rudolf Kolisch, Josh White, Leopold Stokowski / Philadelphia Orchestra / Sergei Rachmaninov, Marlene Dietrich, Woody Herman And His Orchestra, Woody Herman and Igor Stravinsky / The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York.

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Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 1

Woody Guthrie

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

399

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Overall Rank:

3,659

Average Rating:

75 (37 votes)

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Dust Bowl Ballads - Volume 2

Woody Guthrie

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

355

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Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

137

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Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

13 charts

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Overall Rank:

12,701

Average Rating:

68 (11 votes)

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Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire

Arnold Schoenberg / Erika Stiedry-Wagner / Stefan Auber / Kalman Bloch / Leonard Posella / Eduard Steuermann / Rudolf Kolisch

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

9 charts

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12,722

Average Rating:

72 (9 votes)

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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor

Leopold Stokowski / Philadelphia Orchestra / Sergei Rachmaninov

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

8 charts

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13,247

Average Rating:

76 (7 votes)

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Marlene Dietrich

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

12 charts

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14,875

Average Rating:

71 (12 votes)

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Blues On Parade

Woody Herman And His Orchestra

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

9 charts

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17,296

Average Rating:

70 (8 votes)

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Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite Of Spring)

Igor Stravinsky / The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

7 charts

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19,575

Average Rating:

72 (8 votes)

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Chain Gang

Joshua White And His Carolinians

Year of Release:

1940

Appears in:

7 charts

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20,743

Average Rating:

73 (7 votes)

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Best Albums of 1940 composition

Artist	Albums	%

Woody Guthrie	2	7%
Carmen Miranda	1	3%
Judy Garland	1	3%
Art Tatum	1	3%
Various Artists	1	3%
Duke Ellington	1	3%
Arnold Schoenberg / Erika Stiedry-Wagner / Stefan Auber / Kalman Bloch / Leonard Posella / Eduard Steuermann / Rudolf Kolisch	1	3%
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Country	Albums	%

	22	76%
	2	7%
	2	7%
	1	3%
	1	3%
	1	3%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	27	93%
Yes	2	7%

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