Best Albums of the 1930s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 1930s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 55,000 greatest album charts.

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Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
1930	4	15	Mussorgsky / Ravel: Pictures At ... (45,263rd)by Serge Koussevitzky / Boston Symp...
1931	6	35	Raggedy Ann's Sunny Songs (25,797th)by Frank Luther
1932	6	40	Winnie The Pooh Songs (23,741st)by Frank Luther
1933	7	79	Duke Ellington Album (14,318th)by Duke Ellington And His Orchestra
1934	8	22	Carpenter: Adventures In A Peram... (35,298th)by Eugene Ormandy / The Minneapolis...
1935	7	5	Les Noces (The Wedding) (75,003rd)by Igor Stravinsky / Percussion Orc...
1936	8	72	Alice In Wonderland (15,576th)by Frank Luther
1937	15	55	A Symposium Of Swing (19,091st)by Various Artists
1938	41	230	Bessie Smith Album (8,913th)by Bessie Smith
1939	46	245	Negro Sinful Songs (7,066th)by Lead Belly
Total	148	797

The best artists of the 1930s were Lead Belly, Duke Ellington, Frank Luther, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington And His Orchestra, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Eugene Ormandy / The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky / Boston Symphony Orchestra and Igor Stravinsky / Percussion Orchestra.

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Negro Sinful Songs

Lead Belly

Year of Release:

1939

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

180

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Overall Rank:

7,066

Average Rating:

74 (45 votes)

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Bessie Smith Album
Compilation

Bessie Smith

Year of Release:

1938

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

137

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8,912

Average Rating:

71 (13 votes)

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Songs From Walt Disney's Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

Various Artists

Year of Release:

1938

Appears in:

5 charts

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12,385

Average Rating:

71 (6 votes)

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Duke Ellington Album

Duke Ellington And His Orchestra

Year of Release:

1933

Appears in:

3 charts

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Year of Release:

1936

Appears in:

3 charts

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Overall Rank:

15,576

Average Rating:

75 (1 vote)

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The Blues By Meade 'Lux' Lewis

Meade "Lux" Lewis

Year of Release:

1939

Appears in:

4 charts

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1937

Appears in:

3 charts

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19,091

Average Rating:

76 (5 votes)

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Winnie The Pooh Songs

Frank Luther

Year of Release:

1932

Appears in:

3 charts

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23,741

Average Rating:

71 (1 vote)

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Raggedy Ann's Sunny Songs

Frank Luther

Year of Release:

1931

Appears in:

3 charts

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25,797

Average Rating:

71 (1 vote)

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10.

Carpenter: Adventures In A Perambulator (Suite For Orchestra)

Eugene Ormandy / The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

Year of Release:

1934

Appears in:

3 charts

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35,298

Average Rating:

75 (1 vote)

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Best Albums of the 1930s composition

Year	Albums	%

1930	1	0%
1931	1	0%
1932	1	0%
1933	1	0%
1934	1	0%
1935	1	0%
1936	1	0%
1937	1	0%
1938	2	0%
1939	2	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Frank Luther	3	25%
Various Artists	2	17%
Lead Belly	1	8%
Bessie Smith	1	8%
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra	1	8%
Meade "Lux" Lewis	1	8%
Eugene Ormandy / The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra	1	8%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	9	75%
	2	17%
	1	8%

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	11	92%
Yes	1	8%

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