Best albums of the 1950s
According to Riffiter listeners, the best album of the 1950s is Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, rated 4.3/5 by 8 listeners.
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Build a list or tier of your ownThe 1950s, year by year
Ten years, three records each. Every heading opens that year in full.
Best albums of 1950
22 albums
Best albums of 1951
15 albums
Best albums of 1953
57 albums
Best albums of 1954
74 albums
Best albums of 1955
92 albums
Best albums of 1956
153 albums
Best albums of 1957
248 albums
Best albums of the 1950s by genre
The genres that carried the period here, each with what listeners rate highest inside it.
Best Jazz albums of the 1950s
648 albums from the 1950s
Best Pop albums of the 1950s
149 albums from the 1950s
Best Classical albums of the 1950s
143 albums from the 1950s
Best Hard Bop albums of the 1950s
101 albums from the 1950s
Best Blues albums of the 1950s
93 albums from the 1950s
The artists of the 1950s
Everyone who put a record out then, ordered by how listeners rate their catalog rather than by that one release.
