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Albums in the Year 1953

This page lists the top albums of 1953 in the source charts. The way that the various charts are combined to reach this final list is described in the home page. Before 1960 quality chart information for albums is sparse, the result should therefore be assumed to be subjective and liable to be biased. A list of biggest hit songs of 1953 can be found here.

# Artist Album Title Year Chart Entries
1 Peggy Lee Black Coffee 1953 RYM 2 of 1953, UK 20 - Oct 1961
2 Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk Trio 1953 RYM 1 of 1953
3 Tom Lehrer Songs By Tom Lehrer 1953 UK 7 - Nov 1958, RYM 7 of 1953
4 Duke Ellington Ellington Uptown 1953 RYM 4 of 1953, Acclaimed 2442
5 June Christy Something Cool 1953 RYM 9 of 1953, Acclaimed 1606
6 Bud Powell The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol 2 1953 RYM 10 of 1954, Acclaimed 2905
7 Gerry Mulligan Gerry Mulligan Quartet 1953 RYM 69 of 1953, Acclaimed 2718
8 Shelly Manne The West Coast Sound 1953 RYM 86 of 1955, Acclaimed 2536
9 Giacomo Puccini Tosca 1953 RYM 3 of 1953
10 Richard Wagner Tristan Und Isolde 1953 RYM 5 of 1953
11 J J Johnson With Clifford Brown 1953 RYM 6 of 1953
12 Georges Brassens Vol 1 - Georges Brassens chante les chansons poetiques 1953 RYM 8 of 1953
13 Yma Sumac Inca Taqui 1953 RYM 10 of 1953
14 Lee Konitz Konitz Meets Mulligan 1953 RYM 11 of 1953
15 Bud Powell Jazz at Massey Hall, Vol 2 1953 RYM 12 of 1953
16 Richard Strauss Four Last Songs; Orchestral Songs; Also sprach Zarathustra 1953 RYM 13 of 1953
17 Nat King Cole Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love 1953 RYM 14 of 1953
18 Various Artists Kismet 1953 RYM 15 of 1953
19 Nat King Cole Ballads of the Day 1953 RYM 16 of 1953
20 Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 10 1953 RYM 17 of 1953
21 Moondog Moondog & His Friends 1953 RYM 18 of 1953
22 Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto (Menuhin, Furtwangler) 1953 RYM 19 of 1953
23 Hank Williams Honky-Tonkin' 1953 RYM 20 of 1953
24 Eartha Kitt RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt 1953 RYM 21 of 1953
25 Olivier Messiaen Catalogue d'Oiseaux 1953 RYM 22 of 1953
26 Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington 1953 RYM 23 of 1953
27 Miklos Rozsa Julius Caesar 1953 RYM 24 of 1953
28 Dave Brubeck Jazz at Oberlin 1953 RYM 25 of 1953
29 Karlheinz Stockhausen Kontra-Punkte 1953 RYM 26 of 1953
30 Ogden Nash Reads Ogden Nash 1953 RYM 27 of 1953
31 Kenny Drew New Faces - New Sounds 1953 RYM 28 of 1953
32 Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam 1953 RYM 29 of 1953
33 Marilyn Monroe Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 RYM 30 of 1953
34 Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour chante... (Jezebel) 1953 RYM 31 of 1953
35 Jackie Gleason Music for Lovers Only 1953 RYM 32 of 1953
36 Various Artists The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever 1953 RYM 33 of 1953
37 Anna Russell Anna Russell Sings! Again? 1953 RYM 34 of 1953
38 Hank Williams Memorial Album 1953 RYM 35 of 1953
39 Edith Piaf Le bel indifferent 1953 RYM 36 of 1953
40 Hank Jones Urbanity 1953 RYM 37 of 1953
41 Paul Bley Introducing Paul Bley 1953 RYM 38 of 1953
42 Wynton Kelly New Faces - New Sounds 1953 RYM 39 of 1953
43 Barney Kessel Easy Like, Vol 1 1953 RYM 40 of 1953
44 Horace Silver New Faces - New Sounds 1953 RYM 41 of 1953
45 Yves Montand Recital au Theatre de l'Etoile 1953 RYM 42 of 1953
46 Laurindo Almeida & Bud Shank Brazilliance, Vol 1 1953 RYM 44 of 1953
47 Ted Heath Orchestra Strike Up the Band / Fats Waller Album 1953 RYM 45 of 1953
48 George Lewis Jazz Funeral In New Orleans 1953 RYM 46 of 1953
49 Luis Mariano La Belle de Cadix 1953 RYM 48 of 1953
50 Buddy DeFranco Mr Clarinet 1953 RYM 49 of 1953
51 George Wallington George Wallington Trio Vol 2 1953 RYM 50 of 1953
52 Bascom Lamar Lunsford Smokey Mountain Ballads 1953 RYM 51 of 1953
53 Dalva de Oliveira A voz sentimental do Brasil 1953 RYM 52 of 1953
54 Charlie Parker One Night in Washington - Charlie Parker with the Orchestra 1953 RYM 54 of 1953
55 Igor Stravinsky Three Songs From William Shakespeare 1953 RYM 55 of 1953
56 Ruth Wallis Saucy Hit Parade 1953 RYM 56 of 1953
57 Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel und Gretel (Herbert von Karajan) 1953 RYM 57 of 1953
58 Oscar Pettiford The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet 1953 RYM 59 of 1953
59 Kenny Dorham Kenny Dorham Quintet 1953 RYM 60 of 1953
60 Jackie & Roy Empathy 1953 RYM 61 of 1953
61 Gerry Mulligan Gerry Mulligan Quartet (PJLP-2) 1953 RYM 62 of 1953
62 Dizzy Gillespie The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever 1953 RYM 63 of 1953
63 Count Basie Li'l Ol' Groovemaker....BASIE! 1953 RYM 64 of 1953
64 Larry Elgart Impressions of Outer Space 1953 RYM 65 of 1953
65 Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines 1953 RYM 66 of 1953
66 Alfred Newman The Robe 1953 RYM 67 of 1953
67 Les Paul & Mary Ford The Hit Makers! 1953 RYM 68 of 1953
68 Doris Day Calamity Jane 1953 RYM 70 of 1953
69 Moondog Improvisations at a Jazz Concert 1953 RYM 71 of 1953
70 Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 7, B Minor (Hermann Scherchen, Vienna SOO / MCA) 1953 RYM 72 of 1953
71 Jackie Gleason Music to Make You Misty 1953 RYM 74 of 1953
72 Leo Diamond Off Shore 1953 RYM 75 of 1953
73 Percy Faith Kismet 1953 RYM 76 of 1953
74 Modern Jazz Quartet Modern Jazz Quartet Vol 2 1953 RYM 77 of 1953
75 Elmo Hope New Faces - New Sounds 1953 RYM 78 of 1953
76 The Quintet The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever 1953 Acclaimed 514
77 Lester Young The President Plays With the Oscar Peterson Trio 1953 Acclaimed 1820
78 J J Johnson The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson 1953 Acclaimed 2084
79 Fred Astaire The Astaire Story 1953 Acclaimed 2208