Albums in the Year 1953

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1954

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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 here. Before 1960 quality chart information for albums is sparse, the result should therefore be treated with some caution. A list of biggest hit songs of 1953 can be found here.

#	Artist	Album Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Jackie Gleason	Music for Lovers Only	1953	US BB 4 of 1955, US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jun 1962), RYM 32 of 1953
2	Peggy Lee	Black Coffee	1953	RYM 2 of 1953, UK 20 - Oct 1961 (1 week)
3	Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie	Jazz at Massey Hall	1953	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1995 (1953)
4	Thelonious Monk	Thelonious Monk Trio	1953	RYM 1 of 1953
5	Tom Lehrer	Songs By Tom Lehrer	1953	UK 7 - Nov 1958 (19 weeks), RYM 7 of 1953
6	Duke Ellington	Ellington Uptown	1953	RYM 4 of 1953, Acclaimed 2442 (1953)
7	Bud Powell	The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol 2	1953	RYM 10 of 1954, Acclaimed 2905 (1953)
8	Jackie Gleason	Music to Make You Misty	1953	US BB 19 of 1956, RYM 74 of 1953
9	Gerry Mulligan	Gerry Mulligan Quartet	1953	RYM 69 of 1953, Acclaimed 2718 (1953)
10	Shelly Manne	The West Coast Sound	1953	RYM 86 of 1955, Acclaimed 2536 (1953)
11	Giacomo Puccini	Tosca	1953	RYM 3 of 1953
12	Richard Wagner	Tristan Und Isolde	1953	RYM 5 of 1953
13	J J Johnson	With Clifford Brown	1953	RYM 6 of 1953
14	Georges Brassens	Vol 1 - Georges Brassens chante les chansons poetiques	1953	RYM 8 of 1953
15	Yma Sumac	Inca Taqui	1953	RYM 10 of 1953
16	Lee Konitz	Konitz Meets Mulligan	1953	RYM 11 of 1953
17	Bud Powell	Jazz at Massey Hall, Vol 2	1953	RYM 12 of 1953
18	Richard Strauss	Four Last Songs; Orchestral Songs; Also sprach Zarathustra	1953	RYM 13 of 1953
19	Nat King Cole	Nat King Cole Sings for Two in Love	1953	RYM 14 of 1953
20	Various Artists	Kismet	1953	RYM 15 of 1953
21	Nat King Cole	Ballads of the Day	1953	RYM 16 of 1953
22	Dmitri Shostakovich	Symphony No 10	1953	RYM 17 of 1953
23	Moondog	Moondog & His Friends	1953	RYM 18 of 1953
24	Ludwig van Beethoven	Violin Concerto (Menuhin, Furtwangler)	1953	RYM 19 of 1953
25	Hank Williams	Honky-Tonkin'	1953	RYM 20 of 1953
26	Eartha Kitt	RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt	1953	RYM 21 of 1953
27	Olivier Messiaen	Catalogue d'Oiseaux	1953	RYM 22 of 1953
28	Oscar Peterson	Plays Duke Ellington	1953	RYM 23 of 1953
29	Miklos Rozsa	Julius Caesar	1953	RYM 24 of 1953
30	Dave Brubeck	Jazz at Oberlin	1953	RYM 25 of 1953
31	Karlheinz Stockhausen	Kontra-Punkte	1953	RYM 26 of 1953
32	Ogden Nash	Reads Ogden Nash	1953	RYM 27 of 1953
33	Kenny Drew	New Faces - New Sounds	1953	RYM 28 of 1953
34	Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam	Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam	1953	RYM 29 of 1953
35	Marilyn Monroe	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes	1953	RYM 30 of 1953
36	Charles Aznavour	Charles Aznavour chante... (Jezebel)	1953	RYM 31 of 1953
37	Various Artists	The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever	1953	RYM 33 of 1953
38	Anna Russell	Anna Russell Sings! Again?	1953	RYM 34 of 1953
39	Hank Williams	Memorial Album	1953	RYM 35 of 1953
40	Edith Piaf	Le bel indifferent	1953	RYM 36 of 1953
41	Hank Jones	Urbanity	1953	RYM 37 of 1953
42	Paul Bley	Introducing Paul Bley	1953	RYM 38 of 1953
43	Wynton Kelly	New Faces - New Sounds	1953	RYM 39 of 1953
44	Barney Kessel	Easy Like, Vol 1	1953	RYM 40 of 1953
45	Horace Silver	New Faces - New Sounds	1953	RYM 41 of 1953
46	Yves Montand	Recital au Theatre de l'Etoile	1953	RYM 42 of 1953
47	Laurindo Almeida & Bud Shank	Brazilliance, Vol 1	1953	RYM 44 of 1953
48	Ted Heath Orchestra	Strike Up the Band / Fats Waller Album	1953	RYM 45 of 1953
49	George Lewis	Jazz Funeral In New Orleans	1953	RYM 46 of 1953
50	Luis Mariano	La Belle de Cadix	1953	RYM 48 of 1953