Reviews for albums released in the 1940s can be found below. The reviews are categorized by genre and alphabetical order.
- Top 10 Albums of the 1940s
Pop/Swing
- Music Out of the Moon (Les Baxter) A
- Merry Christmas (Bing Crosby) A-
- Rendezvous With Peggy Lee (Peggy Lee) A-
- Musical Orchids (Dinah Shore)
- The Voice of Frank Sinatra (Frank Sinatra) A-
- Songs by Sinatra (Frank Sinatra) B+
- Frankly Sentimental (Frank Sinatra)
- Kiss Me Kate (Jo Stafford)
Jazz
- The King Cole Trio (Nat King Cole) A-
- Black, Brown and Beige (Duke Ellington) A
- Liberian Suite (Duke Ellington) A-
- Artistry in Rhythm (Stan Kenton) B+
- A Presentation of Progressive Jazz (Stan Kenton) A
- Encores (Stan Kenton) B+
- Zodiac Suite (Mary Lou Williams) A+
Folk/Country
- Talking Union (The Almanac Singers)
- Dust Bowl Ballads (Woody Guthrie)
- The Wayfaring Stranger (Burl Ives) B+
- Play Parties in Song and Dance (Lead Belly) B
- Work Songs of the U.S.A. (Lead Belly) A-
- U.S. Highball (Harry Partch) A
- Folk Songs of the Hills (Merle Travis) B+
Blues
- “The Midnight Special” and Other Southern Prison Songs (Lead Belly) A
- Songs by Lead Belly (Lead Belly)
- Negro Folk Songs (Lead Belly)