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-
• The Voice of Frank Sinatra (Frank Sinatra) A-
• Songs by Sinatra (Frank Sinatra) B+
• Christmas Songs by Sinatra (Frank Sinatra)
• Frankly Sentimental (Frank Sinatra) B

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

• Dust Bowl Ballads (Woody Guthrie) A
• 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) A-

1940s     |     1950     |     1951