Fredrik's album chart



Welcome to my album chart. The chart has nothing to do with any sales of the records. My chart shows every week what is my favourite albums at the moment. The main criteria are for be on the chart is that I have the album on CD or tape. The only thing that matters is my feelings about the record. The chart is purely based on my personal taste. Important is if I been listening to the album lately. If I also like it surely will rise on the chart. Sometime ago this chart was nominate as site of the day on the Swedish newspaper 'Expressen' site. You can check it out here.

At the moment I about to rearrange how this page a bit. I hope that it will in the end be a better page than it was.

Sometimes you might notice that albums that are not that new are high on the chart. One example is Sheryl Crow with her second album, the reason that Sheryl took over 52 weeks to reach the top position is that it took me sometime to discover what a great album it really was.

7/3 1998 week 10 #234

 
 
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There have been over 250 charts since the first one back in 1991. The first chart #1 one the chart was Rainbirds with their third album "Two faces". It only stayed one week at number one before Rainbirds second album went to the #1 as a new entry. Over the years Rainbirds have had 7 number ones on my chart. The artist that has spent most week with one album is Sarah McLachlan. Her album "Fumbling towards ecstasy" stayed 12 weeks at #1 back in 1996. This year Heather Nova has with her third album "Siren" been the longest at #1 with 8 week (w.23-30).

 
 
Regina Lund


This is the week of the rocket. This week there are many albums that make huge climbs up the chart. The main reason is that this week I felt quit good mood all week and most of the album I have been listening to really have an impact on me and in the chart. When you are happy the music gets to you more than it otherwise does. If we look in the top 10 there are some very big climbers. Both Tanya Donelly and Jules Shear make the top 10 after only one week in the chart. At #1 it's still Regina Lund with her debut album Unique for the third week. It will be interesting to see if Regina Lund can hold her top position next week. Rainbirds with their Making memory an old #1 this week continues to climb the chart and nearly did make it to #1, maybe next week? The Merrymaker's second album this week gets company with their first album No sleep 'til famous that enters the chart at #34. No sleep 'til famous will properly make it all the way to the top 10 soon, but to #1 I do not believe that it will go so far. Two albums that make a huge impact on the chart this week are Stina Nordenstam's Dynamite (from #41 to #13) and Toni Childs The woman's boat (from #78 to #50). In the Stina Nordenstam's case it is mainly that I got it on CD on my birthday this week. Toni Childs big climb is because I have listen to it many times this week and the album will properly continue its rise next week.

IDAG = today FV = last week 2V = two weeks ago

BP = peek position on the chart ANT.V. = number of weeks on the chart

Red = New entry (NY) Green = Re entry (RE)Bold = a climber on the chart (in IDAG)

IDAG
FV
2V
BP
ANT.V
ARTIST TITEL
1
1
3
1
10
Regina Lund Unique
2
4
8
1
34
Rainbirds Making memory
3
25
NY
3
1
Tanya DonellyLovesongs for underdogs
4
3
1
1
5
The Merrymakers Bubblegun
5
23
NY
5
1
Jules ShearBetween us
6
5
16
5
5
Nationalteatern Greatest hits
7
10
18
7
4
Luscious Jackson In search of Manny
8
7
7
6
10
Cocteau twins Garlands
9
2
2
1
13
The Sundays Static & silence
10
6
4
4
6
Marie Fredriksson Efter stormen
11
8
9
8
32
John Hiatt Stolen moments
12
15
14
1
21
Rainbirds Forever
13
41
42
13
33
Stina Nordenstam Dynamite
14
9
6
4
8
Merril Bainbridge The garden
15
13
10
1
13
'Til Tuesday Coming up close - a retrospective
16
12
15
12
7
The Mopeds The hills are alive with the sound of mopeds
17
14
19
1
34
Indigo girls Shaming of the sun
18
19
23
1
68
Cowboy junkies Lay it down
19
16
11
6
10
John Hiatt Little head
20
11
5
1
52
Fra lippo lippi The best of F.L.L 85-95
21
17
17
2
41
Souls Bird fish or inbeetween
22
18
12
6
75
Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega
23
20
13
5
8
Jewel Pieces of you
24
21
20
8
88
'Til Tuesday Everything is different now
25
22
21
1
51
Sarah McLachlan Fumbling towards ecstasy
26
24
27
1
161
Cowboy junkies Black eyed man
27
28
25
1
38
Prefab sprout Andromeda heights
28
34
31
1
69
Maria McKee Life is sweet
29
29
26
4
16
Madonna Something to remember
30
27
24
9
68
Aimee Mann I'm with stupid
31
32
29
1
32
Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
32
30
28
1
162
Aimee Mann Whatever
33
26
22
5
16
The Pretenders Learning to crawl
34
NY
-
34
0
The Merrymakers No sleep 'til famous
35
31
30
1
30
Max Sharam A million year girl
36
36
35
29
10
Eagle-eye Cherry Desireless
37
33
37
10
36
Fra lippo lippi The color album
38
47
79
38
4
Various artists Tom's album
39
38
45
12
33
Sophie Zelmani Sophie Zelmani
40
44
50
1
139
Rainbirds Two faces
41
35
34
4
98
Heather Nova Oyster
42
39
38
1
167
Indigo girls Rites of passage
43
43
40
1
100
Veruca salt American thighs
44
37
36
1
143
Suzanne Vega 99.9 F
45
48
47
5
90
Cocteau twins Blue bell knoll
46
51
49
1
38
Veruca Salt Eight arms to hold you
47
65
66
1
94
Rainbirds In a different light
48
42
33
3
38
Honey is cool Crazy love
49
40
32
4
47
Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow
50
78
87
1
76
Toni Childs The woman's boat
51
45
39
3
47
Rosanne Cash 10 song demo
52
46
41
14
19
Patti Smith Horses
53
55
48
3
106
'Til Tuesday Welcome home
54
58
63
1
141
Cowboy junkies Pale sun crescent moon
55
49
44
8
35
The Cardigans Life
56
52
55
1
134
Rainbirds Call me easy say I'm strong...
57
53
51
6
17
Lush Lovelife
58
50
57
50
64
The Clash London calling
59
54
46
2
49
Suzanne Vega Nine objects of desire
60
57
52
3
131
Indigo girls Indigo girls
61
59
54
1
61
Cocteau twins Milk & kisses
62
56
43
1
33
Jill Sobule Happy town
63
64
62
3
140
The Beatles 1962 - 66
64
62
59
1
40
Cowboy junkies Studio
65
79
75
17
106
Cocteau twins The pink opaque
66
63
60
1
134
Sheryl Crow Tuesday night music club
67
67
61
7
28
Reeperbahn 1979 - 1983
68
66
65
7
152
Cowboy junkies The Trinity session
69
60
53
32
70
Fra lippo lippi Songs
70
70
68
1
82
Indigo girls 4.5
71
80
88
3
41
'Til Tuesday Voices carry
72
68
67
3
102
Julia Fordham Julia Fordham
73
61
58
1
107
Fra lippo lippi Dreams
74
72
70
1
82
Julia Fordham Porcelain
75
69
64
1
19
Mutts Mutts

This was compiled by Fredrik Eklund ©1998. The chart shows every week what is my favorite albums. The main criteria are for be on the chart is that I have the album on CD or tape. The only thing that matters is my feelings about the record. The chart is purely based on my personal taste.

This chart was first published on the internet 980308
This page was created 980923
This page was last update 980923
You are visitor on this page since 980923.

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