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.

14/3 week 11 1998 #235

 
 
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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).

 
 


This week there a big things happening on the chart. The first thing is that there a new #1. The new #1 is Tanya Donelly with her album Lovesongs for underdogs from last year. She use to be in Belly and both their albums have charted on my chart. They did not reach #1 as Tanya's solo debut, Belly's debut album Star reached #2 position back in 1996 (week 9-10) and their second album King reached #3 in 1995 (week 27-28). I first bought King and then Star that's why Star did not enter the chart at time of its release in 1993. The album Lovesongs for underdogs is great album that I can recommend if you liked the Belly albums.

This week Stina Nordenstam's third album from last year finally makes to the top 10 this week at #3. Her previous albums both made top 10. Her debut album Memories of a colour reached the #4 spot and Stina's second release And she closed her eye did reach as high as #3 spot. So if Dynamite will go higher than the album will have the highest position of the albums in my chart.

This week Rainbirds two last albums both are in the top 10. Their 4th album is climb fast for the third week in a row (this week at #37). The biggest climb in the chart this week must be The Adventures with their album Trading secrets with the moon that this week climbs from #93 to #33. The main reason to its big comeback on the chart is that I found it on CD at a bargain price. An other big climber is Toni Childs third album The woman's boat it climbs 20 places this week from #50 to #30.

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
3
25
1
2
Tanya Donelly Lovesongs for underdogs
2
1
1
1
11
Regina Lund Unique
3
13
41
3
34
Stina Nordenstam Dynamite
4
2
4
1
35
Rainbirds Making memory
5
4
3
1
6
The Merrymakers Bubblegun
6
5
23
5
2
Jules Shear Between us
7
12
15
1
22
Rainbirds Forever
8
6
5
5
6
Nationalteatern Greatest hits
9
8
7
6
11
Cocteau twins Garlands
10
7
10
7
5
Luscious Jackson In search of Manny
11
11
8
8
33
John Hiatt Stolen moments
12
15
13
1
14
'Til Tuesday Coming up close - a retrospective
13
10
6
4
7
Marie Fredriksson Efter stormen
14
9
2
1
14
The Sundays Static & silence
15
34
NY
15
1
The MerrymakersNo sleep 'til famous
16
17
14
1
35
Indigo girls Shaming of the sun
17
25
22
1
52
Sarah McLachlan Fumbling towards ecstasy
18
14
9
4
9
Merril Bainbridge The garden
19
18
19
1
69
Cowboy junkies Lay it down
20
16
12
12
8
The Mopeds The hills are alive with the sound of mopeds
21
19
16
6
11
John Hiatt Little head
22
20
11
1
53
Fra lippo lippi The best of F.L.L 85-95
23
21
17
2
42
Souls Bird fish or inbeetween
24
24
21
8
89
'Til Tuesday Everything is different now
25
26
24
1
162
Cowboy junkies Black eyed man
26
23
20
5
9
Jewel Pieces of you
27
22
18
6
76
Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega
28
31
32
1
33
Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
29
29
29
4
17
Madonna Something to remember
30
50
78
1
77
Toni Childs The woman's boat
31
27
28
1
39
Prefab sprout Andromeda heights
32
28
34
1
70
Maria McKee Life is sweet
33
93
RE
28
17
The Adventures Trading secrets with the moon
34
32
30
1
163
Aimee Mann Whatever
35
30
27
9
69
Aimee Mann I'm with stupid
36
35
31
1
31
Max Sharam A million year girl
37
47
65
1
95
Rainbirds In a different light
38
33
26
5
17
The Pretenders Learning to crawl
39
46
51
1
39
Veruca Salt Eight arms to hold you
40
43
43
1
101
Veruca salt American thighs
41
41
35
4
99
Heather Nova Oyster
42
38
47
38
5
Various artists Tom's album
43
49
40
4
48
Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow
44
40
44
1
140
Rainbirds Two faces
45
39
38
12
34
Sophie Zelmani Sophie Zelmani
46
37
33
10
37
Fra lippo lippi The color album
47
42
39
1
168
Indigo girls Rites of passage
48
45
48
5
91
Cocteau twins Blue bell knoll
49
44
37
1
144
Suzanne Vega 99.9 F
50
53
55
3
107
'Til Tuesday Welcome home
51
48
42
3
39
Honey is cool Crazy love
52
36
36
29
11
Eagle-eye Cherry Desireless
53
52
46
14
20
Patti Smith Horses
54
51
45
3
48
Rosanne Cash 10 song demo
55
55
49
8
36
The Cardigans Life
56
57
53
6
18
Lush Lovelife
57
54
58
1
142
Cowboy junkies Pale sun crescent moon
58
56
52
1
135
Rainbirds Call me easy say I'm strong...
59
58
50
50
65
The Clash London calling
60
65
79
17
107
Cocteau twins The pink opaque
61
59
54
2
50
Suzanne Vega Nine objects of desire
62
60
57
3
132
Indigo girls Indigo girls
63
63
64
3
141
The Beatles 1962 - 66
64
61
59
1
62
Cocteau twins Milk & kisses
65
62
56
1
34
Jill Sobule Happy town
66
130
NY
66
1
Grass showSomething smells good in stinkville
67
66
63
1
135
Sheryl Crow Tuesday night music club
68
79
87
1
95
Rainbirds Rainbirds
69
64
62
1
41
Cowboy junkies Studio
70
75
69
1
20
Mutts Mutts
71
71
80
3
42
'Til Tuesday Voices carry
72
68
66
7
153
Cowboy junkies The Trinity session
73
67
67
7
29
Reeperbahn 1979 - 1983
74
70
70
1
83
Indigo girls 4.5
75
78
85
10
81
Cocteau twins Victorialand

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 980315
This page was created 980923
This page was last update 980923
You are visitor on this page since 980923.

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