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.

21/3 1998 week 12 #236

 
 
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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).

 
 
# 1 this week is....Tanya Donelly


This week the Rainbirds now have three albums in the top 10 as their 1994 Best of album enters the chart at #3. This is the 7th album from the Rainbirds that have entered the chart. All previous six albums have reached the number one spot. "The mercury years" album from the Rainbirds is hot contender for next week's number one spot together with this week's number one Tanya Donelly and Rainbirds 5th studio album - Making memory. Tanya Donelly have been at the #1 spot for two straight weeks will it be a third in a row? I think that the Rainbirds will top the chart next week as I feel today, but much can change in a week. Maybe there will be another album that will get it only time will tell.

This week there are as the last weeks' albums that make big climb the chart. Two albums that I mentioned the last weeks are The Adventures (#19) and Toni Childs (#18), both have been shooting up the chart the last couple of weeks. The biggest winner this week is Rainbirds as all their albums climb the chart.

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
3
Tanya Donelly Lovesongs for underdogs
2
4
2
1
36
Rainbirds Making memory
3
NY
-
3
0
Rainbirds The Mercury years the best of 87-94
4
3
13
3
35
Stina Nordenstam Dynamite
5
2
1
1
12
Regina Lund Unique
6
6
5
5
3
Jules Shear Between us
7
5
4
1
7
The Merrymakers Bubblegun
8
7
12
1
23
Rainbirds Forever
9
12
15
1
15
'Til Tuesday Coming up close - a retrospective
10
8
6
5
7
Nationalteatern Greatest hits
11
14
9
1
15
The Sundays Static & silence
12
9
8
6
12
Cocteau twins Garlands
13
17
25
1
53
Sarah McLachlan Fumbling towards ecstasy
14
15
34
14
2
The Merrymakers No sleep 'til famous
15
10
7
7
6
Luscious Jackson In search of Manny
16
11
11
8
34
John Hiatt Stolen moments
17
19
18
1
70
Cowboy junkies Lay it down
18
30
50
1
78
Toni Childs The woman's boat
19
33
93
19
18
The Adventures Trading secrets with the moon
20
16
17
1
36
Indigo girls Shaming of the sun
21
13
10
4
8
Marie Fredriksson Efter stormen
22
25
26
1
163
Cowboy junkies Black eyed man
23
21
19
6
12
John Hiatt Little head
24
18
14
4
10
Merril Bainbridge The garden
25
24
24
8
90
'Til Tuesday Everything is different now
26
37
47
1
96
Rainbirds In a different light
27
31
27
1
40
Prefab sprout Andromeda heights
28
23
21
2
43
Souls Bird fish or inbeetween
29
28
31
1
34
Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
30
26
23
5
10
Jewel Pieces of you
31
20
16
12
9
The Mopeds The hills are alive with the sound of mopeds
32
22
20
1
54
Fra lippo lippi The best of F.L.L 85-95
33
43
49
4
49
Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow
34
32
28
1
71
Maria McKee Life is sweet
35
29
29
4
18
Madonna Something to remember
36
27
22
6
77
Suzanne Vega Suzanne Vega
37
40
43
1
102
Veruca salt American thighs
38
35
30
9
70
Aimee Mann I'm with stupid
39
34
32
1
164
Aimee Mann Whatever
40
44
40
1
141
Rainbirds Two faces
41
41
41
4
100
Heather Nova Oyster
42
36
35
1
32
Max Sharam A million year girl
43
58
56
1
136
Rainbirds Call me easy say I'm strong...
44
50
53
3
108
'Til Tuesday Welcome home
45
39
46
1
40
Veruca Salt Eight arms to hold you
46
47
42
1
169
Indigo girls Rites of passage
47
57
54
1
143
Cowboy junkies Pale sun crescent moon
48
71
71
3
43
'Til Tuesday Voices carry
49
61
59
2
51
Suzanne Vega Nine objects of desire
50
45
39
12
35
Sophie Zelmani Sophie Zelmani
51
38
33
5
18
The Pretenders Learning to crawl
52
68
79
1
96
Rainbirds Rainbirds
53
48
45
5
92
Cocteau twins Blue bell knoll
54
46
37
10
38
Fra lippo lippi The color album
55
54
51
3
49
Rosanne Cash 10 song demo
56
49
44
1
145
Suzanne Vega 99.9 F
57
51
48
3
40
Honey is cool Crazy love
58
53
52
14
21
Patti Smith Horses
59
60
65
17
108
Cocteau twins The pink opaque
60
56
57
6
19
Lush Lovelife
61
42
38
38
6
Various artists Tom's album
62
59
58
50
66
The Clash London calling
63
67
66
1
136
Sheryl Crow Tuesday night music club
64
63
63
3
142
The Beatles 1962 - 66
65
52
36
29
12
Eagle-eye Cherry Desireless
66
66
130
66
2
Grass show Something smells good in stinkville
67
64
61
1
63
Cocteau twins Milk & kisses
68
55
55
8
37
The Cardigans Life
69
65
62
1
35
Jill Sobule Happy town
70
62
60
3
133
Indigo girls Indigo girls
71
70
75
1
21
Mutts Mutts
72
99
101
4
53
Martyn Joseph Being there
73
72
68
7
154
Cowboy junkies The Trinity session
74
69
64
1
42
Cowboy junkies Studio
75
73
67
7
30
Reeperbahn 1979 - 1983

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 980321
This page was created 980923
This page was last update 980923
You are visitor on this page since 980923.

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