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.

16/5 week 20 1998 #244

 
 
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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).

 
 
Yvonne


This week the chart have a new #1 for the forth week running. Three of them has been Swedish artist (Grass-show, Stina Nordenstam and Yvonne). This week it is the second album with the Swedish Yvonne that it is #1. If we look at the albums in the top 5 it will show that 4 out of 5 of them are from Swedish artists. It is not every week that this happens. I think that there are lot of good Swedish music that don't get the response that it deserves. There a two artists that both have previous albums that been at #1 that this week enters the top 10. The artists are Marie Fredriksson and Chris Isaak, that rushes up the chart with about 10 places.

In a lower part of the chart Grant Lee Buffalo enters the top 75 for the first time with the album Fuzzy. It is the first album that ever been on the chart from Grant Lee Buffalo I think that it could make it all the way to the top 10.

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
2
2
1
3
Yvonne Getting out, getting anywhere
2
4
4
1
10
Grass-show Something smells good in stinkville
3
3
1
1
57
Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow
4
1
3
1
43
Stina Nordenstam Dynamite
5
5
5
4
5
Sophie Zelmani Precious burden
6
7
8
1
86
Toni Childs The woman's boat
7
10
10
1
11
Tanya Donelly Lovesongs for underdogs
8
6
7
1
44
Rainbirds Making memory
9
18
23
9
3
Marie Fredriksson I en tid som vår
10
21
27
10
3
Chris Isaak Baja sessions
11
9
9
1
61
Sarah McLachlan Fumbling towards ecstasy
12
13
16
5
11
Jules Shear Between us
13
14
20
1
62
Fra lippo lippi The best of F.L.L 85-95
14
8
6
1
8
Rainbirds The Mercury years the best of 87-94
15
20
24
1
15
The Merrymakers Bubblegun
16
11
12
1
171
Cowboy junkies Black eyed man
17
16
18
3
91
Stina Nordenstam And she closed her eyes
18
19
15
4
96
Stina Nordenstam Memories of a color
19
15
13
4
61
Martyn Joseph Being there
20
28
39
20
3
John Hiatt Walk on
21
23
19
14
10
The Merrymakers No sleep 'til famous
22
17
14
1
31
Rainbirds Forever
23
24
22
1
78
Cowboy junkies Lay it down
24
25
21
16
8
Heather Nova Blow
25
22
17
1
79
Maria McKee Life is sweet
26
36
38
6
20
Cocteau twins Garlands
27
12
11
5
15
Nationalteatern Greatest hits
28
30
28
2
59
Suzanne Vega Nine objects of desire
29
26
26
1
42
Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
30
29
31
1
48
Prefab sprout Andromeda heights
31
33
33
1
44
Indigo girls Shaming of the sun
32
34
34
5
43
Texas White on blond
33
41
49
10
46
Fra lippo lippi The color album
34
31
29
6
20
John Hiatt Little head
35
27
25
8
42
John Hiatt Stolen moments
36
37
43
12
43
Sophie Zelmani Sophie Zelmani
37
32
32
1
20
Regina Lund Unique
38
48
56
1
48
Veruca Salt Eight arms to hold you
39
42
46
1
151
Cowboy junkies Pale sun crescent moon
40
40
42
4
16
Marie Fredriksson Efter stormen
41
45
48
41
7
Maire Brennan Perfect time
42
35
30
1
149
Rainbirds Two faces
43
50
45
4
18
Merril Bainbridge The garden
44
38
35
5
18
Jewel Pieces of you
45
51
47
4
108
Heather Nova Oyster
46
46
41
1
172
Aimee Mann Whatever
47
47
52
1
110
Veruca salt American thighs
48
39
36
1
104
Rainbirds In a different light
49
44
37
1
23
The Sundays Static & silence
50
52
57
1
71
Cocteau twins Milk & kisses
51
43
40
1
144
Rainbirds Call me easy say I'm strong...
52
55
61
52
10
Nationalteatern Barn av vår tid
53
56
58
1
153
Suzanne Vega 99.9 F
54
54
51
9
78
Aimee Mann I'm with stupid
55
65
64
1
177
Indigo girls Rites of passage
56
49
44
1
23
'Til Tuesday Coming up close - a retrospective
57
59
69
57
10
Nationalteatern Rövarkungens Ö
58
62
63
1
43
Jill Sobule Happy town
59
64
68
8
45
The Cardigans Life
60
53
50
8
98
'Til Tuesday Everything is different now
61
61
65
61
8
Heather Nova Live from the milky way
62
68
72
1
144
Sheryl Crow Tuesday night music club
63
58
53
1
104
Rainbirds Rainbirds
64
60
55
7
14
Luscious Jackson In search of Manny
65
72
75
65
13
Beverly Jo Scott Honey & hurricanes
66
71
74
1
98
Portishead Dummy
67
105
NY
67
1
Grant Lee BuffaloFuzzy
68
75
77
7
162
Cowboy junkies The Trinity session
69
63
59
3
51
'Til Tuesday Voices carry
70
57
54
11
26
The Adventures Trading secrets with the moon
71
70
66
5
100
Cocteau twins Blue bell knoll
72
67
62
3
116
'Til Tuesday Welcome home
73
66
60
1
40
Max Sharam A million year girl
74
77
78
74
8
Heather Nova The first recording (EP)
75
74
70
17
116
Cocteau twins The pink opaque

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 980516
This page was created 980923
This page was last update 980923
You are visitor on this page since 980923.

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