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.

21/6 week 25 1998 #249

 
 
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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).

 
 
Siren


Yet another week the chart has Heather Nova at the top with her absolute brilliant third studio album - Siren. Her last album only reached the #4 position on the chart but it has been on the top half section of the chart for it's 114 weeks in the chart. Oyster were my first contact with Heather Nova so it did not reach the top position but stayed very long instead. With Siren she really has made a great record, just like with Oyster so it is not any question number one this week. The Swedish band Imperiet stays at # 2 with the CD Rasera + mini LP, the CD contains songs from two vinyl albums called Rasera and Mini LP (just like the title suggests). Last week Jennifer Trynin entered the chart at #4, but this week Jennifer drops two places. This is not much to do that album has lost some of its appeal more that both Crowded house and Sheryl Crow have gain strength instead. Cockamamie is the first album by Jennifer I have no discovered that she has released a second album after this one.

This week there are no new entries at all. A thing that might not be interesting is that if you look is that XTC both albums on the chart are or have done some big leaps up the chart this past week. Madonna's latest album Ray of light seems to have stopped its climb just outside the top 20. This is the first album with Madonna that have been on the chart in the same year that it was released.

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
1
1
2
Heather NovaSiren
2
2
10
2
2
ImperietRasera + mini LP
3
3
2
2
4
Tori Amos From the choirgirl hotel
4
9
53
4
2
 Crowded houseRecurring dream the very best of ....
5
6
6
1
62
 Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow
6
4
NY
4
1
Jennifer Trynin Cockamamie
7
5
8
1
16
Tanya DonellyLovesongs for underdogs
8
11
22
8
2
 Loreena McKennittThe mask and mirror
9
7
3
1
8
Marie Fredriksson I en tid som vår
10
13
12
1
20
 The MerrymakersBubblegun
11
8
5
5
8
Chris Isaak Baja sessions
12
15
16
1
66
 Sarah McLachlanFumbling towards ecstasy
13
10
4
1
8
Yvonne Getting out, getting anywhere
14
12
11
3
96
Stina Nordenstam And she closed her eyes
15
14
14
4
101
Stina Nordenstam Memories of a color
16
19
20
14
15
 The MerrymakersNo sleep 'til famous
17
21
15
1
49
 RainbirdsMaking memory
18
16
9
1
15
Grass-show Something smells good in stinkville
19
17
7
1
48
Stina Nordenstam Dynamite
20
22
21
16
13
 Heather NovaBlow
21
25
26
21
4
 ImperietGreatest hits
22
23
30
22
3
 MadonnaRay of light
23
24
27
23
4
 Frank BlackTeenager of the year
24
20
13
1
91
Toni Childs The woman's boat
25
18
17
17
8
John Hiatt Walk on
26
28
25
25
4
 Y kant Tori readY kant Tori read
27
31
58
27
2
 XTCFossil fuel the XTC singles 1977-92
28
26
18
1
176
Cowboy junkies Black eyed man
29
30
32
1
47
 Sarah McLachlanSurfacing
30
27
19
4
10
Sophie Zelmani Precious burden
31
37
34
1
13
 RainbirdsThe Mercury years the best of 87-94
32
33
42
4
113
 Heather Nova Oyster
33
35
24
1
36
 RainbirdsForever
34
50
52
34
6
 XTCNonesuch
35
34
23
1
67
Fra lippo lippi The best of F.L.L 85-95
36
36
36
34
12
Maire Brennan Perfect time
37
29
29
1
53
Veruca Salt Eight arms to hold you
38
39
40
5
20
 NationalteaternGreatest hits
39
42
46
39
6
 Grant Lee BuffaloFuzzy
40
40
38
1
49
Indigo girls Shaming of the sun
41
32
28
10
51
Fra lippo lippi The color album
42
38
35
2
64
Suzanne Vega Nine objects of desire
43
45
44
1
115
 Veruca saltAmerican thighs
44
41
31
6
25
Cocteau twins Garlands
45
43
41
4
21
Marie Fredriksson Efter stormen
46
49
47
1
25
 Regina LundUnique
47
52
51
4
23
 Merril BainbridgeThe garden
48
46
39
1
84
Maria McKee Life is sweet
49
47
37
1
83
Cowboy junkies Lay it down
50
44
43
1
177
Aimee Mann Whatever

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.

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This page was last update 980923
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