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.

25/10 1998 week 43 #267

 
 
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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 weeks #1

This week Cowboy junkies returns to the #1 position this is the 5th week on the top. It is only Heather Nova with her 'Siren' album that has spent 8 weeks that can beat that. So Clannad only got to spend one week at #1 this time, but maybe they will be back next week? This week Cardigans enters the chart at #3 with their new album 'Gran turismo'. This makes it the highest position that any Cardigans album has reached. The previous highest position is their album that reached #8 and 'First band on the moon' that only made it to #11. There are two other new entries in the top 20. It is Buffalo Tom with 'Smitten' and Astrid with 'Boy for you'. Buffalo Tom's both previous albums (that have entered the chart) both made it to the top 10. Astrid this week makes her debut on my chart.

This week Indigo girls does something that no one have done before on my chart. It is to spent over 200 weeks on the chart. The album that does this is 'Rites of passage' (this week it at #71).

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
1
1
16
Cowboy junkies Miles from our home
2
1
3
1
5
Clannad Landmarks
3
NY
-
3
0
The Cardigans Gran turismo
4
3
4
1
5
Sheryl Crow The Globe session
5
4
2
1
11
Liz Phair Whiteocolatespaceegg
6
5
5
5
5
John Hiatt The best of..
7
6
6
1
20
Heather Nova Siren
8
8
8
1
65
Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
9
10
11
2
22
Tori Amos From the choirgirl hotel
10
7
10
7
7
Heather Nova Live in the USA
11
9
7
4
12
Simon & Garfunkel The definitive Simon & Garfunkel
12
11
14
9
33
The Smith's Best of .. I
13
12
13
10
8
The Smith's Best of… II
14
NY
-
14
0
Buffalo Tom Smitten
15
14
15
13
57
R.E.M. Green
16
16
12
1
80
Sheryl Crow Sheryl Crow
17
13
9
2
47
The The Hanky panky
18
NY
-
18
0
Astrid Boy for you
19
18
19
18
68
John Cougar Mellencamp The lonesome jubilee
20
17
17
2
20
Imperiet Rasera + mini LP
21
15
16
1
46
Mutts Mutts
22
19
20
1
67
Rainbirds Making memory
23
22
24
1
54
Rainbirds Forever
24
20
18
17
11
Gina Jacobi Alla är…
25
26
40
25
45
John Cougar Mellencamp Big daddy
26
24
23
1
31
Rainbirds The Mercury years the best of 87-94
27
28
41
4
20
Loreena McKennitt The mask and mirror
28
21
21
6
24
XTC Nonesuch
29
NY
-
29
0
Cinnamon Summer meditation
30
23
22
16
31
Heather Nova Blow
31
29
28
1
84
Sarah McLachlan Fumbling towards ecstasy
32
30
26
4
131
Heather Nova Oyster
33
31
33
3
173
The Beatles 1962 - 66
34
25
25
1
167
Sheryl Crow Tuesday night music club
35
27
31
27
7
Matt Bianco The best of ...
36
34
36
1
194
Cowboy junkies Black eyed man
37
35
29
13
21
Madonna Ray of light
38
39
49
1
101
Cowboy junkies Lay it down
39
37
34
5
78
Heather Nova Glow stars
40
33
32
1
66
Stina Nordenstam Dynamite
41
40
45
1
43
Regina Lund Unique
42
38
37
4
119
Stina Nordenstam Memories of a color
43
32
27
1
20
XTC Fossil fuel the XTC singles 1977-92
44
44
44
44
4
Joe Jackson Stepping out - the very best of…
45
41
43
3
114
Stina Nordenstam And she closed her eyes
46
47
50
10
130
Liz Phair Exile in Guyville
47
45
46
1
172
Rainbirds Two faces
48
36
30
4
13
Lis Sörensen Hjerternes sang
49
49
52
5
160
The Beatles 1967 - 70
50
51
53
1
167
Rainbirds Call me easy say I'm strong...

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 page was created 981025
This page was last update 981025
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