Charcoal Lane
by Archie Roach
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Charcoal Lane is ranked as the best album by Archie Roach.
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Charcoal Lane track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Charcoal Lane rankings
Charcoal Lane rankings summary
Overall rank: 51,932nd | 1990s rank: 7,739th | 1990 rank: 680th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 1990 | 34/80 | 3 |
| 2025 |  rambleon80 | Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Australian Albums of All Time | 35/100 | - |
| 2025 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 15 Music Albums of 1990 | 7/15 | 3 |
| 2024 |  Brad1770 | Top 12 Music Albums of 1990 | 12/12 | 0 |
| 2024 |  Arthurknight | Top 99 Music Albums of 1990 | 45/99 | 3 |
| 2024 | Moondance | My top 100 artists/albums: Australia | 51/100 | - |
| 2023 | Moondance | 1990's: albums 101 - 200 | 90/100 | - |
| 2022 | Arthurknight | Australia / New Zealand. | 95/100 | - |
| 2012 | videoheadcleaner | Hottest 100 Industry List | 70/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 13 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/21/2025 11:26 | videoheadcleaner | 12,361 | 85/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2023 16:01 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 09/05/2023 04:47 | Brad1770 | 1,617 | 66/100 |
| ! | 11/15/2022 07:39 | Arthurknight | 9,588 | 72/100 |
| ! | 10/09/2021 16:06 | Sandrof1969 | 2,722 | 68/100 |
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Brad1770 09/05/2023 05:00 | #298980
Brad1770 09/05/2023 05:00 | #298980
Whilst it isn’t “the best” nor is it “the greatest” Australian album of all time, Archie Roach’s ‘Charcoal Lane’ is undoubtedly one of the most important by its shining a light on The Stolen Generation which represented Australia’s shameful policy whereby indigenous children were forcibly removed from their clan and land to be assimilated into white families (“Took the Children Away”). The album also addresses first hand accounts of indigenous incarceration (“Munjana”) , alcoholism (“Charcoal Lane”), homelessness (“Down City Streets”) and land rights / treaty (“Native Born”)
This album should be a compulsory subject in all Australian primary schools
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