Jane From Occupied Europe
by Swell Maps

Jane From Occupied Europe by Swell Maps
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 6,932nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 79 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (111th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (993rd)
Award Best albums of all time (6,932nd)

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Swell Maps bestography

Jane From Occupied Europe is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Swell Maps on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Swell Maps is A Trip To Marineville which is ranked number 6788 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 129.

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This album (6,932nd)
Jane From Occupied Europe
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Jane From Occupied Europe

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Overall rank: 6,932nd | 1980s rank: 993rd | 1980 rank: 111th
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2026cicadelicTop 98 Music Albums of 198094/980
2026 HaydenTop 100 Music Albums of 198033/1003
2026LittleM1971Top 90 Music Albums of 198014/904
2026LittleM1971Greatest Music Albums: 501-60031/100 -
2026Exist-en-cielTop 100 Music Albums of 198044/1003
2026Cheboygan74Top 16 Music Albums of 198012/162
2025 sssvnnnTop 84 Music Albums of 198084/840
2025 meccaleccaTop 100 Music Albums of 198097/1000
2025 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 198051/1003
2025vruslovTop 97 Music Albums of 198089/970
2025blueandthemoonTop 100 Music Albums of the 1980s53/100 -
2025 sssvnnnThe Last Bandits - Nikki Epic Dave Rowland Jacobites43/47 -
2025replacementlevelTop 50 Music Albums of 198015/504
2025blueandthemoonTop 26 Music Albums of 19805/264
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the 80's (401 - 500) by U R C61/100 -
2025 WasinskiTop 100 Music Albums of 198042/1003
2025 PatrickDTop 99 Music Albums of 198058/992
2025 Patman360Top 100 Music Albums of 198073/1001
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of 1980 by U R C63/64 -
2025 imacgillTop 100 Music Albums of 198060/1002
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 75
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 126
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74/100 (from 79 votes)
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75/100
 
04/04/2026 19:17 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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11/12/2025 20:32 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
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04/06/2025 12:49 Cheboygan74  Ratings distribution  1,28952/100
 
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10/10/2024 02:36 dhbarrett  Ratings distribution  8,41665/100
 
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09/17/2024 22:14 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,22174/100

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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 72.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.0.

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90/100
From 07/19/2020 20:35 | #255825
Jane from Occupied Europe is a collection of poppy punk songs atop a noisy foundation. The album never really slows down and it never stagnates. It's like a weird combination of Can and the Velvet Underground. I wouldn't be surprised if Sonic Youth said they were big fans of Swell Maps.
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65/100
From 07/07/2019 21:05 | #239089
This is a really interesting album - I like how it plays around with different tones and sounds in a way that almost sounds like noise rock filtered through a post-punk lens. Unfortunately, all the chaos results in very few songs that work, and the ones that are interesting outstay their welcome long after their only trick was revealed. It's telling that my favorite things here are the opener and closer. The piano on the closer especially sounds great, and while it also lacks variety it succeeds in doing what it's supposed to do: close the album. I wish the ideas were reigned in a bit on the rest because a slightly more organized version of this would be just fantastic.
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90/100
From 08/22/2017 16:18 | #196556
Very energetic post-punk. Huge influence on bands like Pavement.
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From 05/09/2014 21:09 | #111320
Hahaha! Yeah, this album was wild.
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5/100
From 05/09/2014 20:37 | #111315
sophisticated, strange, annoying. what was the name of the drug again?
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85/100
From 12/20/2013 16:38 | #98191
Just an incredible album!!!
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