Strange Girls
by sssvnnn

There are some good Charts on BEA with femal artists that inspired me to do a Chart with "Strange Girls"
meaning female artists besides the mainstream and without much public attention.
Most of the picks are somewhere between avantgarde, rock, folk, jazz, worldmusic.
I didn`t notice the big commercial stars (no Lady Gaga, Adele, Shakira, Sade...)
or artists in the BEA top 100 (no Kate Bush, Björk, Joni Mitchell...) or bands with female singers ( no Portishead, Sonic Youth...).

• Chart updated: 12/29/2024 22:45
• (Created: 10/30/2013 00:24).
• Chart size: 100 albums.

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Chelsea Girl 

 Nico

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Nico [First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]

Year of Release:

1967

Appears in:

476 charts

Rank Score:

2,775

Rank in 1967:

18

Rank in 1960s:

73

Overall Rank:

617

Average Rating:

 77 (504 votes)

Comments:

22

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The Living Road 

 Lhasa De Sela

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Folk [First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

358

Rank in 2003:

78

Rank in 2000s:

689

Overall Rank:

4,001

Average Rating:

 78 (35 votes)

Comments:

1

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Sky-skating 

 Annette Peacock

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Avantgarde folk [First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

58

Rank in 1982:

266

Rank in 1980s:

2,462

Overall Rank:

18,542

Average Rating:

 72 (13 votes)

Comments:

0

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Alive In The House Of Saints 

 Myra Melford

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Jazz [First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]

Year of Release:

1993

Appears in:

12 charts

Rank Score:

59

Rank in 1993:

284

Rank in 1990s:

2,873

Overall Rank:

18,157

Average Rating:

 73 (8 votes)

Comments:

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Live At Town Hall New York City September 19-20, 2001 
Live

 Laurie Anderson

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Electro performance [First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

8 charts

Rank Score:

29

Rank in 2002:

544

Rank in 2000s:

5,593

Overall Rank:

29,578

Average Rating:

 75 (6 votes)

Comments:

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Horses 

 Patti Smith

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Rock [First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]

Year of Release:

1975

Appears in:

1,021 charts

Rank Score:

8,012

Rank in 1975:

7

Rank in 1970s:

46

Overall Rank:

188

Average Rating:

 81 (1,207 votes)

Comments:

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Lovetune For Vacuum 

 Soap&Skin

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Nico [First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

252

Rank in 2009:

98

Rank in 2000s:

931

Overall Rank:

5,358

Average Rating:

 75 (34 votes)

Comments:

1

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Under The Pink 

 Tori Amos

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Pop [First added to this chart: 12/09/2013]

Year of Release:

1994

Appears in:

200 charts

Rank Score:

1,148

Rank in 1994:

42

Rank in 1990s:

270

Overall Rank:

1,479

Average Rating:

 77 (250 votes)

Comments:

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Gula Gula 

 Mari Boine

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Lapland folk, jazz [First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]

Year of Release:

1990

Appears in:

9 charts

Rank Score:

28

Rank in 1990:

399

Rank in 1990s:

4,694

Overall Rank:

30,253

Average Rating:

 71 (7 votes)

Comments:

0

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Naked Spirit 

 Sainkho

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Tuva [First added to this chart: 10/29/2013]

Year of Release:

1998

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

20

Rank in 1998:

610

Rank in 1990s:

5,827

Overall Rank:

37,678

Average Rating:

 75 (7 votes)

Comments:

0

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Strange Girls composition

Country	Albums	%
	39	39%
	10	10%
	9	9%
	7	7%
	4	4%
	3	3%
	2	2%
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95/100  !	08/30/2022 09:45	Purplepash	1,690	88/100
100/100  !	07/19/2022 20:59	desh79	1,278	93/100
90/100  !	07/19/2022 18:18	zwiebel	189	86/100
90/100  !	12/15/2019 20:51	Boltzmann	247	79/100
100/100  !	12/15/2019 19:08	panapsal	232	93/100

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This chart is rated in the top 2% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 91.1/100, a mean average of 92.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 92.4/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 7.1.

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From Thad 12/15/2019 21:15 | #245711

thanks for this, some stuff i need to check out!

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From panapsal 12/15/2019 19:08 | #245709

all very beautiful !!!

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90/100

From Liedzeit 12/15/2019 12:47 | #245706

Excellent. So many singers I do not know. There is no need to excuse to leave Lady Gaga out if you do not like her. But leaving out Kate Bush, just because she is in the Top 100 seems a bit eccentric.

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From ForegroundNoise 08/19/2018 19:12 | #219861

Yes!!! Love the sentiment behind this chart and choice of genres that are off the beaten track - real pleasure. Will definitely trawl through these - great to see on such a male-dominated website

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80/100

From JulianR 01/28/2018 20:54 | #206707

is "nico" a genre?

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From bobbyb5 09/28/2017 04:34 | #198838

Could use more Laurie Anderson and Nina Hagen though. They have several more good ones I would have liked to see. I got to try to find out who most of these people are, they sound fascinating

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85/100

From vancevisuals 09/27/2017 22:36 | #198833

I love Laurie Anderson but no Mr. Heartbreak Of Bright Red/Tightrope?
Like the Moe Tucker picks as well
I know she more famous than most but Grace Slick has to be on any female artist list.
interesting chart though

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From platus 09/27/2017 15:03 | #198821

Nice one, sssvnnn!

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85/100

From Oselju 12/11/2016 18:50 | #179890

Zaz ???
You are not serious !

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From Oselju 02/10/2016 07:50 | #159255

Good chart except for Zaz !
Zaz before P.J. Harvey ?? No !!!!!

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