The Strange, The Obscure, The Great
by 
Hayden 
And sometimes the lost.
- Chart updated: 11/29/2025 15:15
- (Created: 08/22/2016 04:26).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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"How can those terrified vague fingers push
The feathered glory from her loosening thighs?
And how can body, laid in that white rush,
But feel the strange heart beating where it lies?" - Yeats [First added to this chart: 02/14/2019]
The feathered glory from her loosening thighs?
And how can body, laid in that white rush,
But feel the strange heart beating where it lies?" - Yeats [First added to this chart: 02/14/2019]
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"You dagger-words, that I tempered and tested,
Gladly I'll draw from my breast where you rested,
But it is my heart to the purpose applying,
I'll shape a weapon with sparks from it flying,
Then I shall hang it up high on the wall
Others to gratify,
Ne to appall." - Ukrainka [First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
Gladly I'll draw from my breast where you rested,
But it is my heart to the purpose applying,
I'll shape a weapon with sparks from it flying,
Then I shall hang it up high on the wall
Others to gratify,
Ne to appall." - Ukrainka [First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
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"Into the furious lashing of the tides
More heedless than children's brains the other winter
I ran! And loosened Peninsulas
Have not undergone a more triumphant hubbub" - Rimbaud [First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
More heedless than children's brains the other winter
I ran! And loosened Peninsulas
Have not undergone a more triumphant hubbub" - Rimbaud [First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
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"That's all. I'm alone. Walking,
combing the cape, still choking back the hope
of getting to the end and, just once, saying the hell with it
from this fourth beach, embracing the last, the final sob." - Anwar [First added to this chart: 11/13/2018]
combing the cape, still choking back the hope
of getting to the end and, just once, saying the hell with it
from this fourth beach, embracing the last, the final sob." - Anwar [First added to this chart: 11/13/2018]
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"Then, suddenly, the image broke apart.
She stood, as though distracted, near the window
and felt the violent drum-beats of her heart." - Rilke [First added to this chart: 02/10/2019]
She stood, as though distracted, near the window
and felt the violent drum-beats of her heart." - Rilke [First added to this chart: 02/10/2019]
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"It has been ten years since her husband left like a hornet.
The husband has not returned,
And her little daughter left to the stone tomb, for she liked bellflowers." - Seok [First added to this chart: 09/15/2018]
The husband has not returned,
And her little daughter left to the stone tomb, for she liked bellflowers." - Seok [First added to this chart: 09/15/2018]
Year of Release:
1999
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Rank Score:
3
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"I’d have to be really quick
to describe clouds -
a split second’s enough
for them to start being something else." - Szymborska [First added to this chart: 08/22/2016]
to describe clouds -
a split second’s enough
for them to start being something else." - Szymborska [First added to this chart: 08/22/2016]
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"Let the press be free;
The truth, however crushed to Earth,
Shall rise again.
For us, we shall speak the truth,
if bullets to our breasts!" - Dempster [First added to this chart: 07/06/2018]
The truth, however crushed to Earth,
Shall rise again.
For us, we shall speak the truth,
if bullets to our breasts!" - Dempster [First added to this chart: 07/06/2018]
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"There was the Door to which I found no key;
There was the Veil through which I might not see." - Khayyam [First added to this chart: 01/23/2021]
There was the Veil through which I might not see." - Khayyam [First added to this chart: 01/23/2021]
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
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The Strange, The Obscure, The Great composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1970s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1980s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1990s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2000s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2010s | 23 | 23% | |
| 2020s | 6 | 6% |
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| Various Artists | 6 | 6% | |
| Pauline Oliveros | 1 | 1% | |
| The Vegetable Orchestra | 1 | 1% | |
| Leonard Dembo & Barura Express | 1 | 1% | |
| Shooby Taylor | 1 | 1% | |
| Four Horsemen (CA) | 1 | 1% | |
| Ivor Cutler | 1 | 1% | |
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12 | 12% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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7 | 7% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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| ! | 03/12/2025 13:15 | Johnnyo | 2,557 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/02/2023 14:51 | Steppenwolf666 | 88 | 89/100 |
| ! | 02/16/2023 09:30 |  ForegroundNoise | 473 | 87/100 |
| ! | 10/06/2021 22:25 |  Rhyner | 1,456 | 99/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2020 17:10 |  ERadio | 58 | 91/100 |
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This chart is rated in the top 1% of all charts on BestEverAlbums.com. This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 92.3/100, a mean average of 96.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 96.7/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 7.7.
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From Johnnyo 03/12/2025 13:16 | #308002
Certainly lives up to its title. Really like charts like this as they provide me with ideas of albums that I might want to check out
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From Steppenwolf666 03/02/2023 14:52 | #294629
Incredible chart......I think. Don't know many of these, but weird and strange is right up my alley, so will investigate thoroughly.
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From ForegroundNoise 02/16/2023 09:32 | #294076
ForegroundNoise 02/16/2023 09:32 | #294076
Found this chart via Itoh Masyitoh & Rineka Swara's Naon Margina. Only familiar with a handful of albums on this list, but what I do know is entrancing. Can't wait to dive in!
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indieshins 10/07/2021 05:05 | #274761
indieshins 10/07/2021 05:05 | #274761
Awesome! This is right up my alley, as someone always on the look out for weird obscure stuff. I've added it to my favourites, looking forward to checking a bunch of them out.
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From 
Tha1ChiefRocka 10/13/2018 02:29 | #222451
Tha1ChiefRocka 10/13/2018 02:29 | #222451
Juggalos? In the Netherlands? In 1971!?!
The ICP Orchestra sounds interesting.
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From 
Mercury 10/07/2017 05:01 | #199208
Mercury 10/07/2017 05:01 | #199208
Love the look of some of these albums. Will be checking some out. Awesome chart!
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