The Strange, The Obscure, The Great by 
Hayden 
And sometimes the lost.
- Chart updated: 03/04/2023 17:15
- (Created: 08/22/2016 04:26).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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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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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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It smiles melting hearts with delight.
The larks have already ascended the sky
And merrily chant in their flight." - Maironis [First added to this chart: 05/04/2019]
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has washed me
ashore.
Out of earshot." - Sigurdsson [First added to this chart: 01/04/2019]
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she laughed his joy she cried his grief
bird by snow and stir by still
anyone's any was all to her." - Cummings [First added to this chart: 08/22/2016]
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settled down onto his face.
He lies and stares at the ceiling.
How it had rowed up through the silence.
The now's eternally flowing stain,
the now's eternally bleeding end-point.” - Transtromer [First added to this chart: 08/22/2016]
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Then I turn back on my steps, my steps turn back too, but I don't
know exactly what they turn back on. I consult a schedule; the names of the towns have been
replaced by the names of people who have been quite close to me.
Shall I go to A, return to B,
change at X? Yes, of course I'll change at X.
Provided I don't miss the connection with boredom!" - Breton [First added to this chart: 02/10/2019]
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of light particles, a quirk of perception?
Is it the dreamed summer hour of my childhood
shattered as by lightning lost in time?" - Christensen [First added to this chart: 08/22/2016]
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The Strange, The Obscure, The Great composition
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 5 | 5% | |
| 1960s | 9 | 9% | |
| 1970s | 19 | 19% | |
| 1980s | 21 | 21% | |
| 1990s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2000s | 8 | 8% | |
| 2010s | 24 | 24% | |
| 2020s | 6 | 6% |
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| Various Artists | 6 | 6% | |
| TwinSisterMoon | 1 | 1% | |
| Lask | 1 | 1% | |
| アフター・ディナー [After Dinner] | 1 | 1% | |
| Clara Rockmore | 1 | 1% | |
| Furekåben | 1 | 1% | |
| Demetrio Stratos | 1 | 1% | |
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12 | 12% | |
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11 | 11% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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3 | 3% | |
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80/100  | 03/12/2025 13:15 | Johnnyo | | 80/100 |
 100/100 | 03/02/2023 14:51 | Steppenwolf666 | | 89/100 |
| 100/100 | 02/16/2023 09:30 |  ForegroundNoise | | 87/100 |
| 95/100 | 10/06/2021 22:25 |  Rhyner | | 99/100 |
| 100/100 | 07/18/2020 17:10 |  ERadio | | 91/100 |
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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
Incredible chart......I think. Don't know many of these, but weird and strange is right up my alley, so will investigate thoroughly.
ForegroundNoise 02/16/2023 09:32
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!
indieshins 10/07/2021 05:05
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.
Tha1ChiefRocka 10/13/2018 02:29
Juggalos? In the Netherlands? In 1971!?!
The ICP Orchestra sounds interesting.
Mercury 10/07/2017 05:01
Love the look of some of these albums. Will be checking some out. Awesome chart!
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