The Strange, The Obscure, The Great
by Hayden

And sometimes the lost.

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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]
Year of Release:
1999
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Rank Score:
4
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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]
Year of Release:
1996
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Rank Score:
118
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Buy album United States
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"I know a fairy-tale writer, a man
who starts work each morning as soon as he can.
From a quarter past six until two o’clock he’s
writing tales about witches, hobgoblins and fairies." - Schmidt
[First added to this chart: 08/22/2016]
Year of Release:
1991
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Rank Score:
65
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"When it has snowed
In the orchard trees
Poor autumn
Dead in whiteness and riches
Of snow and ripe fruits." - Apollinaire
[First added to this chart: 03/23/2018]
Year of Release:
1994
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Rank Score:
21
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"I’m tired of living in my land
with boring fields and buckwheat fragrant,
I’ll leave my home for ever, and
begin the life of thief and vagrant." - Yesenin
[First added to this chart: 08/14/2019]
Year of Release:
1999
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Rank Score:
3
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"Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not! I fear lest it
droop and drop into the dust." - Tagore
[First added to this chart: 05/02/2019]
Year of Release:
1999
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Rank Score:
22
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"As the cat
climbed over
the top of

the jamcloset
first the right
forefoot

carefully
then the hind
stepped down
into the pit of
the empty
flowerpot" - Williams
[First added to this chart: 03/20/2018]
Year of Release:
1992
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Rank Score:
17
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"Formed in orphanhood, he goes down
with rumors of burial to the praying field,
and the sheep bells are seasoned with shadow.

It survives, the blue warped
In iron, and on it, pupils shrouded,
A dog etches its pastoral howl." - Vellejo
[First added to this chart: 05/09/2019]
Year of Release:
1995
Appears in:
Rank Score:
9
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The Strange, The Obscure, The Great composition

Decade Albums %


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%
Country Albums %


United States 12 12%
Mixed Nationality 11 11%
United Kingdom 6 6%
France 6 6%
Canada 5 5%
Ireland 4 4%
Japan 3 3%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 92 92%
Yes 8 8%
Live? Albums %
No 99 99%
Yes 1 1%

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From 03/12/2025 13:16
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 03/02/2023 14:52
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 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!
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From 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.
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From 10/13/2018 02:29
Juggalos? In the Netherlands? In 1971!?!

The ICP Orchestra sounds interesting.
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From 10/07/2017 05:01
Love the look of some of these albums. Will be checking some out. Awesome chart!
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