Pleasant Surprises
by 
AAL2014 
This chart isn’t necessarily in any order. However, it’s here to document the records that caught me off guard in the best way possible.
A number of these records were random streaming selections, others I discovered in my ongoing trek through Rolling Stone’s Top 500, and a couple were blind buys based on the album’s cover. A lot of these records (even through respective acclaim) were unbeknownst to me before listening. Others I simply just liked more than I anticipated.
What they all have in common is they helped push my listening envelope when I didn’t expect them to. Hope you enjoy!
- Chart updated: 12/21/2023 19:45
- (Created: 06/19/2022 00:22).
- Chart size: 41 albums.
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1981
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Rank Score:
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Pleasant Surprises composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 2 | 5% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 7% | |
| 1970s | 9 | 22% | |
| 1980s | 2 | 5% | |
| 1990s | 6 | 15% | |
| 2000s | 6 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 12 | 29% | |
| 2020s | 1 | 2% |
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| Elvis Presley | 1 | 2% | |
| Renaissance | 1 | 2% | |
| Nile | 1 | 2% | |
| Manu Chao | 1 | 2% | |
| Curtis Mayfield | 1 | 2% | |
| Madonna | 1 | 2% | |
| Tori Amos | 1 | 2% | |
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24 | 59% | |
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7 | 17% | |
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Pleasant Surprises chart changes
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| Down 2 from 26th to 28thFirst Take by Roberta Flack |
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| Back To Black by Amy Winehouse |
| Exile In Guyville by Liz Phair |
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