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Why this album mattered
The Sweetest Illusion (1994) is a Basia album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 10 tracks on this release. It reached #27 and charted for 18 weeks.
The music
- 1
Drunk on Love
- 2
Third Time Lucky
- 3
Yearning
- 4
She Deserves It / Rachel’s Wedding
- 5
An Olive Tree
- 6
The Sweetest Illusion
- 7
Perfect Mother
- 8
More Fire Than Flame
- 9
Simple Pleasures
- 10
My Cruel Ways
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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Chart Journey
- May 21, 1994#27
A long tail — 18 weeks on the chart, outlasting most peers without ever claiming the summit. Entered at #27 at its peak and fell quickly across 18 weeks on the chart.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
