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#309401 - 01/27/05 08:01 PM
Top 50 Albums of All Time
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Top 100 Albums (Millions)
28.0
EAGLES/THEIR GREATEST HITS 1971 - 1975
EAGLES
26.0
THRILLER
JACKSON, MICHAEL
23.0
THE WALL
PINK FLOYD
COLUMBIA
ALBUM
22.0
LED ZEPPELIN IV
LED ZEPPELIN
SWAN SONG
ALBUM
21.0
GREATEST HITS VOLUME I & VOLUME II
JOEL, BILLY
COLUMBIA
ALBUM
19.0
RUMOURS
FLEETWOOD MAC
WARNER BROS.
ALBUM
19.0
BACK IN BLACK
AC/DC
ELEKTRA
ALBUM
19.0
THE BEATLES
BEATLES, THE
CAPITOL
ALBUM
19.0
COME ON OVER
TWAIN, SHANIA
MERCURY NASHVILLE
ALBUM
17.0
BOSTON
BOSTON
EPIC
ALBUM
17.0
THE BODYGUARD (SOUNDTRACK)
HOUSTON, WHITNEY
ARISTA
ALBUM
16.0
CRACKED REAR VIEW
HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH
ATLANTIC
ALBUM
16.0
GREATEST HITS
JOHN, ELTON
ISLAND/MERCURY
ALBUM
16.0
JAGGED LITTLE PILL
MORISSETTE, ALANIS
MAVERICK
ALBUM
16.0
THE BEATLES 1967 - 1970
BEATLES, THE
CAPITOL
ALBUM
16.0
NO FENCES
BROOKS, GARTH
CAPITOL NASHVILLE
ALBUM
16.0
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
EAGLES
ELEKTRA
ALBUM
15.0
DOUBLE LIVE
BROOKS, GARTH
CAPITOL NASHVILLE
ALBUM
15.0
THE BEATLES 1962 - 1966
BEATLES, THE
CAPITOL
ALBUM
15.0
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (SOUNDTRACK)
BEE GEES
POLYDOR/ATLAS
ALBUM
15.0
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
PINK FLOYD
CAPITOL
ALBUM
15.0
PHYSICAL GRAFFITI
LED ZEPPELIN
SWAN SONG
ALBUM
15.0
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
GUNS 'N ROSES
GEFFEN
ALBUM
15.0
SUPERNATURAL
SANTANA
ARISTA
ALBUM
15.0
BORN IN THE U.S.A.
SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE
COLUMBIA
ALBUM
14.0
SIMON & GARFUNKEL'S GREATEST HITS
SIMON & GARFUNKEL
COLUMBIA
ALBUM
14.0
BAT OUT OF HELL
MEAT LOAF
EPIC
ALBUM
14.0
METALLICA
METALLICA
ELEKTRA
ALBUM
14.0
ROPIN' THE WIND
BROOKS, GARTH
CAPITOL NASHVILLE
ALBUM
14.0
BACKSTREET BOYS
BACKSTREET BOYS
JIVE
ALBUM
13.0
MILLENNIUM
BACKSTREET BOYS
JIVE
ALBUM
13.0
GREATEST HITS 1974-1978
MILLER, STEVE BAND
CAPITOL
ALBUM
13.0
WHITNEY HOUSTON
HOUSTON, WHITNEY
ARISTA
ALBUM
13.0
PURPLE RAIN (SOUNDTRACK)
PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION
WARNER BROS.
ALBUM
13.0
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & E STREET BAND LIVE 1975 - '85
SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE
COLUMBIA
ALBUM
13.0
...BABY ONE MORE TIME
SPEARS, BRITNEY
JIVE
ALBUM
12.0
FORREST GUMP
SOUNDTRACK
EPIC
ALBUM
12.0
KENNY ROGERS' GREATEST HITS
ROGERS, KENNY
CAPITOL NASHVILLE
ALBUM
12.0
HOT ROCKS
ROLLING STONES, THE
ABKCO
ALBUM
12.0
THE WOMAN IN ME
TWAIN, SHANIA
MERCURY NASHVILLE
ALBUM
12.0
BREATHLESS
KENNY G
ARISTA
ALBUM
12.0
LED ZEPPELIN II
LED ZEPPELIN
ATLANTIC
ALBUM
12.0
TEN
PEARL JAM
EPIC
ALBUM
12.0
YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU
MATCHBOX TWENTY
ATLANTIC
ALBUM
12.0
ABBEY ROAD
BEATLES, THE
CAPITOL
ALBUM
12.0
II
BOYZ II MEN
MOTOWN
ALBUM
12.0
SLIPPERY WHEN WET
BON JOVI
MERCURY
ALBUM
12.0
WIDE OPEN SPACES
DIXIE CHICKS
OPEN WIDE / MONUMENT
ALBUM
12.0
NO JACKET REQUIRED
COLLINS, PHIL
ATLANTIC
ALBUM
12.0
HYSTERIA
DEF LEPPARD
MERCURY
ALBUM
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#309402 - 01/27/05 08:04 PM
Re: Top 50 Albums of All Time
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Oops, this says Top 100, but I only included the top 50. Top 100 would have been too long. Maybe we'll get to 51 - 100 if there is interest. This is according to RIAA.
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#309403 - 01/27/05 08:06 PM
Re: Top 50 Albums of All Time
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I have 24 of the 50 listed.
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#309404 - 01/27/05 08:15 PM
Re: Top 50 Albums of All Time
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they shouldn't include greatest hits albums. that's kind of a rip off.
ac/dc's "back in black" is the greatest, rockinest, jamminest record ever made.
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#309405 - 01/27/05 08:18 PM
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they shouldn't include greatest hits albums. that's kind of a rip off.
ac/dc's "back in black" is the greatest, rockinest, jamminest record ever made.
Top selling albums are top selling albums regardless of whether they are greatest hits or compilations (like Forrest Gump) or live albums. I would agree with you if this were a list of greatest albums based on opinion. This is not. So, I dissent and think it is perfectly appropriate since, after all, these are the top selling albums of all time according to the RIAA.
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#309407 - 01/27/05 08:40 PM
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Top Albums of original material--no soundtracks or greatest hits albums or live albums (except I left Purple Rain because it was all original material, wasn't it?) Saturday Night Fever was a mix of new and old. (Millions)
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THRILLER
JACKSON, MICHAEL
23.0
THE WALL
PINK FLOYD
COLUMBIA
ALBUM
22.0
LED ZEPPELIN IV
LED ZEPPELIN
SWAN SONG
ALBUM
19.0
RUMOURS
FLEETWOOD MAC
WARNER BROS.
ALBUM
19.0
BACK IN BLACK
AC/DC
ELEKTRA
ALBUM
19.0
THE BEATLES
BEATLES, THE
CAPITOL
ALBUM
19.0
COME ON OVER
TWAIN, SHANIA
MERCURY NASHVILLE
ALBUM
17.0
BOSTON
BOSTON
EPIC
ALBUM
16.0
CRACKED REAR VIEW
HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH
ATLANTIC
ALBUM
16.0
JAGGED LITTLE PILL
MORISSETTE, ALANIS
MAVERICK
ALBUM
16.0
NO FENCES
BROOKS, GARTH
CAPITOL NASHVILLE
ALBUM
16.0
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
EAGLES
ELEKTRA
ALBUM
15.0
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
PINK FLOYD
CAPITOL
ALBUM
15.0
PHYSICAL GRAFFITI
LED ZEPPELIN
SWAN SONG
ALBUM
15.0
APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
GUNS 'N ROSES
GEFFEN
ALBUM
15.0
SUPERNATURAL
SANTANA
ARISTA
ALBUM
15.0
BORN IN THE U.S.A.
SPRINGSTEEN, BRUCE
COLUMBIA
ALBUM
14.0
BAT OUT OF HELL
MEAT LOAF
EPIC
ALBUM
14.0
METALLICA
METALLICA
ELEKTRA
ALBUM
14.0
ROPIN' THE WIND
BROOKS, GARTH
CAPITOL NASHVILLE
ALBUM
14.0
BACKSTREET BOYS
BACKSTREET BOYS
JIVE
ALBUM
13.0
MILLENNIUM
BACKSTREET BOYS
JIVE
ALBUM
13.0
WHITNEY HOUSTON
HOUSTON, WHITNEY
ARISTA
ALBUM
13.0
PURPLE RAIN (SOUNDTRACK)
PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION
WARNER BROS.
ALBUM
13.0
...BABY ONE MORE TIME
SPEARS, BRITNEY
JIVE
ALBUM
12.0
THE WOMAN IN ME
TWAIN, SHANIA
MERCURY NASHVILLE
ALBUM
12.0
BREATHLESS
KENNY G
ARISTA
ALBUM
12.0
LED ZEPPELIN II
LED ZEPPELIN
ATLANTIC
ALBUM
12.0
TEN
PEARL JAM
EPIC
ALBUM
12.0
YOURSELF OR SOMEONE LIKE YOU
MATCHBOX TWENTY
ATLANTIC
ALBUM
12.0
ABBEY ROAD
BEATLES, THE
CAPITOL
ALBUM
12.0
II
BOYZ II MEN
MOTOWN
ALBUM
12.0
SLIPPERY WHEN WET
BON JOVI
MERCURY
ALBUM
12.0
WIDE OPEN SPACES
DIXIE CHICKS
OPEN WIDE / MONUMENT
ALBUM
12.0
NO JACKET REQUIRED
COLLINS, PHIL
ATLANTIC
ALBUM
12.0
HYSTERIA
DEF LEPPARD
MERCURY
ALBUM
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#309408 - 01/27/05 08:41 PM
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I only have four of them! I'm gonna have to run out right away and get that brilliant, ground-breaking,genre-defining soundtrack from the "Bodyguard". 
It wasn't all bad, just mostly bad. Any album that contains "What's So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding" can't be all bad.
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#309409 - 01/27/05 10:43 PM
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Agreed- very good song. Do you remember who sings the version that's on the Bodyguard soundtrack?
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#309410 - 01/27/05 10:47 PM
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Dang! Still no Herman's Hermits. What's up with that? I bet Simon likes Herman's Hermits.
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#309411 - 01/27/05 10:55 PM
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Agreed- very good song. Do you remember who sings the version that's on the Bodyguard soundtrack?
Nick Lowe wrote it and got big residuals off that the Bodyguard album. I know Costello had the most well known version--so, I'll guess Elvis Costello.
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#309413 - 01/28/05 12:23 AM
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Agreed- very good song. Do you remember who sings the version that's on the Bodyguard soundtrack?
Nick Lowe wrote it and got big residuals off that the Bodyguard album. I know Costello had the most well known version--so, I'll guess Elvis Costello.
I was sure it was Leonard Cohen who wrote it.
Wrong. It was Lowe. -Z-
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#309414 - 01/28/05 08:30 AM
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I can't believe Spike Jones didn't make the list. What's up with that?
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