Your top albums of all time? (1 Viewer)

[Forty4]

I heard this on the way into work today and thought it was a fun game, kind of fits in this thread.

Going down the alphabet, name the "most successful" artist that starts with that letter. Individuals use their last name. Success is measured by number of album sales.

Link for Answers : http://uproxx.com/music/most-successful-artist-alphabet/4/

What I find interesting is that it goes 1, 3-6, 10.

 

[mooremo]

Most in my list have already been mentioned, but I would add;

Manfred Mann- Angel Station
The Marshall Tucker Band- Where We All Belong and Searchin for a Rainbow
Alvin Lee and Ten Years After-A Space in Time
Curtis Mayfield-Superfly (first vinyl I purchased)
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young-Deja Vu and So Far
Willie, Waylon, Tompall and Jessi- Wanted The Outlaws
Kiss-Alive

 

[gopherblue]

Seriously. 100%. I must've listened to this LP hundreds of times growing up. Probably wore it out. And that's not even the craziest part. You see, the record, which went platinum and had a single at #1 in 16 countries, was produced by the great uncle (actually a cousin, but functionally a great uncle) to my then future wife. (He's pictured below when he was the A&R man for another one of Decca's bands--which you may have heard of.)

Thanks, Marcel, for making it such a smurfing small world.

 

[Chicken Rob]

I heard this on the way into work today and thought it was a fun game, kind of fits in this thread.

Going down the alphabet, name the "most successful" artist that starts with that letter. Individuals use their last name. Success is measured by number of album sales.

Link for Answers : http://uproxx.com/music/most-successful-artist-alphabet/4/

What I find interesting is that it goes 1, 3-6, 10.

I'm surprised XTC is not the band listed for X. They have to have sold more than 2.1M records. Their hey day was during one of the biggest music sales boom of all time. Skylarking and Oranges and Lemons must have broken 2M alone.

 

[Forty4]

I'm surprised XTC is not the band listed for X. They have to have sold more than 2.1M records. Their hey day was during one of the biggest music sales boom of all time. Skylarking and Oranges and Lemons must have broken 2M alone.

Did you try guessing any or just look?

 

[12thMan]

I heard this on the way into work today and thought it was a fun game, kind of fits in this thread.

Going down the alphabet, name the "most successful" artist that starts with that letter. Individuals use their last name. Success is measured by number of album sales.

Link for Answers : http://uproxx.com/music/most-successful-artist-alphabet/4/

What I find interesting is that it goes 1, 3-6, 10.

I'm scrolling down the list of some of the most commercially successful artist/bands of all time and suddenly out of nowhere!!!:

Nope, not mad X, admire your forethought on the name choice though!!! Future all time list metagame is strong with this one.

 

[Chicken Rob]

Did you try guessing any or just look?

I just looked. I was on a conference call at work and had to pay attention to the call...

 

[Chicken Rob]

Anyone with better google skills than me able to come up with total record sales for XTC?

 

[Chicken Rob]

Also michael jackson has sold way more albums than Billy Joel, and it isn't close.

List confirmed wrong.

 

[12thMan]

I believe US album sales only is affecting some numbers.

 

[jbutler]

Also michael jackson has sold way more albums than Billy Joel, and it isn't close.

List confirmed wrong.

Well, the list is dumb, but it's not wrong.

The list is based on total album sales in the U.S. alone...

 

[Chicken Rob]

Well, the list is dumb, but it's not wrong.

List confirmed Dumb.

I still bet XTC sold more than 2.1 million records in the US in the '80s.

 

[gopherblue]

So...no one has figured out the band in the photo I posted? Or no one cares?

 

[Chicken Rob]

So...no one has figured out the band in the photo I posted? Or no one cares?

No clue. But curious.

 

[jbutler]

So...no one has figured out the band in the photo I posted? Or no one cares?

Didn't know it was supposed to be a mystery. Stones obv.

 

[gopherblue]

Didn't know it was supposed to be a mystery. Stones obv.

Ding ding ding. Back when they could walk from their cars to the backdoor of the venue without getting mobbed.

 

[legend672]

So...no one has figured out the band in the photo I posted? Or no one cares?

Ladies and gentlemen ....the rolling stones

 

[bergs]

Dre - The Chronic
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions...
Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (favorite album of all time)
Tribe Called Quest - The Anthology (yeah, it's a compilation)
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader
Gang Starr - Hard to Earn
Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Jay Z - The Black Album
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Pink Floyd - Momentary Lapse of Reason
Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4
Weezer - Weezer (self-titled)
3rd Bass - The Cactus Album (you may commence (or continue) laughing)

 

[MegaTon44]

Dre - The Chronic
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions...
Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory (favorite album of all time)
Tribe Called Quest - The Anthology (yeah, it's a compilation)
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Beastie Boys - Ill Communication
Eric B & Rakim - Follow The Leader
Gang Starr - Hard to Earn
Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Jay Z - The Black Album
NWA - Straight Outta Compton
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile
Pink Floyd - Momentary Lapse of Reason
Stone Temple Pilots - No. 4
Weezer - Weezer (self-titled)
3rd Bass - The Cactus Album (you may commence (or continue) laughing)

When I read 3rd Bass, all I thought about was MC Serch hosting the White Rapper Show back in 2007. One of the most uncomfortable reality TV shows I've ever seen.

 

[JoseRijo]

Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions...

Yes, +1.

Pink Floyd - Momentary Lapse of Reason

You realize Pink Floyd made music before 1986, don't you?

Here are some of my desert-island nominees.

Deep Purple - Live in Japan
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Grateful Dead - Europe '72
Led Zeppelin - Presence
Pink Floyd - Animals
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights
PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Traffic - On the Road
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
Sublime
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Emerson Lake and Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition
Blind Faith

Also, how quaint is the notion that you could only take five (five!) albums with you on a desert island, presumably because you don't have the space for more.

 

[Chicken Rob]

Yes, +1.


You realize Pink Floyd made music before 1986, don't you?

Here are some of my desert-island nominees.

Deep Purple - Live in Japan
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Grateful Dead - Europe '72
Led Zeppelin - Presence
Pink Floyd - Animals
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights
PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Traffic - On the Road
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
Sublime
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Emerson Lake and Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition
Blind Faith

Also, how quaint is the notion that you could only take five (five!) albums with you on a desert island, presumably because you don't have the space for more.

Nice to see Animals make an appearance. That was my favorite album of all time for about 15 years. Still a top 25.

 

[jbutler]

Yes, +1.


You realize Pink Floyd made music before 1986, don't you?

Here are some of my desert-island nominees.

Deep Purple - Live in Japan
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Grateful Dead - Europe '72
Led Zeppelin - Presence
Pink Floyd - Animals
Peter Tosh - Equal Rights
PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Traffic - On the Road
Yes - Tales from Topographic Oceans
Sublime
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Emerson Lake and Palmer - Pictures at an Exhibition
Blind Faith

Also, how quaint is the notion that you could only take five (five!) albums with you on a desert island, presumably because you don't have the space for more.

Really great list. I'm gonna have to give presence a chance for the first time in years since the rest of these are so awesome.