April 10, 201213 yr Shireblogger made a estimation what the probable next 10 will be. 41 Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells :: 2,650k 42 Alanis Morissette Jagged Little Pill :: 2,615k 43 Abba Greatest Hits :: 2,610k 44 Robbie Williams I've Been Expecting You :: 2,580k 45 Coldplay Parachutes :: 2,560k 46 Norah Jones Come Away With Me :: 2,510k 47 Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman :: 2,485k 48 George Michael Ladies And Gentlemen: The Best Of :: 2,430k 49 Fleetwood Mac Tango In The Night :: 2,400k 50 Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP :: 2,350k or Take That Progress / Progressed :: 2,350k
April 11, 201213 yr Tracy Chapman is likely to climb into top 40 at some point and But Seriously will probably drop out. It's sort of shame that Eminem and Robbie Williams don't have an album in Top 40. After all, they're the biggest selling solo artists of the 90s and noughties.
April 11, 201213 yr 3 GOLD - GREATEST HITS (1992) - ABBA :: 4,995k 8 THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON (1973) - PINK FLOYD :: 4,120k 12 BACK TO BLACK (2006) - AMY WINEHOUSE :: 3,410k 14 RUMOURS (1977) - FLEETWOOD MAC :: 3,405k d/l 17 URBAN HYMNS (1997) - THE VERVE :: 3,210k 26 WHITE LADDER(1998) - DAVID GRAY :: 2,945k 32 A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD (2002) – COLDPLAY :: 2,805k 39 THE MAN WHO (1999) – TRAVIS :: 2,675k I own these.
April 11, 201213 yr COO is certainly one of my favourite albums of all-time, if not, #1. I strongly prefer the North American "country" version, but I do own both. The International version just sounded so watered down to me. It didn't help that I bought it after 5 years of non-stop playing the original. I only bought the US edition last week and much prefer it to the international version that I've had for years. More countryfied and less poppy. As I'm a country fan that suits me.
April 13, 201213 yr 1- GREATEST HITS- Queen- I appreciate their singles of course but I've never really been a fan 2- SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND- The Beatles- I come from Liverpool, there is only so much I can take of these guys 3- GOLD- GREATEST HITS- Abba- I am ashamed I don't own this but I do have the singles as downloads 4- (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY?- Oasis- I'm waiting for a definitive greatest hits. Love their singles not interested in an album 5- THRILLER- Michael Jackson- I have all the singles as Downloads but I want a great greatest hits. 6- 21- Adele- The singles are spectacular, the rest is a bit meh. Release Turning Tables and all the greats will be taken from this album 7- BROTHERS IN ARMS- Dire Straits- Never been interested 8- DARK SIDE OF THE MOON- Pink Floyd- Never been interested 9- BAD- Michael Jackson- see above 10- GREATEST HITS II- Queen- see above 11- THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION- Madonna- I don't see the point of having a greatest hits covering so little of her career 12- BACK TO BLACK- Amy Winehouse- I have the singles, heard the entire thing on Zane Lowe and didn't love it. 13- STARS- Simply Red- I don't even know what songs are on this. Holding back the years? I like that one 14- RUMOURS- Fleetwood Mac- Dreams is great (I love the deep dish remix as well) but my fave FM song is Everywhere. 15- COME ON OVER- Shania Twain- I must own this but I don't but I must 16- BACK TO BEDLAM - James Blunt- I have it but I can't remember my opinion. I hate that 'You're Beautiful' makes my love of 'Goodbye my Lover' embarrassing 17- URBAN HYMNS- The Verve :wub: 18- BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER- Simon & Garfunkel- Another one where the big album doesn't have the best songs. The sound of Silence and Mrs Robinson would be my favourites here. 19- NO ANGEL- Dido- I have it but can't remember enough of it to gage an opinion. Here With Me is the the first I heard of Dido, in 1999 when it was the opening titles to Roswell. 20- SPIRIT- Leona Lewis- no 21- LEGEND- Bob Marley & The Wailers- Not a style of music I'm interested in 22- BAT OUT OF HELL- Meat loaf- LOL 23- DIRTY DANCING- Original Soundtrack- Don't have it but its a mum's classic. 24- 1- The Beatles- see above 25- TALK ON CORNERS- The Corrs- I have their greatest hits which was very definitive. I need not own any more Corrs albums. 26- WHITE LADDER- David Gray :wub: :wub: Please forgive Me, Babylon, This Year's Love, Sail Away...Scorcher of an album 27- SPICE- Spice Girls-- I'm not objective, this was my childhood :wub: 28- CRAZY LOVE- Michael Buble- I have the Home and Lost singles but I think they were on other albums 29- LIFE FOR RENT- Dido- Despite having No Angel I don't have this one. 30- BEAUTIFUL WORLD- Take That- Rule the World! :wub: What is it with their soundtracking Matthew Vaughn movies, Love Love was great too 31- THE FAME- Lady Gaga- Pop Classic. :wub: :wub: So many classic singles and I still think Monster should have been released. Its a monster of a song 32- A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD- Coldplay- I want a greatest hits, not interested in the albums 33- HOPES AND FEARS- Keane- Somewhere only we know was played to death but I can still appreciate bedshaped 34- THE JOSHUA TREE- U2- Don't have it, never heard it. Not really a fan of U2. My fave of theirs is Electrical storm 35- ....BUT SERIOUSLY- Phil Collins- Nothing will top his Tarzan soundtrack. Sorry Phil 36- SCISSOR SISTERS- Scissor Sisters- Never heard it. Wasn't a huge fan of them. 37- ONLY BY THE NIGHT- Kings Of Leon- The two singles are great but a total departure from the quirky Molly's Chambers KOL 38- THE WAR OF THE WORLDS- Jeff Wayne- Never heard it. 39- THE MAN WHO....- Travis :wub: :wub: Gorgeous. Driftwood may be my favourite song of 1999. Writing to Reach you is a good second. Followed by Why does it always rain on me. 40- X & Y- Coldplay- See above
April 13, 201213 yr 11- THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION- Madonna- I don't see the point of having a greatest hits covering so little of her career You do know it was released in 1991 though?
April 14, 201213 yr 5- THRILLER- Michael Jackson- I have all the singles as Downloads but I want a great greatest hits. 35- ....BUT SERIOUSLY- Phil Collins- Nothing will top his Tarzan soundtrack. Sorry Phil MJ: You should invest in The Ultimate Collection. It's as definitive as you can get without buying studio albums separately. The problem with Michael Jackson is that 1) he has released too many fabulous singles from each album and 2) his best songs are not singles. Stupid bast*rd :P RIP Phil Collins is too underrated! His "Hits" collection is a must, great stuff there. Edited April 14, 201213 yr by SKOB
April 14, 201213 yr You do know it was released in 1991 though? Yes, of course but I see no reason to have it now when Celebration is out at least. Its a dead album IMO. There is no impetus for anyone to buy it except completism. MJ: You should invest in The Ultimate Collection. It's as definitive as you can get without buying studio albums separately. The problem with Michael Jackson is that 1) he has released too many fabulous singles from each album and 2) his best songs are not singles. Stupid bast*rd :P RIP Phil Collins is too underrated! His "Hits" collection is a must, great stuff there. Michael is an artist I greatly admire but I have never had that fan impulse about him. I love his hits, mostly his 80s stuff but I wouldn't want to get just Thriller and Bad and miss out those later songs that I do kind of like. Hence why I'm feeling the need for a greatest hits. Then I'd have to get the Jackson 5 stuff separately... Phil is a great artist. I'm not ashamed to day that. Its rare for a solo male to have that many recognisable hits. Edited April 14, 201213 yr by Paramore
April 14, 201213 yr Yes, of course but I see no reason to have it now when Celebration is out at least. Its a dead album IMO. There is no impetus for anyone to buy it except completism. Surely you could say the same about Queen's Greatest Hits, or any greatest hits for that matter?
April 14, 201213 yr TIC is really a dead album, 16 out of its 17 tracks are on Celebration, most of them in the same versions. It reappeared on iTunes for a while but it is no longer pushed in any markets, it's probably on the verge of going out of print. It is unlikely that it could add to its total at this point but of course it will remain the best selling solo female greatest hits album no matter what.
April 15, 201213 yr Surely you could say the same about Queen's Greatest Hits, or any greatest hits for that matter? Not always. Greatest Hits in the truest sense of the word should be a summation of a career, not the irrelevancies that get pushed these days. We get greatest hits half way through careers, or more frustratingly 2/3s of the way into careers like the Backstreet Boys. Madonna's Immaculate Collection is dead for two reasons, its not a chronicle of her career highs anymore because some of her biggest highs were to come after with Ray of Light, Evita and Confessions on the Dancefloor. Its also been overridden by a more complete version of her greatest hits. Queen and Abba at the other hand are at the end of their careers and in the instance of Queen will never reach that pinnacle again without Freddie. Their greatest hits are a complete retrospective and they will continue to sell for generations to come. EDIT- I just counted, a satisfactory Madonna Greatest Hits would have to include around 42 songs. From Holiday to Girl Gone Wild. Edited April 15, 201213 yr by Paramore
May 3, 201213 yr Sad day for music :cry: Why?. how is someone who doesnt use auto-tune because she can actually sing, doesnt use gimmicks or striptease, writes her own songs and performs them well. how on earth is that a sad day for music?. Well done Adele,, I think its a great day for music, considering, imo. a lot of the chart these days has little to do with actual music and more to do with pure image. And I love all those albums in the top ten, Dark side of the moon/pepper/wtsmg are among my fav albums of all time, and Im glad Adele is up there with those guys, because, like them, she does MUSIC. Edited May 3, 201213 yr by Olympus
May 3, 201213 yr Why?. how is someone who doesnt use auto-tune because she can actually sing, doesnt use gimmicks or striptease, writes her own songs and performs them well. how on earth is that a sad day for music?. Well done Adele,, I think its a great day for music, considering, imo. a lot of the chart these days has little to do with actual music and more to do with pure image. And I love all those albums in the top ten, Dark side of the moon/pepper/wtsmg are among my fav albums of all time, and Im glad Adele is up there with those guys, because, like them, she does MUSIC. It's a very average album mate, I really have tried to buy into the Adele is an inspiration la la la trend but it is not worthy to be mentioned in the same sentence as the iconic Thriller album - PYT, Bille Jean, Thriller, Beat It, wanna be startin something, human nature etc all classics that redefined music. The only saving grace is that it isn't going to match the 130million worldwide sales of thriller..ever! Edited May 3, 201213 yr by jay727
May 4, 201213 yr 130m? :unsure: Billboard stated it had sold 72,400,000 worldwide by April 2009. Both 21 and Thriller have been phenomenal successes in their own time periods. *Diplomatic* :lol:
May 4, 201213 yr It's a very average album mate, I really have tried to buy into the Adele is an inspiration la la la trend but it is not worthy to be mentioned in the same sentence as the iconic Thriller album - PYT, Bille Jean, Thriller, Beat It, wanna be startin something, human nature etc all classics that redefined music. The only saving grace is that it isn't going to match the 130million worldwide sales of thriller..ever! "Redefined Music" - you're having a laugh surely? "Billie Jean" and "Beat It" yes, but listening to the rest of the album now sounds like 75% filler. "Thriller" itself is a vastly overblown musical nonsense, remembered more for it's video than the music.
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