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I have Peppers, WTSMG, Dark side of the moon and Tubular bells. All purchased the week of release except for Tubular bells. Which I bought about a month after release. (I'm old!). Only one I pre-ordered was Sgt Peppers. (I was 14 years old..I earned 6 shillings(30p ..about £5.30 in Todays money!) a week on my paper round and saved up for the album for 5 weeks. (albums were 30 shillings..£1.50...about £26.50 in todays money!).

Title says it all. My example is Electric Light Orchestra..(ELO). 5 flop albums, 2 top 40, 3 failed to chart. not much single success except for 2 top tens at the start. Then they released 'A new world record' and that was the first of a string of top 10 albums, including 2 number ones....and a string top ten singles...became one of the biggest bands of the seventies. Whats your example)s)?.

Just 10 rock entries....3 of them Oasis, Noel and Liam, collectively holding up the rock genre.

Oasis "Wonderwall".

In fact The Who never had a number one at all...from any of their singles.

The albums top 20 has acts whose careers started in every decade from the fifties onwards.

44 Greg Lake "I believe in father christmas" (with orchestra) 73 Greg Lake "I believe in father christmas".

Girls aloud got 85,670 first week for "out of control" in 2008 and 84,354 in 2006 for "The sound of girls aloud". So approx another 5,000 by Friday?.

Yes..Seems only Adele can wait at least 4 years between albums and smash. 25 had a strong lead single as well.

"Bad News" (Rik Mayal, Ade Edmonson etc) "Cashing in on Christmas" should be released as an alternative to the X factor single.

Who was the last Living artist to sell more albums in a week than the number one single.?.

96 Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Climbing R.I.P. Pete.

Mr Blobby.

Officially I think it's Frank Sinatra's version of 'My way"...75 weeks in the top 40, a further 49 weeks in top 70, making 124 weeks in the top 70 in total. Highest position, Number 5.

Looks possible. seems like the only way to get 3 albums in the top ten is either to die or be called 'Adele'. Amazing success for her and, imo, well deserved.