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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!).

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    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)?.

     

    I'd add all these to the list:

     

    Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

    New Order - Blue Monday

    The Who - My Generation

    Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine

    The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

    Radiohead - Creep

    Kelis - Milkshake

    Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

     

    I know the latter wasn't released as a single anyway, but I'd be surprised if anyone can't recognise it by name (guys don't make me feel old by not knowing any of these :x)

     

    Love The Way You Lie is another one for the 2010s definitely, it was the best selling song of the year despite never reaching the top!

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

     

    Being old..first I remember is when The Beatles failed to reach number one with "Penny lane/Strawberry fields forever"..pipped by Engelbert Humperdink. I remember being extremely annoyed lol.(I was 14).

    First time since Please Please me they didn't get the top spot.

    Made the front page headlines.

     

     

    Couple more interesting facts. (in context with fastest selling album).

     

    25 took just 28 days to outsell Oasis BHN's total to date!(19 years).(source ukmix).

     

    Plus one I researched myself.(calculated from info in Buzzjacks weekly sales lists for 2011.)

     

    21 took just 14 weeks to outsell BHN's total to date.