Abby Road is both an artistic achievement and the Beatles' most modern sounding album. It's production values outweigh any other Beatles' album. You have an already amazing album raised up even further by its overall sound. McCartney fully intended AR to be a huge seller- and knew by setting a high bar for it's arrangements and production, this could most definitely happen. AR has become the example of an album riding the seam of both the 1960's and 1970's.
On most days it is still my favorite Beatles' album. My brother had Beatles albums which I got to hear; but 'Abbey Road' was the 1st rock album I bought with my own money.
I had exactly the same feeling about some of these records, especially Abbey Road and Dark Side... Until I stopped listening to them for definitely more than 10 years. Revisiting them after all these years made me realise again how fantastic they are! Thanks for this very entertaining piece!
i have been blessed to have that happen to a lot of the music i was burned out on. To hear Freebird, Stairway, and Born to Run to name a few, with fresh ears gives an entirely new appreciation, or deepens my first appreciations.
All of these albums are really good albums, that's why they are popular. Who's Next has some of their greatest songs and it's not weighed down by an opera narrative, even though it was leftovers of an attempted rock opera. LZ IV is the ultimate distillation of blues, hard rock and folk the defined LZ. It's a much more original album than the first one, which wasn't far afield from Cream or Jeff Beck Group. Dark Side Of The Moon is the goal that the Floyd were aiming at since their second album. And so on and so on. All of these albums represent their artists at the top of their talents. The only one I could contest is Abbey Road, but frankly it shows the Beatles in a very mature light with George's greatest songs and great sound and a good mixture of heavy and serious, and the medley which is like a well-programmed FM radio station of Beatles songs. It's easy and fun to listen to. Sometimes what is popular is garbage, and sometimes it's not. These are ten examples of when real quality rose to the top.
I recently discovered Kind of Blue. Its very enjoyable. Speaking of Jazz, I enjoy Dave Brubeck's Time out even more. Growing up in the 80's, I bought Abbe Road, Who's Next, and Dark side of the moon as slightly old records. I bought Rumors and Hotel California as new releases. I don't know what makes these great but all I can say is I still listen to them because the music holds up. They still have meaning to me. I can relate to dark side more now than ever. A few other great timeless albums that I can think of off the top of my head are Rush Moving pictures, Steely Dan Aja and Sargent Pepper.
Hey Mazzy. What a great Video. Thanks for that. I think is even parts: Fantastic Songs + great sound + legendary coverart + full of urban legends = Masterpiece Album.
White album over Abbey road is laughable, The white album has arguably the group's worst recordings with tracks like wild Honey pie and revolution 9 that make the album bloated. Abbey road is much more enjoyable to listen to front to back, plus the medley is legendary.
I think my biggest "why" is "Cracked Rear View" by Hootie and the Blowfish. I have and like the record, but never in my imagination did I think it would sell over 20 million copies. My belief is that it drew in the aging boomers who had gotten lost in the 80s pop metal and 90s grunge and they just wanted to hear songs they could sing and were good jangly pop rock.
Some albums are overhyped, others completely deserve their reputation and there is a reason KoB, Dark Side and Abbey Road are talked about as being among the greatest albums; they ARE among them. Yes, Miles has better albums but KoB was the entry record for SO many and it is absolutely fantastic.
The 10 Id put above the overrated 20 1 Stones, Exile (and about 8 other RS albums) 2 Bo Diddley, debut 3 Sly, Riot 4 Beach Boys, Friends, 20/20, Holland, and PS of course 5 Curtis Mayfield, Curtis 6 Hendrix, Axis, Cry of Love 7 Jefferson Airplane, Crown Of Creation 8 David Crosby, If I Could Only Remember My Name 9 Sam Cooke, Night Beat 10 Patti Smith, Horses, Roxy Music, Stranded Neil Young, Time Fades Away
They're great albums and played non stop in the radio and therefore very familiar to a lot of people who do not have the deep knowledge of music and artists like you do and other audiophiles with huge records collections. Kind of Blue was also used in Runaway Bride and a lot of folks bought it after watching that movie. It is a great album and it is, for a lot of people, me included, the opening door to jazz, easy to listen to from beginning to end.
As a kid my soundtrack to 1969 was Hot Rats and Abbey Road, thanks to my older brother. I still think Abbey Road is one of the best records ever made. The "medley" for me is astonishing.
Excellent topic and one that I think about sometimes as well. While I am not in advertising or marketing, I think each of these albums represents the point when these artists became a "brand", and that cemented these albums into the public's collective mind as THE ALBUM that represents each artist. I agree that many times, there are better albums by most of the artists you mentioned, but it's not a quality thing. It's more a point in time where they trancended into something bigger and are forever associated with that particular record.
These records were so overplayed by those infernal Classic Rock FM stations that quit playing new music by the mid eighties. I listened at first just out of habit but after hearing Black Dog for the 23,459th time I bailed. They rendered these albums unlistenable. Then I discovered Jazz. Went in that trip for a decade. Now I find that I can go back and listen to Who’s Next without gagging, because I ignored it for so long. Still love “Sell Out” way better. Cheers Mazzy
@@MrKelleyzinho this is very true, SiriusXM has some but even they are a bit repetitious. I live close to Lake Ontario and am fortunate to have neighbors to the north that still have something that resembles free form. Toronto, Peterborough and Coburg with the Added bonus that once an hour you get a Canadian band per requirement.
Led Zep II and III are the best. The cut out moveable cover was a bonus to us child teens, like The Beatles adding photos and a poster to the White Album, we we still reading some teen mags and the boys, comics. Although we considered ourselves extremely mature in our music taste!
I’d take Revolver over Abbey Road. In A Silent Way Over Kind Of Blue. Who Sell Out Over Who’s Next. Houses Of The Holy over IV. I can live peacefully without hearing Rumours and Hotel California and Thriller ever again.
The music has to connect with the masses, but an important point in the digital streaming era is also if its sounds well produced for the time, also timeless in a way but especially for headphones.
You should do an underrated, under appreciated lp video. There are so many, but the two recently I thought about are Joe Walsh’s Barnstorm and James Gang Rides Again. Blodwyn Pig Ahead Rings Out, Ogden’s Nut, Paradise and Lunch, Diamond Head, Tim Buckley’s debut….so many more
Every album you show stands up for me....except one. Hotel California. How that album (how any Eagles album) became such a monster hit will always be beyond me. They're the Bud light of music. (Fizzy piss)
Fun video! I might include Boston's excellent first album which sold a metric ass ton and was and is still overplayed. I'd like to hear about your 10 albums that no matter how often you hear them you still love each and every note.
will never understand why Miles Davis 'Kind Of Blue' is so popular. To my jazz ears it is dull without dynamics non existent arrangements and prolonged solos that scream 'look how good i am'!. I will stick to Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich and Maynard Ferguson where the music is much more exciting.
I had no idea about Abbey Road Studios not being called that until after the Beatles album. Having said that, I am not a massive Beatles fan, so nuggets of info like that passed me by.
These are all 10 out of 10's for me. It's understandable why they're so popular. But, the ones here are not always my favorite album by the artists in question.
Kind of Blue is huge because the songs are very simple, easy to digest so to speak and the playing by all the musicians is out of this world great!! But you already know this.
About "Who's Next." IV was probably the hottest album, and "Houses of the Holy" was my fave but... "Who's Next" had "Won't Get Fooled Again." What an anthem. Saw them perform it live in 1971. It just... doesn't get any better than that.
thanks for the vid Mazzy. I recently changed my favorite Beatles album from Rubber Soul to Abbey Road. I think the sound quality may have something to do with it. Ed from Chicago
The producers of these records all had clout and truly great ears. That is why they continue to sell. With the exception of the Alanis Morissette record (which I think sold simply on the strength of the incredible hit You Ought To Know) all these albums on your list have amazing spatial head room when you listen. It is no coincidence Abbey Road & Dark Side are here. They were two of the go-to records all through the 1970s and into the 1980s home stereo or high fidelity sales people used to demonstrate sound systems. It is also of note that the majority of these records are British artists with British sound engineers and producers. Keith Olsen & Bill Szymczyk were epic 1970s producers that hit it big with your two inclusions here. I always believed Purple Rain was a loving tribute to the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix and his sound men (George Martin & Eddie Kramer) with the guitar emphasis, panning and the dense multi-instrumentation which pervades the record. Thriller, which used Toto & LA's finest hired-hand musicians in the studio under Quincy Jones (and also later Glenn Ballard with Bad & Dangerous for Michael Jackson) still has amazing sound qualities to this day that most of the pop music world freely borrows from ad nauseam. You could have included Roy Thomas Baker for a couple of Queen records or the Cars to add to your list and they would have fit. Great segment!! Always love your circuitous and informative takes down Memoryville Road. Thanks.
It seems to me that most of these records tend to capture an artist at both a commercial and artistic peak, so it isn't surprising to me that these are popular records. JUST how popular some of them are, is one of those things where the music connects with a much larger audience than their typical fanbase, that extra dash of magic where the music continues to touch people of all generations.
I still refuse to listen to Rumors and Frampton Comes Alive, which was a result of my gig running a foosball hall in the mid 70's and having to spin those suckers over and over and over again.
I take it we are here and into music enough to comment and all these to some of us are constantly overplayed. Mazzy is right half of Thriller is frankly poor and forgettable. Add the rumours/truth/conspiracy (whichever way you float) about him.......
You forgot the gimmick angle on Abbey Road. In addition to the great music what about the stuff on the LP cover they did to generate interest. 28IF on the license plate (paul supposed to be dead at 28), and the dress of the 4, paul (dead), john (god), ringo(undertaker) and george (grave digger) LOL they thought up gimmick hype for the LP
Why ask why? Why does this guy immediately remind me of Mr Magoo? Anyway Magoo ruined the whole thing with his last pick. Alanis morisette?? Really? Now that really deserves a why? Should of went with Sticky Fingers by that other English rock band. Forget their name.
Great video Mazzy. There are a few other that could've been added to the list. Like Carole King's Tapestry, Deep Purple's Machine Head, Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore East, Frampton Come Alive and Dire Strait's Brother in Arms
I remember in the 1970,s people walking around with the Dark side of the moon lp, under their arm. I was very young and didn't even know what type of music it was.
Not to be offensive here. I'm not sure what you were going for in this video. You mentioned that they were great albums, but why were the so "damn" popular? Because they were great albums. Oh and drop Dreams from Rumours? You lost me there.
Hi Mazzy. A lot of these albums have really fantastic cover art. Not sure where I'm going with that, but it's making me wonder if there are any really huge and eternally loved records which have bad jacket design.
You lost me here. These are some GREAT albums, and there are much lesser ones to go for. How about ABBA or AC/DC? White Album better than Abbey Road? No.
Well to answer your question mazzy, and to quote a very wise man. It's the music stupid! All of these albums are loaded with great songs. Also timing, they were released at the right time for each album. I would throw in tapestry and boston's 1st album too.
You hit the nail on the head early in the video; these albums are so accessible and easy to listen to. Thus, they are also commercialized and then millions hear those songs in commercials, movies, and tv shows.
I remember the reviews for Thriller at the time. It was not considered as good as Off the Wall. The rock elements were seen as a desperate attempt to appeal to a white audience.
Track sequencing would be my key to a monster - rather than just a big - album, then an accessible, contemporary sound, high overall song quality and a radio hit or two. So people who don't like music as much as us sad cases can just 'put a record on' and enjoy listening to it. But finding all of these qualities on one LP on a label that can afford to put it in front of everyone is much rarer than you'd think.
A big reason with most of your picks is the fact they are some of the biggest albums ever! And are soooo familiar that they have become victims of their own success. For example I refuse to own ‘rumours’ and ‘hotel California’ as most of the tracks are constantly played on the radio so why do I need to own it? But I’m going to contradict myself now, It’s also very common as well for people to 💩 on the popular stuff so they sound like the smartest people in the room.
This is among my favorite of your videos... But why ? Why is this video so popular ? Why is this video better than the other videos below ? Why ? Baaahaaahaaa !!
A lot of these albums were my introduction to the artists, in my young teenage years, when I didn't have a lot of access to music like you do now. They were treasured and listened to a thousand times. They might not be the artists' best albums, but they were MINE, and they will always take me back to a simpler, more freer, easier time, whenever I play them. The music in these albums stopped being songs and have become spells for me, let's call it medicine. We all have our own albums that were just the right album at the right time, which connected with us on a deep level, and I think these albums managed to be those albums for a lot of people, and so more copies kicked about, and so they then became those albums for the next generation. I have been thinking about those albums that have become really special to me over the years, the ones that were my introduction to music or to a genre, the ones that were there when I was grieving, the ones that played when things were great, what would I say were the albums that have soundtracked my life. What would be yours?
Astrology. Also, a spot, opens up, culturally, in the parking lot of what have you. A fun necessary topic Mazzy. I think you caught the buzz of these records funnily enough, why.
Miles Davis Kind of blue, the Velvet underground banana record, Pink Floyd Dark side of the moon and Beach boys Pet sounds, i bought all four several times, trying to give them another chance to have some sympathy, some understanding why these are considered such influential and great classic albums. But still i don’t understand the fuss. I have tried, really, but i continue to sell them simply because i can’t appreciate them…
As well as everything mentioned here, don’t forget that the business depended on these hits. After the first few monster sellers, it became clear that these could be planned, and expected. The hallmark for each of these is a certain maturity, coupled with accessibility. Then once the ‘suits’ picked up on just how big it was going to be, they shifted into high gear with added promotion, and more ghastly things like payola. This phenomenon is a combination of chance (the cream rising to the top), and intention.
I think you should have made Kind of Blue a two-fer tie, along with Dave Brubeck's Time Out. Both came out in 1959. Either one is considered the most popular jazz album of all time, depending on what source you read. Both are jazz albums that appeal to non-jazz fans.
Hotel California, the song, each time I hear it I wonder how many times In my life I will hear that song. There is a number out there for each of us, floating in the ether. Maybe this number determines our life expectancy. Thankfully haven't hit it yet but I cringe each time it wafts through the airwaves.
Your picks are for the most part albums that you played in their entirety. No weak tracks. Perhaps that has(had)something to do with their popularity as to why! Good video Mazzy .
Thriller . I was in Hong Kong July August1982 ,the day it was released . Nowhere else .Only Hong Kong , ho weird . No LPs out there just cassettes . Back at the Hotel played it at the Crew meeting ( I was ground crew on a Plane based at Hong Kong for 8 days) and the rest of the crew heard it and all of them wanted a copy . They were flying next day ,I wasn't so bought 8 more copies for 2 pilots,navigator , Stewardess' stewards etc. One of the 1st in the World .Flying back to UK we had a multi jack plug box so up to 6 people could listen to it from a walkman at 35 ,000 feet . Took it to clubs and parties ,nobody had it , popular !. That lasted a few months til January 83 .It's not hard to see why it was so big . Off the Wall ? Yeah but not as good as Thriller
My biggest "why" album is Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. Of course I live thousands of miles from any beach or ocean so, maybe that has something to do with it.
I’ve never understood why Abbey Road is so popular. There is so much earlier Beatles music I prefer to it. It’s not a bad record at all, but I just don’t understand the hype. Even Let It Be is better imo (although I love Something ❤).
I love the first two Led Zeppelin albums. I can't stand Stairway To Heaven. I can't stand Sweet Home Alabama and Free Bird. In fact I don't like Lynyrd Skynryd at all. I can't believe they were put in the same class as The Allman Bros. I'm from Athens, GA but I am really selective when it comes to what is known as "southern rock". Mazzy, I love your show and thank you for not acknowledging that Kiss is nothing more than a circus act. You know four clowns pretending to be musicians.
At least with Thriller and Purple Rain (actually any popular album from the '80s,) MTV had a lot to do with their popularity by constantly playing the videos, which in turn made the radio stations to constantly play the songs too. MTV was the lightning in the bottle for many of the artists in the '80s. Other examples of '80s artists who had massive albums because of MTV.....Madonna, The Police, Tina Turner, Lionel Richie, Huey Lewis, Billy Idol, Def Leppard, Phil Collins, U2, and many others. Anyway, 3 of the 10 you mention happen to be in my list of all-time top 10 albums of any genre: The Who - Who's Next ------ As you stated, this album is just so anthemic and the ultimate party album. Can't wait until September when I spend $300 to get the Super Deluxe Edition. Michael Jackson - Thriller ----------- As I said above, MTV had a lot to do with its popularity. But also the label's strategy of releasing singles from the album in intervals spread over a couple years kept it in the minds of people. I was a junior in high school when the album was released in late Fall of '82 and I can remember in the Spring of '84 (my senior year) people were still talking about the album. Hell, I remember my Spanish 4 teacher (who was in his late 40s) saying he finally went out and bought the album to see what all the hype was about for the past 1 1/2 years. Because of the success of Thriller, many albums that followed tried to mimic that strategy of trickling out the singles off an album over an extended time. By the way, John Landis directed the music video for Thriller Led Zeppelin IV --------- My favorite of theirs that I go back to every so often (not as often as I used to when I was younger.) What is the appeal? I really can't answer that. Black Dog, Rock And Roll, Stairway To Heaven and Misty Mountain Hop really keep that album moving. The other 4 songs in The Battle Of Evermore, Four Sticks, Going To California and When The Levee Breaks don't really rock hard, but there is something mesmerizing and unique about each one of them that draws me to them. I can't explain it. As a whole album, those collections of songs just seem to gel. Some of the other albums you mention I also own but aren't some of my overall favorites or even ones I consider to be the best album from the artist. The Beatles - Abbey Road -------- No doubt a great album, but I don't think it is my favorite Beatles album. Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's, The White Album, and even Magical Mystery Tour (even though a soundtrack and a collection of singles album) I like better than Abbey Road. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours ---------- Excellent album that was just played to death by the radio stations that kept it going. This album is probably my favorite album by Fleetwood Mac. Actually it is the only Fleetwood Mac album still in my collection. Haven't listened to it in a very long time. I might just go do that later today. LOL Eagles - Hotel California -------------- Similarly, played to death by the radio stations. Not one I go back to anymore, though. Prince - Purple Rain -------------- Hard to say if this is my favorite Prince album, but it's right up there with 1999 and Sign O' The Times. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon ------------- Yep my favorite album by them. It's just such a mesmerizing album you can just chill out to by closing your eyes and taking it all in at once. Though, I'm not a stoner nor ever did any drugs. But I can understand how this album is the "perfect" stoner album. Even though this album is not in my all-time top 10 favorite albums of any genre, it is probably in my top 20, if I had a top 20 list. The only 2 albums you mentioned that I don't own are the Miles Davis album (not a fan of Jazz) and Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. I remember when Jagged Little Pill was huge. It was in the mid '90s when I was finishing up my final master's degree and getting ready to start my professional career. She was constantly on the radio and winning awards. Personally, I would've included U2's Joshua Tree. You did mention that you didn't think of it when you first made this list. That album is my favorite by U2 and is in my all-time top 10 list of favorite albums of any genre. Other huge albums to mention that caught fire and attracted lots of people for one reason or another: AC/DC - Back In Black Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction Rush - Moving Pictures (not my favorite by them.....that would be Hemispheres.) Def Leppard - Hysteria (not my favorite of theirs, but you can't deny the popularity of that album.) Nirvana - Nevermind (The only Grunge album I own. Can't stand Grunge. LOL. No denying the massive impact this album had. Nearly destroyed Heavy Metal. Even though I don't like Grunge, this album I had to have just because of the impact it had on popular culture at the time. It's a good album too.) Metallica - S/T (The Black Album) -------- Not my favorite album of theirs; I like Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets better. But no denying this album helped fend off the Grunge takeover of heavy rock music in America at the time. This album helped revive the Heavy Metal scene in America while also becoming massive in other countries.
IMO, many of these are just the easiest albums to like by their respective bands. I think they could be described as accessible albums. Key being accessible doesn't mean best, it just means they take zero or less effort to listen to and like and there's very little to dislike...One could easily argue for example that Pink Floyd Animals is less accessible than DSOTM or that Sign of the Times less accessible than Purple Rain or Revolver less accessible than Abbey Road. That's my theory anyway.
Gentle Giant and the bands like Carmen, Cressida, Fantasy, Spring certainly deserved a lot more attention than they received... Kerry Minnear is the greatest composer in all of prog rock.
All the Led Zeppelin albums were pretty good until they got to Presence in about 1975 or 1976, something like that anyway (well, perhaps vol 3 wasn’t quite as good as 1,2 and 4, but still not a rank disaster anyway). When they got to Presence I think that maybe all the drugs, booze and general excess were starting to take their toll. Plant was still trying to recover from the car crash, sometime towards the end of 1975 and the record was done hastily. And there’s also the fact that Plant felt that his health wasn’t up to touring, what with that crash and all. From this point on, Zep were never quite the same again as the band members started being hit with a series of personal misfortunes and tragedies, such as In 1977, the following year after the release of Presence, when Plant’s five year old son died and then John Bonham died in that pool accident a couple of years after. But up till about Physical Graffitti, it was a fabulous run of success and they sold an incredible amount of albums; it was fantastic whilst it lasted, and to be fair they kept it going for a good while, especially so considering that they were constantly burning the candle at both ends.
I think because most of these records show the bands or performers at their peak & maybe they are the most accessible albums. I think the radio stations play a big part in pushing album sales & most of these albums were pushed. We also believe the hype as well so to be in with everyone else we should own these albums. Whether we like other albums by them more is a state of mind, I personally like Led Zeppelin lll & Desperado as my favourite Led Zep & Eagles albums. Abbey Road has an iconic album cover & being the last album by The Beatles has a special place for many. Any album can be overplayed & most of these certainly were but they're still great albums so just bring them out now & then. I don't feel sick of them so much as l don't listen to the radio & just play my music from my collection so i get to choose what i listen to. Maybe thats the secret take control of your listening choices.
Yes, it seem to be that certain record companies would push radio stations to play certain songs from newly released albums to death. Many listeners would naturally jump on the bandwagon because that's all they knew.....what the radio stations were cramming down their ears. Too bad they couldn't look outside the box.
Great video. I have only five of those records. But on the important stuff: John Landis is the director of Thriller (and Animal House, The Blues Brothers, American Werewolf etc etc) Cheers!
I specially agree on 2 albums you mention. I bought Hotel California after hearing the single and New in in town. Good singles vack then, but the rest of the album bored me to death. And then Rumours, it got so hyped back on the day that I bought it, but only the first and very last track on the album were interesting for me. It sound like 2 schoolgirls with their boyfriends doing their best. But, nice video anyway!
Led Zep IV was the album that appealed to me the most when I was a teenager. It's amazing to think they released albums I - IV in just a couple of years. But IV is still a great album.
Abbey Road just has a flow and great mix of song styles. My favorite track is I Want You (She's so Heavy). Dark Side of the Moon appeals to the good and bad in everything. Stuff we don't want to talk about, but we do think about.
Miles Davis - over hyped. Abbey road a great sounding album. Who I can get that. Led Zep again get it. Pink Floyd really a great sounding album, madness and genius combined. Eagles lovely country rock sound. Rumours again great sounding record. Thriller living the 80’s a game changer album, Rock, pop, beat and dance. Prince great funk, soul, Dance and R&B. Alanis, can’t comment.
Some records just hit the zeitgeist. It amuses me to remember that my sister was responsible for buying both dark side and rumors when they came out, in both cases they were like a record event marketing, there was a ton of hype. However in both cases the product lived up to the hype. However this must be contrasted with the crushing disappointment of tusk, also hyped to the gills. Michael Jackson even more so - I would say off the wall kind of announced him as a new artist not the kid member of the Jackson 5 that we can remember (I love those old Jackson 5 records. they still blow, absolutely fantastic songs). So therefore the stage was set with these huge expectations for thriller, and for many people it did not disappoint and with Madonna he was then the very epitome of 80s dance music. I can't really talk about the other ones they're in either the wrong time or place for me to be somewhat in the zeitgeist at the time of their release. I was never a huge Michael Jackson fan he was just too poppy for me at that time I was into industrial metal type stuff. And yeah it was a real cringe part of Macca's career. Dark side of the moon on the other hand and rumors I do still listen to on occasion. They're both concept albums in the sense that they were operating under some kind of large overarching idea. Pink Floyd were just asking what it's all about? What is time? what the hell is money? this sort of thing, and it still works start to finish. The last time I busted out rumors was when Christine mcvie passed away, She was one of those celeb deaths which hit you unexpectedly hard. On this re-listen found the greatest pleasure in listening to rumors start to finish as it was intended, then had this vision of it being still around 500 years in the future when it was called the rumors suite and was this example of musical perfection meaning there wasn't a single bum note or wrong beat or duff song. I think it's worth a whole other video how you go off things just because you overhear them,
It’s because they are highly accessible and were promoted to the masses. Some of them like Led Zeppelin IV, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, Prince’s “Purple Rain”, and Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” were heavily promoted by the mass media. Personally, I think No Doubt’s “Tragic Kingdom” and Mariah Carey’s “Daydream” albums are so much better than “Jagged Little Pill”. That’s my opinion as a teenager of the 1990’s.
Spot on. Mainstream radio has everything to do with it and since the average human being is too lazy to research and seek out alternatives in music radio is able to brain wash. Most of us vinyl collectors are NOT in that boat thankfully
Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits. I can't understand why this album eclipses all of their others in terms of popularity, when for the most part, it is pretty unremarkable. Maybe it ticked all the right boxes for the new style of marketing during the mid eighties.