Some guy at Yahoo decides to use some dumb math formula to determine the top 20 albums EVAR and, well, it results in just about what you'd expect:
#20. Faith - George Michael #19. Appetite For Destruction - Guns N' Roses #18. Purple Rain - Prince #17. Houses Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin #16. Born In The U.S.A. - Bruce Springsteen #15. Nevermind - Nirvana #14. Van Halen - Van Halen #13. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac #12. The Wall - Pink Floyd #11. The Joshua Tree - U2 #10. Metallica - Metallica #9. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin #8. Hotel California - Eagles #7. The White Album - The Beatles #6. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin #5. Abbey Road - The Beatles #4. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin #3. Thriller - Michael Jackson #2. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd #1. Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder
Wow, a formula designed to favor major-label mainstream artists with high unit sales gives back major-label mainstream artists with high unit sales as a result. Amazing!
THis reminds me of nothing more than that scene in "Dead Poet's Society" -- "We can determine a poem's greatness by plotting it in a graph zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz."
― Pancakes Hackman, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 18:40 (seventeen years ago)
He earned your hitcount.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 20:16 (seventeen years ago)
Click on it 20 more times and post in the comments! That will show Yahoo's advertisers how much this WILL NOT STAND!
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 20:17 (seventeen years ago)
#14. Van Halen - Van Halen #11. The Joshua Tree - U2 #8. Hotel California - Eagles
3 duds out of 20 tho--formula needs some tweaking.
― aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 21:12 (seventeen years ago)
did you really just quote Dead Mork's Society
― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 22:04 (seventeen years ago)
Quote Awakenings next!
― Alex in SF, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 22:09 (seventeen years ago)
Great thread
― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 22:12 (seventeen years ago)
Why isn't this list headed by "Thriller" followed by "Back In Black" and "Saturday Night Fever" or something? After all, they are the top sellers.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 23:28 (seventeen years ago)
Did you read the article? It spells out what they took into account, sales being only one component.
― musically, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 23:32 (seventeen years ago)
This is a list of albums.
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 23:39 (seventeen years ago)
What a dumb list.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 31 July 2008 02:09 (seventeen years ago)
This is the exact same 20 that I would pick. Amazing.
― Reatards Unite, Thursday, 31 July 2008 02:19 (seventeen years ago)
i own (and basically like) every record on this list except hotel cali & born in the usa
― will, Thursday, 31 July 2008 02:36 (seventeen years ago)
well i don't much care for the wall & joshua tree. but i do own them.
No Foghat, no credibility.
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 31 July 2008 02:37 (seventeen years ago)
No "Come on Over", no credibility.
― edwardo, Thursday, 31 July 2008 03:17 (seventeen years ago)
http://roterbaron.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/ken.jpg
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Thursday, 31 July 2008 03:20 (seventeen years ago)
I'm fine with that #1, tho.
― Eric H., Thursday, 31 July 2008 03:22 (seventeen years ago)