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The 25 top-selling rock albums of all time
Yardbarkee ^ | 03/07/23 | By Jeff Mezydlo

Posted on 03/07/2023 10:05:58 AM PST by Responsibility2nd

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To: Responsibility2nd

Yeah, some fair stuff in there, but I prefer :

Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark
Frank Zappa - Joe’s Garage
Paul Simon - Graceland
Public Enemy - Mess Age In Our Muse Sick
Black Sabbath - Sabotage
Pink Floyd - Meddle

As some I feel in the mood to remember at the moment, not discounting thousands of others I also love, also included among fans of some items on this list.


41 posted on 03/07/2023 10:48:33 AM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: Mouton
Carol king and rock ?

She probably makes the list as
the #1 selling female songwriter of all time.

Carole King - Pleasant Valley Sunday

42 posted on 03/07/2023 10:50:37 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: COSIllinois

Yes, I’ll buy that for a dollar. Great album, great band.
But there really are sooooooo many…


43 posted on 03/07/2023 10:51:25 AM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I looked it up. My favorite rock album only sold 6.4 million copies.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cars_(album)


44 posted on 03/07/2023 10:52:13 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Really shouldn’t include compilations and “greatest hits” albums along regular releases.


45 posted on 03/07/2023 10:53:14 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: reed13k

“Simon and Garfunkel is “rock”?”

Folk rock, yes. “Hazy Shade of Winter”, for example, definitely has a rock drum beat, and the beat is probably the single most defining feature of “rock” music.


46 posted on 03/07/2023 10:54:59 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Responsibility2nd

I agree with you. A few years ago up here in Northeastern Pennsylvania, Hootie and the Blowfish were scheduled to give a free outdoor concert. It was cancelled because nobody wanted the free tickets to attend.


47 posted on 03/07/2023 10:56:03 AM PST by jkrecker416
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To: COSIllinois

Hard to argue with Aja.

L


48 posted on 03/07/2023 10:57:09 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Liberty Valance

Yeah a lot of people forget (or never knew) that before Carole King scored any hits of her own she was working in Tin Pan Alley writing lots of hits for other pop and rock musicians.


49 posted on 03/07/2023 10:57:09 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Responsibility2nd
Well, we know one guy who didn't buy "The Eagles Greatest Hits"....


50 posted on 03/07/2023 10:57:25 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: OttawaFreeper
She's not in my album collection, but she's gotta win SOME award for these.


51 posted on 03/07/2023 10:57:47 AM PST by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: reed13k
Simon and Garfunkel is “rock”? Awful wide definition there....

Still, "The Boxer" is one of the greatest songs ever written.

52 posted on 03/07/2023 10:58:43 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Boogieman
Folk rock, yes. “Hazy Shade of Winter”, for example, definitely has a rock drum beat, and the beat is probably the single most defining feature of “rock” music.

The Bangles cover was better, IMHO.

53 posted on 03/07/2023 11:00:01 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: OttawaFreeper
May I present a competing view?


54 posted on 03/07/2023 11:00:16 AM PST by DoodleBob ( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The Cars first album is a “perfect” album. Every song just fits perfectly.


55 posted on 03/07/2023 11:01:04 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator
Still, "The Boxer" is one of the greatest songs ever written.

Yesterday when the talk involved Steve Gadd on Aja, I was reminded that he played the intro on 50 ways to leave your lover.

56 posted on 03/07/2023 11:02:20 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: DoodleBob

shes my favorite turd


57 posted on 03/07/2023 11:02:31 AM PST by mylife (Big Donald J Trump socks psychology on the jaw...)
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To: V_TWIN

The backing band on that Alanis album was pretty good, including the late Taylor Hawkins on drums.


58 posted on 03/07/2023 11:03:11 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator
Still, "The Boxer" is one of the greatest songs ever written.

Even when Garfunkel blows his start on the concert in central park version.

59 posted on 03/07/2023 11:04:17 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: DoodleBob
She can twirl a mean baton...


60 posted on 03/07/2023 11:04:31 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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