Most popular album

[TRC]

Following on from the the song at number one thread.

Saw a article about the biggest selling album the year you were born. Thought it was quite interesting I'll start with mine

1985 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits

[patch1875]

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

1971

[CropleyWasGod]

My Fair Lady.


:greengrin

[lyonhibs]

Ditto to the OP. I'll take that - great album.

[Geo_1875]

My Fair Lady.


:greengrin

Snap

[Jim44]

Apparently, Al Jolson had a few high selling 33 rpm. long playing records the year I was born.:greengrin

[Just Jimmy]

Following on from the the song at number one thread.

Saw a article about the biggest selling album the year you were born. Thought it was quite interesting I'll start with mine

1985 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits
same as me then cos I'm also 1985

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[Peevemor]

Sgt Pepper's for me.

[The_Exile]

Thriller for me. Chamone!!

[Mibbes Aye]

If it's UK sales then it's Elton John for me with "Don't shoot me I'm only the piano player"

Big singles were "Daniel" and "Crocodile Rock".

Kudos to The Exile, "Thriller" was a monumental album.

I had a look at the stats though and somebody needs to come forward claiming 1979 :greengrin

Blondie, "Parallel Lines". Best of the best-selling albums by a long chalk IMO.

Plaudits to the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack and ABBA "SuperTrouper" also, if only because it contains "The Winner Takes It All" :agree:

[PeeJay]

Must read the OP properly in future - Frankie's "Songs for Swinging Lovers" it is then .... (instead of Pet Sounds) ....

[Radium]

Born in the age of musicals apparently


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[K-Zazu]

Strokes - Is this it

[ian cruise]

Strokes - Is this it

You're far too young!

UK - Dire Straights, Brothers In Arms
US - Pink Floyd, The Wall

[High-On-Hibs]

"...But Seriously" by "Phil Collins"

[seanraff07]

Definitely Maybe

One of my favourite albums of all time.

[hibs#1]

Faith-George Michael that was the USA anyway.

Rainman was the highest grossing film that year.

[lord bunberry]

The best of the stylistics!!!!
In the hot long summer of 75

[TRC]

Faith-George Michael that was the USA anyway.

Rainman was the highest grossing film that year.

Oh films I like it we should start a film one on the day you were born

[ancient hibee]

Not sure that there were LPs in 1942 so I'll go for either The Broons or Oor Wullie Christmas Albums.

[Mibbes Aye]

Not sure that there were LPs in 1942 so I'll go for either The Broons or Oor Wullie Christmas Albums.

There were LPs but I don't think there was a robust chart system for albums. Probably the best-seller in the US was a collection of songs from the film "Holiday Inn". The American musicians' union started a two-year strike in 1942 over royalty payments and as a consequence, little new material was published.

Nevertheless 1942 was an auspicious year for music. It was the year "White Christmas" was released (from the aforementioned Holiday Inn).

Album-wise you also had the fantastic soundtrack to the Disney film "Fantasia".

In classical music Shostakovich premiered his famous 'Leningrad' symphony and Aaron Copland wrote the well-known "Fanfare for the Common Man".

[Steve-O]

1981 - Queen - Greatest Hits

[ancient hibee]

There were LPs but I don't think there was a robust chart system for albums. Probably the best-seller in the US was a collection of songs from the film "Holiday Inn". The American musicians' union started a two-year strike in 1942 over royalty payments and as a consequence, little new material was published.

Nevertheless 1942 was an auspicious year for music. It was the year "White Christmas" was released (from the aforementioned Holiday Inn).

Album-wise you also had the fantastic soundtrack to the Disney film "Fantasia".

In classical music Shostakovich premiered his famous 'Leningrad' symphony and Aaron Copland wrote the well-known "Fanfare for the Common Man".

Thanks,that's interesting.Did they ever issue a Glen Miller album before he died given that his singles were such huge sellers?

[Green Man]

If it's UK sales then it's Elton John for me with "Don't shoot me I'm only the piano player"

Big singles were "Daniel" and "Crocodile Rock".

Kudos to The Exile, "Thriller" was a monumental album.

I had a look at the stats though and somebody needs to come forward claiming 1979 :greengrin

Blondie, "Parallel Lines". Best of the best-selling albums by a long chalk IMO.

Plaudits to the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack and ABBA "SuperTrouper" also, if only because it contains "The Winner Takes It All" :agree:

I'll claim 1979 :greengrin

Parallel lines is indeed a great album.

[Hermit Crab]

Thriller for me. Chamone!!


Same here. :greengrin

[Mibbes Aye]

Thanks,that's interesting.Did they ever issue a Glen Miller album before he died given that his singles were such huge sellers?

Difficult to find any reference to albums released until after the war (and some years after his disappearance) though he did release V-discs, which were 12" 78rpm records a little bigger than singles. He had a film out in 1942, called Orchestra Wives, that looked at the tensions in relationships within a big band with constant touring etc. I would assume there was a soundtrack that was released as an album.

Didn't realise he was first to release "At Last", the Etta James classic (which Beyonce sung at Barack Obama's inauguration ball). It featured as an instrumental in the aforementioned Orchestra Wives.

[snooky]

Merry Christmas - Pit Bing Crosby

[HibbyDave]

Elvis.
King creole.
Uh-hu.

Others included the album "Buddy Holly".......this was in the days before albums need a name and people bought anything with just the artist named on it.

[Ronniekirk]

Blue Train John Coltrane


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[ancient hibee]

Difficult to find any reference to albums released until after the war (and some years after his disappearance) though he did release V-discs, which were 12" 78rpm records a little bigger than singles. He had a film out in 1942, called Orchestra Wives, that looked at the tensions in relationships within a big band with constant touring etc. I would assume there was a soundtrack that was released as an album.

Didn't realise he was first to release "At Last", the Etta James classic (which Beyonce sung at Barack Obama's inauguration ball). It featured as an instrumental in the aforementioned Orchestra Wives.

Yes I've got an LP "Glen Miller Soundtracks" which I bought from a record club in the 60s.So Orchestra Wives and Sun Valley Serenade feature along with a sextet drawn from the band-seemingly its only appearance on record.Among the trumpets are Billy May and Ray Anthony.