Mo's Manic Monday - Sale
Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 by Travis Cody in
Welcome to another Manic Monday with Morgen. Don't forget to cruise by MM HQ at the Manic Monday blog. Today's theme is Sale.
The Vancouver Sun reported on Friday that long play vinyl record purchases doubled in 2008.
Here are the top 10 best selling albums of all time. I own 7 out of 10, and 4 of them on vinyl.
10. The Beatles White Album (1968) - 19 million units.
Tracks: Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Wild Honey Pie, The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Marth My Dear, I'm So Tired, Blackbird, Piggies, Rocky Raccoon, Don't Pass Me By, Why Don't We Do It in the Road, I Will, Julia, Birthday, Yer Blues, Mother Nature's Son, Everybody's Got Something to Hid Except Me and My Monkey, Sexy Sadie, Helter Skelter, Long Long Long, Revolution 1, Honey Pie, Savoy Truffle, Cry Baby Cry, Revolution 9, Good Night
9. Fleetwood Mac Rumours (1977) - 19.5 million units.
Tracks: Second Hand News, Dreams, Never Going Back Again, Don't Stop, Go Your Own Way, Songbird, The Chain, You Make Loving Fun, I Don't Want to Know, Oh Daddy, Gold Dust Woman
8. Shania Twain Come On Over (1997) - 20 million units.
Tracks: Man I Feel Like a Woman, I'm Holding on to Love (to Save My Life), Love Gets Me Every Time, Don't Be Stupid (You Know I Love You), From This Moment On, Come On Over, When, Whatever You Do Don't, If You Wanna Touch Her Ask, You're Still the One, Honey I'm Home, That Don't Impress Me Much, Black Eyes Blue Tears, I Won't Leave You Lonely, Rock This Country, You've Got a Way
7. Garth Brooks Double Live (1998) - 21 million units.
Tracks: Callin Baton Rouge, Two of a Kind Workin on a Full House, Shameless, Papa Loved Mama, The Thunder Rolls, We Shall Be Free, Unanswered Prayers, Standing Outside the Fire, Longneck Bottle, It's Your Song, Much Too Young To Feel This Damn Old, The River, Crowd, Tearin it Up, Ain't Goin Down Til the Sun Comes Up, rodeo, The Beaches of Cheyenne, Two Piina Coladas, Wild as the Wind, To Make You Feel My Love, That Summer, American Honky Tonk Bar Association, If Tomorrow Never Comes, The Fever, Friends in Low Places, The Dance
6. Billy Joel Greatest Hits Vol I & II (1985) - 21.5 million units.
Tracks: Piano Man, Say Goodbye to Hollywood, New York State of Mind, The Stranger, Just the Way You Are, Movin Out, Only the Good Die Young, She's Always a Woman, My Life, Big Shot, You May Be Right, It's Still Rock and Roll to Me, Don't Ask Me Why, Pressure, Allentown, Goodnight Saigon, Tell Her About It, Uptown Girl, The Longest Time, You're Only Human (Second Wind), The Night is Still Young
5. AC/DC Back in Black (1980) - 22 million units.
Tracks: Hell's Bells, Shoot to Thrill, What Do You Do for Money Honey, Givin the Dog a Bone, Let Me Put My Love into You, Back in Black, You Shook Me All Night Long, Have a Drink on Me, Shake a Leg, Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution
4. Led Zeppelin The Fourth Album (1971) - 23 million units.
Tracks: Black Dog, Rock and Roll, The Battle of Evermore, Stairway to Heaven, Misty Mountain Hop, Four Sticks, Going to California, When the Levee Breaks
3. Pink Floyd The Wall (1979) - 23.5 million units.
Tracks: In the Flesh, The Thin Ice, Another Brick in the Wall Part 1, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, Another Brick in the Wall Part 2, Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky, Empty Spaces, Young Lust, One of My Turns, Don't Leave Me Now, Another Brick in the Wall Part 3, Goodbye Cruel World, Hey You, Is There Anybody Out there, Nobody Home, Vera, Bring the Boys Back Home, Comfortably Numb, The Show Must Go On, In the Flesh, Run Like Hell, Waiting for the Worms, Stop, The Trial, Outside the Wall
2. Michael Jackson Thriller (1982) - 27 million units.
Tracks: Wanna Be Startin Somethin, Baby Be Mine, The Girl is Mine, Thriller, Beat It, Billie Jean, Human Nature, Pretty Young Thing, The Lady in My Life
1. Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-75 (1976) - 28 million units.
Tracks: Take It Easy, Witchy Woman, Lyin Eyes, Already Gone, Desperado, One of These Nights, Tequila Sunrise, Take It to the Limit, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Best of My Love
There used to be a lot of vinyl in the house when I was a kid. Alas, humidity and heat killed them... :(