Shepherd Moons – Enya – 1991 Claimed Sales: 13m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music Enya is unlike anyone else in the commercial music world. Literally no one could have anticipated that a ‘New Age’ Celtic singer from Ireland would not only become the most successful solo artist from the country, but one of the defining voices of … Continue reading
Blood Sugar Sex Magik – Red Hot Chili Peppers – 1991 Claimed Sales: 13m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music Ask the general public what the name of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ debut album and I’m sure that most people would guess Blood Sugar Sex Magik. It genuinely surprised me to learn that this was the band’s fifth … Continue reading
Ropin’ The Wind – Garth Brooks – 1992 Claimed Sales: 13m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Digital Download I could probably just copy and paste the words I wrote about Garth Brooks’ breakthrough album No Fences here as a year later very little has changed. The focus is still on good ol’ country fun on the likes of Rodeo, … Continue reading
Ten – Pearl Jam – 1991 Claimed Sales: 13m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music When people think of the 90s, there are very specific distinctive sounds that come to mind. Here in the UK, BritPop made being a ‘lad’ mainstream again, dance music went underground, while over in the US the sound of grungy guitars and difficult to … Continue reading
No Fences – Garth Brooks – 1990 Claimed Sales: 17m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Amazon Music One of the artists who was bound to appear on a bestsellers list once I expanded out of just the UK charts, Garth Brooks is definitively the biggest selling country act of all time and in fact is second only to … Continue reading
Mariah Carey – Mariah Carey – 1990 Claimed Sales: 15m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music Mariah Carey is a popular singer. She has lots of fans. She has had lots and lots of huge hits over in the US and so her consistent appearance in The World’s Greatest Hits is no huge surprise. After suffering through her Music … Continue reading
Greatest Hits – Journey – 1988 Claimed Sales: 15m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music Much has been said of the impact of radio friendly stadium rock in this blg series and surely no act represents the mass appeal of it on music fans as Journey. Big chords, big hooks, big guitar solos and even bigger hair, … Continue reading
Rattle and Hum – U2 – 1988 Claimed Sales: 14m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music Rattle and Hum was bound to sell extremely well. Released a year after the end of their Joshua Tree world tour alongside a documentary film of the same name expectations would have been incredibly high for any new music from the … Continue reading
Guilty – Barbra Streisand -1980 Claimed Sales: 15m First listen?: No Format Listened?: Apple Music It’s no understatement to say that Barbra Streisand has one of the world’s most iconic voices. Just about every single person will have been moved by at least one Streisand performance, there are s many highlights from her 6 decade long career … Continue reading
Greatest HIts 1974-1978 – Steve Miller Band – 1978 Claimed Sales: 13m First listen?: Yes Format Listened?: Apple Music It’s very rare to find a hugely popular Greatest Hits collection, one that ended up becoming a band’s biggest selling album and brought their music to a whole new set of fans where I genuinely found it hard … Continue reading
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