There are 43 posts filed in The People’s Album (this is page 6 of 7).
For this installment of The People’s Albums, I thought I’d take a little detour and dive into America’s best selling Christmas/Holiday album. And in that regard, I must thank God that this album exists. Otherwise, the best-selling Christmas album would be Miracles: The Christmas Album by that rat bastard Kenny G.
Album: Elvis’ Christmas Album
Artist: Elvis Presley
Release Date: October 15, 1957
Copies Sold In The U.S.: 10 Million
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After reviewing what might be the absolute nadir of American popular music in the last installment of The People’s Albums, I was hoping for something that would revitalize my enthusiasm for this series. Instead, I got this…
Album: Pieces Of You
Artist: Jewel
Release Date: February 28, 1995 (My 6th birthday!)
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Not really sure what I can say before jumping into this, other than that this was undoubtedly the darkest hour for The People’s Albums, and perhaps America as a whole.
Album: Breathless
Artist: Kenny G
Release Date: October 20, 1992
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With Shocktober now behind us, I suppose it’s about time I return to writing about The People’s Albums again. Not that Shocktober had much to do with this long absence, but rather it had to do with this album not being as mildly awesome as I hoped it would be.
Album: Greatest Hits
Artist: Kenny Rogers
Release Date: September 3, 1980
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So far in this series, I haven’t actually had the pleasure of writing about a legitimately great album… until now. So this very well might be an altogether forgettable post with zero insight and zero things to be said that haven’t already been said about an album for which much has been said. If not, hurray!
Album: Led Zeppelin II
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Release Date: October 22, 1969
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I am fully aware that Matchbox 20 probably deserve to be regarded as an abomination to ‘90s alternative rock. I am also fully aware that despite being massively popular, Yourself Or Something Like You does not deserve to go in to the pantheon of great ‘90s alt-rock albums. Yet, I can’t help but get a warm fuzzy feeling in the pit of my stomach when I hear songs like “Real World” or “3 AM”.
You see, I have a bunch of childhood memories of riding around in my mom’s mini-van, listening to these kinds of pop-friendly rock songs on Seattle’s own Star 101.5 and thinking that this was basically what rock music sounded like. So forgive me if I’m unable to effectively use my superior tools of critical analysis and hindsight to cut through the thick haze of nostalgia that hangs over an album like this.
Album: Yourself Or Someone Like You
Artist: Matchbox 20
Release Date: October 1, 1996
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For as long as I can remember, this is more or less the image I’ve always had of Phil Collins. That of a washed up old coot that churned out a bunch of infectious if unbearably cheesy singles way back in the ‘80s, and reemerged in the late ‘90s with the sole intent of snatching Oscars away from Trey Parker and Matt Stone. But is that a fair assessment of the man and his music? Well, let’s find out together…
Album: No Jacket Required
Artist: Phil Collins
Release Date: January 25, 1985
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