The People’s Album

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The People’s Albums: #22 Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits

FYI, this will probably be a pretty half-assed installment of The People’s Albums because 1) I just wanted to get this one out of the way before the all-out post-a-thon that will hopefully be this year’s Shocktober commences, and 2) this album seems pretty uninteresting/inessential considering it’s filled with a bunch of songs we’ve all heard a million times, while also 3) it feels even more uninteresting/inessential when taking into account that most of Simon & Garfunkel’s proper albums are worth listening to instead of some greatest hits comp.  In fact, the most interesting thing about this album is probably it’s cover photo, which apparently was taken during Simon & Garfunkel’s short-lived proto-Gallagher & college mime professor phase.

Album: Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits
Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
Release Date: June 14, 1972
Copies Sold In The U.S.: 14 million

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The People’s Albums: #25 Legend

That’s right, ladies and gents.  We’ve finally made it to the half way point of The People’s Albums.  And sure, it’s taken almost two years and many hours of listening to not-that-great albums, but we’ve had some laughs as well as a few Kenny G-induced tears, and I just hope the top 25 will go a little bit faster (though I’m not holding my breath on that one).  But for now, let’s praise Jah and take a look at Legend, a.k.a. that one Bob Marley album you’ve probably heard.

Album: Legend
Artist: Bob Marley & The Wailers
Release Date: May 8, 1984
Copies Sold In The U.S.: 13.6 million

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The People’s Albums: #26 The Bodyguard Soundtrack

I’m finding that a lot of the albums over the course of this series were owned by one of my family members on CD (and by “family members”, I mean my mom or sister since my dad basically stopped listening to music once he was out of his twenties).  If you’re wondering (which I can’t imagine you are), the tally for number of People’s Albums I can remember lying around my childhood home is 7 so far.  Which I honestly thought would be higher, but I’m nonetheless still using as a segue into the fact that the album I’m about to talk about is one of them.

Album: The Bodyguard Original Soundtrack
Artist: Whitney Houston & Various
Release Date: November 17, 1992
Copies Sold In The U.S.: 13.5 million

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The People’s Albums: #27 Cracked Rear View

That’s right.  It’s 2015 and I’m writing about Hootie & The Blowfish — a band that was already an easy punchline by the late ‘90s, and by now is, well, I don’t even know.  But that doesn’t mean we can’t figure it out together, with a little love, and some tendah-ness.

Album: Cracked Rear View
Artist: Hootie & The Blowfish
Release Date: July 5, 1994
Copies Sold In The U.S.: It’s listed as having sold around 12 million copies, but is also certified as having gone 16x platinum, so who knows exactly.

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The People’s Albums: #28 The Wall

Yeah, I don’t really have anything to say about the piece you are about to (hopefully) read since I already wrote it, and at this point it all seems a lot longer and more self-indulgent than it needed to be.  But hey, that seems more than appropriate considering the nature of this latest addition to The People’s Albums.

Album: The Wall
Artist: Pink Floyd
Release Date: November 30, 1979
Copies Sold In The U.S.: 13.4 Million

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