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Eric Boehlert writes:

That's why, for me, Dec. 20, 1969, represents rock's summit:

No. 1, "Abbey Road," the Beatles
No. 2, "Led Zeppelin II," Led Zeppelin
No. 3, "Tom Jones Live in Las Vegas," Tom Jones
No. 4, "Green River," Creedence Clearwater Revival
No. 5, "Let It Bleed," the Rolling Stones
No. 6, "Santana," Santana
No. 7, "Puzzle People," the Temptations
No. 8, "Blood Sweat & Tears," Blood Sweat & Tears
No. 9, "Crosby, Stills & Nash," Crosby, Stills & Nash
No. 10, "Easy Rider" soundtrack (featuring the Byrds, the Jimi Hendrix
Experience, and Steppenwolf)

[Billboard album chart]

Worst: Sept. 2, 1989

No. 1 "Repeat Offender," Richard Marx
No. 2. "Hangin' Tough," NKOTB
No. 3. "Batman" soundtrack
No. 4. "Forever Your Girl," Paula Abdul
No. 5. "Girl You Know It's True," Milli Vanilli
No. 6. "Full Moon Fever," Tom Petty
No. 7. "Skid Row" Skid Row.
No. 8. "The Raw and the Cooked," Fine Young Cannibals
No. 9. "Cuts Both Ways" Gloria Estefan
No. 10. "End of Innocence," Don Henley

"MINe 109" wrote in message

Eric Boehlert writes:

That's why, for me, Dec. 20, 1969, represents rock's summit:

No. 1, "Abbey Road," the Beatles
No. 2, "Led Zeppelin II," Led Zeppelin
No. 3, "Tom Jones Live in Las Vegas," Tom Jones
No. 4, "Green River," Creedence Clearwater Revival
No. 5, "Let It Bleed," the Rolling Stones
No. 6, "Santana," Santana
No. 7, "Puzzle People," the Temptations
No. 8, "Blood Sweat & Tears," Blood Sweat & Tears
No. 9, "Crosby, Stills & Nash," Crosby, Stills & Nash
No. 10, "Easy Rider" soundtrack (featuring the Byrds, the Jimi Hendrix
Experience, and Steppenwolf)

[Billboard album chart]

Worst: Sept. 2, 1989

No. 1 "Repeat Offender," Richard Marx
No. 2. "Hangin' Tough," NKOTB
No. 3. "Batman" soundtrack
No. 4. "Forever Your Girl," Paula Abdul
No. 5. "Girl You Know It's True," Milli Vanilli
No. 6. "Full Moon Fever," Tom Petty
No. 7. "Skid Row" Skid Row.
No. 8. "The Raw and the Cooked," Fine Young Cannibals
No. 9. "Cuts Both Ways" Gloria Estefan
No. 10. "End of Innocence," Don Henley

I don't know whether I'd include this week as the worst week. After all,
Skid Row's eponymous debut, FYC and Petty's Full Moon Fever are still
listenable records.

MINe 109 wrote:

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That's why, for me, 1969, represents rock's summit:

No. 1, "1969" the Stooges
No. 2, "The Velvet Underground" The Velvet Underground
No. 3, "Let it bleed" The Rolling Stones
No. 4, "Hot rats" Frank Zappa
No. 5, "Kick out the jam" MC5
No. 6, "With a little help from my friend" Joe Cocker
No. 7, "Ummagumma" Pink Floyd
No. 8, "69 Année érotique" Serge Gainsbourg
No. 9, "Tommy" the Who
No. 10, "From left to right" Bill Evans

Bonus, "In a silent way" Miles Davis

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"Keep the bugs off your glass and the bears off your ass"
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"Schizoid Man" wrote:

"MINe 109" wrote in message

Eric Boehlert writes:

That's why, for me, Dec. 20, 1969, represents rock's summit:

No. 1, "Abbey Road," the Beatles
No. 2, "Led Zeppelin II," Led Zeppelin
No. 3, "Tom Jones Live in Las Vegas," Tom Jones
No. 4, "Green River," Creedence Clearwater Revival
No. 5, "Let It Bleed," the Rolling Stones
No. 6, "Santana," Santana
No. 7, "Puzzle People," the Temptations
No. 8, "Blood Sweat & Tears," Blood Sweat & Tears
No. 9, "Crosby, Stills & Nash," Crosby, Stills & Nash
No. 10, "Easy Rider" soundtrack (featuring the Byrds, the Jimi Hendrix
Experience, and Steppenwolf)

[Billboard album chart]

Worst: Sept. 2, 1989

No. 1 "Repeat Offender," Richard Marx
No. 2. "Hangin' Tough," NKOTB
No. 3. "Batman" soundtrack
No. 4. "Forever Your Girl," Paula Abdul
No. 5. "Girl You Know It's True," Milli Vanilli
No. 6. "Full Moon Fever," Tom Petty
No. 7. "Skid Row" Skid Row.
No. 8. "The Raw and the Cooked," Fine Young Cannibals
No. 9. "Cuts Both Ways" Gloria Estefan
No. 10. "End of Innocence," Don Henley

I don't know whether I'd include this week as the worst week. After all,
Skid Row's eponymous debut, FYC and Petty's Full Moon Fever are still
listenable records.

It's not a total loss, but still...

Stephen

Bonus, "In a silent way" Miles Davis

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That is jazz dumb****.

S888Wheel a écrit :

Bonus, "In a silent way" Miles Davis

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That is jazz dumb****.

What a culture ! Goooooooooooood.
But what about the n° 10 ? ;-)

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Lionel wrote:

S888Wheel a écrit :

Bonus, "In a silent way" Miles Davis

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That is jazz dumb****.

What a culture ! Goooooooooooood.
But what about the n° 10 ? ;-)

It's "Miles goes electric", but quietly.

Stephen