Top 5 Pop Albums

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-03-2010, 12:55 PM

It was accepted by a mainstream audience.

It got to No 2 in the British charts & No 11 in the American charts.

duga · 06-03-2010, 01:13 PM

So did a couple Metallica albums.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-03-2010, 01:16 PM

So?

Why shouldn't pop music be sophisticated or experimental?

The fact is it sold well and it influenced the shape of pop in the coming years. So why isn't it a pop album?

duga · 06-03-2010, 01:19 PM

Because there have to be lines when it comes to classifying music as a certain genre. That album just about crosses it so I don't consider it a pop album.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 06-03-2010, 01:37 PM

It's not like that sort of music was totally alien to a mainstream audience at the time.
Kraftwerk & Brian Eno were hugely successful by then, even Can were getting into the charts.
Bowie used that and made it even more accessible by incorporating that into his sound. I don't think it was any different to him using jazz on Aladdin Sane or soul on Young Americans.

duga · 06-03-2010, 01:46 PM

Ok, fair enough. I was thinking more along the lines of Bowie's other work, and he has definitely made albums far more pop oriented than Low (to say the least). Let's Dance comes to mind.

Audio_phil · 06-07-2010, 01:04 AM

1 - Depeche Mode - Violator
2 - Tangerine Dream - Optical Race
3 - Recoil - Selected
4 - Terranova - Digital Tenderness
5 - Dataraper - Naught man's land

expt · 06-08-2010, 03:38 AM

I like pop song in following

1) Break your heart

2) Nothing on you

3) Hey soul sister

4) In my head

5) Rude boy

~~princeharry13~~ · 06-12-2010, 05:14 AM

Top 5 pop Albums:
1. IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA Iron Butterfly Atco
2. HAIR Original Cast RCA
3. BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS Blood, Sweat & Tears Columbia
4. BAYOU COUNTRY Creedence Clearwater Revival Fantasy
5. LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin Atlantic

FaSho · 06-12-2010, 11:12 AM

5. The Seeds of Love-Tears for Fears
4. The Wind In The Wires-Patrick Wolf
3. Hunky Dory-David Bowie
2. Viva Hate-Morrissey
1. Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band-The Beatles

06-03-2010, 12:55 PM	#31 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	It was accepted by a mainstream audience. It got to No 2 in the British charts & No 11 in the American charts. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

06-03-2010, 01:13 PM	#32 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	So did a couple Metallica albums. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

06-03-2010, 01:16 PM	#33 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	So? Why shouldn't pop music be sophisticated or experimental? The fact is it sold well and it influenced the shape of pop in the coming years. So why isn't it a pop album? __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

06-03-2010, 01:19 PM	#34 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	Because there have to be lines when it comes to classifying music as a certain genre. That album just about crosses it so I don't consider it a pop album. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

06-03-2010, 01:37 PM	#35 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	It's not like that sort of music was totally alien to a mainstream audience at the time. Kraftwerk & Brian Eno were hugely successful by then, even Can were getting into the charts. Bowie used that and made it even more accessible by incorporating that into his sound. I don't think it was any different to him using jazz on Aladdin Sane or soul on Young Americans. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

06-03-2010, 01:46 PM	#36 (permalink)
duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	Ok, fair enough. I was thinking more along the lines of Bowie's other work, and he has definitely made albums far more pop oriented than Low (to say the least). Let's Dance comes to mind. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

06-07-2010, 01:04 AM	#37 (permalink)
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06-08-2010, 03:38 AM	#38 (permalink)
expt Groupie Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 3	I like pop song in following 1) Break your heart 2) Nothing on you 3) Hey soul sister 4) In my head 5) Rude boy __________________ [Link removed by moderator - We don't care about your 8gb SD cards]

06-12-2010, 05:14 AM	#39 (permalink)
~~princeharry13~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 4	Top 5 pop Albums: 1. IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA Iron Butterfly Atco 2. HAIR Original Cast RCA 3. BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS Blood, Sweat & Tears Columbia 4. BAYOU COUNTRY Creedence Clearwater Revival Fantasy 5. LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin Atlantic