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| From | "floatingunder" <underthefloat@msn.com> |
| Subject | Top 200 and was Re: New FOW... |
| Date | Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:28:06 -0000 |
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--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Holmes Online" <bholmes_fm@...>
wrote:
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> > (insert tired pizza & sex analogy here).
>
> I don't like tired pizza. Sex is good, though.
>
> b
So new cheerful catch phrase...
Tired pizza, tried sex?
Not to reopen the can o worms on the 200 album list via R& R Hall but
as several of you stated...
From Salon.com:
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in conjunction with (scoff, scoff)
the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, released its
list of the definitive 200 albums this week. You've got to admire
their chutzpah
-- there's little attempt to hide that this list is little more than
a marketing tool. Aside from reminding you that the list consists of
the top 200 albums "everyone should own" and imploring you
to "complete your collection!" the official Web page has a link
detailing the "participating retailers." In Variety, NARM president
Jim Donio is quoted as saying that the goal of the list was
to "celebrate the album"
at a time when they're being depreciated by an increased focus on
downloads and singles. Tell 'em, Jim! The conceptual clarity and
thematic rigor of the "Footloose" soundtrack (No. 134) are lost
unless you buy the whole album.
Marketing aside, the HOF/NARM list is nicely catholic in its taste,
with albums by artists ranging from Metallica to Andrea Bocelli, but
as you might expect for a list expressly designed as a buyers guide,
the list shakes out as basically a rundown of the biggest sellers of
the past 50 years. You'll find the usual suspects ("Sgt. Pepper" at
No. 1, "Born to Run" at No.
15), but then, especially toward the lower reaches, there are the
albums whose presence on the list is comprehensible only if
understood in sales terms.
Faith Hill's "Breathe" at No. 76; Celine Dion's "Falling Into You" at
No. 97; Kenny G's "Breathless"
at No. 107. I repeat, Kenny G's "Breathless" at No.
107.
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