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Whether The Eagles released an album as adventurous or risky as Tusk is irrelevant. Tusk isn't the album FM is most known for anyway, Rumours is, and it sold fewer copies,by a large amount, in 1979 (and to date) at the height of their popularity and when people still bought albums than Long Road Out of Eden sold in 2007 in the digital age. And again I like Fleetwood Mac way more than the Eagles so I think FM is a much better band, but what the Eagles did was enormously popular and still is. Rumours has sold more than any Eagles studio album, but Hotel California comes close. Their greatest hits is neck and neck with Thriller for best selling album ever in the US. To put a little perspective, FMs greatest hits is their second best selling album after Rumours. The difference in US sales between the Eagles greatest hits and FMs greatest hits is greater than total sales of Rumours. They also had 5 number 1 hits and another just missing at number 2. That is reality whether you like it or not. They both have had immense and enduring popularity and influence, but I'd say, looking at the evidence, the Eagles were/are at a higher level. Last edited by MikeVielhaber; 05-05-2014 at 04:42 PM.. |
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I wasn't comparing greatest hits to studio albums. Apparently you just skimmed my post. I compared greatest hits to greatest hits. And mentioned that while Rumours has sold more than any Eagles studio album Hotel California is not far behind. Outside of those two albums released around the same time, The Eagles generally were a bigger seller and at the very least no worse. So you could say that FM at their peak popularity were bigger than the Eagles, though not by a lot. But outside of that, probably not.
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What I always found interesting is that Eagles got that award around 99-2000 where they were honored for selling more albums then any othere artist (Including Elvis and The Beatles). I like the Eagles but I am amazed that given there small output of studio albums (7 in 40 odd years) and yet they sold so many. Also everytime they get back together it seems to be bigger then the last time. I like FM more simply because they have more albums and have taken risks in their music. FM unfortuantely will always be defined by Rumors even though they have made some worthy music since then.
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I remembered what it was and I stand corrected. This is what was said. I watched an interview that former Eagles member Don Felder gave on the Jeff Probst talk show. He said something about at the millennium they were honored as having the biggest selling album of the 20th Century. I remember him saying something along the lines of when mentioning the Beatles and Elvis he "it was pretty cool to think we outsold them all".
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Moving my thread to this old one...
I'm sure this has been pondered often... ...where exactly do Fleetwood Mac sit in the all time list of biggest bands? In terms of overall sales they are propped up significantly by Rumours compared to many other bands who have a number of mass-selling albums. That said, when I think of the 'biggest bands' I don't necessarily think in terms of overall sales and the number of hit singles- its also about their influence, notoriety etc. For some reason, over the past ten years or so I think Fleetwood Mac have reached a status that's above where they would generally be placed solely on their body of work. Excluding FM I'd suggest; 1) The Beatles 2) The Rolling Stones 3) Led Zeppelin 4) Pink Floyd 5) The Beach Boys 6) The Eagles 7) AC/DC 8) Queen 9) U2 10) Aerosmith I'd be inclined to rank FM around The Eagles and AC/DC in terms of their overall status. Anyone agree/disagree? |
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