Rumours Ranked in Top 20 Albums of All Time

[Lori40]

A music critic, Robert of the Radish, came up with a mathmatical equation to rate albums. He used a formula based on Staying Power+Sales Value+Critical Rating+Grammy Award Value to come up with a numerical ranking for albums. He only considered American markets, and did not include "Best Of" or live recordings. Rumours ranked #13, just behind Pink Floyd's The Wall. The whole article is on yahoo's opening page.

[aleuzzi]

what were the other 18?

[Lori40]

20)Faith-George Michael
19)Appetite for Destruction-Guns N' Roses
18)Purple Rain-Prince
17)House of the Holy-Led Zeppelin
16)Born in the USA-Bruce Springsteen
15)Nevermind-Nirvana
14)Van Halen-Van Halen
13)Rumours-FM
12)The Wall-Pink Floyd
11)The Joshua Tree-U2
10)Metallica-Metallica
9)Led Zeppelin-Led Zeppelin
8)Hotel California-Eagles
7)The White Album-The Beatles
6)Led Zeppelin IV-Led Zeppelin
5)Abbey Road-The Beatles
4)Physical Graffiti-Led Zeppelin
3)Thriller-Michael Jackson
2)Dark Side of the Moon-Pink Floyd
1)Songs in the Key of Life-Stevie Wonder

[aleuzzi]

Thanks!

Great. The only real (and pleasant) surprise was, I suppose, the Beatles White album, which is a classic, obviously, but one I would not have supposed had the commercial appeal the other records did.

[strandinthewind]

I think the list pretty solid. The only one that seems out of place is George Michael's Faith. But, Faith was a great record that tore up the charts.

[Lori40]

Thanks!

Great. The only real (and pleasant) surprise was, I suppose, the Beatles White album, which is a classic, obviously, but one I would not have supposed had the commercial appeal the other records did.

You're welcome. I probably should have posted the list in the first place, but I wasn't sure if anyone cared about another greatest albums list. I was most surprised that Led Zeppelin had 3 of the top 10 albums.