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1Sasha	Per Billboard: "Purple Rain" is the #1 Diamond Seller Billboard reviewed all 88 of the Diamond-selling (10 million units or more) albums. "Purple Rain" came in at #1, with the review stating it was possibly the finest album of all time.
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Reply #1 posted 10/03/16 6:20am

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source: http://www.billboard.com/...iaa-ranked

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Reply #2 posted 10/03/16 6:35am

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purplerabbitho le	I love the description of Purple Rain, but having Sergeant Peppers at 18 below Shania Twain slightly discredits the list.
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mynameisnotsus an	purplerabbithole said: I love the description of Purple Rain, but having Sergeant Peppers at 18 below Shania Twain slightly discredits the list.
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purplerabbithole said:

I love the description of Purple Rain, but having Sergeant Peppers at 18 below Shania Twain slightly discredits the list.

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Are you all pulling my leg or was I unclear? They ranked Shania higher than the Beatles' Sergeant Peppers at 18 and I was thinking WTF? Sergeant Pepper's lonely hearts club band needed to be in the top ten at least--its a visionary classic..

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purplerabbithole said:

I love the description of Purple Rain, but having Sergeant Peppers at 18 below Shania Twain slightly discredits the list.

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Reply #7 posted 10/03/16 9:36am

1Sasha	When I originally saw the list - before I posted it here - I thought Sgt. Pepper would be number one, as it is on nearly every list known to man. I think the description of "Purple Rain" is accurate, but I wonder what it would have been on the list if Prince was still alive.
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purplerabbithole said:

Are you all pulling my leg or was I unclear? They ranked Shania higher than the Beatles' Sergeant Peppers at 18 and I was thinking WTF? Sergeant Pepper's lonely hearts club band needed to be in the top ten at least--its a visionary classic..

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Calm down. We're agreeing with your outrage. lol

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1Sasha said:

When I originally saw the list - before I posted it here - I thought Sgt. Pepper would be number one, as it is on nearly every list known to man. I think the description of "Purple Rain" is accurate, but I wonder what it would have been on the list if Prince was still alive.

Yeah, I think these lists tend to change over time lol.

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Reply #10 posted 10/03/16 10:03am

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Fleetwood Mac's Rumours at 22? Along with Purple Rain it's one of the few albums on that list that doesn't have a bad song on it IMO. :disbelief:

At least Thriller isn't #1. I do think Appetite for Destruction should be higher though.

This reminds me a bit of those greatest guitarist lists from Rolling Stone. The first one they did was a top 50 list and P didn't event make the list. Then they did another list for anyone that didn't make the first list. Then they did a third list which was top 100. P made that list, but was in the 30s behind Joey Ramone. disbelief

Spin magazine tried to rectify this; their list had Prince at #6. But their list left out people like Hendrix and Clapton so how credible of a list was it really.

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nonames	Regardless of the ranking itself... there are some really shitty albums in that list! [Edited 10/3/16 11:02am]
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Reply #12 posted 10/03/16 12:36pm

EmmaMcG	purplerabbithole said: I love the description of Purple Rain, but having Sergeant Peppers at 18 below Shania Twain slightly discredits the list. Only if you're a Beatles fan
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nonames said:
Regardless of the ranking itself... there are some really shitty albums in that list! [Edited 10/3/16 11:02am]

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EmmaMcG said:

purplerabbithole said:
I love the description of Purple Rain, but having Sergeant Peppers at 18 below Shania Twain slightly discredits the list.

Only if you're a Beatles fan

I'm sure there are many people who respect the Beatles without being fans who would rank Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band higher than Come On Over.

And then there are those who dislike Shania Twain even more than The Beatles who would also disagree with the ranking. smile

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EmmaMcG said:

purplerabbithole said:
I love the description of Purple Rain, but having Sergeant Peppers at 18 below Shania Twain slightly discredits the list.

Only if you're a Beatles fan

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Reply #16 posted 10/03/16 3:21pm

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The Beatles, Abbey Road is at number 2.. ok.. cool.... cool

I still think Sgt Peppers Heart's Club Band is better than Abbey Road.

Both are classics for sure, but I believe a majority will agree, Sgt Pepper is the better album og these 2..

Still strange what Shania Twain is doing there.

Imho... thats crazy... lol nuts

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Reply #17 posted 10/03/16 3:48pm

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sexton said:

EmmaMcG said:

Only if you're a Beatles fan

I'm sure there are many people who respect the Beatles without being fans who would rank Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band higher than Come On Over.

And then there are those who dislike Shania Twain even more than The Beatles who would also disagree with the ranking.

I love the Beatles but I think Sgt. Pepper is overrated. It was a quantum leap forward in terms of what a recording studio was thought to be capable of and it is certainly the strongest historical document of its time, but the lyrics to She's Leaving Home are really ridiculous. Naturally it's a got a ton of great material, but it's got some stinkers, too. It definitely deserves to beat Shania's ass, though. Sgt Peppers is a record I respect greatly but just never listen to.

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rogifan said:
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours at 22? Along with Purple Rain it's one of the few albums on that list that doesn't have a bad song on it IMO.

lol This outraged me more than the Beatles placement that everyone is rubbing their heads over.

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thedance said:

The Beatles, Abbey Road is at number 2.. ok.. cool....

I still think Sgt Peppers Heart's Club Band is better than Abbey Road.

Both are classics for sure, but I believe a majority will agree, Sgt Pepper is the better album og these 2..

Still strange what Shania Twain is doing there.

Imho... thats crazy...

That ablum was bursting with hits.

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Reply #20 posted 10/03/16 4:15pm

scorp84	The best they can come up with to describe "Thriller" is what Chris Rock had to say about it? Who gives a fuck what Chris Rock has to say about anything?
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jdcxc	nonames said: Regardless of the ranking itself... there are some really shitty albums in that list! [Edited 10/3/16 11:02am] Just like the Grammys.
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Reply #23 posted 10/03/16 10:04pm

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thedance said:

Eff the majority - Abbey Road slays. Sgt Peppers is historic, significant, blah blah but there really aren't that many great songs on it and quite a few whofarted

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mynameisnotsusan said:
thedance said:

The Beatles, Abbey Road is at number 2.. ok.. cool....

I still think Sgt Peppers Heart's Club Band is better than Abbey Road.

Both are classics for sure, but I believe a majority will agree, Sgt Pepper is the better album og these 2..

Still strange what Shania Twain is doing there.

Imho... thats crazy...

Eff the majority - Abbey Road slays. Sgt Peppers is historic, significant, blah blah but there really aren't that many great songs on it and quite a few

Then you need some new listening ears.

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purplethunder3121 said:

mynameisnotsusan said:

thedance said:

The Beatles, Abbey Road is at number 2.. ok.. cool....

I still think Sgt Peppers Heart's Club Band is better than Abbey Road.

Both are classics for sure, but I believe a majority will agree, Sgt Pepper is the better album og these 2..

Still strange what Shania Twain is doing there.

Imho... thats crazy...

Eff the majority - Abbey Road slays. Sgt Peppers is historic, significant, blah blah but there really aren't that many great songs on it and quite a few

Then you need some new listening ears.

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When I'm Sixty-Four
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Reply #26 posted 10/03/16 11:32pm

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Excellent:

Lovely Rita
Good Morning, Good Morning
When I'm Sixty-Four
Within You Without You
With A Little Help From My Friends
Sgt Pepper
Mister Kite
A Day In The Life

wow.... just how many popsong classics do you need... music