Bands/Artists Whose Best Album Is Also Their Most Popular

[dave from knoxville]

So which was more popular, Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel, Peter Gabriel, or Peter Gabriel?

[cavorting with nudists]

When's the first time you learned about CDs, assuming you're near my age group or older?  For me, it was in an ad in a 1983 Playboy.  Mike, if you're reading this, feel free to use that.

Uh--I don't remember.  Early-mid 80's, certainly.  I remember being really pissed off about them, thinking it was going to be a way for the music industry to winnow out artists that didn't count by not releasing their product in the shiny expensive new medium and letting their catalog wither and die.  It seemed very Reaganite to me at the time--separating the Elect out of the common no-account herd.

[Steeley Chris]

I'd add Lou Reed - Transformer.

I would second that, though I'm sure there is a large faction of folks that would say "Berlin" was his best.

[nec13]

Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon

Respectfully disagree. Animals.

Yes. Piper is 1B.

Miles Davis's "Kind of Blue," but maybe not so much for the compositions as the tone and note choices he makes on the trumpet.

Miles made better, more innovative albums, IMO. On The Corner, Miles Smiles, In A Silent Way, just to name a few.

[Smelodies]

I'm familiar with them. Just haven't heard his trumpet playing or tone top what's on Kind of Blue.

[Crusherkc]

Zep IV aka untitled aka ZoSo

Sold 37 million worldwide.  The product of Jimmy Page's invocation of demons. Does Stairway still top those classic rock radio Memorial Day weekend countdowns?

[Crusherkc]

My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless"- their best and pretty sure they're best-seller

[dave from knoxville]

Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything

[JonFromMaplewood]

[JonFromMaplewood]

Well, that joke went well.

[nec13]

Well, that joke went well.

I think George's best album is Gone Troppo. But that's just me.

[Matt]

Arguably - ARGUABLY - Guided By Voices, BEE THOUSAND.

But I would disagree, since I always preferred ALIEN LANES.

[dave from knoxville]

Arguably - ARGUABLY - Guided By Voices, BEE THOUSAND.

But I would disagree, since I always preferred ALIEN LANES.

I am not afraid of you, and I will beat your ass.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Except for a couple of tunes, Bee Thousand is my least favorite GbV (not counting the 1100 EPs and such I've only listened to once or not at all). Earthquake Glue is up there, as is Alien Lanes. The lasest Boston Spaceships is pretty fantastic too.

[masterofsparks]

I think Bee Thousand is the best GBV by far, but I don't know if that's just because it's the first one I heard.