{"id":13553,"date":"2018-04-16T06:06:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=13553"},"modified":"2018-04-16T14:26:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T20:26:24","slug":"top-200-albums-80-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/top-200-albums-80-90\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 200 Albums \u2013 #79 \u2013 90"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"itunes_image\"<\/a>Nearly 4 years ago, we first counted down the Top 200 albums in my iTunes library. Since that time, I\u2019ve successfully managed to migrate my music collection to a new PC with the stats intact. So, I figured it was time to take another look, based on number of plays from late 2007 through January 1, 2018.<\/p>\n

We continue up the second half with the next batch of 10 albums ranked between #79 and 90, including 4 studio recordings, 3 comedy albums, and 3 compilations.<\/p>\n

#90: Various Artists – Rock N’ Roll Era: 1961
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 76 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 152<\/a><\/p>\n

7 tunes, from artists like Del Shannon, Dion & The Belmonts, and Ben E. King, are part of this Time Life compilation.<\/p>\n

#89: No Doubt – Tragic Kingdom<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 77 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 92<\/a><\/p>\n

6 songs from the band\u2019s breakthrough effort make up its total.<\/p>\n

#88: Weezer – Weezer<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 78 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 77<\/a><\/p>\n

4 tunes from Weezer\u2019s debut, known as the Blue Album, place it on the list.<\/p>\n

#85: The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/em><\/i>
\niTunes stats: 79 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 50<\/a><\/p>\n

The remastered version of this Beatles\u2019 classic makes the list thanks to 20 new listens across 5 different songs.<\/p>\n

#85: Various Artists – Monsters Of Rock<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 79 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 74<\/a><\/p>\n

This compilation of 80s hair bands, like White Lion, Winger, and Firehouse, makes up this total thanks to 8 different tracks.<\/p>\n

#85: George Carlin – Life Is Worth Losing<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 79 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 152<\/a><\/p>\n

Another comedy album by George Carlin takes its place on this list.<\/p>\n

#83: Dr. Dre – The Chronic<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 80 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 77<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Dre’s smash solo debut, whose total is made up by only 3 songs, adds 37 new listens.<\/p>\n

#83: Various Artists – Music From Gilmore Girls
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 80 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 112<\/a><\/p>\n

7 different tunes, including many of the musical cues from the show, make up the total for this soundtrack album.<\/p>\n

#79: George Carlin – You Are All Diseased<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 81 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 120<\/a><\/p>\n

Another standup routine from George Carlin puts him on the list for the second time this week.<\/p>\n

#79: Garfunkel and Oates – Secretions
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 81 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

The latest offering from Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci makes a strong debut on the list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nearly 4 years ago, we first counted down the Top 200 albums in my iTunes library. Since that time, I\u2019ve successfully managed to migrate my music collection to a new PC with the stats intact. So, I figured it was time to take another look, based on number of plays from late 2007 through January […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[96,938,996,1000,93,530,3008,3641,2942,328,4088,780,4089,5103,205,1347,1353],"class_list":["post-13553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-beatles","tag-ben-e-king","tag-del-shannon","tag-dion-the-belmonts","tag-dr-dre","tag-firehouse","tag-garfunkel-and-oates","tag-george-carlin","tag-gilmore-girls","tag-itunes","tag-kate-micucci","tag-no-doubt","tag-riki-lindhome","tag-time-life","tag-weezer","tag-white-lion","tag-winger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13553"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13587,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13553\/revisions\/13587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}