{"id":6960,"date":"2015-02-16T07:38:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T13:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=6960"},"modified":"2015-01-02T21:46:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T03:46:21","slug":"top-200-albums-38-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/top-200-albums-38-45\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 200 Albums &#8211; #38 &#8211; 45"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4029\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image.jpg\" alt=\"itunes_image\" width=\"268\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image.jpg 268w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/itunes_image-90x90.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a>My latest desktop computer arrived in late 2007, at which point I transitioned all of my music off of my laptop. 2 iPods,\u00a03 iPhones, and an iPad later, that computer is still my main repository of music, with iTunes updating its stats every time I listen to something.<\/p>\n<p>Having already gone through cassette tapes and CDs, and digital music, it\u2019s time to roll everything up with the Top 200 albums whose songs I\u2019ve listened to as of September 2014, according to iTunes. Today, we look at the 8 albums that rank from 45th through 38th, with 68-75 listens.<\/p>\n<p>#38: The Beatles &#8211; Please Please Me [2009 Stereo Remaster]<br \/>\niTunes stats: 75 plays<br \/>\nThe remastered version of the first Beatles album uses 7 songs to make the list.<\/p>\n<p>#38: Poison: Swallow This Live<br \/>\niTunes stats: 75 plays<br \/>\nThe first CD I ever owned, which I received for Christmas in December of 1991, makes the list thanks to 8 tracks from the double album.<\/p>\n<p>#40: Pearl Jam &#8211; Vs.<br \/>\niTunes stats: 71 plays<br \/>\nPearl Jam&#8217;s second album, which I purchased as a midnight release at the record store in Purdue West whose name escapes me, makes the list thanks to 7 tunes.<\/p>\n<p>#40: Various Artists &#8211; Television&#8217;s Greatest Hits, Vol. 1<br \/>\niTunes stats: 71 plays<br \/>\n23 theme songs, from shows like <em>Perry Mason<\/em>, <em>Leave It To Beaver<\/em>, and <em>The Munsters<\/em>, make up the total from this compilation.<\/p>\n<p>#42: Eminem &#8211; The Marshall Mathers LP<br \/>\niTunes stats: 69 plays<br \/>\n7 tracks make up the total for this breakthrough album.<\/p>\n<p>#42: The Beatles &#8211; Magical Mystery Tour [2009 Stereo Remaster]<br \/>\n<!--more-->iTunes stats: 69 plays<br \/>\n6 tracks make up the total for this remastered album.<\/p>\n<p>#42: Poison &#8211; Poison&#8217;s Greatest Hits 1986-1996<br \/>\niTunes stats: 69 plays<br \/>\nThe first greatest hits package for the glam metal superstars has 11 songs that make up this total.<\/p>\n<p>#45: The Outfield &#8211; <em>Play Deep<\/em><br \/>\niTunes stats: 68 plays<br \/>\nOnly one song, the at bat music for former White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham, makes up this total for the debut album from the British 80s band.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My latest desktop computer arrived in late 2007, at which point I transitioned all of my music off of my laptop. 2 iPods,\u00a03 iPhones, and an iPad later, that computer is still my main repository of music, with iTunes updating its stats every time I listen to something. Having already gone through cassette tapes and [&hellip;]<\/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":[96,289,1530,90,138,2888,1358,3477,328,5308,176,4803,92,5309,1299,49],"class_list":["post-6960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-beatles","tag-boiler-up","tag-christmas","tag-eminem","tag-gordon-beckham","tag-ipad","tag-iphone","tag-ipod","tag-itunes","tag-leave-it-to-beaver","tag-pearl-jam","tag-perry-mason","tag-poison","tag-the-munsters","tag-the-outfield","tag-white-sox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6960","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=6960"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7471,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6960\/revisions\/7471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}