{"id":6968,"date":"2015-03-16T07:57:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T13:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=6968"},"modified":"2015-01-02T21:48:54","modified_gmt":"2015-01-03T03:48:54","slug":"top-200-albums-1-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/top-200-albums-1-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 200 Albums – #1 – 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"itunes_image\"<\/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

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 finish up the list and look at the\u00a0top 10 albums that I have listened to the most.<\/p>\n

#1: The Cast of Buffy The Vampire Slaying – Once More, With Feeling<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 326 plays
\nThe soundtrack album to the musical episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer takes the top spot thanks to 21 of the 23 tunes from the album.<\/p>\n

#2: Various Artists – The Muppets<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 287 plays
\nThe entire album contributed to this total for the soundtrack album from the big Muppets comeback movie in 2011.<\/p>\n

#3: The Lonely Island – Incredibad<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 181 plays
\n7 tracks from the debut album, most of which originated as digital shorts on SNL.<\/p>\n

#4: Foo Fighters – Live In Hyde Park 2006<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 180 plays
\nThis bootleg makes the list thanks to 8 live versions of the band’s greatest hits.<\/p>\n

#5: Various Artists – Billboard’s Top Rock ‘n’ Roll Hits: 1969<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 171 plays
\n8 of the 10 songs on this album contributed to this total, with the vast majority coming from Steam, thanks to its connection with the White Sox.<\/p>\n

#6: Tegan and Sara – So Jealous<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 156 plays
\nThe entire album, which I have also had loaded in my car’s CD player since 2005, makes up this total.<\/p>\n

#7: Aerosmith – O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 149 plays
\n22 hits from both of Aerosmith’s periods of relevance contribute to this total from their 2-disc greatest hits package.<\/p>\n

#8: Various Artists – Pirates of the Caribbean (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 142 plays
\nA single song, formerly used as part of the White Sox pre-game video introductions, places this album in the top 10.<\/p>\n

#9: AC\/DC – The Razors Edge<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 135 plays
\nOnly 2 tracks, Thunderstruck<\/em> and Money Talks<\/em>, make up the total for this CD I snagged for free from my brother-in-law.<\/p>\n

#10: Garfunkel and Oates – Slippery When Moist<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 125 plays
\nThe entire album, which I got thanks to High 5 iTunes gift cards, contributed to this total.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/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":[565,419,746,106,89,3008,2888,1358,3477,328,88,1108,3482,688,302,101,1633,49],"class_list":["post-6968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-acdc","tag-aerosmith","tag-billboard","tag-buffy","tag-foo-fighters","tag-garfunkel-and-oates","tag-ipad","tag-iphone","tag-ipod","tag-itunes","tag-lonely-island","tag-muppets","tag-pirates-of-the-caribbean","tag-snl","tag-steam","tag-tegan-and-sara","tag-the-muppets","tag-white-sox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968","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=6968"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7033,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6968\/revisions\/7033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}