{"id":13436,"date":"2018-03-26T11:31:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T17:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=13436"},"modified":"2018-03-30T19:29:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-31T01:29:04","slug":"top-200-albums-109-120","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/top-200-albums-109-120\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 200 Albums \u2013 #109 \u2013 120"},"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 things with the next batch of 10 albums that rank between #109 and 120, including 4 studio recordings, 4 compilations, and 2 different collections from the Fab Four.<\/p>\n

#120: Bell Biv DeVoe – Poison<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 61 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 92<\/a><\/p>\n

The debut album from the former members of New Edition needed only 2 songs to make up this total.<\/p>\n

#118: Def Leppard – Adrenalize<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 62 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 141<\/a><\/p>\n

A big jump for the first Def Leppard album following the death of guitarist Steve Clark, which uses 5 songs to make up its total.<\/p>\n

#118: The Beatles – Past Masters, Vol. 1<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 62 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 70<\/a><\/p>\n

5 tracks from the remastered version of the album make up this total.<\/p>\n

#117: Various Artists – Austin Powers<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 63 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 87<\/a><\/p>\n

The soundtrack to the original Austin Powers film, featuring the work of artists like Strawberry Alarm Clock and Divinyls, makes this list thanks to 4 songs.<\/p>\n

#115: Various Artists – Now That’s What I Call Music! Vol. 2<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 64 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 127<\/a><\/p>\n

The second edition of this long running compilation series makes the list thanks to singles from Jay Z and Britney Spears, among others.<\/p>\n

#115: The Beatles – Let It Be… Naked<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 64 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 92<\/a><\/p>\n

This remastered and remixed version of the Beatles final album, minus Phil Spector\u2019s patented \u201cWall of Sound\u201d, makes the list with 5 different tracks.<\/p>\n

#109: Various Artists – Rock ‘N’ Roll Era: 1964<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 65 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 172<\/a><\/p>\n

This edition from the Time Life collection used 6 of the biggest hits from 1964, and 41 new listens, to make the list.<\/p>\n

#109: Green Day – Dookie
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 65 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

The breakthrough major label debut for the California punks uses 5 tracks to make its debut on this list.<\/p>\n

#109: Hole – Live Through This<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 65 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 82<\/a><\/p>\n

Hole\u2019s breakthrough album, rumored to be mostly written by Kurt Cobain, makes the list with 4 different tunes.<\/p>\n

#109: Various Artists – Rock ‘N’ Roll Era: 1958<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 65 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 131<\/a><\/p>\n

This edition of the Time Life series, featuring songs by The Big Bopper, The Monotones, and Little Richard, had 7 songs make up its total.<\/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":[3385,96,649,957,308,1002,181,175,328,518,635,1121,2175,3766,7888,443,478,524,5103],"class_list":["post-13436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-austin-powers","tag-beatles","tag-bell-biv-devoe","tag-britney-spears","tag-def-leppard","tag-divinyls","tag-green-day","tag-hole","tag-itunes","tag-jay-z","tag-kurt-cobain","tag-little-richard","tag-new-edition","tag-phil-spector","tag-steve-clark","tag-strawberry-alarm-clock","tag-the-big-bopper","tag-the-monotones","tag-time-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13436"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13530,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13436\/revisions\/13530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}