{"id":13566,"date":"2018-05-28T06:11:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T12:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=13566"},"modified":"2018-04-28T08:46:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T14:46:25","slug":"top-200-albums-20-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/top-200-albums-20-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 200 Albums – #20 – 30"},"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 are getting close to the finish line with this next batch of 10 albums ranked between #20 and 30, including 5 studio recordings, 3 compilations, 1 soundtrack, and 1 comedy album.<\/p>\n

#30: Various Artists – Millennium Rock N’ Roll Party
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 154 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 50<\/p>\n

13 tunes, from the likes of Santo & Johnny, Chuck Berry, and Jerry Lee Lewis, make up the total for this compilation of 50s hits.<\/p>\n

#29: Veruca Salt – American Thighs<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 155 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 19<\/a><\/p>\n

10 songs from the Chicago band\u2019s debut album make up this total.<\/p>\n

#28: Mexican Cheerleader – Kings and Kings’ Hoots<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 156 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 17<\/a><\/p>\n

12 tunes off this sophomore effort from the local punk band make up this total.<\/p>\n

#27: Garbage – Beautiful Garbage<\/em><\/i>
\niTunes stats: 157 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 21<\/a><\/p>\n

The third studio album from the group uses 13 tracks to make up this total.<\/p>\n

#25: The Beatles – Past Masters, Vol. 2<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 158 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 32<\/a><\/p>\n

This remastered version of the album has 10 songs that make up its total.<\/p>\n

#25: Mexican Cheerleader – Mexican Cheerleader<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 158 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 24<\/a><\/p>\n

The debut album from the local punk band uses 10 songs to make up its total.<\/p>\n

#24: George Carlin – It’s Bad For Ya<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 160 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: N\/A<\/p>\n

The final album from George Carlin, released just over a month after his death, makes its debut.<\/p>\n

#23: Various Artists – Pirates of the Caribbean (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 166 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 8<\/a><\/p>\n

The highest ranking album whose total comes from a single song, which was formerly used as part of the White Sox pre-game video introductions.<\/p>\n

#22: Garbage – Bleed Like Me<\/em>
\niTunes stats: 167 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 24<\/a><\/p>\n

The fourth studio album from the group uses 11 tracks to make up this total.<\/p>\n

#20: Various Artists – Television’s Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
\n<\/em>iTunes stats: 169 plays
\nPrevious Ranking: 40<\/a><\/p>\n

23 theme songs, from shows like\u00a0Perry Mason<\/em>,\u00a0Leave It To Beaver<\/em>, and\u00a0The Munsters<\/em>, make up the total from this compilation.<\/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":[96,978,183,3641,328,1079,5308,94,4803,3482,291,5309,186,49],"class_list":["post-13566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-beatles","tag-chuck-berry","tag-garbage","tag-george-carlin","tag-itunes","tag-jerry-lee-lewis","tag-leave-it-to-beaver","tag-mexican-cheerleader","tag-perry-mason","tag-pirates-of-the-caribbean","tag-santo-johnny","tag-the-munsters","tag-veruca-salt","tag-white-sox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13566","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=13566"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13602,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13566\/revisions\/13602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}