the Brits vs. the Yanks

[remicks]

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........Hope I am not disappointing some of you too much , but despite the title , this is an entry about disco :) ..... (more or less.)

Here is a list of the Top British Albums vs. Top American Albums for the entire decade of the Seventies. Sorry to say , only ONE album out of the ten in each country was disco. For both countries, it's the same album.

...........UK .........................................USA......

1) Bridge Over Troubled Waters..........1) Rumours
Simon & Garfunkel.............................Fleetwood Mac

2) The Singles 69-73.........................2) Frampton ComesAlive
Carpenters......................................Pe ter Frampton

3) Tubular Bells................................3) Tapestry
Mike Oldfield....................................Carole King

4) Band On The Run .......................4) Songs In The Key Of Life
Wings............................................. Stevie Wonder

5) Greatest Hits..............................5) Saturday Night Fever
Simon & Garfunkel............................Soundtrack

6) Greatest hits...............................6) Jesus Christ Superstar
Abba.............................................. Various

7) Arrival........................................7) Hotel California
Abba.............................................. Eagles

8) Best of Stylistics........................8) Grease
Stylistics........................................ Soundtrack

9) Saturday Night Fever...................9) Abraxas
Soundtrack.....................................Santana

10) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road...........10) Breakfast In America
Elton John......................................Supertra mp

.... here's the punchline ... it's the only album both lands agreed upon!! :D

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[SandraDee]

I'm not terribly surprised by this as disco was always more of a singles-orientated genre. I seem to recall that the 70s LP market was always dominated by rock acts. :x

[remicks]

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I had to pull this post up again after being at the Troc the other night and hearing Stevie Wonder's "Another Star" played at full disco volume for the first time again since I first did when it was new. And boy did it sound great. I thought that maybe "Songs In The Key of Life ' should get half a credit as a disco album ...... then as I thought some more ... hell that album had several great songs that got extensive play in the clubs .... "As " , "Another Star" , "I Wish" ..in fact it offers more tunes for club play than many "disco" albums ...... so I am giving it full credit as ANOTHER top ten album of the seventies that was disco . Putting the American side ahead 2 to 1 in this comparison.

----- To be fair though ... the British side gets an additional one tenth of a point since one cut on "ABBA's Greatest Hits" is "Dancing Queen". , making the score now ---- 2 to 1.1. --- :D :D

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