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Joel Whitburn Presents The Billboard Albums (Billboard Albums: Includes Every Album That Made the Billboard)

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If you care or want to know anything about music and it's chart performance this is the book to have. I have always been fascinated with the Billboard charts, ever since first listening to Casey Kasem count them down in the mid-70's. For anyone with music as a hobby, this is a must have.

In this update of the 2002 volume, Joel Whitburn has not messed with what was already pretty much a perfect compendium of all things related to the Billboard Top 200 album charts. The layout of the book remains much the same which means that information is extremely easy to find, with artist lists of every album that made the Top 200, every song contained on those albums and where they got to on the Hot 100, comparative analysis of the most successful album artists all time, by decade, as well as lists of artists with most #1 albums, most top 10 albums, etc. etc. This is an essential volume for anyone interested in US album chart history or even the casual chart follower.

Just like the other editions of this book, this is a great reference to the Billboard 200 chart. It includes every album that made the charts! It's fun to look at your favorite artists and find out where they stand compared to the hundreds of other artists. It is easy to find what you are looking for, by artist or category and then the top artists and albums!

Joel Whitburn has produced the biggest and most detailed reference book based on the "The Billboard 200" chart published by Billboard Magazine.
You'll find all the charted albums by artist, the year of release, peak position on the chart, number of weeks charted, platinum status, etc. There is also a list of all the tracks featured on each album and the singles realeased from each album and their peak position on the "Hot 100" chart. And if that weren't enough, there is an alphabetical list of Movie Soundtrack Albums, Television Soundtrack Albums, Compilation albums with the same detailed information I mentioned earlier. If you are a chart freak (like myself) this is the reference book you've always been looking for.

I am forever getting this book out to look things up settle arguments or to just satisfy my curiosity. For anyone who has a large collection of Lp's and Cd's or just one or the other this book is essential. In my opinion it is the most complete and easiest to reference listing for rock n roll and pop culture there is available today. Any book by Joel Whitburn is a must to any great music collection. Well worth the money.

My brother has albums and CD's by the wall full and this book helped him with those little known facts about the album "cuts" he tries to profile in his computerized inventory. Great book!