08 agosto 2006

CULTURAS IN VITRO

Top of the heap: Quick, who's got the best-selling music album of all time? [...]
The "top this" distinction of the most copies of one album title ever sold in the United States - 29 million and counting - belongs to "The Eagles: Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975." [...]
"That's just insane," spluttered Paul Green, founder of the School of Rock in Philadelphia. [...]
So what exactly is it about "71-75" that propelled it slowly but surely past Michael Jackson's "Thriller" (27 million, No.2 all-time), "Led Zeppelin IV" (23 million, No.3), Pink Floyd's "The Wall" (23 million, No.4) and AC/DC's "Back in Black" (21 million, No.5)?