Such as, “What Were You Thinking making that the best selling record of the year…?” Secondly, sometimes you have to pull History to one side, and have a Strong Word. Now I know there will be howls of protest from you all, saying “Wait! Surely Demis’ distinct operatic vocal style was a powerful and beautiful thing?! Surely Peter’s gorgeous golden locks and blend of pop and rock was a joy to hear and the fact that you can find an unwanted copy of Frampton Comes Alive in every charity shop in the land is simply a massive injustice?! Surely millions of Americans can’t be wrong?”įirstly, for those who think millions of Americans can’t be wrong I have two words: Sarah and Palin.
It was also quite sunny and it didn’t rain very much. Frampton Comes Alive was the biggest selling album in the USA and Brotherhood of Man’s Save Your Kisses For Me was the top selling UK single. ABBA’s Greatest Hits and 20 Golden Greats by The Beach Boys). Demis Roussos had the best selling album (that wasn’t a Greatest Hits compilation – i.e. There was a severe drought in the UK in 1976. In its own way, Rocksis every bit as great a record as Led Zep 2. Forget Love In An Elevator and all that stuff. On Jthey headlined the Pontiac Stadium in Michigan in front of 80,000 people. In 1975 Hit Parader magazine described Aerosmith as “America’s official Led Zeppelin substitutes, winning over heavy metal fans by the thousands”. Sales of ‘ Toys In The Attic ‘ were in the millions and it pulled the first two albums along too which both went gold. The rise of Aerosmith in the USA in 1975 was stratospheric. Yet in my estimation it was certainly worthy of a second look…
Sorry, Frampton Comes Alive, But The Best Album of 1976 Was Aerosmith’s Rocksīy Every Record Tells A Story on FebruĪs expected, Aerosmith‘s ‘Rocks’ did not feature heavily in the BBC’s The Great Album Showdown – a show that sought to identify the Finest Rock Album of All Time.
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