Before Nov 2020, grades range from 5 stars to 3.5 stars. After that, grade range is: 10 (A+), 9.5 (high A), 9 (A), 8.5 (high A-), 8 (A-), 7.5 (high B+), 7 (B+). Ungraded albums are honorable mention :-), neutral :-|, negative :-(. At least 3 listens per album. Search "Grade Post" for more info. [I shelved/sold 10,000-12,000 albums before starting this blog and will add entries for some of those as they come up. If you don't see an album, it doesn't mean I don't know it.]
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Volume I & Volume II: 7.5 (high B+)
First of all, I only actually listened to this once or twice. But unless you are a pre-teen, or older but lived under a rock all of your life, you've heard all of these songs dozens of times, so I'm just evaluating the gestalt. It's impossible to do that without noting at least subconsciously that this is the 3rd highest selling album of all time. But given that the RIAA counts each sale of this as two sales, it would drop off to below 50th in real life. Bottom line, I'm not going to shelve the fatbox my wife has in the house. Still not sure what to do about The Stranger, which I loved when it came out.
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