Comments on: Too High to Get Over http://rulefortytwo.com/2009/07/02/too-high-to-get-over/ The Self-Aggrandizing Website of Gavin Edwards Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:43:04 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Chris M. http://rulefortytwo.com/2009/07/02/too-high-to-get-over/#comment-981 Chris M. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:01:53 +0000 http://rulefortytwo.com/2009/07/02/too-high-to-get-over/#comment-981 Great stuff. What I find ironic about point no. 2 above is that we likely have truck stops to blame for the fact that <i>Thriller</i> is no longer America's all-time No. 1 album. It's been said that the reason the Eagles' <i>Their Greatest Hits 1971–75</i> keeps selling and selling is that it's routinely stocked at truck stops on nice-price cassettes and CDs, for long-haul drivers buying their umpteenth copy to drive with "Take It Easy" and "Tequila Sunrise." I'd hazard to guess that <i>Thriller</i>'s 28 million copies are owned by about 20 to 25 million Americans (accounting for repurchases), while the Eagles disc's 29 million copies have been owned by 12 to 15 million Americans, tops. Great stuff.

What I find ironic about point no. 2 above is that we likely have truck stops to blame for the fact that Thriller is no longer America’s all-time No. 1 album. It’s been said that the reason the Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits 1971–75 keeps selling and selling is that it’s routinely stocked at truck stops on nice-price cassettes and CDs, for long-haul drivers buying their umpteenth copy to drive with “Take It Easy” and “Tequila Sunrise.”

I’d hazard to guess that Thriller‘s 28 million copies are owned by about 20 to 25 million Americans (accounting for repurchases), while the Eagles disc’s 29 million copies have been owned by 12 to 15 million Americans, tops.

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