October 2022 Vinyl Challenge: Chart Watcher's Edition

[ranbalam]

Day 12: “You Light Up My Life”
play a record by a one-hit wonder

Lots of hits in these guys' other projects, but just the one album with the one hit here.

 

[Wes C. Attle]

Day 11: 1974

Dinosaur Jr. - Without A Sound



This tends to show up towards the end of ranking lists for the band, including J. Mascis’s own ranking of his albums. They say it’s too polished but I like it

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

 

[Wes C. Attle]

Day 12: “You Light Up My Life”

New Radicals - Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too.



Often times thought of as a one-hit wonder, this band put out one really fun complete album and then called it quits

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 1: “Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix)”
play an album or artist that was #1 on your birthday (doesn't have to be your exact year of birth)

The Beach Boys - Smiley Smile

“Good Vibrations” was the #1 song on my birthday 25 years prior to my actual birth. It’s also one of my favorite songs.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 2: “Poor Little Fool”
play a 45 (single) or a 45rpm album

Ray Parker, Jr. - “Ghostbuster”

Seemed appropriate given that it’s officially Spooky Season.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 3: “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)”
play a non-English record or an artist born in a non-English-speaking country

Nena - “99 Luftballons”

“99 Luftballons” which of course in German means 'a whale's vagina'.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 4: “Theme from A Summer Place”
play an instrumental record

Duane Eddy - Have Twangy Guitar Will Travel

A pick up from my recent trip to Central Illinois. This is a near flawless copy from 1959.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 5: “Stay”
play a short song or an LP with a short song on it

Tony Molina - Dissed & Dismissed

The longest track on this album is a whopping 1:32 in length with about half the tracks coming in under a minute in length. Big ups to @Wes C. Attle for turning me on to this guy.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 6: “The Twist”
play a dance or novelty record (imaginary bonus points for both at once)

Ted Cassidy - “The Lurch”

Halloween is near. Seems like the right time to bring this out.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 7: “Fingertips - Pt. 2”
play a live record

John Prine - September ‘72

A month past the anniversary of this gem.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 8: “I Want to Hold Your Hand”
play a British record (imaginary bonus points if it's an artist from the 60s British Invasion)

The Zombies - Odessey And Oracle

Going for the bonus points on this one.

 

[Turbo]

Day 3: “Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)”
play a non-English record or an artist born in a non-English-speaking country

Nena - “99 Luftballons”
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“99 Luftballons” which of course in German means 'a whale's vagina'.

You're blowing all your one-hit wonders before one-hit wonder day! Bravado or really poor planning?

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 9: “(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay”
play a posthumous record

The Glands - Double Coda

Sadly Ross Shapiro died of lung cancer before he could release what would turn out to be The Glands final album.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

You're blowing all your one-hit wonders before one-hit wonder day! Bravado or really poor planning?

Oh, I am good.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 10: “Me and Bobby McGee”
play a record by a female artist

Loretta Lynn - Fist City

Honoring a recently passed legend.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 11: 1974
play a record you love that others seem to dislike

Father John Misty - I Love You Honeybear

An artist that is extremely divisive, especially amongst the N&G community.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 12: “You Light Up My Life”
play a record by a one-hit wonder

Pavement - “Cut Your Hair”

“Hit” might be a relative term here but “Cut Your Hair” was Pavement’s only top ten (on the Billboard US Charts) song they ever released.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

btw, I’ve just updated the themes on the first page, y’all should check that out…

Day 12: “You Light Up My Life”

Godley & Creme - “Cry”



They had some other hits over in the UK (not to mention all the hits they had with 10cc), but over on these shores, this was their only charting hit as a duo, reaching #7 on the RPM singles chart () & #16 on the Hot 100 (should’ve been higher, on both charts).

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 13: Saturday Night Fever

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One of the greatest-selling soundtracks/albums of all time, it spent 24 consecutive weeks at the top of the LP chart and had 6 of its 7 singles charting in the top 40 at the same time for a couple of weeks (March 25th to April 1st 1978)!