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The inside stories behind pop music's blockbuster records. Operated by @CraigRosen.

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No. 1 this week in 1991, @Metallica's Black Album. @larsulrich told me, "Everyone has one album when everything comes together. This was ours.” More at the link. https://t.co/LfyPHzP3Ec

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No. 1 this week in 1991, Van Halen's "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge." @sammyhagar told me, "We decided we were going to go into the studio and overwrite. We were going to spend as much time as it takes to make the greatest record we could ever make." https://t.co/mKBtaWDtz8

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No. 1 this week in 1970, @PaulMcCartney 's "McCartney." While it was displaced from the pole position, ironically, by "Let It Be," it did accomplish what McCartney set out to do: establish the former Beatle as a solo force. More at the link. https://t.co/JnPCLnqJxy

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No. 1 this week in 1973, "Houses of the Holy" by @ledzeppelin. “The vibe was much the same,” John Paul Jones told me. “We would do the tours, we would do the recordings, then we wouldn’t see each other at all. We weren’t a band that socialized.” https://t.co/KR70B2AON4

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No. 1 this week in 1964, "The Beatles' Second Album" by @thebeatles. “We always objected terribly to what the Americans did to our recordings, but we had no say in it,” said George Martin, the group’s producer. “They just did what they wanted to do.” https://t.co/sOTe1HflOm

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No. 1 this week in 1980, "Against the Wind" by @BobSeger & the Silver Bullet Band. “I remember my manager calling me up every week while we were on tour and saying, ‘We’re Avis,’ which meant we were still number two,” Seger told me. More at the link. https://t.co/2iJu3XXpzX

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No. 1 this week in 1976, "Presence" by @ledzeppelin. “It was just after Robert’s car accident,” John Paul Jones told me. “We were in Los Angeles and nobody seemed to want to turn up for rehearsals and for writing sessions.” More at the link. https://t.co/TgxOGrjBpo

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No. 1 this week in 1987, "The Joshua Tree"by @U2. “There was always someone playing an instrument, and everyone else just kind of joined in as they saw fit, including Danny [Lanois] and Brian [Eno],” Adam Clayton told me. More at the link. https://t.co/Vi79a35asd

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No. 1 this week in 1992, "Adrenalize" by @DefLeppard. Joe Elliott told me, "After about six weeks, we sat around a coffee table and looked at each other and said, ‘This is bullshit. There’s no soul in what we’re doing. He’s not coming back, he’s dead...'" https://t.co/mhEFaigpZk

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No. 1 this week in 1977, "Rumours" by @fleetwoodmac. @MickFleetwoodtold me, "John McVie had the best phrase. He said it was literally like living through a musical soap opera, and that’s why we called the album Rumours." More at the link. https://t.co/gb9GRRG1Q4

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No. 1 this week in 1995, "Me Against the World" by @2PAC. “The first time he played [‘Dear Mama’] for me, I thought it was a hit record,” Tom Whalley told me. “But that was one of the songs that I had to convince 2Pac to put on the record.” https://t.co/3L5bk6JgkY

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No. 1 this week in 1974, "John Denver's Greatest Hits" by @JohnDenverMusic. “By the time we did 'Greatest Hits,' I had my own band,” John told me. “On those original recordings, I didn’t have a band, I was just playing with session players.” More https://t.co/7ZSNseaLou

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No. 1 this week in 1985, "No Jacket Required" by @PhilCollinsFeed. Phil told me, "There was something about ‘1999’ that I liked, but Prince is a Black American and I’m a white Englishman, so it’s going to sound very different." More at the link. https://t.co/od15nGdnxS

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No. 1 this week in 1972, "America" by America. Dewey Bunnell told me, "We had these songs worked out to perfection, three-part harmonies, and we all had our guitar parts. We could play them in our sleep.” More at the link. https://t.co/ZMAAxAD8rI

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No. 1 this week in 1965, the "Goldfinger" soundtrack. John Barry told me, "Anthony [Newley] wanted to know what the hell 'Goldfinger' was. So I told him, 'It's very simple, it's like "Mack the Knife." It's a song about a villain.'" More at the link. https://t.co/ZPyWqtPBan

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No. 1 this week in 1958, "The Music Man" original cast album. Barbara Cook told me, "The first time I heard the score, I was just bowled over. I’d really never heard that kind of rhythmic, talking thing that Meredith had come up with. It was so unusual.” https://t.co/5GqihkEEh4

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No. 1 this week in 1973, the "Deliverance" soundtrack. Eric Weissberg told me, "All of a sudden [my lawyer's] eyes got real wide. He put his hand over the mouthpiece and said, ‘Joe says the album’s already out.’ I said that’s impossible. What album?” https://t.co/cFMEZPMnvN

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No. 1 this week in 1973, the "Deliverance" soundtrack. Eric Weissberg told me, "All of a sudden [my lawyer's] eyes got real wide. He put his hand over the mouthpiece and said, ‘Joe says the album’s already out.’ I said that’s impossible. What album?” https://t.co/cFMEZPMnvN

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No. 1 this week in 1974, "The Way We Were" by @BarbraStreisand. "It was a nightmare putting the thing together,” producer Tommy LiPuma told me, “because there were numerous performances. I had to listen to all of them to find the right take.” More. https://t.co/0sXZ857lrS

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No. 1 this week in 1975, Led Zeppelin's "Physical Graffiti." John Paul Jones told me, "It was recorded at a house, so there was a pretty relaxed vibe about the whole thing. It wasn’t like we went in the studio every-day — we kind of lived in the studio." https://t.co/yb0x9AQByF