We're No. 1

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  We're No. 1 Bob Dylan's Modern Times

  How to top the charts by stepping out of time.

  February 14, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  We're No. 1 Quiet Riot’s Metal Health

  For one brief moment, Quiet Riot had the world at its feet.

  January 10, 2012 | 12:01am -

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  We're No. 1 MC Hammer’s Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ’Em

  Though few may choose to remember it now, there was a time when MC Hammer ruled the charts.

  December 14, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 The Doors’ Waiting For The Sun

  A classic rock band’s third album captures much of what makes it so appealing and embarrassing. 

  November 8, 2011 | 12:01pm -

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  We're No. 1 The Rolling Stones’ Tattoo You 

  A 1981 album found the Stones at a crossroads. Did the band then choose the wrong path? 

  October 11, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Stevie Wonder’s Songs In The Key Of Life

  Maybe an album can be all things to all people.

  September 20, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Garth Brooks’ Ropin' The Wind

  Garth Brooks is a big star and has the numbers to back it up.

  September 6, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 REO Speedwagon’s Hi Infidelity

  Which made a journeyman rock band reach No. 1: Gifted Rolexes or the rise of divorce rock? How about a little from both columns? 

  August 23, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Kanye West’s 808s And Heartbreak 

  In the fall of 2008 the cold, sharp sounds of a man in pain topped the charts.  

  August 9, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 The Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits: 1971-75 

  Fucking hate the Eagles? Ever thought about why? 

  July 26, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Counting Crows’ Recovering The Satellites

  Who among us can relate to an album about the problems with being famous? Well…

  July 12, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Lady Gaga’s Born This Way

  Sure, Gaga’s latest sold a million copies. But what does that mean in a changing landscape where sales are an increasingly small part of the picture?

  June 28, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Pink Floyd’s The Wall

  Roger Waters hated rock stardom so much he made a blockbuster double-album with an accompanying arena-sized theatrical spectacle about it.

  June 14, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Michael Jackson’s Bad

  When you've conquered the world, what do you do for an encore?

  June 1, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Huey Lewis And The News’ Sports

  It was so ordinary it became extraordinary.

  May 17, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  We're No. 1 Def Leppard’s Hysteria

  Our new music feature provides a thorough look at the lives of albums that went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts.

  May 3, 2011 | 12:00pm -