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1970 to 1990: What Happened?


1970 to 1990: What Happened?
1970 to 1990: What Happened?
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This is what the list of Top 10 Albums in Finland looked like at the end of November 1970:
     
      1. Creedence Clearwater Revival: Cosmo's Factory
      2. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin III
      3. Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge Over Troubled Water
      4. Jimi Hendrix: Band Of Gypsies
      5. Tom Jones: I Who Have Nothing
      6. Tapani Kansa: Tapani Kansa (Finnish)
      7. Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin II
      8. Black Sabbath: Paranoid
      9. Deep Purple: In Rock
      10. Tom Jones: Tom
     
     
     
Twenty years later, the list looked like this on December 3rd, 1990:
     
      1. Ressu Redford: Ressu (Finnish)
      2. Kirka: Ota lähellesi (Finnish)
      3. Rainer Friman: Se on salaisuus  (Finnish)
      4. Madonna: The Immaculate Collection*
      5. Various Artists: Suomalainen (Finnish)*
      6. Trio Erektus: Kultalevy (Finnish)
      7. Elton John: The Very Best Of  *
      8. Various Artists: Tenavatähdet ´90 (Finnish)*
      9. ZZ Top: Recycler
      10. Phil Collins: Serious Hits...Live!*
     
     
* Compilation. All the tracks on the Phil Collins live album were previously released in studio versions.
     
Helsingin Sanomat / First published in print in the Nyt weekly supplement of 11.11.2005

More on this subject:
 Finland's Mr. Chartmeister
 It all began with singles

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