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August 2007

Top 10 Influential Albums that Bombed

Published on August 31, 2007 - 43 Comments

This list is a of 10 albums whose influence on music has been far bigger than their sales.

1.The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society [Wikipedia]

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In 1968 a year after the fabled summer of love, one of the biggest and best bands in England released this concept album. Based around a series of nostalgic events and characters its sales were disastrous. And why? Maybe people were just sick of concept albums.

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Top 10 Favorite Books of JFrater

Published on August 31, 2007 - 49 Comments

As today is my birthday, I have decided to do a special list just for me! It is my top ten favorite books of all time. These are the books I would take to a desert island. If you have not read some of these, I cannot recommend them enough! So, onwards to my top 10 favorite books. In no particular order:

1. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

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Atlas Shrugged was Rand’s last work before she devoted her time exclusively to philosophical writing. This book contains a variety of themes that would later become the core of her philosophy Objectivism. She considered it to be her magnum opus and is it the most popular of her non-fiction work.

Buy this book at Amazon

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Top 10 British Comedy Songs

Published on August 31, 2007 - 19 Comments

This list looks at some of the best comedy songs released in Britain in the last 50 years. Since the renaissance period, man has used music as a form of comedy and the modern times are no exception. Here are the top 10 British Comedy Songs.

1. The Fastest Milkman in the West - Benny Hill

This song reached number 1 and stayed there for 4 weeks. It is typical Benny Hill.

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Top 10 Beautiful Images of our Solar System

Published on August 31, 2007 - 103 Comments

We earthlings are very fortunate to have launched many satelites in to space that have gone close enough to our neighbouring planets to get quite amazing photographs. I have included below the best images of each major object in our solar system. In order of distance from the sun:

1. The Sun

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The Sun orbits the center of the Milky Way galaxy at a distance of approximately 26,000 light-years from the galactic center, completing one revolution in about 225–250 million years. The orbital speed is 217 km/s (135 mi/s), equivalent to one light-year every 1,400 years, and one AU every 8 days. It is currently travelling through the Local Fluff of the Local Bubble zone of diffuse high-temperature gas, in the inner rim of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, between the larger Perseus and Sagittarius arms of the galaxy.

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