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Reviewing every UK number one album from 1956 to now


#53 Bob Dylan- John Wesley Harding
Dylan goes back to the future… (CBS) Released: February 23 rd 1968 Producer: Bob Johnston Topped the chart: 3 rd March 1968 (for 10 weeks) 19 th May 1968 (for 3 weeks) 13 weeks total John Wesley Harding was a sales behemoth in 1968, surprising considering how quiet and reflective this is in Bob Dylan’s catalogue. Filled with some of his densest and most inscrutable poetry, this is a transitional album that’s very singular in its arrangements, with only one hit (for som
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#52 Diana Ross And The Supremes- Greatest Hits
Supreme by name… (Tamla Motown) Released: January 1968 Producer: Brian Holland & Lamont Dozier Topped the chart: 11 th February 1968 (for 3 weeks) 3 weeks total When you look at the track listing of this greatest hits album from The Supremes, it’s wild to think that for a long time at Motown they were nicknamed “The No Hits Supremes.” But that’s what they were known as for several years in the early 60s as a string of frankly pretty rubbish singles failed to go anywhere (a
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#51 The Four Tops- The Four Tops Greatest Hits
The Motown machine motors on… (Tamla Motown) Released: August 1967 Producer: Various (mainly Brian Holland & Lamont Dozier) Topped the chart: 4 th February 1968 (for 1 week) 1 week total Please note: this is a review of the 16 track Greatest Hits album released in the UK in August 1967, which has a different track listing to the 12 track US version released at the same time. Tamla Motown’s late arrival to the top of the album chart is surprising looking back, but in many
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