The first album to be designated Quadruple Diamond is….

The Eagles Greatest Hits: 1971-1975

https://people.com/eagles-greatest-h...-riaa-11890802

I don’t know how to feel about this. Yes, I have owned copies on vinyl, cassette and CD, but I can’t help but feel like there are more than a few acts that should have hit the mark sooner.

I suppose it benefits from never being out of print, unlike the Beatles Red and Blue compilations which were originally US issues only and were out of print for quite awhile until recently reissued worldwide with additional tracks. Still, though….

What albums do you think deserve this level of love (and sales)?

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)
Led Zeppelin - Every fucking album they put out!
The Allman Brothers Band - A Decade of Hits 1969-1979 (1991)

Where's ABBA?

DSOTM spent something like a dozen years on Billboard’s sales charts, so that one ought to be close. Thriller for a long time held the record for most sales; that’s a good candidate, too.

ABBA was huge in Europe, so it wouldn’t have surprised me, either, if it had received that distinction. Their recent revival with the movies and musical have also kept them relevant.

Any thing that Queen or Elton John put out.
The first time I heard crocodile Rock I fell in love with Elton John.

Any thing that Queen or Elton John put out.
The first time I heard crocodile Rock I fell in love with Elton John. Originally Posted by R.M.

Elton’s Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (which includes Crocodile Rock) is another record I had bought in multiple formats over the years. I could definitely see that one on the list, although he released at least 3 volumes (I have all three, and they are all essential IMHO) such that I am sure there is a 2- or 3-CD compilation now that has cannibalized sales of the older releases.

Queen - Greatest Hits (1981), A Night at the Opera (1975)

Chicago - Chicago at Carnegie Hall (1971)…Note: I am a huge fan of early Chicago music and this is a masterpiece collection of a Live Carnegie performance over 5 days featuring all of their first 3 albums and some newer music at the time. It was well before they lost guitarist Terry Kath to accidental suicide playing Russian roulette. They were brilliant, especially the horn section!!…It will not garner votes from anyone but me, but it was rock music ahead of it’s time and never duplicated since, not even by them.

I think of the late 60’s - early 70’s as the Golden Era of all genres of music, mainly Rock, true R&B, Soul.

I forgot to mention Kiss.