26The Köln Concert
Stagehands mistakenly installed a malfunctioning piano for hour-long solo Jazz performance. Musician, Keith Jarrett, had to improvise around the instrument’s limitations and a recording of this concert went on to become the bestselling piano album (The Köln Concert) of all time.
27. After the Beatles fired drummer Pete Best in favor of Ringo Starr, he formed a new band and released the album: “Best of the Beatles,” a play on his own name. This led to disappointment from fans who bought the album without reading the tracklisting.
28. The opening track to Slipknot’s album “Iowa” titled “515” wasn’t just random screaming. Sid Wilson was having an emotional breakdown in the studio because he wasn’t able to make it home to tell his grandfather goodbye before he died.
29. The band Vulfpeck released a completely silent album on Spotify named “Sleepify” and asked their fans to play it on repeat while they slept. They earned $20,000 in royalties before Spotify closed the loophole.
30. In 1969, a musician named Jim Sullivan recorded an album called “U.F.O.”, which featured strange lyrics about leaving his family and being abducted by aliens. Sullivan disappeared 6 years later without a trace, the only piece of evidence being his abandoned car found on a desert road.
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31OK Computer
The title of the Radiohead album “OK Computer” comes from a line in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: “OK, computer, I want full manual control now.” The song “Paranoid Android” refers to “Hitchhiker” character Marvin, the Paranoid Android.
32. The band Fleetwood Mac seriously considered thanking their drug dealer in their album credits for “Rumours.” They ultimately decided against it after their drug dealer was murdered.
33. David Bowie was so unconvinced of the commercial viability of his album “Low” that after its release he decided to tour as Iggy Pop’s keyboardist instead of promoting the new record.
34. Black Sabbath’s debut album in 1970 “Black Sabbath” began with the sound of rain and a distant church bell. About 43 years later, in 2013, their final album ended with the sound of rain and a distant church bell.
35. The creator of the TV show Archer became bored with the show and wrote a Country music career for Cheryl in season 5. The show’s producers went so far as to record a full country album named “Cherlene”. This album surprised music fans with its quality and reached #68 on iTunes.
