THAT'S THE POWER OF LOVE: Among the many great tidbits in
Grantland's Huey Lewis deep dive (and, man, are those words that I didn't think would go together)--for the 52 weeks of 1984, only 5 albums hit #1--
Thriller,
Purple Rain, the
Footloose soundtrack,
Born In The USA, and Huey's own
Sports. In contrast, this year, we've already had 21 different number 1 albums, with only four albums lasting more than a single week atop the charts (
Red, Babel, The 20/20 Experience, and
Random Access Memories).