MAY 16, 1978: JOE WALSH RELEASES BUT SERIOUSLY, FOLKS…
Joe Walsh\’s fourth solo album, But Seriously, Folks… is his highest charting solo album (#8).

Best known for the single \”Life\’s Been Good\”, the album was certified Platinum in August 1978.

The album features contributions from Eagles bandmates Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Timothy B. Schmit and Don Felder.

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MAY 18, 1991: R.E.M.\’s OUT OF TIME IS #1
R.E.M.\’s first #1 album, Out of Time, spent two non-consecutive weeks at the top and contained the massive platinum selling #1 single, \”Losing My Religion\”.

Out of 7 Grammy nominations, R.E.M. won two for \”Losing My Religion\”, and one for Best Alternative Music Album.

Out of Time has sold more than 18 million copies worldwide.

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MAY 19, 1986: PETER GABRIEL\’S 5th ALBUM
So is far and away Peter Gabriel\’s biggest album with over 5,000,000 copies sold in the US, thanks to four Top 5 singles:

\”Red Rain\” (#3), \”Big Time\” (#3), \”Sledgehammer\” (#1) and \”In Your Eyes\” (#1)

So peaked at #2. It was held off of the top spot by massive albums from
Whitney Houston and Madonna.

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MAY 21, 1996: WALLFLOWERS RELEASE BRINGING DOWN THE HORSE
The Wallflowers\’ second album, Bringing Down the Horse, remains their biggest.

The #1 album has sold 4 million copies and earned them two Grammy wins out of five nominations.

\”One Headlight\” took home the prize for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Rock Song.

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MAY 22, 1971: ROLLING STONES\’ STICKY FINGERS IS #1
The Stones\’ 9th album was only their second to go to #1 in the US.

Featuring \”Brown Sugar\” and \”Wild Horses\”, Sticky Fingers immediately went Gold and spent four straight weeks at #1.

The landmark album started a streak of eight straight Stones albums to reach #1 in the US.