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Why this album mattered
Prelude (1973) is a Deodato album in the RetroVerse archive. The RetroVerse catalog lists 6 tracks on this release. It reached #3 and charted for 26 weeks.
The music
1 Also Sprach Zarathustra
- 2
Spirit of Summer
- 3
Carly & Carole
- 4
Baubles, Bangles and Beads (live at the Felt Forum, NYC, NY - 4/20/1973)
- 5
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
- 6
September 13
One bar, one chart week
The chart journey
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Chart Journey
- Jan 20, 1973#186
A rocket up the chart — jumping 42 positions in a single week on its way to the top. Entered at #186, exploded upward for 12 weeks to reach #3, then spent 5 weeks inside the Top 10 and fell quickly across 26 weeks on the chart.
Similar chart journeys
Albums with similar chart journeys share comparable chart arcs — how they climbed, peaked, and endured on the chart.
