Was thinking about the opposite of this, who, of the album driven Rock era would do disproportionately well based just off hit singles.
Like if you played just a 12 track Best of album to someone who had never heard of them, and then asked them to rank them, who would be way to high or way too low, based on their biggest hits. Aerosmith comes to mind. They have like 6-8 great songs, and then just albums and albums of dog crap. But their best half dozen songs hold up against just about anyone.
I think the Beatles are possibly harmed the most. They have a catalog deeper than anyone, but I rarely long to hear one of their songs. I know I bought 1 when it came out, the compelation of all of their #1 hits. I could do without it.
