We recently read an interesting discussion at Marginal Revolution about accessible pop albums that could have been big hits but never quite caught on. For an album to be a hit, a myriad of different factors needs to come together -– right sound, right time, right record company, right promotional strategy, and a healthy slice of luck. We’re resigned to the fact that some of our favorite bands are never going to sell a lot of records -– the world just doesn’t seem to want to hear a lot of Boris -– but there are some that clearly had the potential to be massive, yet somehow never hit the commercial big time. So here’s Flavorpill’s choice of ten albums that might have made it big in a parallel universe, one where Stefani Germanotta is still slumming it on the Lower East Side, Fergie never joined the Black Eyed Peas and Britney never made the cut for the Mickey Mouse Club. … Read More