Bastian said:
I mean Dark Side Of The Moon, Back in Black and Queen's greatest hits are always in the top 25 and they are not touring or realising new album
I'd like to see always The Best Of 80-90 in the top 25 just like Dark Side Of The Moon
AC/DC have never released a Best Of collection. If they had & it included a few of the classic songs off Back In Black then it would most likely greatly reduce sales of said album (a la Guns 'N Roses's recent Greatest Hits & Appetite For Destruction).
Queen's Greatest Hits has only started doing well again since 2003 mainly due to the Queen 'We Will Rock You' musical. It was out of the top 25 for 3 years before this & only in the top 50 for a bit.
Dark Side Of The Moon is just a one off freak (well, the 2002 Echoes collection doesn't seem to have stopped it's amazing performance).
Btw, Best Of 80-90 has spent 75 wks in the Top 25 since it could start qualifying on the Catalogue chart in late Nov 2000. Earlier this year it was in the top 25 & last year it spent another 12 wks in the top 25. Here's it's full run on the Top 50 catalogue chart (up to 29/04/06) :
THE BEST OF 1980-1990 (By U2 ) 143 Wks in top 50 up to 29/04/06
25.11.2000 2 Wks Peak : 19 The Best Of 1980-1990
19-42-->2 Wks
06.01.2001 49 Wks Peak : 5 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Re-Entry 1)
45-20-13-18-12-17-23-27-27-12-17-19-22-22-20-20-21-18-14-14-15-12-19-20-16-17-17-17-28-24-26-24-18-12-10-6-17-5-5-6-8-14-15-16-15-17-23-31-31-->49 Wks
29.12.2001 19 Wks Peak : 2 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Re-Entry 2)
47-30-18-14-13-20-23-18-2-4-3-3-3-5-6-12-17-23-39-->19 Wks
29.06.2002 3 Wks Peak : 42 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Re-Entry 3)
44-42-47-->3 Wks
19.10.2002 1 Wk Peak : 46 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Re-Entry 4)
23.11.2002 1 Wk Peak : 43 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Re-Entry 5)
13.12.2003 1 Wk Peak : 46 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Re-Entry 6)
17.01.2004 3 Wks Peak : 26 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Re-Entry 7)
26-33-39-->3 Wks
02.10.2004 11 Wks Peak : 19 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Re-Entry 8)
35-38-35-33-19-24-26-30-40-40-38-->11 Wks
08.01.2005 10 Wks Peak : 19 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Re-Entry 9)
39-31-19-22-27-27-36-32-30-42-->10 Wks
26.03.2005 23 Wks Peak : 15 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Re-Entry 10)
44-21-16-18-16-15-16-19-25-29-28-31-35-41-36-43-36-36-37-28-30-28-40-->23 Wks
29.10.2005 3 Wks Peak : 42 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Re-Entry 11)
44-48-42-->3 Wks
03.12.2005 3 Wks Peak : 13 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Re-Entry 12)
19-13-42-->3 Wks
21.01.2006 11 Wks Peak : 23 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Re-Entry 13)
36-40-24-31-44-23-28-37-45-44-38-->11 Wks
15.04.2006 3 Wks Peak : 31 The Best Of 1980-1990 (Re-Entry 14)
47-31-49-->3 Wks
In comparison Cross Road has now spent 81 wks in the top 25 in total since it debuted on the Top 50 Catalogue chart in July 2000 :
CROSS ROAD (By Bon Jovi ) 146 Wks in top 50 to date
01/07/2000 - 25 - 5 - Cross Road 5-16-21-23-19-24-17-22-14-18-24-27-24-21-9-8-9-12-16-14-19-23-26-49-8-->25 Wks
06/01/2001 - 25 - 8 - Cross Road (Re-entry 1)
50-30-15-22-26-42-40-19-14-13-15-18-10-14-17-19-26-10-11-10-11-8-18-32-40-->25 Wks
07/07/2001 - 2 - 30 - Cross Road (Re-entry 2)
30-47-->2 Wks
28/07/2001 - 16 - 6 - Cross Road (Re-entry 3)
41-30-27-6-8-15-20-27-20-27-24-22-38-37-36-31-->16 Wks
16/02/2002 - 7 - 32 - Cross Road (Re-entry 4)
38-32-42-41-34-32-48-->7 Wks
31/08/2002 - 12 - 6 - Cross Road (Re-entry 5)
49-38-45-24-25-36-33-25-6-16-28-32-->12 Wks
01/02/2003 - 16 - 18 - Cross Road (Re-entry 6)
47-39-32-29-18-30-33-32-33-38-42-42-35-42-26-44-->16 Wks
02/08/2003 - 4 - 32 - Cross Road (Re-entry 7)
46-32-32-38-->4 Wks
10/04/2004 - 1 - 46 - Cross Road (Re-entry 8)
01/10/2005 - 11 - 3 - Cross Road (Re-entry 9)
34-3-15-21-24-19-14-13-26-40-45-->11 Wks
07/01/2006 - 11 - 2 - Cross Road (Re-entry 10)
49-14-12-18-8-6-4-6-7-2-5-8-14-22-20-19-24-22-20-20-19-22-28-27-26-30-14-->27 Wks