344) Berlin

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Reed followed up his breakthrough album, Transformer, with Berlin, which he called "my version of Hamlet." A bleak song cycle about an abusive, drug-fueled relationship, it's hugely ambitious but also one of the gloomiest records ever made -- slow, druggy and heavily orchestrated by producer Bob Ezrin.

Total album sales: Under 500,000

Peak chart position: 98

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