Old Enough to Forget

Mr. Mister managed to catch lightning in a bottle on Welcome to the Real World . Although they had released a moderately successful album in 1984 that managed to crack the Billboard 200, most people, myself included, had no idea their '85 release wasn't their debut. The album is best remembered for two great singles, "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie" that were pretty much saturating radio at the time. I'd always assumed the album was a monster in terms of sales, and it was. In Canada it sold over 300,000 copies. However, in the US market while it did go platinum I'd always assumed it was in the millions ... millions! Not that sales is any indication of anything other than popularity. Still, when I really liked something, I assumed everybody liked it too. Now, let me qualify that assessment. I know I've said it before, but I loved making mix tapes for the car and I mined the big songs right away, and honestly didn't play the album as often as you...