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Originally Posted by Scarecrow
I suspect the band, particularly Nicky, will never shake off the fascination with chart positions. Guess they came of age in a time when a TOTP performance or chart position was a measure of one's success, but the industry and the way audiences consume music have changed, they've just not changed with it.
In years to come, people may remember the viral video that introduced them to Fleetwood Mac's Silver Springs on TikTok, but they won't be casting their minds back to the number one smash hit album The Ultra Vivid Lament or remembering the day they waited outside HMV to buy Critical Thinking.
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That’s probably why Hiding In Plain Sight got released (other than being an absolute banger). There is a self admission in there that their time in the spotlight has been and gone. I’m turning 40 in a couple of months and completely feel like a man out of place with the times, they’ll be 40 years as a band next year so Christ knows how they must feel.
I don’t blame them chasing the Number 1 album so hard. Singles chart is fucked, completely and utterly pointless now, but I think there’s still something in having the kudos of a number one album and that photo with the little statuette. Plus last time out there was the satisfaction of smashing Steps again with their 25 different formats like Karaoke versions, or versions with individual member’s faces on or H's armpit farts version.