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You could buy the single on its own from the website for about a fiver, which is what I (and seemingly lots of others) did. You don’t have to buy 10 different versions of the album if you don’t want to, only a tiny handful of people actually do that. Maybe other bands should go back to releasing tracks only on physical formats instead of earning pennies from Spotify.
I think that album chart is amazing, and doesn’t vinyl sell more than CDs these days? So when it comes to actually buying music, rather than just listening to it for free, the Manics are up there with the UKs biggest solo star, 5 of the worlds biggest pop stars, the biggest rock band of the last 5 years, one of the worlds biggest rappers and one of the best selling albums of all time! That’s not bad going for your 15th album (and I know it’s only April and they’ll be lucky to be still be in the top 100 by December, but still. You’ve got to take the wins while you can.)
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