How High Will It Chart?

[deadmartyr]

Anyone have total sales for the album up to now?

[The Gutless Wonder]

Both Postcards and RTF have done very well for a band that are at this stage of their career thank you very much!

[Porco]

Originally Posted by Son of Stopped

6th week and down to 81.
What can possibly save this album now?

http://www.officialcharts.com/albums-chart/

An Anthem For A Lost Cause - if it boosts album sales: win. If it fails to boost album sales: accurate!

[Son of Stopped]

And... that's it out! Nowhere to be found in the Top 100.
http://www.officialcharts.com/albums-chart/

One week out of my initial 7 week prediction though.

[Dancing Kirby]

They never learn. AFALC is a campaign killer. No one wants it. Hindsight not needed. Enjoy your failure to make top 200 in the singles chart, Nicky.

[almostfamous]

There was an article in todays Guardian about the death of the album. Here: http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...-sales-figures


It's mostly bollox but has one or two lines of harsh truth..."You put out these albums and in almost every case, the public moves on in a matter of weeks! A few bought it, they heard it, and they're satisfied. The rest of the public is just waiting for a hit single ... they'll tap their toes and snap their fingers and ask, 'What else have you got?'"

It must be pretty disheartening to put a year's work into an album for it to have a shelf life of just a few weeks (at best). The internet age moves so fast it's cut throat. The four / five single campaign to sustain and develop interest over-a-year is just not there anymore for most bands.

[Manualex16]

Originally Posted by almostfamous

There was an article in todays Guardian about the death of the album. Here: http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...-sales-figures


It's mostly bollox but has one or two lines of harsh truth..."You put out these albums and in almost every case, the public moves on in a matter of weeks! A few bought it, they heard it, and they're satisfied. The rest of the public is just waiting for a hit single ... they'll tap their toes and snap their fingers and ask, 'What else have you got?'"

It must be pretty disheartening to put a year's work into an album for it to have a shelf life of just a few weeks (at best). The internet age moves so fast it's cut throat. The four / five single campaign to sustain and develop interest over-a-year is just not there anymore for most bands.

There's other way to do promotion of singles that will keep the outsiders of a band more interested in buying the album, releasing a bunch of singles(like the arctic monkeys case they did 3 before they released AM), but that could be a double edged sword as well...