Album 15

[Glyn]

Originally Posted by UEF

There is that. But you also can’t tell people they must order the album by such and such a date to win a competition/get the super limited bundle/hear the piano versions/get the limited vinyl colour and complain when they then do so.

Along with releasing 4 songs before the album. People have had more than enough information to decide if it's for them or not and it's no suprise that second week sales would be rather low.

[almostfamous]

If this does fall out of the top 100 it'll be the first Manics' album to spend a solitary week in the top 100.

I honestly think if they'd released just "Decline & Fall" a month before the album it might have worked better at building buzz (A-list BBC Radio 2, etc) than releasing four singles over six months but let's be honest sales are 99% hardcore fans at this stage.

[theplague]

And what about releasing songs/singles that are actually good?
And of course a good album too…
That’s what would keep a band like this selling records.

[ForeverDelayed.com]

For what it’s worth, I still stand by what I said - I think this is a fantastic album.