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...a piss poor 45:( And its not becuase its a rubbish record. Its far from rubbish. I cant understand why it isn't top 20 at least.
Im sorry, but this new record label has done fuck all to promote the new stuff. If it wasnt becuase i was a huge fan i would have struggled to have found out about this new release. Only thing i saw with Underworld mentioned was on the cover of The Big Issue. |
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Well, according to this week's Billboard, "Oblivion With bells" is the #1 "electronic album":
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/dance_index.jsp So that's a good sign! :) Also, #6 on BBC1's "top independent albums": http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/indiealbums.shtml #18 album in Japan: http://allcharts.org/music/japan/albums.htm For iTunes, it's in the top 10 electronic/dance albums for Australia, New Zealand, and Japan (#1 there): http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/cha...ncealbums.html So, yeah, maybe not the most or best promotion (in terms of print), but it is being distributed on small/indie labels, so i wouldn't expect the album to chart high on the main albums charts anyway. Nonetheless, it is generating a lot of buzz (internet, radio interviews, the tour) and pretty good sales, it seems. |
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#76 in Germany.
Beaucoup Fish was #22, Everything, Everything #37 and AHDO #34. All just for one week. |
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chart what now
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Oh, and every music store has OWB posters at/near the checkout counter!
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So Underworld is huge in Japan? I remember the anthology hitting number one...
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did anyone reall expect this record to do well in the charts? It's hardly got mass appeal has it? Electronic-music lovers will know about it; UW have had articles in a few of the big DJ magazines, and album reviews all over the internet. I've seen them mentioned in newspapers and on tv multiple times so I don't think it's for a lack of promotion or attention.
(anyway, it's already down from 45 to 99 this week). It looks like it reached nr 15 in Holland, the 3rd highest entry after EE and AHDO. Just because the albums aren't selling in huge volumes in the first couple of weeks doesn't neccesarily mean it's gonna do badly either. I think underworld's albums will continue to sell over a longer period of time than some of the big chart toppers anyway. Don't forget they just cancelled the whole european tour as well. Once that starts rolling again I'm sure it will bring a few new sales as well. |
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given that the acts "peak" was some time in the mid/late 90's i'm surprised that they've had as much coverage as they have had.i've seen reviews of the album and live reports in most of the broadsheets and quite a bit of web coverage.i've heard them on radio one quite a lot and seen reviews and stuff in dj,mixmag.i haven't seen as much advertising as in the past but record companies usually spend on that when they have "hit single".i think that this album has only reached the "fans" but maybe thats what they expected,underworld are a bit old to be competing with ed banger for the kids attention imo.
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do charts matter any more???
ffs, the Eagles will be number one this week... UW are not and have never been a major chart act, maybe a major electronic act, but in truth they are no where near as big as the Chems in terms of chart popularity... a club hit hear and there but other than that they have remained in the 'underground' scene the word has been spread about the album in the usual media, but dance and electronica in general is not a big deal these days, its been 5 years since the 'public' was aware of any new uw material, and things have changed a lot in that time, musically... its no big deal imo... i like to see the album do well for the lads, but as long as its out there, that is all that matters, even if people end up buying it cheap in the sales, as long as people pick it up and listen to it is all that matters in the long run... one thing about not being under pressure of a major label is that if the LP doesn't perform sales / chart wise, no one will be on the boys backs - and it won't stop them making more music in the future... top 50 ain't bad... i'd rather be big in Japan anyway! |
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Underworld will probably be earning more money from an album self released reaching say number 20 in a chart than if they were on a major and reached number 1, as they will own more of there music seeing a higher return.
Also the amount of country's it will be released in will amount to a decent income! Long may it continue! www.myspace.com/buji |
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hey, i like the eagles!
also, if underworld waited 28 years to release an album, would we still be waiting? i think it took steely dan 20+ years to release 'two against nature' also... sometimes its worth the wait, sometimes not.. later -1 |
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(though we've had plenty of other musical things from the boys to keep us interested between records). Yeah, i don't put too much credence in the chart-toppers anymore, because i'm seldom a fan or what counts as the most popular music. It's more fun to look wayyy down the list and see how the really talented, deserving bands are faring. So much more satisfying to see the likes of UW and other less-mainstream musicians having some degree of success. |
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