On Sun 25 Mar, Arfie Mansfield wrote:
> > I think it's just going to be one of those things that I can never
> > fully justify but which I'm convinced I've heard before. Thanks for
> > taking the time to look, but evidently the Internet isn't going to
> > solve my deja vu on this particular occasion...
>
> I was sure I'd heard it before too, and then remembered where.
By which you mean...
> > What I really meant was not that the album was a collection of
> > singles, but that when the albums were released, a particular
> > Faithless single was riding high in popularity. Album sales are
> > usually a lot higher when a band has a single high up in the
> > charts, and Faithless seem to be depending on the fact that "We
> > Come One" will be a smash hit after the hiatus, just like "God Is A
> > DJ" was. If "We Come One" doesn't grab the public attention it
> > might have a knock-on effect on album sales.
>
> Hmm. That's not always true. Going back to my previous example,
> Orbital have had 3 top 5 albums in a row. At no point were any of the
> singles from the albums particularly high in the charts - 11 and 17
> being the highest placings. Album sales don't equate to single sales -
> take Dido, for instance.
I'm just going to disagree with you for the sake of argument now, as
you're mostly right. :-)
I would partially discount Dido as an example because "Stan" was
as-good-as a single for Dido. Technically it wasn't her single but it
was UK #1, she was on Top Of The Pops and on the front of national
newspapers, so I'd definitely count that as promotion.
Orbital is a better example, but even then I'd say that because "Style"
(was it "Style"? Can't remember now) didn't get too far, "...Nowhere"
was helped along by sales to dedicated Orbital fans, and by the good
name & history of Orbital (which was the point I was originally trying
to make about Faithless), rather than people buying an album saying "I
must buy this album only because it's got <such-and-such-a-track> on
it". After all, it wasn't very long after Orbital's album was released
that suddenly it was in the HMV sale at 8.99.
Stuart.
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