On Sun 25 Mar, Arfie Mansfield wrote:
> > 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.
>
> It's still only one "single", though.
_But_, it was a successful single and you're (deliberately?) forgetting
what I originally said, which is that if "We Come One" isn't all that
successful, then it won't bring many people's attention to the album.
If "Stan" had never been released as a single, or had only reached the
lower reaches of the chart and not received much press at all, and yet
"No Angel" Dido's album had been released in the UK last October,
there's no way it would have sold as many copies as it did.
> > "...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),
>
> Well, you have to bear in mind that Faithless are extremely
> commercial; 'coffee table' music if you like, whereas Orbital aren't.
> That has a great deal to do with it, IMO.
I don't think that's true; Orbital are often thought of in terms of
'cerebral' dance music. Faithless might be more accessible to a wider
range of music fans, but it's definitely not a simple "Faithless are
coffee table and Orbital aren't" divide. That's just a personal opinion.
> > 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.
>
> That has no bearing on it - it was ~9 months before it was in
> the sale, which is the usual length of time (due to remaindering).
So how did I pick it up for 8.99 in HMV three months after its release
then?
> Sunday 8PM was in the sale about that length of rime after release,
> too - and there were a fair few singles released from it.
Not _that_ quickly.
Stuart.
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