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Post by craydarr on Jan 7, 2024 14:35:19 GMT
Was just looking at the attached page, most of it is common knowledge that we’ve all seen before but if you scroll to the bottom it shows things like download charts and vinyl album charts which is a little more interesting. www.officialcharts.com/artist/17941/status-quo/
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Post by mortified on Jan 7, 2024 21:40:05 GMT
Possibly most interesting of all, and one in the eye for the hopeful (deluded?), is the lack of relative chart success for the reunion releases.
Francis was 100% right about it's staying power. But he takes stick for it nevertheless. Although, to be fair, they were live releases only. A studio album may have performed entirely differently.
Interesting to see some of those compilations that I've tended to ignore over the years getting a mention. Many of these turned up in places like Tesco and Asda and were obviously designed to attract a very casual audience. With some degree of success it would seem.
Good find 👍
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Post by statusquid on Jan 18, 2024 14:46:37 GMT
Possibly most interesting of all, and one in the eye for the hopeful (deluded?), is the lack of relative chart success for the reunion releases. Francis was 100% right about it's staying power. But he takes stick for it nevertheless. Although, to be fair, they were live releases only. A studio album may have performed entirely differently. Interesting to see some of those compilations that I've tended to ignore over the years getting a mention. Many of these turned up in places like Tesco and Asda and were obviously designed to attract a very casual audience. With some degree of success it would seem. Good find 👍 True. Even so a new FF Quo album would’ve been great. The live releases at the time were never marketed properly. A new album would’ve stood a better chance. Unfortunately though they wouldn’t of been able to do an extensive tour to support it due to Alan’s health issues (& later Rick). I guess Francis recognised this & decided against it.
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Post by mortified on Jan 19, 2024 14:08:57 GMT
Possibly most interesting of all, and one in the eye for the hopeful (deluded?), is the lack of relative chart success for the reunion releases. Francis was 100% right about it's staying power. But he takes stick for it nevertheless. Although, to be fair, they were live releases only. A studio album may have performed entirely differently. Interesting to see some of those compilations that I've tended to ignore over the years getting a mention. Many of these turned up in places like Tesco and Asda and were obviously designed to attract a very casual audience. With some degree of success it would seem. Good find 👍 True. Even so a new FF Quo album would’ve been great. The live releases at the time were never marketed properly. A new album would’ve stood a better chance. Unfortunately though they wouldn’t of been able to do an extensive tour to support it due to Alan’s health issues (& later Rick). I guess Francis recognised this & decided against it. I also think the relative success of Rick's posthumous album was something of a sign about the possibilities. Basically, promote this band properly and you will achieve success. Aquostic demonstrated that superbly. The fan base, casual and hardcore, is substantial. It just needs to be properly tapped into.
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