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Post by statusquid on Oct 4, 2019 21:08:35 GMT
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Post by craydarr on Oct 11, 2019 16:52:23 GMT
Its dropped out of the top 100 albums, but its currently sitting at no. 14 in the independent chart
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Post by craydarr on Oct 18, 2019 20:33:22 GMT
No 22 in the independent charts.
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Post by snakelady on Oct 23, 2019 8:21:09 GMT
No 22 in the independent charts. No surprise actually, with no tour or special gigs to further support the album. The general public will have forgotten about it long since. No real marketing campaign either. With the amount of music that's on offer these days, you've got to do something special to catch the attention of non-fans and even of fans that don't go online to check for news. Quality of music sadly only comes in at a distant second position. |
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Post by mortified on Oct 23, 2019 10:16:22 GMT
No 22 in the independent charts. No surprise actually, with no tour or special gigs to further support the album. The general public will have forgotten about it long since. No real marketing campaign either. With the amount of music that's on offer these days, you've got to do something special to catch the attention of non-fans and even of fans that don't go online to check for news. Quality of music sadly only comes in at a distant second position.Always been that way. Although, as we are all very often at pains to say, quality is a subjective thing. There has been a lot of attention in the music press in particular about Backbone but that is quite a specialised medium. Touring the album over a year after it's release (summer notwithstanding) is an odd thing to do and I wonder if they'll do something with it when the time approaches. Re-release with more bonus tracks, more live stuff, that sort of thing. Try to bring it back into the public's consciousness. Then again, if tickets sales are good they may not bother. The vast majority go along to hear Rockin' anyway. He cynically suggested  |
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Post by craydarr on Oct 25, 2019 19:02:22 GMT
Up to 21 this week on the independent chart
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Post by snakelady on Oct 27, 2019 20:46:05 GMT
Up to 21 this week on the independent chart What I do wonder is how the band feels about the album. Do they consider it a success or not ? - As that'll be imperative for them to decide whether to record another one or not. First chart positions would suggest yes, but as usual that was short-lived. Self-inflicted too, to a degree. They didn't play that many gigs this year, but had they sold the new album at the merch stand, I'm convinced they'd have shifted a substantial number at each gig. And considering the rather small number you need to sell these days to make an impact on the charts, this could've helped to stay in there for longer and in a higher position. Even without that, it would've helped to get the fact that there is a new album available across to many more common (as opposed to hardcore) fans IMO. |
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Oct 27, 2019 21:27:34 GMT
Up to 21 this week on the independent chart What I do wonder is how the band feels about the album. Do they consider it a success or not ? - As that'll be imperative for them to decide whether to record another one or not. First chart positions would suggest yes, but as usual that was short-lived. Self-inflicted too, to a degree. They didn't play that many gigs this year, but had they sold the new album at the merch stand, I'm convinced they'd have shifted a substantial number at each gig. And considering the rather small number you need to sell these days to make an impact on the charts, this could've helped to stay in there for longer and in a higher position. Even without that, it would've helped to get the fact that there is a new album available across to many more common (as opposed to hardcore) fans IMO. I don't think albums sold at merchandise stands at gigs count towards the charts (someone will correct me if I wrong). I don't know why Quo don't sell their new material at gigs these though....does anyone else know? |
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Post by mortified on Oct 28, 2019 5:41:53 GMT
What I do wonder is how the band feels about the album. Do they consider it a success or not ? - As that'll be imperative for them to decide whether to record another one or not. First chart positions would suggest yes, but as usual that was short-lived. Self-inflicted too, to a degree. They didn't play that many gigs this year, but had they sold the new album at the merch stand, I'm convinced they'd have shifted a substantial number at each gig. And considering the rather small number you need to sell these days to make an impact on the charts, this could've helped to stay in there for longer and in a higher position. Even without that, it would've helped to get the fact that there is a new album available across to many more common (as opposed to hardcore) fans IMO. I don't think albums sold at merchandise stands at gigs count towards the charts (someone will correct me if I wrong). I don't know why Quo don't sell their new material at gigs these though....does anyone else know? I know they weren't allowed to in the past but I can't quite remember the reasons. |
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Post by snakelady on Oct 28, 2019 8:09:15 GMT
I don't think albums sold at merchandise stands at gigs count towards the charts (someone will correct me if I wrong). I don't know why Quo don't sell their new material at gigs these though....does anyone else know? but I can't quite remember the reasons. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember Francis solo album was sold at his solo gig in Edinburgh - or was it just the B&North album ?  And support bands always talk about their albums being sold at the gigs. Why would there be a difference to the main act ?  I do remember though, this topic has been talked about before .. |
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Post by mortified on Oct 28, 2019 8:36:29 GMT
I know they weren't allowed to in the past but I can't quite remember the reasons. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember Francis solo album was sold at his solo gig in Edinburgh - or was it just the B&North album ? And support bands always talk about their albums being sold at the gigs. Why would there be a difference to the main act ? I do remember though, this topic has been talked about before .. I don't actually know the answer to that. Not sure if it's a music company thing or something to do with there being a deal with retail outlets, but they were prevented from selling their 'new' album at the merch stand. Or any of their albums in fact. You'll never see Quo's back catalogue on sale at a gig. You could pick up Andy's or Rhino's or the CD of the support act but never Quo's. I can't remember if Francis's album was on sale at his solo gig but Bernadette's was. I picked up a copy of The North's album in Ireland the year before. Someone will no doubt know or remember the answer.  |
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Oct 28, 2019 13:36:31 GMT
I know they weren't allowed to in the past but I can't quite remember the reasons. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember Francis solo album was sold at his solo gig in Edinburgh - or was it just the B&North album ? And support bands always talk about their albums being sold at the gigs. Why would there be a difference to the main act ? I do remember though, this topic has been talked about before .. I don't know if there's any restrictions from the record companies, but I do think that albums sold at gigs don't count towards the charts. That could account for why smaller acts are happy to sell theirs st gigs and bigger acts don't. I'm sure Jason or Quoincidence will be along soon to put us straight! |
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Post by craydarr on Nov 2, 2019 7:12:37 GMT
No 34 in this weeks independent charts
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Post by craydarr on Nov 8, 2019 23:09:35 GMT
No 44 in the independent uk charts, probably sold 10 more copies 🙂
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Post by Quoincidence on Nov 9, 2019 0:24:29 GMT
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember Francis solo album was sold at his solo gig in Edinburgh - or was it just the B&North album ? And support bands always talk about their albums being sold at the gigs. Why would there be a difference to the main act ? I do remember though, this topic has been talked about before .. I don't know if there's any restrictions from the record companies, but I do think that albums sold at gigs don't count towards the charts. That could account for why smaller acts are happy to sell theirs st gigs and bigger acts don't. I'm sure Jason or Quoincidence will be along soon to put us straight! I don't think they'll be able to sell them at gigs because they wouldn't be able to account for the amount of sales, as Merch sold at gigs doesn't have a barcode or anything like that... and for it to count towards the charts they'd have to have proof of sale so it could be included in the amount of units sold. |
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Post by Dark on Nov 14, 2019 14:27:16 GMT
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Post by craydarr on Nov 15, 2019 19:56:58 GMT
No. 44 in the Indie Charts, 10 weeks on the chart. Another 5 copies sold  |
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Post by snakelady on Nov 16, 2019 9:57:41 GMT
No. 44 in the Indie Charts, 10 weeks on the chart. Another 5 copies sold It'll pick up again eventually - you just have to wait another year ..  . |
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Post by craydarr on Nov 22, 2019 18:17:42 GMT
Up to no. 40 this week 7.5 more sales
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Post by craydarr on Nov 29, 2019 18:37:55 GMT
Up to 28 in the indie charts, 12 weeks on the chart.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2019 8:57:54 GMT
Some of them are still trying to get back Well I have to admit I would have taken their passports off them as well.  You wouldn't have needed a passport. England didn't qualify  |
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Post by craydarr on Dec 6, 2019 17:58:25 GMT
Down Toni. 37 this week ☹️
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Post by snakelady on Dec 7, 2019 7:54:08 GMT
Down Toni. 37 this week ☹️ No surprise there .. With no marketing at all this autumn and as near as no record shops it'll only be spotted by chance either in the few shops that still exist or by someone searching the Quo section in internet shops, maybe on the look out for a suitable Christmas present for a fan .. |
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Post by craydarr on Dec 13, 2019 18:16:48 GMT
Up to 34, 14 weeks on the indie chart
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Post by craydarr on Dec 20, 2019 19:53:11 GMT
Down 1 Place to 35, its hanging on in there  |
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