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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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Post by quolizzy on Jul 27, 2024 2:10:40 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 👍 I was actually praying they would record another Frantic Four album. Live albums don't sell as well generally. Such a shame it didn't happen. |
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Post by mortified on Jul 27, 2024 7:11:34 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 👍 I was actually praying they would record another Frantic Four album. Live albums don't sell as well generally. Such a shame it didn't happen. I suppose there would have to have been material to record. I guess there was to an extent seeing we got Over And Out and Backbone eventually. An EP or something wouldn't have been a bad idea but it's difficult to pitch something like that in terms of looking for chart success. It's neither one thing nor the other really. But I have no doubt it would have been streamed extensively. I have to fess up and say I enjoyed the reunion gigs but they were never the be all and end all for me. |
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Post by quolizzy on Jul 28, 2024 2:36:13 GMT
I was actually praying they would record another Frantic Four album. Live albums don't sell as well generally. Such a shame it didn't happen. I suppose there would have to have been material to record. I guess there was to an extent seeing we got Over And Out and Backbone eventually. An EP or something wouldn't have been a bad idea but it's difficult to pitch something like that in terms of looking for chart success. It's neither one thing nor the other really. But I have no doubt it would have been streamed extensively. I have to fess up and say I enjoyed the reunion gigs but they were never the be all and end all for me. I suppose in hindsight a one off single for the fans would have been better than nothing. But it seems we had to be content with live albums from the shows. Which don't get me wrong were and are fabulous. But deep down I felt some new material would have been interesting, and largely cherished today. |
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Post by mortified on Jul 28, 2024 7:54:20 GMT
I've only listened to one live album from the reunion shows; the official Wembley one that came out on it's own. Although I have all of the others of course. CD, vinyl, whatever format or colour they came in.
But I didn't see the point in listening to them all. It's a bit like the Live Here Now releases. If they all cover the one tour and the same set list, the point is lost on me.
The biggest leap was from the Westonbirt CD to the first Pictures release in 2008. These were worth listening to. After that, it was just a question of hearing any new songs that were chucked in during the tours for, say, Quid Pro Quo or Bula Quo.
The reunion was no different really. A very marginal difference in the set in 2014, but that was all.
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Post by quolizzy on Jul 30, 2024 19:09:18 GMT
I've only listened to one live album from the reunion shows; the official Wembley one that came out on it's own. Although I have all of the others of course. CD, vinyl, whatever format or colour they came in. But I didn't see the point in listening to them all. It's a bit like the Live Here Now releases. If they all cover the one tour and the same set list, the point is lost on me. The biggest leap was from the Westonbirt CD to the first Pictures release in 2008. These were worth listening to. After that, it was just a question of hearing any new songs that were chucked in during the tours for, say, Quid Pro Quo or Bula Quo. The reunion was no different really. A very marginal difference in the set in 2014, but that was all. For me the reunion shows got better and better with every show. I suppose thats to be expected really as they loosen up with every gig, and I think Coghlan's playing was awesome. It's such a shame Francis pulled the plug on it so soon. I just felt the momentum was picking up and the rug was pulled from our feet. Even Alan looked less frail with each show. The final show on CD sounds awesome. I was expecting it to build to a studio album, but there ya go 😴 |
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Post by craydarr on Jul 31, 2024 19:46:10 GMT
I've only listened to one live album from the reunion shows; the official Wembley one that came out on it's own. Although I have all of the others of course. CD, vinyl, whatever format or colour they came in. But I didn't see the point in listening to them all. It's a bit like the Live Here Now releases. If they all cover the one tour and the same set list, the point is lost on me. The biggest leap was from the Westonbirt CD to the first Pictures release in 2008. These were worth listening to. After that, it was just a question of hearing any new songs that were chucked in during the tours for, say, Quid Pro Quo or Bula Quo. The reunion was no different really. A very marginal difference in the set in 2014, but that was all. For me the reunion shows got better and better with every show. I suppose thats to be expected really as they loosen up with every gig, and I think Coghlan's playing was awesome. It's such a shame Francis pulled the plug on it so soon. I just felt the momentum was picking up and the rug was pulled from our feet. Even Alan looked less frail with each show. The final show on CD sounds awesome. I was expecting it to build to a studio album, but there ya go 😴 I saw 2 shows at Hammersmith on the first tour and 1 on the second tour, I was so pleased to get a chance to see the 4 of them together as my first ever gig was on the EOTR tour. If it had carried on I may have seen 1 or 2 more shows but I honestly think it had run its course. I can understand the point of view that the FF is heavier, but to me the post FF band has more energy and vitality than the original line up, particularly the Matt Letley era of the band. No offence to Richie or Leon with that comment because they are doing great. I have enjoyed all the eras of the band and to me it’s the changes in lineup that have kept it interesting as it shakes things up and adds a different slant on it. |
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Aug 1, 2024 7:24:47 GMT
I've only listened to one live album from the reunion shows; the official Wembley one that came out on it's own. Although I have all of the others of course. CD, vinyl, whatever format or colour they came in. But I didn't see the point in listening to them all. It's a bit like the Live Here Now releases. If they all cover the one tour and the same set list, the point is lost on me. The biggest leap was from the Westonbirt CD to the first Pictures release in 2008. These were worth listening to. After that, it was just a question of hearing any new songs that were chucked in during the tours for, say, Quid Pro Quo or Bula Quo. The reunion was no different really. A very marginal difference in the set in 2014, but that was all. For me the reunion shows got better and better with every show. I suppose thats to be expected really as they loosen up with every gig, and I think Coghlan's playing was awesome. It's such a shame Francis pulled the plug on it so soon. I just felt the momentum was picking up and the rug was pulled from our feet. Even Alan looked less frail with each show. The final show on CD sounds awesome. I was expecting it to build to a studio album, but there ya go 😴 I saw one gig from each tour. Fantastic though it was, they had to go back to their day job. Did I read somewhere at the time FR said old problems were re-surfacing? |
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