New in the Charts Thread
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hey, New has sold more copies than the album at #4 but less copies than the album at #2........isn't it all exciting?
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It's such a disappointment that Paul as only had 22 UK # 1 albums and 25 US # 1 albums in his 50 year career . Bob Dylan as had 7 UK # 1 albums and 5 US # 1 Albums , David Bowie as had 9 UK # 1 albums and hasn't had a US # 1 album . Yes Paul hasn't had a solo number 1 album for years like Dylan and Bowie have had recently but his combined Beatles/Solo record achievements are off the scale no one comes close to him in terms of album achievements in a matter of weeks he will become the first artist to spend 2000 weeks on the UK album chart that's over 38 years on the UK album chart . We should really be disappointed with his 50 year album career and that New only got to # 3 in the UK , cut the poor old guy some slack and praise him for his incredible achievements over the years . So he's a little uncool in the eyes of some but the record books show that his 50 year album career is second to none
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.....and also spare a thought to the thousands of artists who have released albums that have never charted at all. A top 5 album from Paul is a great result but the real test now is seeing just how long its going to hang around the top 40.
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I suspected it wouldnt get to number 1 to release it at this time of the year with the current "big guns" was always going to be a tall order to get to the top of the pile,never heard of the lad at Number 1 but and i say this as a Paul fan really happy that Pearl Jam's album has charted so highly it is a fine album from a great band. As i said in an earlier post the trick is will NEW have the legs for a long ish stay in the charts,i think if its still knocking round the top 30 in 6 months time Paul and his team will be more than happy with its performance but i have an uneasy feeling it'll disappear quicker than we hope once the hoopla dies down i really hope im wrong but we'll see.
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There's a good chance that Paul's sales will be steady enough to hit No. 1 next week.
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audi:
There's a good chance that Paul's sales will be steady enough to hit No. 1 next week.
Surely that's the winner of the: '2013 Maccaboards Most Optimistic Post Of The Year' award ?
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audi:
There's a good chance that Paul's sales will be steady enough to hit No. 1 next week.
I doubt it in the UK,Katy Perry's new concept album,a magnum opus that spans 5 cds and in sung in martian and Venusian with solo's from Hendrix,Clapton ,with lyrics from all the greats of the last 40 years its bound to be a smash or she could release the usual forgetable pap she normally does and it'll still hit number 1. I wonder which version it will be
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hengirl:
audi:
There's a good chance that Paul's sales will be steady enough to hit No. 1 next week.
I doubt it in the UK,Katy Perry's new concept album,a magnum opus that spans 5 cds and in sung in martian and Venusian with solo's from Hendrix,Clapton ,with lyrics from all the greats of the last 40 years its bound to be a smash or she could release the usual forgetable pap she normally does and it'll still hit number 1. I wonder which version it will be
lmao.
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Kestrel:
audi:
There's a good chance that Paul's sales will be steady enough to hit No. 1 next week.
Surely that's the winner of the: '2013 Maccaboards Most Optimistic Post Of The Year' award ?
(takes a bow!)
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hengirl:
audi:
There's a good chance that Paul's sales will be steady enough to hit No. 1 next week.
I doubt it in the UK,Katy Perry's new concept album,a magnum opus that spans 5 cds and in sung in martian and Venusian with solo's from Hendrix,Clapton ,with lyrics from all the greats of the last 40 years its bound to be a smash or she could release the usual forgetable pap she normally does and it'll still hit number 1. I wonder which version it will be
Here's something even less likely: Radio will actually play a new McCartney track in heavy rotation. (wakes up from dream now)
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audi:
Kestrel:
audi:
There's a good chance that Paul's sales will be steady enough to hit No. 1 next week.
Surely that's the winner of the: '2013 Maccaboards Most Optimistic Post Of The Year' award ?
(takes a bow!)
Take another one, you deserve it.
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to be fair audi , bbc radio 2 and 6 have had 'new ' on their a playlists for last 3 weeks, its been played ALOT , The most I've heard a new Paul song on UK radio since....... my brave face probably. when i play it at work everyone recognises it from hearing it on the radio too..
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i just popped in to hmv and new is number one in the album chart this week :-):-)
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and has anyone got the UK sales figures yet?
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I see Dylan keeps cropping up in this discussion and it reminded me of something Bob said ( this is from the liner notes of his Tell Tale Signs Bootleg Series album) it's probably from the late 90's or early 2000's "I was beginning to encounter a different audience at my shows...a younger audience...My usual audience, which had followed me from sometime in the sixties, were locked in a certain time warp. They liked to hear the old songs and the old songs were fine ...(but) I sort of was betting on my new audience and I kinda forgot about the old one." Bob didn't stop playing the old songs ( although he just about has done now with only 3 songs in the main set -1 from the 60's & 2 from the 70's) but there was/is nothing nostalgic about his shows. The combination of constant year on year touring and the refusal to look back obviously rules out filling the massive stadiums and Arena's Paul regularly fills but this audience is where the number one records come from. I have friends younger than me who have Dylan's most recent albums but not his older ones and I also know people who hate how he sounds now and don't buy his records any more. I think this is what Dylan was talking about in the above quote-he has found a new audience who don't 'judge' him on what he used to be but are interested in what he's doing now. Is it a surprise when Paul struggles ( relatively) to sell new records when his shows are pretty much all about the past-everyone here is interested in his new music & I'm sure the more casual fans would be if only he'd play more of it live-even a perfect PR campaign would be far less effective than playing more recent tunes in front of tens of thousands of people! Mccartney is ( not was) a genius -even a cursory listen to his recent albums proves he remains a brilliant writer but I can't help thinking he has shot himself in the foot by years of touring sets dominated by the old favourites-it provides plenty of ammunition for the fools who dislike him to dismiss him as a has-been. In the current youth obsessed, flavour of the month pop scene, the only realistic way for older musicians to reach a wide audience with their new material is in the live setting. If New had been released during one of the legs of a Paul tour ( assuming he played a reasonable number of the songs) it almost certainly would have topped the US charts.
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streetlegal:
I see Dylan keeps cropping up in this discussion and it reminded me of something Bob said ( this is from the liner notes of his Tell Tale Signs Bootleg Series album) it's probably from the late 90's or early 2000's: "I was beginning to encounter a different audience at my shows...a younger audience...My usual audience, which had followed me from sometime in the sixties, were locked in a certain time warp. They liked to hear the old songs and the old songs were fine ...(but) I sort of was betting on my new audience and I kinda forgot about the old one." Bob didn't stop playing the old songs ( although he just about has done now with only 3 songs in the main set -1 from the 60's & 2 from the 70's) but there was/is nothing nostalgic about his shows. The combination of constant year on year touring and the refusal to look back obviously rules out filling the massive stadiums and Arena's Paul regularly fills but this audience is where the number one records come from. I have friends younger than me who have Dylan's most recent albums but not his older ones and I also know people who hate how he sounds now and don't buy his records any more. I think this is what Dylan was talking about in the above quote-he has found a new audience who don't 'judge' him on what he used to be but are interested in what he's doing now. Is it a surprise when Paul struggles ( relatively) to sell new records when his shows are pretty much all about the past-everyone here is interested in his new music & I'm sure the more casual fans would be if only he'd play more of it live-even a perfect PR campaign would be far less effective than playing more recent tunes in front of tens of thousands of people! Mccartney is ( not was) a genius -even a cursory listen to his recent albums proves he remains a brilliant writer but I can't help thinking he has shot himself in the foot by years of touring sets dominated by the old favourites-it provides plenty of ammunition for the fools who dislike him to dismiss him as a has-been. In the current youth obsessed, flavour of the month pop scene, the only realistic way for older musicians to reach a wide audience with their new material is in the live setting. If New had been released during one of the legs of a Paul tour ( assuming he played a reasonable number of the songs) it almost certainly would have topped the US charts.
Excellent points! Paul seems to have decided that it's his duty to keep performing these old songs live and, I'm sure, he basks in the adulation from people being transported back in time to their youth. Interesting, however, that he chose to do ONLY new songs for his NYC and London surprise shows, so that anyone curious enough to look the shows up on YouTube would see brand new songs no matter what. Must have confused the heck out of some people, but it was a good way to point them to the album. With the 50th anniversary of Beatlemania in full swing, I can't see him changing his mind at full concerts, though. Japan will be an interesting indicator of things to come!
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NUMBER ONE
Sun of a gun we'll have some fun on the bayou! Jeeze Louis Please, this news has brought me to my knees--don't you wish, he's quite a dish, you were a Paul Squeeze but not just 'cause he's NUMBER ONE
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The first returns are in from the U.S.! HitsDailyDouble.com keeps a running tally as sales figures come in on Monday and Tuesday -- usually the data arrives in about 4 chunks over the course of 2 days. Right now, with about 31% in, Paul is at #2, ahead of Miley: http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi Understand that this is NOT a guarantee that the standings will stay this way, they do shift as the numbers come in. It would help make sense of these partial stats to know what sources are coming in first, but they don't seem to tell you that.
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streetlegal:
I see Dylan keeps cropping up in this discussion and it reminded me of something Bob said ( this is from the liner notes of his Tell Tale Signs Bootleg Series album) it's probably from the late 90's or early 2000's: "I was beginning to encounter a different audience at my shows...a younger audience...My usual audience, which had followed me from sometime in the sixties, were locked in a certain time warp. They liked to hear the old songs and the old songs were fine ...(but) I sort of was betting on my new audience and I kinda forgot about the old one." Bob didn't stop playing the old songs ( although he just about has done now with only 3 songs in the main set -1 from the 60's & 2 from the 70's) but there was/is nothing nostalgic about his shows. The combination of constant year on year touring and the refusal to look back obviously rules out filling the massive stadiums and Arena's Paul regularly fills but this audience is where the number one records come from. I have friends younger than me who have Dylan's most recent albums but not his older ones and I also know people who hate how he sounds now and don't buy his records any more. I think this is what Dylan was talking about in the above quote-he has found a new audience who don't 'judge' him on what he used to be but are interested in what he's doing now. Is it a surprise when Paul struggles ( relatively) to sell new records when his shows are pretty much all about the past-everyone here is interested in his new music & I'm sure the more casual fans would be if only he'd play more of it live-even a perfect PR campaign would be far less effective than playing more recent tunes in front of tens of thousands of people! Mccartney is ( not was) a genius -even a cursory listen to his recent albums proves he remains a brilliant writer but I can't help thinking he has shot himself in the foot by years of touring sets dominated by the old favourites-it provides plenty of ammunition for the fools who dislike him to dismiss him as a has-been. In the current youth obsessed, flavour of the month pop scene, the only realistic way for older musicians to reach a wide audience with their new material is in the live setting. If New had been released during one of the legs of a Paul tour ( assuming he played a reasonable number of the songs) it almost certainly would have topped the US charts.
COULDN`T AGRRE MORE ! Paul seems to feel obliged to sell out arenas and stadiums. Can`t be the money right? No it`s the I am an Ex Beatle and I have to sell out stadiums...even at the cost of a setlist 2/3 of which are drawn entirely from the sixties. Why would we be surprised that everybody outside this board thinks he is an oldies act ? That`s the message Paul himself puts across!It`s such a shame, because people don`t even bother with his new stuff. The hardcore fans buy it in the first two weeks and then it vanishes. WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE "MY STUFF FROM THE PAST 40 YEARS IS HARDLY WORTH PLAYING LIVE" THEY END UP BELIEVING YOU !
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Maybe Macca will emulate Dylan's "business model" at some point. Even if he's not chasing "number ones" it still appears he's fixated on selling out the gigantic venues. He wasn't, so much, apparently, when Chaos and Creation came out and he did a handful of songs from that album, in somewhat smaller venues.