Britain´s Biggest Selling Album Is...
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Topic: Britain´s Biggest Selling Album Is...
Posted By: WaywardSon
Subject: Britain´s Biggest Selling Album Is...
Date Posted: November 16 2006 at 15:56
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_en_mu/britain_hit_albums - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061116/ap_en_mu/britain_hit_albums Quite a surprise! |
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: November 16 2006 at 16:06
| But a rather pleasant such! |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: November 16 2006 at 17:13
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Yeah and also the difference between Queen´s and Sgt. Pepper´s is big, well, i like that Greatest Hits album, good! ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: akin
Date Posted: November 17 2006 at 12:59
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I didn't knew they were the biggest selling, but I knew they were among the best sellers. Quite pleasant to see that most of the biggest selling are albuns made by great musicians. |
Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: November 18 2006 at 03:29
But that doesn't mean we have to put the rest of the Top 10 onto the ProgArchives, does it? (At least those, who aren't in here already  )
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: November 21 2006 at 07:26
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So what?
Every Christmas period the record industry goes into hyperdrive selling greatest hits compilations, while original albums usually containing unheard new tunes, are neglected. It is easy for joe public to buy compilations (especially as presents) when the recipient doesn't have to put up the unfamiliar or the less than adequate tracks. Indeed the greatest hits compilation is often the only recording somebody might have by that band. However, if you have followed a band from the very start, then in all probability the greatest hits compilation is superfluous to needs.
Seeing charts dominated by Thats What I Call Music Volume 95 etc. does not inspire me to buy the album, neither do I see any compilation being as important as a band's album with original tunes. So, so what: why praise what is often a cynical marketing ploy to make money from back catalogue?
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: November 21 2006 at 10:14
| Well, it could have been a worse compilation. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: November 21 2006 at 10:46
True . And in fact I have this compilation (and Sheer Heart Attack for Brighton Rock) but I'm merely a person who likes Queen in small doses - indeed disliked Boehemian Rhapsody from the day it was released. Hence the the Greatest Hits Compilation is the easy way of avoiding the stuff I don't want to hear on the original albums - and there is always the CD programmer to avoid Bohemian Rhapsody. ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
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