john's been kind enough to be obsessively keeping track (with the help of fans around the world too) of its charting in pretty much every country. it's doing great, #1 in several countries, top 10 in a lot too, the lowest chart position i've seen is for oz, #18, though it keeps climbing - and it's the middle of the freaking night there.
i feel like a proud parent or something, i'm just so happy the album sounds as amazing as they said it would and that lots of other people love it too. it'll probably get shit on by critics (it already got a crap (mini?) review in rs, though i'm not surprised) but who cares about that crap.
and i might be hallucinating but the itunes version sounds better it terms of volume too. i nearly blew out my ears (and headphones) the first time i played the leak since i'd been listening to older stuff beforehand.