phanan
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Bonochick said:
I wonder if the long delay hurt their chances for Album of the Year...
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I wonder if the long delay hurt their chances for Album of the Year...
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Yahweh said:
Agreed!
I gave that song a chance, I really did...but I can't stand it 
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phanan said:
No, it was deliberate, the way they release the single/album. To maximise its exposure and potential for success, they released Vertigo before the noms cut off, and the album after, to spread themselves accross 2 possible Grammys. This is what happened with ATYCLB.
This is why I feel it took an extra year to release the album. I'm sure had they really wanted it out a bit earlier, they could have done so in about June/July. But for marketing and awards purposes, they haven't.
phanan
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Palace_Hero said:
I understand what you are saying, and in the case of ATYCLB, it certainly did increase its exposure. It had excellent longevity in terms of sales and airplay. I think, though, that it might have had a better chance at nabbing the Album Of The Year if they had released it a few months earlier in 2000, because it would have been part of the immediate impact of a new release.
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It did win album of the year, didn't it?
Popmartijn
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No, it didn't. Beautiful Day, Stuck..., Elevation and Walk On did win in individual song categories and the album won the Best Rock Album category, but not Album Of The Year.
Kinda strange when you look at it, 7 Grammy Awards but not for Album Of The Year.
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Marty
Kinda strange when you look at it, 7 Grammy Awards but not for Album Of The Year.
C ya!
Marty
Popmartijn
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Steely Dan won Album Of The Year the year Beautiful Day won three Grammy Awards. The winner of the Album Of The Year title when ATYCLB was eligible was the O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack.
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I remember that too...
phanan
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I think they would have had a good chance against Steely Dan, but then again, you'd of thought they could have beaten the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack too, so who knows...
Aardvark747
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Who the hell was on that soundtrack anyway!!?
Popmartijn
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Emmylou Harris! 
phanan
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I can only recall Emmylou Harris and Allison Krauss. Not too many major artists on that thing.
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bsp77 said:
I thought it was a good album, too. I listened to a friend's copy once. It was actually nice to see an album that didn't sell a zillion copies win for a change.
I always thought the true Grammy crime when it came to U2 was when Eric Clapton's Unplugged album, in which he turned all his great songs into snorefests, won Best Album over Achtung Baby.
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Just to clarify: the soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou? was a HUUUUUUUGE seller. Both before and after the Grammys, the album did remarkably well. Perhaps I'm just smoking too much crack, but I'm inclined to say that it outsold All That You Can't Leave Behind (at least in America) by several million copies.
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Sorry, I was under the impression that a lot of the sales of the album were after the Grammys. Guess I should do more research before I post! 
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