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Totally agreed re: Andy Barlow.
So I found it, and noticed that Brent Kutzle, who's another member of One Republic and sometime record producer, gets some production credits and is listed as an additional guitar on Summer of Love... which certainly could explain why he was playing it in that YouTube video.Is there a high res scan of the liner notes anywhere?
But...his lyrics just aren't melodious. He's obviously writing in prose now and is so literal with everything, and there's little room for interpretation in what he's trying to get across. To each his own, but I preferred Bono's poetry. IMO the lyrics bring down a record that is otherwise musically pretty meritorious.
Why does every new album have to be better than the last one? Why can't folks just appreciate the new album in context with the whole canon?
So I found it, and noticed that Brent Kutzle, who's another member of One Republic and sometime record producer, gets some production credits and is listed as an additional guitar on Summer of Love... which certainly could explain why he was playing it in that YouTube video.
I highly doubt they stole a one republic riff and didn't credit them, considering the overwhelming number of credits on the album that they've given out. I think I got a credit in there somewhere.
U2 achieves its eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as the rock band’s new Songs of Experience debuts atop the tally. The set bows with 186,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 7, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 180,000 were in traditional album sales.
Only 6000 took up the free album offer.
U2 achieves its eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as the rock band’s new Songs of Experience debuts atop the tally. The set bows with 186,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 7, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 180,000 were in traditional album sales.
Only 6000 took up the free album offer.
U2 achieves its eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as the rock band’s new Songs of Experience debuts atop the tally. The set bows with 186,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 7, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 180,000 were in traditional album sales.
Only 6000 took up the free album offer.
U2 achieves its eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart, as the rock band’s new Songs of Experience debuts atop the tally. The set bows with 186,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending Dec. 7, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 180,000 were in traditional album sales.
Only 6000 took up the free album offer.
For some reason I was under the impression that every ticket sold would count as an album, which would have resulted in a considerably higher total, but would be totally dubious in terms of gauging the actual album's success.
If you add up all the tickets sold for the U.S. dates, it's definitely over 180,000, no?
So this is very impressive considering the age of the band and the taste of the general public.
I could be wrong because I haven't bought any tickets yet for next year, but I think each customer gets 1 copy of the album per sale. So wether I buy 1, 2, 4 or 8 tickets, I get 1 copy of the album either way.
I think you actually have to redeem it for it to count.For some reason I was under the impression that every ticket sold would count as an album, which would have resulted in a considerably higher total, but would be totally dubious in terms of gauging the actual album's success.
If you add up all the tickets sold for the U.S. dates, it's definitely over 180,000, no?
So this is very impressive considering the age of the band and the taste of the general public.
Hmm. Well, there are 22 shows in the US (removing the two in Canada). If we assume each gig holds 15,000 - which I would think is a fairly reasonable estimate - that should be 330,000 albums. Even if the average attendance is 12,000, that's still 264,000 albums.
Though did the 8 extra shows added count towards first week album sales? If we take just the original 14 announced for the US, then that's 210,000 albums assuming an average attendance of 15,000 or 168,000 with an average attendance of 12,000.
Huh? That 6k is streaming, which means SOE will probably sink like a stone next week - it needs much stronger streaming numbers to continue to compete as album sales decline.
For a bundled album to be eligible for the Billboard 200, the ticket purchaser has to download or redeem it.*Kevin Leflarwith Official Community, which helps artists bundle, says he recommends artists bundle one album with every pair of tickets, because trying to deliver an album for every single ticket sold can be cost prohibitive and a logistical nightmare. About 20 percent to 30 percent of fans tend to redeem their album offers, with most favoring CDs or vinyl over downloads, though nudges on email and social media can drive better results. When*Metallica*bundled its 2016*Hardwired… to Self-Destruct*album with tickets to its North American stadium tour earlier this year, the band worked with WMG to remind fans to download the album, pushing it back up to No. 2 on the Billboard 200.*Maroon 5*recently announced its Red Pill Blues Tour and issued a rare call to action on Twitter, noting: "Each bundle purchase comes with our album, so redeem our record as well."
I thought - and Garrison above seemed to confirm - that it was an album per ticket, not an album per purchase.