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- Gunslinger
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Re: CD #1 Worldwide
I listened to the album while on a rather long drive again tonight and I have to say it has grown more and more on me. Fuck everything else...it's a good album. I hope it gets the credit it deserves and I think it will in time.
Re: CD #1 Worldwide
So the album sold less worldwide than Black Ice sold in its first week in the U.S.?
Sure puts things in perspective.
Like I mentioned in the week 2 sales thread, GNR need to monitor these worldwide statistics and aim promotion in the areas that are interested.
- killingvector
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Re: CD #1 Worldwide
So the album sold less worldwide than Black Ice sold in its first week in the U.S.?
Sure puts things in perspective.
Like I mentioned in the week 2 sales thread, GNR need to monitor these worldwide statistics and aim promotion in the areas that are interested.
Well, apples and oranges. What did Black Ice do in the rest of the world compared to GnR?
The Walmart promotion was handled incredibly smart and roped thousands of rednecks into a banal, completely redundant trip down memory lane. But it was promoted well and made very accessible to people.
Promotion means a lot. A tour and press as well.
- killingvector
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Re: CD #1 Worldwide
I would have to make an educated guess that Black Ice would sell as well worldwide as GNR's new album. AC/DC is pretty damn international.
GnR is every bit as international as AC DC; their big advantage here in the states was market shrewdness.
Re: CD #1 Worldwide
http://www.acdcnews.com/2008/10/black-i … opies.html
Black Ice 5 million worldwide as of October 25.
Re: CD #1 Worldwide
Brett wrote:I would have to make an educated guess that Black Ice would sell as well worldwide as GNR's new album. AC/DC is pretty damn international.
GnR is every bit as international as AC DC; their big advantage here in the states was market shrewdness.
It's not even marketing shrewdness. It's marketing common sense. Release a classic sounding single + do a video + tour behind it + promo the fuck out of it. Nothing earth shattering there, but apparently that's over Axl's head.
