Yeah I could dabble with Bowie on Thursday. I'm not a fan at all. It's a case of SHOW ME OTHERWISE.I'd like to do Bowie for sure
I love Bowie but Aladdin Sane is not one of my favourites. I'd quite like to revisit it as I feel I've never really given it a proper chance...Yeah I could dabble with Bowie on Thursday. I'm not a fan at all. It's a case of SHOW ME OTHERWISE.
I would prefer both of those over Aladdin Sane to be honest. All of these three are amongst his more accessible albums though my favourites tend to be the more leftfield ones (Berlin trilogy, Station to Station etc.)Bowie's a tricky one...we might be better with Hunky Dory or Scary Monsters...
I think there was also something slightly unfortunate with that peak. It may have been the week that 'airplay only' songs were allowed to chart on the Hot 100. Or something.Also don’t get me started on how annoying it is that despite being a big radio hit, TPOG peaked at US #11 because they didn’t bother releasing any of the remixes over there.
THAT No. 11 peak, and not releasing 'Beautiful Stranger' as a single to maximise the sales of The Next Best Thing Soundtrack (would've been another top 10 single for her) are my two most annoying US Madonna CHART STATS...
D'oh!!but that was an Austin Powers soundtrack!
To Have and Not To Hold, aside from being the track I sang to @RaspberrySwirl over MSN messenger several eons ago, it was my favourite track on the album.
I think it was the American b-side to "Angel"
Oh completely, especially around the turn of the millennium it was such a common trend. The fact Britney had one top 8 single prior to Gimme More is rather shocking given she collected around 33 million album certifications during that time.
Yes, they started doing this in the mid 90s to push album sales, in the 80s it was very unusual a hit radio song was never released as a single in USA. Things started changing slowly in the 90s. In 1991 they didn't bother releasing an eighth single from Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation, but State of the world still peaked at #5 in the airplay chart. Only one of the 100 most played songs on the radio in 1992 wasn't released as a single, Michael Bolton's Steel bars (a fifth single from his album). In 1994-95 this starts to be more and more common.As for the other songs mentioned, it was really common practice not to release a single in the US to force people to buy the album. Loads of massive US singles never made the charts- Lovefool, You Oughta Know two big examples I remember- or chatted much lower because they never had singles- Torn, Can’t Get You Out Of My Head. Those two led to their two artists having much bigger albums than you could ever have predicted.
Yes, they started doing this in the mid 90s to push album sales, in the 80s it was very unusual a hit radio song was never released as a single in USA. Things started changing slowly in the 90s.
That was also because of a distinct lack of airplay, though, wasn't it? I thought US radio weren't very pro-Britney for a long time after her debut.
Her airplay was pretty solid until the third album - Baby, Crazy and Oops all went top ten on the airplay chart.
Her airplay was pretty solid until the third album - Baby, Crazy and Oops all went top ten on the airplay chart.
Oh yes! What the hell was that?During the third album campaign something happened with a supposed Clear Channel deal (CC basically woned radio = payola) so airplay was kind of nonexistant.
Oh yes! What the hell was that?
Last month, Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Mission Hills) urged the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission to probe reports that Clear Channel punished stars, such as Britney Spears, by refusing to play their songs on Clear Channel radio stations because the musicians declined to hire the company as their tour promoter.
That's nice dear but I clocked the shade and no, it ain't pretty.I could be tempted to say this still SLAPS or whatever gay internet lingo we are using these days, but that would be disrespectful to the absolute apogée of the former QoP's canon. She didn't just come to slay here; she ripped our intestines out and used them as elastic bands for a home workout. QUEEN.
Weirdly, the first thing I think about "Candy Perfume Girl" is that William Orbit definitely reused that drum sound with Blur the following year.
And the 'bubbles' from Swim (and countless others on this album) were also reused with All Saints...
I was a bit @ these. I mean, that's just simply his SOUND. It was like this before and after Ray of Light. Look it up!Pure Shores etc
Yes but his work with Madonna propelled his sound into the mainstream. Most mass consumers of music were not necessarily aware of the 'William Orbit signature sound' - but they were aware of Ray of Light, hence the reference point.I was a bit @ these. I mean, that's just simply his SOUND. It was like this before and after Ray of Light. Look it up!