Estimated first week sales for The Great Escape Artist

[Larry B.]

And we lose :cona:

[guysmiley]

fuck this band.........

[tcrock]

Arguably the most loyal or at least knowledgeable Jane's fans are here.......and about 50% either hate or definitely won't buy the new album.

Actually, the simple poll we had showed:

Like - 62%
Dislike - 38%

A lot of those dislikes were definitely not hates, based upon what some people who voted that way explained in the accompanying thread.

Yes I know, take the 38% who dislike, and apply the cheap bastard factor to those who like it, and I think 50% is a reasonable guess at the amount of users who actually forked out the $$ for it. That might be generous. not scientific, just a gut feel

Cheap bastard factor?

It's called living in the 2000s. We don't buy albums.

We do however pay 60 bucks a ticket to see bands with a 25 year career play 70 minutes.

So there is a balance. We get a half-assed show for double the price, and we take their album for free. In the end the band still wins.

can't argue with you there..that's why 50% was generous. There are a few dinosaurs out there that still buy albums. They're still worth the money live in the right venue though, at least to me.

[Hokahey]

Let's not start pretending albums sales has any reflection on album quality.

[creep]

well jane's fell off the chart in week 3 which means they didn't sell 8000 albums in the third week.

they did outsell lou reed and metalica. what a bad first week for them. that horrible florence and the machine that someone mentioned sold 100k in their first week doing much better than jane's.

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

[JOEinPHX]

well jane's fell off the chart in week 3 which means they didn't sell 8000 albums in the third week.

they did outsell lou reed and metalica. what a bad first week for them. that horrible florence and the machine that someone mentioned sold 100k in their first week doing much better than jane's.

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

Florance and the Machine get alot of promotion.

And are pretty unique in the current shitty pop climate.

Jane's would have to do something pretty remarkable to stand out the way music is at the moment.

[CaseyContrarian]

I told you guys Florence was big.

well jane's fell off the chart in week 3 which means they didn't sell 8000 albums in the third week.

they did outsell lou reed and metalica. what a bad first week for them. that horrible florence and the machine that someone mentioned sold 100k in their first week doing much better than jane's.

http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi

Florance and the Machine get alot of promotion.

And are pretty unique in the current shitty pop climate.

Jane's would have to do something pretty remarkable to stand out the way music is at the moment.

[Hokahey]

I told you guys Florence was big.

[CaseyContrarian]

I ate the fuck out of that fucker.

I told you guys Florence was big.