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tuff enuff wrote:First the UK chart rules:
4.9 "Multiple pack albums or Box Sets featuring different album titles are eligible for the chart in their own right. They will not be combined with the sales of one of their constituent items."

I'd imagine most fans would go for the The Deluxe box which (if I understand the chart rules correctly) would not be chart eligible along with the normal Total Pop! package, which again would affect the chart placing for Total Pop! Someone correct me if my interpretation of chart rules is wrong.

Undertaker wrote:Sorry but no. Erasure's last decade of music has sounded tinny and cheap. Their recent poor sales confirm that. Mute aren't backing them because they cannot afford to. The quality doesn't just come from the studio at all. Vince needs some help in writing melodies because he;s run out of idea's and he's hardly going to get that from Andy Bell! They need a producer who knows what he's doing and the producer also needs some decent work to go on.

As for your comparision with U2 ;- Well most on here don't like U2. That doesn't mean it's shit music. It can't be because millions buy it. It's just not our cup of tea. It's like saying Constables Haywain is crap. You might not like art but it doesn't mean a painting is crap.

Erasures input over the past 10+ years has been poor imo. Hardly any decent lyrics. No decent production. Poor songwriting and same old, same old.

Undertaker wrote:

tuff enuff wrote:First the UK chart rules:
4.9 "Multiple pack albums or Box Sets featuring different album titles are eligible for the chart in their own right. They will not be combined with the sales of one of their constituent items."

I'd imagine most fans would go for the The Deluxe box which (if I understand the chart rules correctly) would not be chart eligible along with the normal Total Pop! package, which again would affect the chart placing for Total Pop! Someone correct me if my interpretation of chart rules is wrong.

You are right but thats actually bad news. The Deluxe edition failed to get into the top 100, so that has sold very poorly. So even if it was combined, the chart placing would probably not have changed.

Undertaker wrote:The Deluxe edition failed to get into the top 100, so that has sold very poorly.

pulse wrote: I disagree with what you've typed here to such a large degree that I refuse to even waste my time reiterating my point. To be perfectly honest, I'm starting to think that you and I have completely different ears to the point of actually hearing things differently.

Undertaker wrote:

pulse wrote: I disagree with what you've typed here to such a large degree that I refuse to even waste my time reiterating my point. To be perfectly honest, I'm starting to think that you and I have completely different ears to the point of actually hearing things differently.

I'm sure there is a school for the deaf and hard of hearing somewhere near you, for you to enrol in.

Undertaker wrote: As for your comparision with U2 ;- Well most on here don't like U2. That doesn't mean it's shit music. It can't be because millions buy it.

DJ_Couture wrote: I don't know if I agree with this. Westlife have nearly had more UK Number 1s than anyone else remember. And Robson and Jerome kept The Beatles' (admittedly feeble) "comeback" single Free as A Bird off the top spot. I don't think Bono is on a par with John Constable just because he's sold a lot of records. I genuinely find their songs to be melodically lacking .

tuff enuff wrote:
So, you being a chart specialist, I have a question for you: How many ca. copies do you have to sell these days to get at least to place 100?

Undertaker wrote:Sorry but no. Erasure's last decade of music has sounded tinny and cheap. Their recent poor sales confirm that. Mute aren't backing them because they cannot afford to. The quality doesn't just come from the studio at all. Vince needs some help in writing melodies because he;s run out of idea's and he's hardly going to get that from Andy Bell! They need a producer who knows what he's doing and the producer also needs some decent work to go on.

As for your comparision with U2 ;- Well most on here don't like U2. That doesn't mean it's shit music. It can't be because millions buy it. It's just not our cup of tea. It's like saying Constables Haywain is crap. You might not like art but it doesn't mean a painting is crap.

Erasures input over the past 10+ years has been poor imo. Hardly any decent lyrics. No decent production. Poor songwriting and same old, same old.

JSDOUVRES wrote: In your opinion!

JSDOUVRES wrote: Ive loved some of the last few Erasure releases but you seem obsessed with sales or chart placement! So you don't like U2 but they sell well so can't be shit? Doesn't make sense!
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