Disco 4 Vs The Competition...

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davenjulieuk · #1 Post by **davenjulieuk** » Fri 07 Sep 2007, 5:55 pm

Now that Parlophone has changed the release date of Disco 4 to 8th October 2007 here is what it's up against...

Sugababes - Change
Leona Lewis - New Album TBA
The Hives - New Album TBA
The Guillemots - Back To Mine
Mariah Carey - Illusions: The Butterfly Within
Aled Jones - Reason To Believe
Del Amitri - The Collection
The Bravery - The Sun And The Moon
Ed Harcourt - Until Tomorrow Then: The Best Of Ed Harcourt
Jennifer Lopez - Brave (CD & DVD)
Ali Campbell - Running Free
Aerosmith - Transmissions (CD & Book Set)
Happy Mondays - Bummed (2CD Collector's Edition)

lots of big albums coming out the week before as well....

could this be the first psb album NOT to each the top 40

Pet Shop Girl · #2 Post by **Pet Shop Girl** » Fri 07 Sep 2007, 5:59 pm

Not a very good list of albums to be honest. But Disco 4 will not reach the top 40 at all.

dVTB · #3 Post by **dVTB** » Fri 07 Sep 2007, 6:27 pm

Edited.

Eldritch · #4 Post by **Eldritch** » Fri 07 Sep 2007, 6:33 pm

In the album chart, the releases for that week doesn't matter. It's the steady sellers which will clog the top 40 in every week. It's not a case of chart high and then fall rapidly like with the singles. It will struggle to reach top 75.

gareth · #5 Post by **gareth** » Fri 07 Sep 2007, 7:18 pm

dVTB wrote:I hope Disco 4 won't even land NEAR the Top 40. I hope it will be a massive flop. It's the only way to make EMI clear that PSB fans won't buy everything. We like SOME value for money.

That's the thanks they get for 20+ years of constantly surprising us, doing things differently, releasing innovative product that has never followed the flock, staging fantastic (expensive) stage productions and most importantly writing and recording wonderful music that makes us all happy.

They "owe" us nothing.

With fans like you, who needs enemies.

One of the crowd · #6 Post by **One of the crowd** » Fri 07 Sep 2007, 7:58 pm

Surely Disco 4 wont be eligible for the normal chart and if it does chart it will chart in the COMPILATION chart.

fluffmoln · #7 Post by **fluffmoln** » Fri 07 Sep 2007, 8:40 pm

gareth wrote:
dVTB wrote:I hope Disco 4 won't even land NEAR the Top 40. I hope it will be a massive flop. It's the only way to make EMI clear that PSB fans won't buy everything. We like SOME value for money.
That's the thanks they get for 20+ years of constantly surprising us, doing things differently, releasing innovative product that has never followed the flock, staging fantastic (expensive) stage productions and most importantly writing and recording wonderful music that makes us all happy.

They "owe" us nothing.

With fans like you, who needs enemies.

I'm sure he meant EMI is taking the piss, not PSB. PSB probably wanted more goodies released with this, but EMI shot them down.

gareth · #8 Post by **gareth** » Fri 07 Sep 2007, 8:45 pm

fluffmoln wrote:
gareth wrote:
dVTB wrote:I hope Disco 4 won't even land NEAR the Top 40. I hope it will be a massive flop. It's the only way to make EMI clear that PSB fans won't buy everything. We like SOME value for money.
That's the thanks they get for 20+ years of constantly surprising us, doing things differently, releasing innovative product that has never followed the flock, staging fantastic (expensive) stage productions and most importantly writing and recording wonderful music that makes us all happy.

They "owe" us nothing.

With fans like you, who needs enemies.
I'm sure he meant EMI is taking the piss, not PSB. PSB probably wanted more goodies released with this, but EMI shot them down.

If so then I apologise - just a little tired of people acting like PSB owe them exactly what "they" want all the time. Of course the problem with blaming EMi is that the official site said quite clearly that PSB themselves wanted to gather together their remixes a la Disco 4. And why shouldn't they??

Cheers

G

Pet Shop Girl · #9 Post by **Pet Shop Girl** » Fri 07 Sep 2007, 9:36 pm

THe cd is EMI's doing, not PSBs. I will buy it because I am a fan and they do not owe us anything. But why EMI needed this rushed project out now is beyond me.

Danger · #10 Post by **Danger** » Fri 07 Sep 2007, 9:36 pm

Maybe top 50 not more: there too many great artists out in that week and than the most of PSB fan base will not buy that CD...

gareth · #11 Post by **gareth** » Fri 07 Sep 2007, 10:42 pm

Pet Shop Girl wrote:THe cd is EMI's doing, not PSBs. I will buy it because I am a fan and they do not owe us anything. But why EMI needed this rushed project out now is beyond me.

Did you actually read the original announcement on the OS?

Whereas previous albums in the series have mainly included remixes of PSB tracks by other artists and DJs, Chris and Neil were keen to collect on one album some of their remixes of other artists and their own recent remixes of PSB tracks.

One of the crowd · Fri 07 Sep 2007, 11:20 pm

I'll repeat.

Its a compilation. Its not eligible for the normal chart, surely.

Ghost within this house · Fri 07 Sep 2007, 11:45 pm

Aled Jones will beat them by at least 50 chart places.

dVTB · #14 Post by **dVTB** » Sat 08 Sep 2007, 12:34 am

Edited.

DominoDancing · #15 Post by **DominoDancing** » Sat 08 Sep 2007, 12:49 am

Pet Shop Girl wrote:Not a very good list of albums to be honest. But Disco 4 will not reach the top 40 at all.

There are new releases from the Sugababes, Mariah Carey and The Hives, which are probably all candidates for a top ten position. Jennifer Lopez (I have no idea how her last album fared in the UK) and Leona Lewis will surely have quite good sales well. Looks like a tough week to me.

Apart from that: No, the PSB don't "owe" us anything, but if they want my money they better deliver the goods. I'm with dVTB on this one.