Forever Delayed - The Independent Manics Forum  

Go Back   Forever Delayed - The Independent Manics Forum > Manic Street Preachers > Manic Street Preachers Discussion

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1246  
Old 14-09-2021, 08:31
someone, somewhere, soon's Avatar
someone, somewhere, soon someone, somewhere, soon is offline
Desire on its knees
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cambridge
Age: 43
Posts: 982
For my contribution to gaming the chart, I’ve been playing the album on Spotify rather than listening to my local library… 61 streams so far apparently, does that count as another unit towards sales yet? (I think I already know the answer here…)
__________________
http://www.last.fm/user/-jc-
Reply With Quote
  #1247  
Old 14-09-2021, 08:37
UEF's Avatar
UEF UEF is offline
Doors slowly closing
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London
Posts: 9,102
Quote:
Originally Posted by someone, somewhere, soon View Post
For my contribution to gaming the chart, I’ve been playing the album on Spotify rather than listening to my local library… 61 streams so far apparently, does that count as another unit towards sales yet? (I think I already know the answer here…)
You need to listen to the album start to finish 100 times to get 1 album 'sale'

Deep inside Manics HQ I'd imagine there are racks of servers, crunching bitcoins and listening to TUVL on repeat
__________________
V2002 • Move 2003 • V2006 • KoKo 2006 • Culture Show 2007 • Album Chart Show 2007 • XFM 2007 • V2007 • Glastonbury 2007 • Astoria 2007 • London Brixton 2007 • NME Awards 2008 • NME Big Gig 2008 • Forever Heavenly 2008 • Roundhouse 2009 • Forum 2009 • Concert for Care 2009 • XFM Winter Wonderland 2010 • Brixton Academy 2011 • Blackwood Miners Institute 2011 • Roundhouse 2011 • O2 2011 • Rough Trade East 2012 • Shepherds Bush 2013 • Brixton 2014 • Glastonbury 2014 • Rough Trade East 2014 • Acoustic Guitar Show 2014 • London Roundhouse 2014 • Cardiff Castle 2015 • London On Blackheath 2015 • London Royal Albert Hall 2016 • Swansea Liberty Stadium 2016 • Wembley Arena 2018 • Shepherds Bush 2019 • Kingston Pryzm 2021 x2 • Wembley Arena 2021 • Glastonbury 2023 • Alexandra Palace 2024 (40)
Reply With Quote
  #1248  
Old 14-09-2021, 09:03
UEF's Avatar
UEF UEF is offline
Doors slowly closing
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London
Posts: 9,102
Tickets going begging for that acoustic gig in October...

https://www.banquetrecords.com/manic...B%29/MSP201021
__________________
V2002 • Move 2003 • V2006 • KoKo 2006 • Culture Show 2007 • Album Chart Show 2007 • XFM 2007 • V2007 • Glastonbury 2007 • Astoria 2007 • London Brixton 2007 • NME Awards 2008 • NME Big Gig 2008 • Forever Heavenly 2008 • Roundhouse 2009 • Forum 2009 • Concert for Care 2009 • XFM Winter Wonderland 2010 • Brixton Academy 2011 • Blackwood Miners Institute 2011 • Roundhouse 2011 • O2 2011 • Rough Trade East 2012 • Shepherds Bush 2013 • Brixton 2014 • Glastonbury 2014 • Rough Trade East 2014 • Acoustic Guitar Show 2014 • London Roundhouse 2014 • Cardiff Castle 2015 • London On Blackheath 2015 • London Royal Albert Hall 2016 • Swansea Liberty Stadium 2016 • Wembley Arena 2018 • Shepherds Bush 2019 • Kingston Pryzm 2021 x2 • Wembley Arena 2021 • Glastonbury 2023 • Alexandra Palace 2024 (40)
Reply With Quote
  #1249  
Old 14-09-2021, 09:06
blackflower's Avatar
blackflower blackflower is offline
Bored of being bored
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London
Age: 49
Posts: 1,656
Right, got the LP + 7" + Pryzm ticket, hooray! This brings me to 5 Manics gigs this year (if I make them all, deities willing, etc). I haven't done that many in a single year for ages (if ever!)

Weirdly, I had to leave a comment on the ordering page before they'd let me through to payment - it seemed to suggest that this was going to be a message on a signed record? Anyway, I just wrote "Stay beautiful!" of course

Okay, now I'm off to stream TUVL another 9784 times.

Edit (I'm all about the edits today): If it is going to be signed, I should have put my name there, shouldn't I? Never mind!
Reply With Quote
  #1250  
Old 14-09-2021, 09:16
michael michael is offline
Freed from the century
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London
Age: 41
Posts: 547
Quote:
Originally Posted by blackflower View Post

Weirdly, I had to leave a comment on the ordering page before they'd let me through to payment - it seemed to suggest that this was going to be a message on a signed record? Anyway, I just wrote "Stay beautiful!" of course
On another page on the site they say that this box is for any question you might have in the Q&A. They definitely don't make it clear though.
Reply With Quote
  #1251  
Old 14-09-2021, 09:17
everlasting's Avatar
everlasting everlasting is offline
I live to fall asleep
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Wakefield
Age: 41
Posts: 4,658
I keep listening to the album on Spotify. I read somewhere that 1,500 plays of any song count as a sale towards that particular album. Not sure how it all work really. Hopefully the band can hang on for a No.1 but we'll see.
__________________
Reply With Quote
  #1252  
Old 14-09-2021, 09:22
blackflower's Avatar
blackflower blackflower is offline
Bored of being bored
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London
Age: 49
Posts: 1,656
Quote:
Originally Posted by michael View Post
On another page on the site they say that this box is for any question you might have in the Q&A. They definitely don't make it clear though.
Ah, gotcha! No, it certainly wasn't clear. Looks like I just told the Manics to stay beautiful then
Reply With Quote
  #1253  
Old 14-09-2021, 09:23
Dancing Kirby's Avatar
Dancing Kirby Dancing Kirby is offline
Doors slowly closing
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 8,893
Quote:
Originally Posted by everlasting View Post
1,500 plays of any song count as a sale towards that particular album.
Maybe this is why Nicky included his minute-long demos on the Spotify album. We see you and your repeat button, Wire.
Reply With Quote
  #1254  
Old 14-09-2021, 10:01
deadmartyr's Avatar
deadmartyr deadmartyr is offline
A self-made vacuum
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Bristol
Age: 39
Posts: 2,019
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dancing Kirby View Post
Steps have dropped the price of their CD to £4.99 on Amazon. Nicky needs to give away a cassette of his jazz album with TUVL. I want it on the website first thing in the morning and I want it signed by Sean as Happyfeet. I don’t care if he’s gone to bed, wake him up and get it done. Let’s not mess about here.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dancing Kirby View Post
Steps are on This Morning today. The Manics need to respond by getting themselves on Loose Women.
__________________
I need a remedy, of diesel and dust. Something I can taste, with a fix I can trust. Another high, more potent than lust. Eating and repeating like the workings of rust and time.
Reply With Quote
  #1255  
Old 14-09-2021, 10:22
almostfamous's Avatar
almostfamous almostfamous is offline
Freed from the century
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 762
Oh dear gap is now just 1k.
Reply With Quote
  #1256  
Old 14-09-2021, 10:33
UEF's Avatar
UEF UEF is offline
Doors slowly closing
 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: London
Posts: 9,102
The chart finishes on Thursday night, right? Expect hitherto unseen levels of signed tat to be offered
__________________
V2002 • Move 2003 • V2006 • KoKo 2006 • Culture Show 2007 • Album Chart Show 2007 • XFM 2007 • V2007 • Glastonbury 2007 • Astoria 2007 • London Brixton 2007 • NME Awards 2008 • NME Big Gig 2008 • Forever Heavenly 2008 • Roundhouse 2009 • Forum 2009 • Concert for Care 2009 • XFM Winter Wonderland 2010 • Brixton Academy 2011 • Blackwood Miners Institute 2011 • Roundhouse 2011 • O2 2011 • Rough Trade East 2012 • Shepherds Bush 2013 • Brixton 2014 • Glastonbury 2014 • Rough Trade East 2014 • Acoustic Guitar Show 2014 • London Roundhouse 2014 • Cardiff Castle 2015 • London On Blackheath 2015 • London Royal Albert Hall 2016 • Swansea Liberty Stadium 2016 • Wembley Arena 2018 • Shepherds Bush 2019 • Kingston Pryzm 2021 x2 • Wembley Arena 2021 • Glastonbury 2023 • Alexandra Palace 2024 (40)
Reply With Quote
  #1257  
Old 14-09-2021, 10:42
tzb's Avatar
tzb tzb is offline
Under neon loneliness
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 34,152
Where's the cheapest chart eligible place to buy an MP3 album these days?
__________________
🜁 ᴛᴡᴏ ғɪɴɢᴇʀs ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ | ᴛᴡᴏ ғɪɴɢᴇʀs ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ | ᴛᴡᴏ ғɪɴɢᴇʀs ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴀʟʟ ʟɪᴠᴇ ɪɴ
Reply With Quote
  #1258  
Old 14-09-2021, 10:52
*Found That Soul*'s Avatar
*Found That Soul* *Found That Soul* is offline
I live to fall asleep
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: oxford
Age: 36
Posts: 3,379
Quote:
Originally Posted by almostfamous View Post
Oh dear gap is now just 1k.
Oh no, such a shame. I know the charts mean nothing but it would be nice for them to get a number 1 album.
Reply With Quote
  #1259  
Old 14-09-2021, 11:16
centralscrutiniser's Avatar
centralscrutiniser centralscrutiniser is offline
I live to fall asleep
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Llareggub
Age: 38
Posts: 3,483
This is going to come across as a really naive question but....what difference does it make, really? Why would having a no.1 album help them? Other than it being a nice thing to say they've had and something to stick on the adverts?

Is there any genuine financial, contractual, whatever benefit to having a no 1 album?
__________________
I may have told you this before, I could have been the King of Wales
Reply With Quote
  #1260  
Old 14-09-2021, 11:21
tzb's Avatar
tzb tzb is offline
Under neon loneliness
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 34,152
Financial, yes because it equates to more sales.

Speculation follows:

I believe the biggest benefit is the additional coverage it will give them, see for example Mogwai whose number 1 album earlier in the year was a major talking point for a while and probably contributed to their nomination for the Mercury (it is a bloody good album but that's hardly new for them).

It raises their profile temporarily, may help them get playlisted on radio and streaming services and will probably please their record company, which is never a bad thing.
__________________
🜁 ᴛᴡᴏ ғɪɴɢᴇʀs ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ | ᴛᴡᴏ ғɪɴɢᴇʀs ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ | ᴛᴡᴏ ғɪɴɢᴇʀs ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴀʟʟ ʟɪᴠᴇ ɪɴ
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 20:24.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.6
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.