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I think the important question is, "Does Stevie consider the album to be a flop?"
And unfortunately, from the way she talks in recent interviews about how no one buys records anymore, it seems she does. Or more accurately, she considers pretty much all albums released these days to be flops. If her words are to be taken at face value, lack of potential sales was at least part of the reason she didn't go into the studio with Christine and Lindsey. Her attitude could be summed up as, "Why bother, when no one will buy the record anyway?" Of course, she kinda contradicts herself on this (Stevie, contradict? No! ;)) because she's also said she recorded IYD and 24KG because she finally stopped caring about sales. So who knows. :shrug: |
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Even when Stevie (occasionally) says she'll keep making music for the fans & doesn't care if it sells, it must be a hard pill to swallow when you remember the glory years of say...The white album through RAL or Tango. Maybe if she'd had 10 years of albums and middling success (as the rest of the Mac had) before hitting it BIG, it would be easier for her now to make albums for art's sake. :shrug:
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I think any artist in Stevie's age demo that release an album that debuts in the top 20 is impressive.
I don't think 24k is a flop. I wouldn't call it a smash hit either. But it did debut in the top 10, which is relevant. |
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Putting it in perspective, I remembered that Tusk was considered a flop when it was released, but now people hold it in high regard and several Deluxe editions have been released since then.
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It's like why they have candy and gossip rags and such at the checkout in stores.... it's called impulse buying. It would mean more ka-ching in her coffers. Now if as someone says, sales at shows (i.e. through non retailers) don't count towards Billboard rankings, and if in fact this is why Stevie and her people didn't have them for sale at shows, that would seriously damage my opinion of her/them.... because that would say they aren't about getting actual music out to actual fans (you know, all that blah blah in interviews about how "the real reason I write songs is to make people feel better, to bring some joy to them for 3 minutes of their day") but all about the image-polishing prestige of Billboard rankings. (not that I think those don't count but to piss on fans who keep you in private jets and all like that is crap) |
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