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Thanks very much for the update. I think the numbers are respectable anyway, for an album by someone her vintage and with virtually zero publicity. She still has fans and can still produce great stuff.
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By my estimates, Stevie has sold worldwide between 400 and 500K albums IYD and 24KG total. Not bad. Over 300K IYD, and 120K 24KG.
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There was no set up for 24k. It just happened. It's one of the best albums of her career.
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If you didn't know the history you wouldn't say that.
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Actually, if I weren't as big of a fan as I am of her I'd probably
say much worse. There hasn't been much I've liked from her since The Dance. I did like the SoundStage performance. But other than that, I've been very disappointed in her solo albums since Street Angel. If it were just me being tired of her I don't think I'd still enjoy Wild Heart and Bella Donna so much. I even like Rock A Little and The Other Side Of The Mirror, though I hate the way they recorded her voice on those two albums. Foolishly I still wait for that last "good" album. One where she actually writes new songs and sings them. |
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It is pretty much a year since we first heard The Dealer in anticipation of the release of 24 Karat Gold, followed by Lady later in August. In May we were estimating sales of 120 thousand worldwide. I wonder if a few more thousand have added to that in the months since.
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Just thought I'd mention that in my local HMV store, which is in the UK, 24 Karat Gold was positioned right at the front of the store amongst albums that are in the charts!
Seeing the album near others such as Swift's 1989 and Adele's 25 was quite amazing as it didn't sell that many copies here when it was released over a year ago and now it's sitting with that lot! I'm not sure whether they've made a mistake putting it there but it may see a dramatic and unexpected increase in Christmas sales locally because of it! Just thought I'd share this weird and wonderful thing with you as I was really quite surprised. And Merry Christmas everyone! |
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I connected my turntable to my digital 8-track and made this video for YouTube. Here's one of my faves from my vinyl copy of the album...Mabel Normand!!
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(not sure why your quote didn't copy) Right on! I was never aware that songs have expiration dates. Just because it was a work in progress that lingered in relative obscurity for decades, forgotten, unfinished, abandoned, unreleased... it bares no judgment to its validity. Any time I read vapid and disparaging quips like "there is a reason it was left in the vault " intimating that anything unused or old isn't worth releasing, it drives me crazy. These sentiments come from those who clearly have no artistic ability, or no understanding of how the creative process works. I suspect Stevie has a lot of newer writings and potential songs that have not leaked out to social media, maybe masterpieces in waiting, written several years ago or twenty years ago. The genesis of a song is of no matter -- age doesn't determine potential. Stevie evokes an alluring air of mystery and imagery by calling what may very well be just a file cabinet a vault (a skill of which she is very adept). Vaults are commonly used to safely secure precious objects and items of value, not a dank space used as a dumping ground for discards.
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the problem for me with 24k is that too many of the songs drone on waaayyy too long. I know for some this is appealing, but to me, honestly, many of her songs could be cut easily by at least a minute. Take Lady....(please! ) but really- that could be cut by about a minute and a half. I like IYD more, but again, a number of the songs could be made shorter and should be. Wide Sargasso Sea is one of my faves on there but it really is hurt by too many repetitions of the chorus at the end. I blame Dave Stewart. He just isn't willing to be a proper editor for her work and she desperately needs one. 24k is a self-indulgent work. If you're going to finally release the songs, do something more interesting with them or just remaster the demos and put those out (I know, I know, can't really do that when she recorded them on little cassette recorders). 24k had so much promise and just didn't deliver.
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I would like to hear her a little less safe with her vocals. The lyrics IMHO are fine, but if she keeps Dave as producer, I think she should sing like she means it, rather than just recite verses loudly. I think the closest we've gotten to that recently was the improv on I Don't Care. I wish her sound was a little less crisp and clean these days.
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