Lindsey's Solo Album Sales
 

Just out of curiosity, could someone post the current sales of Liddy's solo albums? It would be very much appreciated.:nod:

Thank you,
Ethan

It's just interesting... sort of like following sports stats. :shrug:

I've always enjoyed tracking album sales and chart placements, etc.
I don't base my appreciation for an artist/song/album on those statistics, but I do enjoy having all the facts. :)

To answer Ethan... I don't have any current numbers for Lindsey's solo albums. But given that none of them have reached "gold" status (which is a reflection of the amount of copies shipped over the years, but not necessarily sold), it's safe to say that they've each sold less than 500,000 copies.

Because I am curious and have no idea how they have sold.....

I'm curious about this as well. I read an interview recently and Lindsey said he hoped/expected the album to sell about 200,000 copies. Is he anywhere near that? Also, how many copies has OOTC sold?

This is not my first post in the Liddy thread......

Ethan , I can't quote you figures but from articles i've read here and there I believe Law and order sold the most copies. Something that LB said in an interview makes me think it sold about 300, 000 plus. Go insane - something similar.
OOTC (my personal favourite sold the worst, not even 100,000.) And I don't know what the current figures are for UTS. If he hopes to sell 200,000 or so, maybe it's doing better than expected.

He said that "If it sells 150,000 or 200,000 copies by summer I'll be very happy" [paraphrasing]. I think remember reading that OOTC sold 125,000 or something like that. Not sure about the rest.

it's because he now has carte blanche to start as many pointless threads as he wants.

Go away.

Thank you.
Gerald.

Is Ethan the first person to ask how Lindsey's solo albums have sold? Get a grip, folks.

It's actually kinda funny because you all sound so defensive.

the same reason someone might care that Britney Spears shaved her head and make an avatar out of it. Oh snap! hahah (wink)

I never said they were similar.

that's why she wasn't talking to you.

LOL i remember that. god christ. :lol:

i thought it was because you were such a huge britney fan? :shrug:

:laugh:

we all know you're the high bidder on that brazillian wax ebay auction :wavey:

Nah, I'm not a fan. It means you're fanatical about something. I just love Fleetwood Mac thats all.

What I meant was, for the same reason that someone might seek to find out how many albums Lindsey has sold would be the same reason someone might give 2 sh*ts about Britney shaving her head...curiousity. Wise @$$.

I don't see the problem with wanting to know why. With artists like FM, LB, SN etc. the subject will always come up because every time you read a review or article about someone related to Rumours you hear "one of the biggest selling albums ever" "100bajillion copies sold" etc. It's only natural that someone might think "Wow, Rumours sold that much so I wonder how well 'X album' did in comparison?"

Some people find it interesting, some people couldn't care one way or the other. In the end it doesn't really matter whether you're interested or not.

It still surprises me that out of those first 3 albums, OOTC sold the least copies. It's the only album actually backed by a tour, he did quite some promo for it, it got the best reviews out of all three, and it's the most commercial one. Or, I should say, easiest to accept by the general audience.

It does seem strange. Maybe by the early 90's people had forgotten about him? :shrug:

Don't worry. He's sold like...37 quadrillion copies of it since I reviewed it for Epinions.com back in September. At least that's what I've heard.

If other people can't even stop themselves from responding to "pointless" threads, why should Ethan stop himself from starting them?

Kind of funny how it's always easier to find fault in others.

That's what I was going to say. It was 5 years since Tango. FM was in the BTM window, and mass adulation had waned.

=no coattails.


Law and Order will always be my favorite.

What I find totally irritating that sales are still a topic in fanland. The man tries for a lifetime to pull all the attention to himself, his skills and his art and NOT his commercial value, and people who say they love him keep on discussing it more than his art. People like this threadstarter may start what they want. But it irritates the frickin'hell out of me. I want to discuss music. Sometimes I think that there are just a handfull soulmates on this site.

Ok ok, I was being a bit "sarky" but I was just proving that musicman's point was just as valid as yours. Point is, he's interested in Lindsey and that's what we all have in common here. It's not an unreasonable question to ask. He might be a numbers guy. Maybe record sales gets him off. Who knows?

I find that a stranger thing to say than musicMan's original topic, which seemingly has gotten your panties all in a wad.

Nor is it a pointless thread. I was actually going to create a thread with the same question. I think its a good question? Is it not? Nothing wrong with being curious.

Come on demon. Threads about his relation to stevie, about his remarks about being commercial, his looks, his remarks about other macmembers are getting filled in an instant. Threads about musical content, thoughts about his art in specific, are not.

There are few people that really talk about (the perception of) music here.

This I have noticed as well... :distress:

I knew there was a reason you loved this forum.

I too am curious, and have asked the same question previously, but no one seems to know where to find the info.
oh well. :shrug:

I have been reading lots of ****ty threads about Stevies and Lindsey personal lifes about Lindseys wife and so on. And then someone asks about album sales and that is pointless? Now come on. I have been interested in that by myself. I`d like to know the numbers too. Why? Yes why. Why is anyone here? Why spending time on the internet for a hobby.

You may have misunderstood what I meant, Stefan... most likely because you, thankfully, haven't been exposed to the brouhaha that's been going on in other forums here.

I don't personally feel that Ethan's (musicman408) question was pointless. In fact, it's an interesting one.
However, other Ledgies have deemed him to be a nuisance, and won't cut him even the smallest amount of slack.

So my response wasn't in regards to the legitimacy of Ethan's question... it was directed to those people who can't manage to muster the self control to refrain from participating in the very same threads they loudly decry as "pointless."

Well, I don't blame Ethan. He can do what he want. It's just typical that asking for albumsales happens over here. Let's be fair: It's a topic that follows LB for 30 years now, and whatever the guy tries to accomplish with his art: since 1979 he fights against THAT specific expectationforce. Hell, the guy repeats the same things over and over again in interviews and tries to make music that is conquering that expectation and drives alot of businesspeople insane.

Over here, the home of his biggest fans, they just do the same. And I ask myself; how long must the man say that albumsales is NOT his main focus before people accept and go INTO the art and discuss THAT?

I only love this forum because it sets me in contact with people who provide "realtime" information and wicked downloads. And a few people inspire me with good music outside of my Macfix. I cherish that. But I cannot be found alot outside the LB-forum, simply because 90 percent is bull in my opinion.

Man, this thread is so Raven.

Almost as fun as Cow Girl Hat's! :)

I understood where you were coming from. I thought it was a valid question though... even if it has been asked before.
My reply truly was in response to Carrie's assertion that Ethan now has "carte blanche" to create as many "pointless threads" as he wishes.

If she, or anyone else, feels that this or any of Ethan's other threads are pointless, then they should stay away from them. It's as simple as it sounds. No one forces anyone to read a thread. Glance at the subject line and who posted it, and if it's not your cup of tea then move on to something else.

By the way, despite protestations to the contrary, I have a feeling that if this album had been a massive sales success for Lindsey, there would have been much rejoicing on this board.

Every time a favorable critical review is posted, a round of cheers goes up in praise of the journalist for seeing Lindsey's "vision," so I imagine the same would happen if the album caught on with the public, too.

I'm not saying that as if it's a bad thing, mind you.

true. 100 percent. i understand that someone percieves them as spammy and irritating though. It would be nice if moderators acknowledged that too. And Ignore doesn't work for threads. I've tried that:laugh: .

actually Lindsey, Mick and Christine's solo sales are kind of funny... lol

My interest in knowing the "sales" is to know how many people in the world have a Lindsey album not how much money Lindsey is making. Weird to me that the only reason someone assumes another is curious is from a $$$ standpoint. :shrug:

As to discussions of Lindsey other than "music" IMO Lindsey is a man not a marionette.