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Originally Posted by michelej1
I don't think she ever said, "People stole TISL," but when asked why she didn't make another solo album after TISL -- she cited theft. Those interview comments came after she did Caesar's and were usually not related to why she wasn't making another FM album. They were about her solo work.
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I remember that -- but I never connected those statements with anything having to do with 'Shangri-La's' sales. In fact, I'd be surprised if she weren't pleased with how well it did. Industry insiders, per the trade magazines, sure seemed to be impressed with its sales figures. It may not have sold a million, but surely
someone had to have pointed out to Stevie that she had sold better than many of her contemporaries.
No, I think Stevie allowed herself to believe all the doom & gloom about the state of the recording industry in 2005, and let it cloud her judgment.
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Originally Posted by michelej1
At any rate, they didn't make me think she wasn't bitter about low sales and looking to blame someone for them.
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Again, even if she were bitter about 'TISL's' sales, the argument was that she doesn't like something only once it doesn't live up to sales expectations. I don't believe that to be true. But I do believe that she views low sales as a validation of her opinion when she already wasn't pleased with an album.