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Originally Posted by Villavic
I'm sure Reprise and Warner would have agreed with you. Casual fans are who at the end define their market share.
I remember there were threads and poll here, about which songs would we have chosen so that t SYW would have a usual runtime.
If it had only 12 songs, would I listen to it more often? Maybe, but I don't think much more. Definitely not as much as Tusk.
Would it have sold better? Probably, Google says when Fleetwood Mac released Say You Will on April 15, 2003, the standard CD version carried a standard list retail price of $18.98. Correct me if I'm wrong but that was a bit more expensive than the usual price. How much more would it have sold if it had cost ~$13? I don't think much more; it was already 2003.
How many casual fans cared that Christine wasn't there, to the point of not wanting to buy the album? That's a good question.
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Casual fans are the ones who make your album sell 5 million copies. Die hards are the ones who buy your 50k.
A great album(ones that sell into the stratosphere) is a great experience, front to back. It flows seamlessly. I'd say that Tusk is that. SYW is NOT. I maintain that if they'd cut it down to the poppiest 42 minute album possible, that it would have sold more.
Casual fans not caring about Christine? Maybe not seeing her face, but hearing her pop songs, and her soothing voice? I've told this story a million times, but I got my copy of deluxe SYW from my cousin's roommate. She'd bought it, and tried to like it, but HATED it, and gave it to me. "This doesn't sound like FM!" She especially hated Come. I'd say she has good taste...