Anticlamactic?

[blinker12]

I'm finding this final week leading up to the release of In Your Dreams oddly anticlimactic. Apart from a couple reviews in rather obscure publications, there's been little to no press about the album. I'm surprised because I remember the final week before both TISL and Say You Will being action-packed with interviews, song previews, TV appearances etc.

I'm not trying to be negative, or say that this portends poor sales for In Your Dreams. But I am puzzled. Anyone else?

Maybe it's just the calm before the storm.

[AnthonyMI]

The record industry has changed. Nobody cares about New Release Tuesday anymore. Nobody lines up at record stores anymore for new albums. Nobody buys 45s anymore. Albums don't just don't sell like the used to anymore. Stores like Media Play and Circuit City are gone. Best buy has an ever shrinking CD department. VH1 and MTV only play reality TV shows.


The Record Industry knows the only way to move albums is in the Digital World is through word of mouth, Singles of the Week at Starbucks, kiosks at stores with a handful of albums, iTunes and Youtube/Facebook. I expect THOSE are the places we will see the most of Stevie being promoted. You just are NOT going to see the amount of airtime The Dance got, well, because MTV and VH1 don't play music anymore. We were luck Soundstage did FM and Steve when they did!

For the over 40 crowd that are her fan base (maybe over 50?) who more than likely do NOT have Facebook or give a crap about the Digital World, you can expect some late night talk shows (Leno, Letterman) and day time blitz (Ellen, The View, Oprah (check) and Today Show (double Check)).

[bluefox4000]

Stevie's essentially over the hill and has had her day. Her core fans will buy the record. I don't think we can expect much more. We'll buy. that's good enough. I don't know why some people expect the 2nd coming of Nicks. Not being negative. I just Wonder.

Mick

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by blinker12

I'm finding this final week leading up to the release of In Your Dreams oddly anticlimactic. Apart from a couple reviews in rather obscure publications, there's been little to no press about the album. I'm surprised because I remember the final week before both TISL and Say You Will being action-packed with interviews, song previews, TV appearances etc.

I'm not trying to be negative, or say that this portends poor sales for In Your Dreams. But I am puzzled. Anyone else?

Maybe it's just the calm before the storm.

I agree... in the interest of trying to keep this album out of the hands of bootleggers, Stevie/WB seem to have sabotaged the success of IYD. Rolling Stone should have already published a review. There should be listening parties. There should be more tracks being released to radio. There should be more interviews. I mean, for crikeys sake, there have been zero print ads, zero internet ads, minimal social media interaction and just one television appearance (that didn't showcase any new material). The world at large still does not know about this album. But for all we know, this could just be par for the course for "legacy artists" these days. Given Dave Stewart's involvement and his creative, out-of-the-box approach to... just about everything, I was hoping the launch of IYD would be extraordinary. Instead it's the same ol', same ol'...

[DallasDude]

Turn on the radio, and listen. Do you hear anyone over the age of 35 singing? Talent has nothing to do with it. Stevie knows this, which is most likely why she has had the weight of having to produce radio hits lifted from her, allowing her the creative space to produce an album she was most proud of. By all accounts, Dave allowed her to do this and didn't try to make her sound "today" or "hip."

[chriskisn]

Originally Posted by bluefox4000

Stevie's essentially over the hill and has had her day. Her core fans will buy the record. I don't think we can expect much more. We'll buy. that's good enough. I don't know why some people expect the 2nd coming of Nicks. Not being negative. I just Wonder.

Mick

Because a lot of people make her into an object of worship. I do understand, I feel the same way about Bob Dylan (there can be no bad concerts because you are in the presence of God personified). Sadly you have to take a reality check that the majority of the world don't feel that way .

[bluefox4000]

Nothing wrong with it, I don't understand because I've never put an artist that much on high. It''s perfectly fine though

Mick.

[DallasDude]

I actually hope that this CD is so good she can move on to other things. I'd rather see her concentrating on writing her autobiography, or developing a FM screenplay. As for recording again, unless Christine is back in the studio, I'm less interested in hearing another Mac project.

[Artemis]

She'll probably do a media-blitz next week, starting with the Glee episode of Rumours (If a promo for IYD doesn't air while that is on; I've lost all faith that her record company even know how to spell marketing, never mind know how to do it)

Although, I did think we'd be seeing some more TV / Radio appearances, or some articles or something. It's all a bit too quiet. I say we blame Rod Stewart. I bet Stevie will if the album flops (which I don't think it will)

[jkmaletic]

What a bummer thread...although there are valid points.

I think it's the calm before the storm. Next month they have all kinds of promotion scheduled. Next WEEK we have the Today Show and the Webster Hall show. For whatever reason, WB decided to do the bulk of the promotion after the release.

Jamie

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

For whatever reason, WB decided to do the bulk of the promotion after the release.

Maybe they want the album to be a grower instead of being a big hit, then slowly falling away?

[Spoinny]

Originally Posted by DallasDude

I actually hope that this CD is so good she can move on to other things. I'd rather see her concentrating on writing her autobiography, or developing a FM screenplay. As for recording again, unless Christine is back in the studio, I'm less interested in hearing another Mac project.

It would be nice for Christine to at least record, if not tour, with the band 1 more time. Sadly, I think she's retired for good.

Wonder what Stevie will do next?

[tabruns]

Originally Posted by bluefox4000

Stevie's essentially over the hill and has had her day. Her core fans will buy the record. I don't think we can expect much more. We'll buy. that's good enough. I don't know why some people expect the 2nd coming of Nicks. Not being negative. I just Wonder.

Mick

I think people just want the album to do well enough so that there will be more music down the road.

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

What a bummer thread...although there are valid points.

I think it's the calm before the storm. Next month they have all kinds of promotion scheduled. Next WEEK we have the Today Show and the Webster Hall show. For whatever reason, WB decided to do the bulk of the promotion after the release.

Jamie

Here Here!! This really is depressing thread, just one week before Stevie's 1st new album in 10 years. Jeeeezz! We should all be celebrating. The album will do what it will do. Stevie is a sixty-somthing artist, who is doing ok, relatively speaking, in regard to pre-release expectation. Stevie hasn't pandered to the latest "sound" to force a hit song (thank goodness) or collaborate with the "in" current artists (like she did on TISL) so all being said, I expect a fantastic non-contrived artistically driven classic Stevie Nicks record - Finally!!!

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

I agree... in the interest of trying to keep this album out of the hands of bootleggers, Stevie/WB seem to have sabotaged the success of IYD. Rolling Stone should have already published a review.

IDK, I think they are being smart by keeping a tight lid on this album. We have 2 full songs, and the trailer The listening parties/album showcase's for TISL, produced most of the leaked advance promo copies, that ended up in the hands of fans and on the web & ebay early. And that cost Stevie dearly, cause that was at the height of file sharing & Napster. Stevie & WB probably easily lost over a hundred thousand copies that could have been sold, instead of downloaded. So now, with Stevie's base and celebrity considerably smaller than it was 10 years ago, they cannot afford to have this one leak and lose any more precious sales.
Also I suspect we'll see a review for IYD in the next RS.

[jkmaletic]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Maybe they want the album to be a grower instead of being a big hit, then slowly falling away?

One HOPES it's that thought out, but who knows.

Jamie