Say You Will sales ten years after release

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by vivfox

I'm glad you said this because it reminded me how I used to go to my favorite record store and gladly wait a week or two for the current issue of Billboard to be given to me. This went on for years and years. My favorite column was Boxscore. I was always excited to see how well Stevie or FM were doing in concert and how much money they were making. I actually once purchased a six month subscription so I could get them mailed to me. This was in 1984 and FM or Stevie didn't do any touring then.

You made Christine cry.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

You made Christine cry.

Her audience capacity wasn't large enough to enter Billboard's Boxscores.

[Macfanforever]

I always love SYW.It got great radio airplay and all tunes are great.

[Ulpian]

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

I always love SYW.It got great radio airplay and all tunes are great.

It has grown on me. I think there are some beautiful songs, but there is also some padding / utter rubbish.

I could easily have cut Red Rover, Silver Girl and Come.

For me this was the first album that came out when I was a real fan. I got really into FM just as The Dance tour had stopped. I suppose I was disappointed that Christine didn't feature beyond BTLH and SYHA and at the time that really put me off.

Now, I would say Peacekeeper and Thrown Down are up there with my favourite FM songs.

I also quite like that you can hear Christine on BTLH, particularly. Although I like The Dance version, the studio track feels like a nice 'goodbye' to the five-person lineup as I hear them all on it.