"Rumours" on UK chart for 1000 weeks/ Christine's 80th birthday anniversary.

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

May I ask you a question since you are in the UK? Why do you think Chris's 1984 solo album did so poor in the UK? It was a moderal success in the States and even more successful in some European countries. Yet it bombed in the UK. Since her first solo album many years earlier (pre-Mac) did so well you would have thought they would have eaten up her solo album.

Well, I guess a few things…
By that time I don’t think she was really a ‘name’ in the UK. Though she had some moderate fame back in the late 60’s, her first solo album was never a ‘hit’.
She never really promoted ‘Christine McVie’ in the UK. She didn’t tour.
And I think the music scene here back in those days had shifted a bit. I think her album was a bit too MOR to really catch a lot of sales.
Those are my assumptions…but I was 10 at that time and didn’t really have an awareness of her or FM then so I can’t really say for sure.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

And I think the music scene here back in those days had shifted a bit. .

I think that could be a reason. That chart contains different genres, but if you ask me about 1984, I immediately remember Eurythmics, Lauper, THOMPSON TWINS, Cultura Club and Duran Duran as great representatives of the 80s. Christine singles were moderate popular here but she didn't stand out much.