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Kurt
Curious to see the sales numbers of their new album, 72 Seasons, which was released last Friday. Massive marketing efforts including a Global Premiere Watch party in movie theaters last Thursday night, independent record store listening parties all over the land on Friday, multiple LP variants, CD's, videos, streaming services and even a cassette offering.
Large merch offering, contests and world-wide press.
New tour with a massive in-the-round stadium stage setup begins just in a few weeks' time.
Sales look to be very strong.
It was the top seller on Amazon as of yesterday. It's friggin great. I really enjoy it. Think I might prefer Hardwired by a milli-hair, but they have definitely rediscovered their sound, between Magnetic, Hardwired, and this one. I do think St. Anger is a damn fine album too, though I know most despise it. S&M2 was a letdown for me, and LuLu, well, there's just nothing to say. The Load's had some great tracks, but it would have been a magnificent single album - better probably than the Black album even. But they are most definitely back. And I just got notice last night that they're going to live stream 2 of their shows this summer in theaters all over the world - there's an avenue our boys haven't tried yet.
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bye bye johnny
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"I always go and say hello to our support act: I look them in the eye, I ask them if there's anything they need. It's a human thing; if somebody comes out and plays on a Metallica stage I want them to feel at home."
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Kurt
First week sales numbers being released...
#2 in US
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Kurt
First week sales numbers being released...
#1 in UK
#1 in Australia
#1 in Netherlands
#1 in France
#1 in Germany
#1 in Sweden
#2 in Norway
#2 in US
Currently loving You Must Burn! and Room of Mirrors.
Fantastic album.
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Kurt
I personally bought the LP, the CD and a cassette.
Maybe my cassette purchase will push Metallica over the top!
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DeanGoodman
Yeah, sad but true.
Pretty good analysis here:
METALLICA's 72 Seasons Has Their Worst First Week Sales In A Long Time
[metalinjection.net]