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Doxa
Let the music speak for itself. Namely, the statistics of any kind do not look very good for UNDERCOVER. It sold okay, like any Stones album, at the time (although weakly compared to the previous albums). But, for example, it is the least streamed Stones album to date, losing even to DIRTY WORK (and of singular tracks, the discussed "Pretty Beat Up" has a tough battle with "Back to Zero" for being the least streamed major album studio cut ever).
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Doxa
Let the music speak for itself. Namely, the statistics of any kind do not look very good for UNDERCOVER. It sold okay, like any Stones album, at the time (although weakly compared to the previous albums). But, for example, it is the least streamed Stones album to date, losing even to DIRTY WORK (and of singular tracks, the discussed "Pretty Beat Up" has a tough battle with "Back to Zero" for being the least streamed major album studio cut ever).
- Doxa
I couldn't believe that Undercover would be losing out to Dirty Work, and after checking Rolling Stones youtube channel, where both songs were uploaded 5 years ago, BTZ got 14K views compared to PBU 60K views. Although that's not a proof of greatness, it's the opposite of your claim.
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Doxa
This made me thinking why UNDERCOVER is such a forgotten album? I don't quite buy the explanation that 'well, it is not very good", since I think it is! Besides, do people even know it being good or bad, since they don' t, for god's sake, even listen it!
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This made me thinking why UNDERCOVER is such a forgotten album? I don't quite buy the explanation that 'well, it is not very good", since I think it is! Besides, do people even know it being good or bad, since they don' t, for god's sake, even listen it!
- Doxa
If you look at the albums released in 1983 I think it is only the top 5 or top 10 best albums that is still listened to. 1983 wasn't exactly 1966 or 1972...
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Oh, boy. This is getting messy and pointless. All these arguments about nothing.
Who went to which concert? Do you know your Rolling Stones? It was played. It was not played. Two chords. Three chords. I hate NME. ...
GasLightStreet has no mercy when it comes to educating and bashing others...
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Doxa
This made me thinking why UNDERCOVER is such a forgotten album? I don't quite buy the explanation that 'well, it is not very good", since I think it is! Besides, do people even know it being good or bad, since they don' t, for god's sake, even listen it!
- Doxa
If you look at the albums released in 1983 I think it is only the top 5 or top 10 best albums that is still listened to. 1983 wasn't exactly 1966 or 1972...
Mathijs
Startlingly, (or maybe not), Rolling Stone's list of top albums of 1983 has Undercover at #5.
[www.albumoftheyear.org]
Glancing through the list, Synchronicity is list just below it and REM's Murmur and Let's Dance by Bowie far below. Those rankings actually have me questioning the veracity of the list, but Undercover at #5 a pleasant surprise.
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This made me thinking why UNDERCOVER is such a forgotten album? I don't quite buy the explanation that 'well, it is not very good", since I think it is! Besides, do people even know it being good or bad, since they don' t, for god's sake, even listen it!
- Doxa
If you look at the albums released in 1983 I think it is only the top 5 or top 10 best albums that is still listened to. 1983 wasn't exactly 1966 or 1972...
Mathijs
Startlingly, (or maybe not), Rolling Stone's list of top albums of 1983 has Undercover at #5.
[www.albumoftheyear.org]
Glancing through the list, Synchronicity is list just below it and REM's Murmur and Let's Dance by Bowie far below. Those rankings actually have me questioning the veracity of the list, but Undercover at #5 a pleasant surprise.
Synchronicity, along with Thriller and Can't Slow Down are the three albums that kept Undercover stuck at #4 on Billboard 200.