I was out during two weeks, so here we go again and with the US chart summary of the last weeks:


Issue Date - January 7, 2005

The Billboard 200

128. A Bigger Bang (16 wks, 28,500 / 451,500)
173. Jump Back (57 wks, 21,500 / 671,100)
200. Rarities (4 wks, 17,400 / 74,049)



Issue Date - January 14, 2005

All the albums are out of the Billboard 200 but I have sales:

A Bigger Bang (8,100 / 459,700)
Rarities (6,800 / 80,800)

Rain Fall Down makes the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play this week debuting at #44. RFD is the 3rd charting single from ABB on Billboard.



Issue Date - January 21, 2005

A Bigger Bang is still out of the chart, it sold 5,000 copies this week with the total close to 465,000 copies.
Surprisingly, Rarities re-enter again on the chart:

The Billboard 200

183. Rarities (5 wks, 6,115 / 86,909)

Rain Fall Down climbs to #40 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play in the second week.

Conclusively, it seems to all intents and purposes that the US public regard ABB and Rarities as a turkey and a duffer respectively.

Not really a reason for Mick & Keith to do
another album.

Time to go ---to Europe!