What are the sales/chart position of the new album? Just interested.
According to the web he hasn't hit the top 75 yet! John is in the top 10. Even Bon Jovi have hit the top 40. Whenever I mention the album to non-Beatle people I get a look of bemused indifference*. Horrible to say, but I think the great unwashed don't care anymore.
* mind you, that's a pretty standard response to most things I say.
It's a shame. He is not so musically considered by the media as when he was making the Anthology project (10 years ago!!). Now he's on TV because of the concert for NYC or Live 8 but not because of his great last album. For me it's a correct album from a man in his 60s being happy with his wife and remembering his good old days with the mates he has lost. It seems that it's time to remember, at least for Paul.
According to the web he hasn't hit the top 75 yet! John is in the top 10. Even Bon Jovi have hit the top 40. Whenever I mention the album to non-Beatle people I get a look of bemused indifference*. Horrible to say, but I think the great unwashed don't care anymore.
* mind you, that's a pretty standard response to most things I say.
It made number 1 in Montreal. I read that on canoe.ca.
You're so vain, you probably think this post is about you.
According to the web he hasn't hit the top 75 yet! John is in the top 10.
John is doing better in the UK than Paul because of the British sentimentality thing about dead stars and heroes. Witness the Freddie Mercury thing; the explosion of interest after he died. And, still more so, the Princess Diana thing. A lot of people weren't crazy about either before they died. I think the British media are good at understanding British sentimentality and whipping up people's feelings. I might be annoying some John purists in saying that. And, even some Diana fans!? But it's not my intention.
But, after John was murdered, there was a rush of purchasing interest in John's latest album, and the record company couldn't make new albums fast enough for release! I recall that.
I bought the album and I like it. I love Fine Line, A certain Softness, and Riding to Vanity Fair on my first listen. There is a lot of piano used in this album. It's a good album an I expect better the more you listen to it.
Me too. The more I listen to it, the more I think that 'Too Much Rain' is the best on the album. I reserve a spot for my opinion to change at any time though.
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lol...I got through first 4 tracks of RAM un-interrupted...Going to have another listen for a full verdict.
Not sure what my fave is from C&CITBY. Such strong melodies. A Certain Softness chords are my flavour of the moment I suppose. I am going to re-learn that one today I think...Today's quest! lol. (and fitting in a complete listen of RAM)
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I love Fine Line, A certain Softness, and Riding to Vanity Fair on my first listen. There is a lot of piano used in this album. It's a good album an I expect better the more you listen to it. 
