Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

[Rangi Guy]

bastards deleted my account because of lack of use!

I'm pretty sure my one would be gone too. How does myspace still exist?

[tk]

Do these charts count digital sales aswell? or is there any chart that does?

Can you tell me the 5 albums so that. I can judge your taste?

Wrong quote. Cannonball Run that was aimed at you.

I'd tell you , but you've probably never heard of them.


Edit: Earthless, Russian Circles, Fuzz, Red Fang, Arcade Fire

Fuzz and Russian Circles?

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Do these charts count digital sales aswell? or is there any chart that does?

Can you tell me the 5 albums so that. I can judge your taste?

Wrong quote. Cannonball Run that was aimed at you.

I'd tell you , but you've probably never heard of them.


Edit: Earthless, Russian Circles, Fuzz, Red Fang, Arcade Fire

Fuzz and Russian Circles?

Have you listened to Memorial yet? Only just released. But if you are super hipster, you probably already had it last year.

[tk]

Super hip bro. I had recordings of those songs from outside their practice space in Chicago.

Have it but haven't listened yet. I didn't much care for Empros, although I should go back to it.

I could listen to my Enter LP everyday though.

[Heathen]

oh that reminds me: I havent bought Lightning Bolt. I dont think I will. I just bought 5 other albums yesterday. I'm tapped out this week.

You're killing the music industry by refusing to buy subpar albums!

[McParadigm]

Do these charts count digital sales aswell? or is there any chart that does?

Those are included. About half of LB's sales have come from digital.

[WaitingForBluey]

oh that reminds me: I havent bought Lightning Bolt. I dont think I will. I just bought 5 other albums yesterday. I'm tapped out this week.

You're killing the music industry by refusing to buy subpar albums!

I'm picking up the slack for you losers. I already have 2 copies of the CD, plus the vinyl, plus one of those fancy "mastered for iTunes" versions. There's another lonely copy of the CD sitting in the record store next to my office that looks like it could use a home and when all is said and done I'll probably pick up another copy of the vinyl so I can keep it sealed... so yea, like I said... picking up the slack for you pathetic losers

[Heathen]

PJ fans

[WaitingForBluey]

#4 PEARL JAM: LIGHTNING BOLT MONKEYWRENCH/REPUBLIC 41,731 -75%

It also dropped to #2 in England this week. Current totals (I only know a few):

England: 22,589
US: 207,610
Canada: 29,000+

Just curious... what does the top 5 look like this week?

[WaitingForBluey]

PJ fans

Yea, and while I'm at it... let me just add that I'm over 2 weeks into Lightning Bolt and I still haven't skipped a single song yet... so stick that in your nexus of negativity hole

[McParadigm]

Disagreement between Billboard and HDD, but:

Pearl Jam’s Lightning Bolt dips to second place. Last week it became the band's fifth #1 album; that's one more #1 album than Nirvana had. That trio had four #1 albums between 1992 and 1996. These two bands were the leaders of the Seattle-based alternative rock scene which rocked the music business in the early 1990s. Pearl Jam is also ahead of its one-time rivals in overall album sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Pearl Jam has sold 31,785,000 albums. Nirvana has sold 26,410,000.

lol at more Nirvana comparing. I love how these articles never seem to remember how shitty In Utero was doing prior to Kurt's death, or that two of those albums were live releases pushed out in the lucrative era of Saint Kurt.

[Coach]

oh that reminds me: I havent bought Lightning Bolt. I dont think I will. I just bought 5 other albums yesterday. I'm tapped out this week.

If you listened to the LB leaks, you really should buy the album. Fair is fair.

[EJ]

Pearl Jam has sold 31,785,000 albums. Nirvana has sold 26,410,000

That's not nearly as big of a gap as it should be.

[evenslow]

oh that reminds me: I havent bought Lightning Bolt. I dont think I will. I just bought 5 other albums yesterday. I'm tapped out this week.

If you listened to the LB leaks, you really should buy the album. Fair is fair.

I'm with old school Coach on this one. But it's a losing battle and I'm not taking part in that argument with the newly entitled.

Who was that guy on the board around the Backspacer era that was always positive and would buy a bunch of PJ CD's to give away to people?

[McParadigm]

Pearl Jam has sold 31,785,000 albums. Nirvana has sold 26,410,000

That's not nearly as big of a gap as it should be.

The difference between the two band's successes worldwide is substantially different than in the US alone. For example, in the US Ten has outsold Nevermind by more than a million copies. Worldwide, though, Nevermind beats Ten by like 5-6 million.

[Heathen]

Pheeew, I'm glad I listened to it through spotify

[Lament]

Pearl Jam has sold 31,785,000 albums. Nirvana has sold 26,410,000

That's not nearly as big of a gap as it should be.

The difference between the two band's successes worldwide is substantially different than in the US alone. For example, in the US Ten has outsold Nevermind by more than a million copies. Worldwide, though, Nevermind beats Ten by like 5-6 million.

For a band that has sold 25 million copies of their first three albums in the US, 31+ million isn't a very good number seven studio albums, two compilations, a live album and 72 (or is I guess like 80 counting the retail 2003 ones) "official" bootlegs later.

[McParadigm]

For a band that has sold 25 million copies of their first three albums in the US, 31+ million isn't a very good number seven studio albums, two compilations, a live album and 72 (or is I guess like 80 counting the retail 2003 ones) "official" bootlegs later.

They've SHIPPED 25 million copies of their first three albums in the US. Actual sales are around 21 million. As of this year:

Ten: 10,023,878
Vs.: 6,011,278
Vitalogy: 4,769,805

[McParadigm]

For comparison's sake:

Nevermind: 9,070,716
In Utero: 4,227,744
Unplugged: 4,858,658

[Heathen]

For a band that has sold 25 million copies of their first three albums in the US, 31+ million isn't a very good number seven studio albums, two compilations, a live album and 72 (or is I guess like 80 counting the retail 2003 ones) "official" bootlegs later.

They've SHIPPED 25 million copies of their first three albums in the US. Actual sales are around 21 million

That's a lot of manufacturing issues due to high quality.