Will Lightning Bolt go Gold?

[epilogue]

The album is great whether or not it goes gold.

[Heathen]

that, or its a far better album than you are giving it credit for. that would never happen though lol.

that, or "lol Rolling Stone"

[Lament]

Wasn't The Fixer one of Rolling Stone's top ten tracks of 2009?

[Heathen]

Wasn't The Fixer one of Rolling Stone's top ten tracks of 2009?

I'm pretty sure stip writes for them

[Lament]

I don't know if he still writes for them, but I heard he was the photographer for the Miley Cyrus issue.

[Heathen]

I heard he was more than just the photographer, but I don't think we're allowed to talk about it.

[Lament]

This RM censorship is so hypocritical.

[McParadigm]

Legacy artists always get supersoft treatment and lots of "well it must be pretty great because it's this person" treatment later on in their careers. Lists like that are usually a matter of "which older artists showed up this year and which new names were people talking about," rather than actually "what were the best things we heard all year?"

[Lament]

In 2009 The Fixer was RS's #6 song of the year, and Backspacer was it's #11 album. U2 topped both lists (Moment of Surrender/No Line on the Horizon). Springsteen had the #2 album (Working on a Dream) and the #3 song (Outlaw Pete).

So yeah. RS, totally not predictable at all.

[Heathen]

Legacy artists always get supersoft treatment and lots of "well it must be pretty great because it's this person" treatment later on in their careers. Lists like that are usually a matter of "which older artists showed up this year and which new names were people talking about," rather than actually "what were the best things we heard all year?"

When the only things you heard all year is limited to "which older artists showed up this year and which new names were people talking about", then they're also "the best things you heard all year". I suspect this is what's happening in magazines like Rolling Stone.

[Mine]

This album is pretty great. It deserves to go gold. Maybe we can steal it from someone else. Awards work that way, right?

You'd think "gold" was the least they'd achieve given all the effort they've been putting into making their music more commercial post Riot Act.

[stip]

That's the real tragedy, right? They are selling their souls and sacrificing their integrity and embarrassing their children and they're not even doing it effectively.


I wonder if each of the 7in records counts as a separate sale

[evenslow]

can we get stip to replace bierman? or at least kat?

that last post displayed the kind of thinking they need at 10c HQ.

[Mine]

That's the real tragedy, right? They are selling their souls and sacrificing their integrity and embarrassing their children and they're not even doing it effectively.


I wonder if each of the 7in records counts as a separate sale

It's a real possibility.

It does explain why they seem to be in such a bad mood lately though.

[McParadigm]

Only 24 2013 releases have sold enough to go gold as of yet. An additional 17 albums from 2012 earned gold status on continued sales this year.

A strong third single would help a little.

[evenslow]

Methinks they need to change the standards for Gold and Platinum, or add new ones like 250K = Sapphire.

LB went Sapphire guys.

[Mine]

I was thinking about this. When was the last time they lowered the standards for gold and platinum?

[Heathen]

They should just give gold to any band that releases an album, fans would feel much better.

[super nintendo chalmers]

People still give a shit?

[McParadigm]

The UK has silver awards, which are round about half the number of sales of a gold record. Pretty sure Binaural through Backspacer are all silver over there.

Actually, platinum was sort of a latecomer to the game because up until 1976, albums simply werent selling enough to need a million certificate.