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Post by eloandy on Nov 8, 2019 19:36:34 GMT
Can’t believe I’m the first to mention this but just take a peak at the album chart. (Apologies if I’ve missed the relevant thread but I got rather excited). Congratulations to Jeff.
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Post by Timeblue on Nov 8, 2019 20:32:44 GMT
You're not the first.....
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Post by laredo on Nov 8, 2019 20:34:29 GMT
It's been mentioned in the thread for the album but such a rare event deserves its own thread. The album sold 21,062 units (including 298 sales-equivalent streams) which is a lot less than the 61,497 sales figure for Alone In The Universe in its first week when it only got to no.4. The record company have been much more astute this time in choosing a week without any major rivals for the no.1 chart position. I think album sales are declining generally making it easier for any artist with a steady fanbase to have a no.1 album.
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Post by eloandy on Nov 8, 2019 21:17:47 GMT
Is this the first time ELO have done this? (Gone straight in at number 1),I know’Time’ made number 1 but that was after about 4 weeks. Similarly, AOTW greatest hits made the top spot but that was after several years. OOTB and ANWR never did it. The only candidate would be Discovery, I’m not sure if that came in at number 1 or climbed the chart. Still, hell of an achievement considering they were effectively defunct until quite recently. Shows the amount of love for ELO that still exists here.
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Post by laredo on Nov 8, 2019 21:26:02 GMT
Discovery went straight in at no.1 and stayed there for five weeks. You're right that Time spent three weeks at no.2 before climbing to no.1.
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Post by dillwyn on Nov 9, 2019 8:43:23 GMT
Here we go chart performance so far according to wiki
Chart (2019) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) - 12 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) - 42 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) - 60 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) - 29 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) - 14 Irish Albums (IRMA) - 13 Japanese Albums (Oricon) - 34 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) - 26 Scottish Albums (OCC) - 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) - 13 UK Albums (OCC)[18] - 1
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Post by nickheynes on Nov 9, 2019 10:53:24 GMT
Congrats to all. One thing however. The Children in need album "got it covered" was moved to the compilation chart (rightly in my opinion) It night be nice if everyone who bought a copy of FOON also bought the CIN album Its a great cause . Appologies if anyone is offended by this post!!
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Post by Timeblue on Nov 9, 2019 11:27:33 GMT
Here we go chart performance so far according to wiki Chart (2019) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) - 12 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) - 42 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) - 60 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) - 29 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) - 14 Irish Albums (IRMA) - 13 Japanese Albums (Oricon) - 34 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) - 26 Scottish Albums (OCC) - 1 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) - 13 UK Albums (OCC)[18] - 1 I never knew that Scotland had its own chart...
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Post by denny on Nov 9, 2019 15:40:26 GMT
A number 1 should be celebrated by Jeff, his team and the fans - way to go people. Would someone with a handle on ELO history give me some background on how/when things turned around for the band in the UK? Didn't Eldorado and Face the Music stiff in the UK while the band was getting bigger and bigger in (North) America (I'm a Canuck...)? Then all of a sudden everything ELO did in UK was a guaranteed hit and fans remained loyal while after Xanadu/New Wave/MTV/no strings the band had less success in (North) America. Your insights are appreciated, thanks!
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Post by Horacewimp on Nov 9, 2019 16:22:11 GMT
A number 1 should be celebrated by Jeff, his team and the fans - way to go people. I have sent a congratulatory message from the whole forum to the contact I have within Jeff’s team telling them how happy we are for the album reaching number one.
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Post by Horacewimp on Nov 9, 2019 16:52:39 GMT
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Post by eloandy on Nov 9, 2019 22:30:05 GMT
A number 1 should be celebrated by Jeff, his team and the fans - way to go people. Would someone with a handle on ELO history give me some background on how/when things turned around for the band in the UK? Didn't Eldorado and Face the Music stiff in the UK while the band was getting bigger and bigger in (North) America (I'm a Canuck...)? Then all of a sudden everything ELO did in UK was a guaranteed hit and fans remained loyal while after Xanadu/New Wave/MTV/no strings the band had less success in (North) America. Your insights are appreciated, thanks! I'm not so sure how ELO's profile developed in the USA but in Britain i can maybe give you my personal perspective. When i became a massive fan of ELO around the time of OOTB, i was then amazed to learn that the first album to have any measure of success over here was ANWR, (that great trilogy of albums OOTD, Eldorado and FTM didn't even chart). I can well remember this frankly weird and slightly scary band that started appearing on 'Top Of The Pops' from 1972 onwards. Their appearances though infrequent were always memorable. Each time they appeared it seemed like a few more rough edges had been rounded off as Jeff and the band found their musical feet with greater and greater confidence. It's been a theory of mine that it's no mere coincidence that ELO's greatest success coincided with the settled line up that began in 1975 through to 1980ish. They looked like a proper band and Jeff seemed to thrive in that environment. It was ANWR that absolutely cemented ELO's success and if i had to pick the track that nailed it, it was 'Livin' Thing', that and the fact it was followed by 'Rockaria' and 'Telephone Line' as singles and a brilliant, brilliant album to boot. OOTB continued in that vein. I've often heard that Discovery got a lot of stick for being 'veryDisco', but i don't remember it like that at all. I loved 'Shine a Little Love' when that came out and i loved the album when that appeared. ELO were everywhere and from where i stood the band seemed unstoppable and on top form. I first detected a 'change in the wind' when 'I'm Alive' was released. It didn't grab me and we only had half a sound track to a dreadful film to enjoy, and although there were still several highlights to come, for me the spell had been broken. I loved all the 1980's albums, strings or not but it was obvious that the wheel had turned and the triumphs would be a little more modest and had to be cherished when they did happen along. What ELO probably needed was a big set piece double album and we nearly got it with 'Secret Messages'. I think it would have raised the bands profile and got them back into the main stream, who knows? On a personal note i enjoyed 'Balance Of power' immensely, as much as anything because i'd read in 1984ish think that ELO had "broken up so it was a lovely surprise when it did appear and i loved the album. At least when Jeff did actually call "time" on ELO we were treated to some great collaborations and also 'ELO part 2' put on some great shows. Never ever imagined some 35 years later we'd be celebrating a studio album, (not a 'Best of') going straight in at number 1. ELO have been such a constant in my life for so long it's hard to remember times in the 90's and noughties when i genuinely believed i was the only fan left in the world, (or so it seemed). But the cream always rises to the top and Jeffs talent has finally been vindicated.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2019 23:14:05 GMT
So, what is the record for the longest amount of time between #1s for the same "group"? I mean, we are talking about 38 years here, right?
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Post by Grroosss on Nov 10, 2019 4:49:38 GMT
So, what is the record for the longest amount of time between #1s for the same "group"? I mean, we are talking about 38 years here, right?
Looked into it a bit. My findings:
At least on the USA charts, Paul McCartney is a close runner-up to Jeff, with 36 years between Tug of War in 1982 and Egypt Station in 2018.
In the UK, Rod Stewart is also right on Jeff's heels, with 37 years between A Night on the Town in 1976 and Time in 2013.
But with an impressive 43 years between #1s on the UK charts, another Birmingham group takes the win: Black Sabbath, with Paranoid in 1970 and 13 in 2013.
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Post by dillwyn on Nov 10, 2019 9:38:46 GMT
couple of nice tweets from members of the band
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