Dey don't love him no mo. sad.

2freaky4church1 said:

Dey don't love him no mo. sad.

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This thread kind of seems like pointless negativity, no? I mean, it's probably falling down the charts? Because less people are buying it? But to make a thread about it tanking, and how people don't love him anymore, and it's sad...feels like a weird choice. Unless it's a joke? You are choosing to 1. reach those conclusions, and 2. share them.

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It's a reissue of an album that's 30+ years old. What's it supposed to do?

there is almost no promotion! There is no mention I can find on the WB records site. Nothing in the news section and in the Prince section it links to Art Offical Age!

People keep comparing it to Sgt. Peppers Reissue, but let's face it guys: the Beatles are far more popular than Prince ever was.

Mintchip said:

2freaky4church1 said:

Dey don't love him no mo. sad.

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This thread kind of seems like pointless negativity, no? I mean, it's probably falling down the charts? Because less people are buying it? But to make a thread about it tanking, and how people don't love him anymore, and it's sad...feels like a weird choice.

Consider the poster.

2freaky4church1 said:

Dey don't love him no mo. sad.

There was no promotion for this project at all and considering WB did not spend any money on it I am sure they made a tidy profit.

Prince sold the most albums last year so at this point the public may not see the need to purchase anymore of his music and the masses really have no idea about the tracks that are on the disc.

soladeo1 said:

Warner Brothers spent a buck fiddy producing and marketing the remaster. To them selling 50000 copies is a huge success.

For WB, I'm sure they expect this will accumulate sales every year for years to come and with the deluxe version they now generate more revenue per sales.

soladeo1 said:

Warner Brothers spent a buck fiddy producing and marketing the remaster. To them selling 50000 copies is a huge success.

Yes, it is I will bet it will be the best selling releash the have all year.

laurarichardson said:

lol. Trollin' dirty.

This is just proof that most people today don't know how the music business works anymore. They spent a minimum amount of money producing this, they had possession of these tracks in LA and simply ran the ones Prince didn't send them through a very uncomplicated mastering process that probably took less than a week to do. This set will produce streams and sales in perpetuity, this is cold hard cash and profit for Warners that they don't have to promote or advertise for it to reach the top of the charts with albums that have had massive promotional dollars spent on it. They don't care that it dropped, they already made a major difference in this quarter sales from the 1st week sales.

2freaky4church1 said:

Polo1026 said:

This is just proof that most people today don't know how the music business works anymore. They spent a minimum amount of money producing this, they had possession of these tracks in LA and simply ran the ones Prince didn't send them through a very uncomplicated mastering process that probably took less than a week to do. This set will produce streams and sales in perpetuity, this is cold hard cash and profit for Warners that they don't have to promote or advertise for it to reach the top of the charts with albums that have had massive promotional dollars spent on it. They don't care that it dropped, they already made a major difference in this quarter sales from the 1st week sales.

You are correct. Remember even Prince said he was number one at the bank even when he was not number one on the chart.

Sets like this don't usually get a major promotional campaign (since super deluxe editions are considered a niche market) but the 2CD edition will continue to be a consistent catalog seller like SoulAlive mentioned, as long as Warner Bros. keeps it in stock in stores and online over the regular CD version.

They still should've put more effort into letting people it was coming. Like having a segment on the Today show or teaming up with MTV Classic for some sort of "Purple Rain" day of programming.

There are way more casual Prince fans than us hardcore types. And PR is a niche release in a lot of ways, so I never expected it to break any chart records.

2freaky4church1 said:

Dey don't love him no mo. sad.

i'm loving my copy. but it's bittersweet. i hate that his death brought on new sales... still miss prince

Last time I checked it sold over 20 million copies, I think it's doing fine.

laytonian said:

anyone seen any difference in versions from other countries?? any with plastic instead of cardboard?

There's already a thread on sales figures. This troll one is not needed.