Has PJ given up on Backspacer? No 3rd single?
Backspacer drops to #142 on the Billboard 200 this week and Just Breathe drops to #94 on Billboard 100.
Will Pearl Jam give this album wings by releasing a third single? And actually start promoting it?
Backspacer is too good to give up on it now. I'm no music industry expert but with no songs on the radio, there is no chance this album continues to sell. I would release another double single and actually promote them: Amongst The Waves and Unthought Known. Just a crazy idea!
Will Pearl Jam give this album wings by releasing a third single? And actually start promoting it?
Backspacer is too good to give up on it now. I'm no music industry expert but with no songs on the radio, there is no chance this album continues to sell. I would release another double single and actually promote them: Amongst The Waves and Unthought Known. Just a crazy idea!
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Maybe thats why most bands continue to rely on record companies, they are really good ar promoting albums. Launching a tour also helps promote albums, not 12 shows at a time. It always makes me laugh when I here the band members say they don't like to be away from home, hell you haven't done an album since 2006 and since then you probably only perform at most 2-3 months a year, not a bad life, I'll take it. So when you release an album the fans aren't asking to much if you announce the full tour with enough notice that they might be in your area so you don't spend a lot of money on unnecessary road trips. Just my opinion.
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i still see that happening for the us/euro dates.
i think all except Jeff are now married(Ed'd engaged) and have young kids so it is harder to be away for 6-8 months at a time. 2nd, they have done the full blown tours and maybe they just dont have the desire to that anymore. 3rd all are involved in other projects, bands (Brad/Wellwater Conspiracy), etc.. so they have committments for that too. finally they def do not need the money. they were lucky enought to make it big when record companies were still a profit based business.
just some ideas i thought id share.
Hard to argue on those points. The point I'm trying to make is that when you do an album every 4 years your expect a decent tour, ie U2. The other point is when you decide you want to be a rock 'n' roll star, touring is part of the game.
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I'm sure their fan base is shrinking, but that is partly do to the fact they don't tour as much as other bands. I am going to see Rush this tome around and they announced the tour today right through October, my guess most shows will be 95% full or sold out.
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the majority of DMB's attraction is the party....to me he's just a younger version of Jimmy Buffett....I don't see much talent there but that's my opinion
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2004: Kissimmee
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2022: Nashville
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Personally, the only way I see them going the "single" route is if they make the decision that they want to be more socially relevant. I wouldn't mind seeing them do what Green Day has done their past couple of albums. But I think that's a larger time commitment than they're probably willing to give right now.
I think that they're moving closer to what Bruce Springsteen does than what U2 does in terms of albums/touring though....
i get the buffett comparisons because of the party scene and i'm not real big into the band of dave mattews. but it's a fact that they have talent.
and i think the question is..have I given up on backspacer. just noticed i don't even listen to it anymore. been on quite the yield/no code bender
Who knows. Either way, Backspacer is full of single worthy songs.
IF they had announced a complete World Tour when Backspacer had come out then they would have sold out more shows and the album would have sold more copies. You need to tour to promote an album and we all know that they only play a handful of shows each year now...the only people going to the shows are us diehards...it is hard to attract new fans when you don't tour.
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They released a popular, critically acclaimed record and then just kind of disappeared. 6 weeks after the album's release and they were done touring the USA until this upcoming little jaunt. So weird. And in the meantime all of the attention is toward the Soundgarden reunion.
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
maybe they're playing it smart and letting things cool down after the success of just breathe.... maybe they don't want to throw singles out there like wood in a fire. you don't want to smother people with too much of a good thing. it can get boring.
I think you're on to something here. Especially the first few points. They have, and always will, take their own route when it comes to a career.
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honestly i dont see another radio hit on this album.
SO SCREW NEW SINGLES. MAKE MORE ALBUMS!
I don't think anyone dropped the ball, I think they just don't give a shit who has the ball to begin with.
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which top 40 stations. i tried to find it. unless you're talking hot ac?
May not be a lot...heard it on my local Top 40 station the other night. Kind of shocked me. I used to work there and the only Pearl Jam he played was Last Kiss and Betterman.
It has crossover potential.
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what station is that?
WWKF/WAKQ
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