"Just Breathe" DID IT

igotid88 wrote:

although it's in 328th place on Target's bestsellers. I don't know if that only for online purchases or for stores and online.

It seems to say a lot about how badly Target has handled its marketing if a Target exclusive of a well-received record by a major American rock band is 328th (online or otherwise) less than three months after its release. Target has done virtually nothing to emphasize, "There's a new Pearl Jam album out and, hey, you can pretty much only get it here!" You'd never know it from the in-store displays, the newspaper circulars, I'm guessing that there's nothing calling attention to it on the website. They should have had copies of the CD at every register.

just breathe is now in the top 20 on Billboards rock charts at #18...the fixer up to number 10 as well

igotid88 wrote:

SomethingCreative wrote:

just breathe is now in the top 20 on Billboards rock charts at #18...the fixer up to number 10 as well

Just Breathe made it into the Active Rock charts also. So I'm guessing it'll move higher next week. Or at least have an asterisk for more spins.

yeah man I'm pretty sure its climbed every week...hopefully after it peaks, they'll bitch slap the world with Unthought Known

igotid88 wrote:

BF25394 wrote:

igotid88 wrote:

although it's in 328th place on Target's bestsellers. I don't know if that only for online purchases or for stores and online.

It seems to say a lot about how badly Target has handled its marketing if a Target exclusive of a well-received record by a major American rock band is 328th (online or otherwise) less than three months after its release. Target has done virtually nothing to emphasize, "There's a new Pearl Jam album out and, hey, you can pretty much only get it here!" You'd never know it from the in-store displays, the newspaper circulars, I'm guessing that there's nothing calling attention to it on the website. They should have had copies of the CD at every register.

You would hope they would resurrect the commercial right before x-mas. i mean there's a target commercial every 5 seconds. They could slip in the pj one once in awhile.

Check out Target's weekly circular this week. "Backspacer" is one of about 18 albums pictured, in tiny photos, below the week's new releases. The photos for most of the other albums are accompanied by the title and artist. "Backspacer" has neither. It says "CD + 2 downloads, Target + iTunes exclusive." The photo is too small to even make out that the artwork spells out Pearl Jam across the top. Seriously, Target might as well not promote the album at all.

Backspacer has dropped from #45 to #134 on the Billboard 200.

FenwayFaithful wrote:

All that matters is that we love Backspacer, right? We all make decisions that we look at later and learn a lesson from. They surely will not do this whole Target nonsense again.

I love "amongst.." anything else is shit. really weak album IMHO.

I think if they release Unthought Known as a single, it will catapult Backspacer to Multi-Platinum.

DewieCox wrote:

UnthoughtKnown wrote:

I think if they release Unthought Known as a singe, it will catapult Backspacer to Multi-Platinum.

Totally, the public eats up boring music like it's candy.

boring :shock: :shock: :shock:

Unthought Known is fucking bland bullshit and judging by the posts I've seen on this board and RM, it's the most overrated PJ song ever. Like Inside Job before it, a lot of people just want to believe that a song on the new album is amazing when it's clearly not.

Wilds wrote:

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

Unthought Known is fucking bland bullshit and judging by the posts I've seen on this board and RM, it's the most overrated PJ song ever. Like Inside Job before it, a lot of people just want to believe that a song on the new album is amazing when it's clearly not.

Inside job is a masterpiece (for me). I get chills with the opening and then take off with the whole song.

It is too bad that it doesn't do it for you.

No, it's not too bad for me because there are hundred of songs that give me that feeling. I think Inside Job...like All or None, is a totally anti-climatic album closer. I remember reading posts when it came out calling it "epic" and comparing it to Stairway To Heaven. I couldn't disagree more....but to each their own I guess.