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  • K_jam
    K_jam Posts: 137
    If they had included down in the album and released it I reckon things would of been a lot different.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,510
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    Listen to the way Eddie 'sings' on the album; it sounds like he couldn't give two shits.

    Ever listend to him sing on Binaural? Doesn't sound less sleepy on that.

    And I think the numbers Riot Act sold is the result of the Binaural album and Pearl Jam really being off the mainstream music landscape.

    But I still think I Am Mine could have been a "huge" mainstream single to carry the album further, Love Boat Captain too and maybe You Are. Even though being "soft".
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  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    Spiritual_Chaos wrote:
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    Listen to the way Eddie 'sings' on the album; it sounds like he couldn't give two shits.

    Ever listend to him sing on Binaural? Doesn't sound less sleepy on that.

    And I think the numbers Riot Act sold is the result of the Binaural album and Pearl Jam really being off the mainstream music landscape.

    But I still think I Am Mine could have been a "huge" mainstream single to carry the album further, Love Boat Captain too and maybe You Are. Even though being "soft".

    I Am Mine was released as a single; the albums first single, I believe. It didn't do much.
  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    BF25394 wrote:
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    Also, keep in mind that people were buying a lot more albums in 2002, so sitting at 90 might be the equivalent to sitting at 20-30 by todays standards. In the end, Riot Act went gold, like everything since Yield.

    No, sitting at 90 in 2002 is equivalent to sitting at 90 in 2013. Chart position is a relative measure: how are you selling compared to other contemporary records. A greater number of sales in 2002 is equivalent to a lesser number of sales in 2013, for the reason you cite, but that is not true of chart position. If you're number 90, it means 89 albums outsold you; if you're number 20, only 19 outsold you.


    I just meant that however many albums they sold to sit at 90 in 2002 might be around the same number of albums sold to sit at the 20-30 spot today.
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,657
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    Spiritual_Chaos wrote:
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    Listen to the way Eddie 'sings' on the album; it sounds like he couldn't give two shits.

    Ever listend to him sing on Binaural? Doesn't sound less sleepy on that.

    And I think the numbers Riot Act sold is the result of the Binaural album and Pearl Jam really being off the mainstream music landscape.

    But I still think I Am Mine could have been a "huge" mainstream single to carry the album further, Love Boat Captain too and maybe You Are. Even though being "soft".

    I Am Mine was released as a single; the albums first single, I believe. It didn't do much.

    It did well. 43 on the Hoe 100. But mostly due to single sales. 6 on the Modern Rock charts. And 7 on the Mainstream Rock
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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    After five weeks, "Lightning Bolt" sits at #28 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their fifth week of release?

    "Vs.": #1
    "Vitalogy": #3*
    "No Code": #10
    "Yield": #16
    "Pearl Jam": #22
    "Lightning Bolt": #28
    "Backspacer": #31
    "Binaural": #39
    "Riot Act": #100
    "Ten": Not charted

    *Does not include two weeks available on vinyl only (debuted at #55 vinyl-only, then fell to #173 before leaping to #1 upon the CD release).

    Chart run (5 weeks): 1-2-11-18-28
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    after 2 weeks, lb sold about 224k albums.

    after 2 weeks, lady gaga's latest has sold 300k albums.


    :shock:
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,657
    I thought that LB would be on sale this week.
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  • actonplp
    actonplp Maine Posts: 173
    Google Play has Lightning Bolt on sale for $3.99
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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    Catching up:

    After six weeks, "Lightning Bolt" sits at #31 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their sixth week of release?

    "Vs.": #2
    "Vitalogy": #5*
    "Yield": #19
    "No Code": #20
    "Lightning Bolt": #31
    "Pearl Jam": #35
    "Backspacer": #43
    "Binaural": #62
    "Riot Act": #105
    "Ten": Not charted

    *Does not include two weeks available on vinyl only (debuted at #55 vinyl-only, then fell to #173 before leaping to #1 upon the CD release).

    Chart run (6 weeks): 1-2-11-18-28-31
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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    After seven weeks, "Lightning Bolt" sits at #63 on The Billboard 200. How does this compare with prior Pearl Jam studio albums in their seventh week of release?

    "Vs.": #3
    "Vitalogy": #5*
    "Yield": #25
    "No Code": #25
    "Pearl Jam": #35
    "Backspacer": #54
    "Lightning Bolt": #63
    "Binaural": #79
    "Riot Act": #103
    "Ten": Not charted

    *Does not include two weeks available on vinyl only (debuted at #55 vinyl-only, then fell to #173 before leaping to #1 upon the CD release).

    Chart run (7 weeks): 1-2-11-18-28-31-63
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  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    Damn, I mean I remember how big they were back then, but Vs was an absolute beast. #2 after six weeks. We're talking about an album here, not just a single. And it was at a time when there were many many other rock bands around.
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    ckravitz wrote:
    Damn, I mean I remember how big they were back then, but Vs was an absolute beast. #2 after six weeks. We're talking about an album here, not just a single. And it was at a time when there were many many other rock bands around.

    Yes, "Vs." spent five weeks at No. 1. "No Code" is the only other PJ album to spend more than 1 week at No. 1, and it only ruled the chart for 2 weeks. "Vitalogy," "Backspacer" and "Lightning Bolt" each spent a single week in pole position.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    BF25394 wrote:
    ckravitz wrote:
    Damn, I mean I remember how big they were back then, but Vs was an absolute beast. #2 after six weeks. We're talking about an album here, not just a single. And it was at a time when there were many many other rock bands around.

    Yes, "Vs." spent five weeks at No. 1. "No Code" is the only other PJ album to spend more than 1 week at No. 1, and it only ruled the chart for 2 weeks. "Vitalogy," "Backspacer" and "Lightning Bolt" each spent a single week in pole position.

    what knocked vitalogy to number 2?
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,657
    The Juggler wrote:
    BF25394 wrote:
    ckravitz wrote:
    Damn, I mean I remember how big they were back then, but Vs was an absolute beast. #2 after six weeks. We're talking about an album here, not just a single. And it was at a time when there were many many other rock bands around.

    Yes, "Vs." spent five weeks at No. 1. "No Code" is the only other PJ album to spend more than 1 week at No. 1, and it only ruled the chart for 2 weeks. "Vitalogy," "Backspacer" and "Lightning Bolt" each spent a single week in pole position.

    what knocked vitalogy to number 2?

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  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    igotid88 wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:

    what knocked vitalogy to number 2?

    Kenny G

    It's true. Kenny G's "Miracles-- The Holiday Album" had been number 1 for two weeks before "Vitalogy" dislodged it from the top spot, and then the G-Man returned for a third week at the top, ousting our heroes. The clear lesson is "Don't cross Kenny G! He will have his revenge!"
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    Hahahaha.....I actually bought that one for my mom!
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    looks like britney spears debuted at #5 with 108k copies sold.

    pearl jam is once again bigger than her. :lol:
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  • Veddernarian
    Veddernarian Posts: 1,924
    According to HDD, we're back in the top-50

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  • actonplp
    actonplp Maine Posts: 173
    I don’t care where they place on any charts, they would still be #1 on my list regardless of the meaningless statistics
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