Album chart positions

[Knopflerado]

Maybe a little bit early (and of course neither Mark's nor AMITers main focus) - but as I stumbled across a half-time ranking for this weeks UK album charts, I thought we could start a thread collecting the placement of DTRW in OUR countries, rolling in the next days.
I'm curious, if he will conquer 1st place again in Austria (after he succeeded with Tracker and Privateering) ... tough competitors this time though ...
Anyway - 3 days+ before the next announcement DTRW seems to start at 8 in UK:

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/michael-buble-little-mix-and-mumford-and-sons-are-fighting-it-out-for-this-weeks-uk-number-1-album__24756/

[Ian Lewis]

8th is interesting.  I don’t think MK will ever been mainstream as such so this isn’t a bad place to be at all


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[dustyvalentino]

Tracker entered high if memory serves, maybe 2?

[Knopflerado]

Tracker entered 3rd - highest peak position of his solo albums (Sailing 4th, Privateering 8th, Get lucky 9th)

https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18650/mark-knopfler/

[quizzaciously]

I don't know about charts, but I have my own chart — the popularity of the chords I post. And seems like it's an ultimate low in that regard.

I remember an enormous hype when I released Privateering album chords, there was almost equal hype over Tracker chords.

But something happened on Down The Road Wherever and people just doesn't care. This is strange if you ask me.

Considering the overall commercial flavour of the album, it should get overhyped, but it won't. Why?

[Love Expresso]

Maybe because  the songs are all so flat?

LE

[quizzaciously]

Maybe because the songs are all so flat?

LE

I'm afraid so. This is pretty scientific results by the way. My theory is that the main experiment of this album was to let musicians decide and the end result is a great album for a band, not so great if you want to play songs on your own. You can say it about both singles, the opening track, and for the other 50% of the album.

I'm pretty sure and Mark said it in an interview, that he selects wether the song should be arranged by him or he just take it to the band and they arrange it. I hope Guy "Doc" Fletcher will elaborate on this process in his studio diary so we won't need to guess anymore.

[dmg]

Perhaps Mark has built up a new fanbase of Celtic music lovers and they haven't taken to this album.  The old DS fans have perhaps fallen away, except the hard core ones like us. 

[Love Expresso]

Or the last tour has even caused more damage than we think.

LE

[holaknopfler]

Or the last tour has even caused more damage than we think.

LE

Hmm... The gig in AMS was sold out in 2 days.

[Markus]

Album Charts

Germany: #3
Sweden: #2

[mkdsone]

BELGIUM : #7

[Markus]

Dutch: #5

[Knopflerado]

Remarkable german position (3), as he's highest ranking international act, outrunning p.e. Mumford & Sons (5) and Michael Bublé (6).

[Markus]

New Zealand: #10