Album chart positions

[cannibals]

Belgium now at 16. Last week was 7.
https://www.ultratop.be/nl/albums

[Markus]

Album Charts  - Update

Norway

[Markus]

Album Charts  - Update

Australia

[superval99]

Australia's nosedive has been even steeper than the UK's!   

[pitx]

0 promotion 0 sales.
One of the best albums and worst sales
Promotion pathetic

[Markus]

0 promotion 0 sales.

That could certainly be a reason, but in Germany there was no promotion to and yet the album is also in the 2nd week in the top 5.

[superval99]

I have been reading the comments on Amazon UK and the negatives have been very harsh about the album.   I think this does deter people from buying if they are fans of the more casual type.   

[Eddie Fox]

I have been reading the comments on Amazon UK and the negatives have been very harsh about the album.   I think this does deter people from buying if they are fans of the more casual type.

Most people still expect to get the DS feel when they buy a MK album. I gave a copy of Tracker to my cousin a while ago and he was very disappointed at first but then he played it on the road one day and liked it very much.

[dmg]

0 promotion 0 sales.
One of the best albums and worst sales
Promotion pathetic

100% correct.  I can remember when STP was due for release, they knew they had a good one so they worked hard on promotion, got Mark on things like the Parkinson show and were even careful with the album cover (apparently they had a number of different designs for it). 

This time it's a boring cover and Mark doing the odd thing mostly on radio.  No prime-time TV appearances.  The fact he's been out of circulation so long doesn't help either.

[pitx]

Scottish Music Awards ceremony Mark will not be among those performing     another success of the promotion

[Ian Lewis]

I have been reading the comments on Amazon UK and the negatives have been very harsh about the album.   I think this does deter people from buying if they are fans of the more casual type.

Nail on the head.  People still see MK as the DS front man and want a DS album.  Those that have followed from GH know his style and music has changed. 


www.ianlewisphoto.co.uk

[GIUMK]

I have been reading the comments on Amazon UK and the negatives have been very harsh about the album.   I think this does deter people from buying if they are fans of the more casual type.

Nail on the head.  People still see MK as the DS front man and want a DS album.  Those that have followed from GH know his style and music has changed. 


www.ianlewisphoto.co.uk

Yes, right. I wrote it in a previous post: just a single DS style (Beryl-Tracker, What It Is-STP) to sell well the album. People recognize you for a very specific identity, and unfortunately his is still to be the frontman of one of the biggest rock bands in history.

[Kris-b]

I have been reading the comments on Amazon UK and the negatives have been very harsh about the album.   I think this does deter people from buying if they are fans of the more casual type.

Nail on the head.  People still see MK as the DS front man and want a DS album.  Those that have followed from GH know his style and music has changed. 
Could be worse!


www.ianlewisphoto.co.uk

Yes, right. I wrote it in a previous post: just a single DS style (Beryl-Tracker, What It Is-STP) to sell well the album. People recognize you for a very specific identity, and unfortunately his is still to be the frontman of one of the biggest rock bands in history.

[superval99]

The three bonus songs should have been on the album, especially "Don't Suck Me In", because it is a DS style of song.  I wonder who decides which songs go on the album?       

[GIUMK]

The three bonus songs should have been on the album, especially "Don't Suck Me In", because it is a DS style of song.  I wonder who decides which songs go on the album?       

I think it's a marketing strategy: I do not know how much Mark likes, but I think the record company makes the final decision.