| Michael Allred 14.04.2006 15:13 |
With Queen's massive exposure on "American Idol" this week coming at the same time as the release of "Stone Cold Classics," how well will the CD debut on the Billboard charts? Big debut? Come in at #200? Or will other Queen CDs benefit more? |
| Rick 14.04.2006 15:17 |
It will be banned in every country. Terrorists will use special made bombs to blow up the albums into smithereens. Greg Brooks will be locked up in jail for ever and the key of the Queen Vault will be dropped in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| deleted user 14.04.2006 15:22 |
That'll only happen if they play the "I Want to Break Free" video on MTV. |
| Haystacks Calhoun 14.04.2006 17:08 |
<font color=blue>Rick wrote: It will be banned in every country. Terrorists will use special made bombs to blow up the albums into smithereens. Greg Brooks will be locked up in jail for ever and the key of the Queen Vault will be dropped in the Atlantic Ocean.Greg Brooks should be locked up anyway... It may turn into disco demolition night... link |
| Poo, again 14.04.2006 17:16 |
Kelley_FloridlyAudacious wrote: That'll only happen if they play the "I Want to Break Free" video on MTV.Lol... |
| stateside fan 14.04.2006 20:09 |
i say top 20 here in USA |
| Mr Faron Hyte 14.04.2006 22:51 |
Pleasantly surprised if it charts at all, shocked if it charts in the top 100. There are so many Queen hits packages out there right now. If the Amazon sales listings are any indication, the sales "Stone Cold Classics" might have otherwise had to itself will instead be split between it, the original Hollywood Greatest Hits, Classic Queen, the WWRY ed. Greatest Hits, the gold box 2 disc and the platinum box 3 disc, all of which are available from Hollywood. They'll sell a lot of records this week, but it won't all be the *same* record everyone's buying, hence I don't expect SCC to do too much. That's my guess anyway. Would love to be wrong though! |
| Donna13 14.04.2006 23:10 |
I just seems silly to buy a hits album, when you can buy the real thing. If someone likes Queen that much (to spend money), they should buy the original albums. Otherwise, they will be paying twice for the same songs if they decide to buy the albums after listening to the "hits" collection. Or, why not buy a concert DVD, which is already full of their hits and also has something you can watch (plus a great guitar solo). If they really want to promote Queen to an audience of people who can't afford to buy the albums, why not include a free CD in a box of cereal (with one Queen song). Of course, it would have to be "all natural" cereal. |
| QueenZeppelin 15.04.2006 01:27 |
Donna13 wrote: Of course, it would have to be "all natural" cereal.Haha, that's really clever. I bet you most people don't even pick up on the "no synthesizers" parallel. |
| chefman5150 15.04.2006 06:04 |
Truthfully, anyone who is a Queen fan has all these songs already...seems like a waste of money to me...I don't even think it was a Queen Productions idea, I think it was a marketing idea on Hollywood Records part...kind of a lame idea if you ask me...don't count on me to go out and buy it anytime soon... |
| k-m 15.04.2006 06:04 |
Hopefully "Stone Cold Classics" will do bad. Instead I hope some other compilation (e.g. "Greatest Hits I & II") will benefit. Maybe I'm naive, but I hope to see some Greatest Hits compilation in the top 30 next week. "Stone Cold Classics" can go to hell. My bet is that it won't do the top 100. |
| goodco 15.04.2006 08:24 |
Stores will have it featured prominently....the impulsive buyer, not having the Q collections most of us have, will grab it from the memories of this week's AI. Many will get a less expensive 'taste' of Q+PR without having to buy ROTC....it could do well. Us...well, a studio and live version of 'Take Love' added on would have made it worth purchasing |
| Bobby_brown 15.04.2006 09:39 |
k-m wrote: Hopefully "Stone Cold Classics" will do bad. Instead I hope some other compilation (e.g. "Greatest Hits I & II") will benefit. Maybe I'm naive, but I hope to see some Greatest Hits compilation in the top 30 next week. "Stone Cold Classics" can go to hell. My bet is that it won't do the top 100.I agree with you. If the guys at Hollywood records were smart they woul promote GH 1,2,3, instead of releasing another compilation to compete with the other 3 or 4 Queen compilations that already exists in the states. It´s a shame that they don´t think in long therms. They only want a fast 2 week money. No wonder Queen are doing so bad in the states, with that kind of promotion... Take care |
| Mr Faron Hyte 15.04.2006 13:33 |
Donna13 wrote: I just seems silly to buy a hits album, when you can buy the real thing. If someone likes Queen that much (to spend money), they should buy the original albums.Compilations like "Stone Cold Classics" are not aimed at people who are already fans. Of course those people already have the albums. Its designed as a "sampler" for people who may know a couple of songs or may have heard something on the radio or wherever that they liked. It allows a consumer to test the water with a band; he can buy a collection of well known songs on a compilation, with the possibility of investigating the original albums later on, instead of buying an album with one song he knows and 11 more he's never heard of, which he may or may not like, and therefore probably isn't going to do. Compilations are like the worms on the end of a fishing hook - they're not pretty but they attact fresh meat. Record companies keep cranking out "new" compilations with the same songs again and again for lots of bands, because it helps generate interest for the release to be able to say its "new" and it encourages retailers to carry it. You're not going to get as much enthusiasm from Best Buy or Wal-Mart or whatever buy trying to hype "Greatest Hits" when they can justifiably say "why should we order more of these when its been sitting on our shelves for the last 14 years?" "new" old compilations are as much about branding and marketing as anything else. If you're a longtime fan, of course its pointless to buy them unless you just collect releases. I know we'd all prefer they were releasing "Queen - Unreleased Demos Volume 12" instead, but its not like they were seriously looking at a release like that anyway, at least not for the immediate future. The release of "Stone Cold Classics" did not replace a really cool Queen rarity release that was going to come out but for that awful pointless mass-market compilation. Its just an extra release aimed at the general public, so if you find it irritating, just ignore it. That's what most of the record buying public will probably be doing too. And of course we need a Queen outtakes release like the Beatles one. But a slapped together last-minute afterthought of a release like "Stone Cold Classics" isn't somehow holding up the storied Queen anthology boxed set(s). That's being held up by Brian, Roger, John and Jim. |
| Oszmercury 15.04.2006 13:41 |
We need an outtakes, or an anthology release like the beatles one |
| Michael Allred 18.04.2006 16:24 |
Queen's new compilation album "Stone Cold Classics" has entered the Billboard Chart at No. 37 this week. |
| jcrawford79 18.04.2006 23:38 |
I just bought this CD an hour or so ago. Call me a Stepford but I typically buy every new product that involves Queen. I do agree, however, that its getting a bit rediculous to release the same songs in a different package every year. I thought the saving grace would be the last two live tracks. I assumed they would be from an unreleased show. But, lo and behold, they are from the Sheffield show. So there is absolutely nothing new in this product. |
| inu-liger 19.04.2006 21:32 |
Michael Allred wrote: Queen's new compilation album "Stone Cold Classics" has entered the Billboard Chart at No. 37 this week.Not bad |
| RETROLOVE 20.04.2006 02:30 |
<font color=blue>Rick wrote: It will be banned in every country. Terrorists will use special made bombs to blow up the albums into smithereens. Greg Brooks will be locked up in jail for ever and the key of the Queen Vault will be dropped in the Atlantic Ocean.Ha! |
| RETROLOVE 20.04.2006 02:30 |
Kelley_FloridlyAudacious wrote: That'll only happen if they play the "I Want to Break Free" video on MTV.Another Ha! |
| k-m 20.04.2006 13:45 |
Well, there you have it - SCC enters the Billboard chart at no. 45 this week. IMO not a very bad neither a very good score. Here's the link: link |
| Michael Allred 20.04.2006 16:05 |
45? I guess the info from brianmay.com was wrong then. |
| john bodega 22.04.2006 15:08 |
That's an expensive coaster. |
| stateside fan 23.04.2006 23:32 |
Its 37 not 45 |
| mike hunt 24.04.2006 02:22 |
wow!...do you realize GNR boxset last year went to #1 for weeks. coming in at 37 is not that impressive. |
| Mr Faron Hyte 24.04.2006 12:40 |
"Made in Heaven" peaked at #58. So #37 looks pretty good compared to that. |
| zone 24.04.2006 22:57 |
Is it just me or does that cover really suck? looks like it was put together really fast and shipped out to WalMart or something, they could have done something better ,looks very amateur but what do I know about marketing? |
| Donna13 25.04.2006 11:44 |
zone wrote: Is it just me or does that cover really suck? looks like it was put together really fast and shipped out to WalMart or something, they could have done something better ,looks very amateur but what do I know about marketing?I think most of us agree that this cover is less than artistic. It doesn't reflect what Queen is. But neither does the collection of songs. It is like "Queen for Dummies". |
| Poo, again 25.04.2006 11:52 |
G4 butchered Bohemian Rhapsody! |
