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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jan 25, 2011 14:56:39 GMT -5
Goes for adds today (1/25).
After finding the majority of the Decemberists' output that I've heard over the years to be unbearably pretentious (especially the last album), I'm surprised that I found myself enjoying this song quite a bit. It's my understanding, though, that their new album is very straightforward and streamlined, and largely acoustic-driven.
Given that this new record, The King Is Dead (apparently a Michael Jackson reference), has been getting the hardest push I've ever seen for the band, in terms of mainstream promotion, and given the current climate on the Alternative format (The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, Kings of Leon, Broken Bells, etc.), I'd be heartbroken if this song didn't give the band their first taste of success on Alternative radio.
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Post by pen on Jan 25, 2011 14:59:15 GMT -5
(especially the last album) You're breakin' my heart, man. |
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Post by halo19 on Jan 25, 2011 15:02:13 GMT -5
I liked me some Crane Wife, actually. And definitely "16 Military Wives." I actually intended to make that parent album my entry point for the Decemberists.
The new album title will give them lots of Smiths comparisons, though (if it hasn't already).
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Post by Pipa on Jan 25, 2011 22:18:46 GMT -5
I found "Down By The Water" pleasantly surprising. I'll have to check this out.
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Post by WotUNeed on Jan 25, 2011 22:25:05 GMT -5
After finding the majority of the Decemberists' output that I've heard over the years to be unbearably pretentious (especially the last album), I'm surprised that I found myself enjoying this song quite a bit. While I wouldn't say I found their output particularly pretentious (perhaps I have a high tolerance for pretense and/or am pretentious), I did find it largely unexceptional, so I, too, was surprised to have a positive first impression of this when I heard it over the weekend. |
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Post by Gravity. on Jan 25, 2011 22:27:58 GMT -5
After finding the majority of the Decemberists' output that I've heard over the years to be unbearably pretentious (especially the last album), I'm surprised that I found myself enjoying this song quite a bit. While I wouldn't say I found their output particularly pretentious (perhaps I have a high tolerance for pretense and/or am pretentious), I did find it largely unexceptional, so I, too, was surprised to have a positive first impression of this when I heard it over the weekend. Andrew, you're clearly the definition of pretentious.  I liked "Down by the Water." I'll have to check this out. Honestly, I've never heard any of their other material. |
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Post by pen on Jan 26, 2011 12:07:35 GMT -5
#1 on the sales charts with 93,500 sold. Scheisse!
Also cool is that Script got #3 and Social D got #4.
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Post by lockebox on Jan 26, 2011 22:18:14 GMT -5
This is an excellent track, as was "Down by the Water".
#54 on Alt ;)
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Post by jvandyck87 on Jan 26, 2011 22:31:15 GMT -5
I heard this song for the first time today. It's pretty good.
Wait, the Decemberists now have a #1 album? Following Cake, this is pretty nuts, but based on the numbers you gave, the Decemberists have legit top spot numbers. Wow, I knew they were fairly big, but I didn't know that they were THAT big.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jan 27, 2011 2:57:33 GMT -5
#1 on the sales charts with 93,500 sold. Scheisse! Yeah, had I not had to go to work this morning, I would've posted this myself. I mean, I knew it's "been getting the hardest push I've ever seen for the band, in terms of mainstream promotion," but Jesus. Hats off to them. Here's a funny article about it. (Too bad it wasn't Social D with the #1 album.) |
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Jan 30, 2011 19:09:17 GMT -5
Top 50 on Alternative:
53 45 DECEMBERISTS This Is Why We Fight 174 145 29 0.594
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Post by jvandyck87 on Jan 31, 2011 1:12:50 GMT -5
Is this the first time that they've ever reached the top 50 of the alternative chart? While they are a bit out there, they're popular enough that I kinda have to say, alternative radio is a bit behind the times with these guys if that's the case.
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Post by pen on Jan 31, 2011 2:09:54 GMT -5
Is this the first time that they've ever reached the top 50 of the alternative chart? While they are a bit out there, they're popular enough that I kinda have to say, alternative radio is a bit behind the times with these guys if that's the case. Their last album had no singles, and the only other single they've ever released to alternative was "O Valencia". I can't find any chart data for it. |
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 3, 2011 12:24:16 GMT -5
Top 40 on Alternative:
54 37 DECEMBERISTS This Is Why We Fight 222 155 67 0.891
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 9, 2011 12:26:19 GMT -5
Top 30 on Alternative:
43 30 DECEMBERISTS This Is Why We Fight 301 204 97 1.104
Looks to be at least a minor hit.
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Post by lockebox on Feb 14, 2011 11:48:43 GMT -5
33 25 DECEMBERISTS - This is Why We Fight 352 276 76 1.283
Hopefully top 10 for this.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Feb 14, 2011 12:51:55 GMT -5
I'm thinking Top 20, around #15 or so.  |
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Post by Devin on Feb 14, 2011 14:29:09 GMT -5
^ Probably something like Arcade Fire's chart run.
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Post by Radical347 on Feb 16, 2011 0:44:39 GMT -5
I won tickets to their soundcheck yesterday (thanks KFOG! :) ) & it was pretty awesome. They played a few songs & then since not very many of us actually showed up, they invited us onstage to sing along!  The group of us on the right (except for the far right one with a guitar, that's a band member) were the contest winners. That's me in the middle of them! (the one wearing a hat.) We had such an awesome time. :) Another one:  |
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Feb 16, 2011 3:26:39 GMT -5
I won tickets to their soundcheck yesterday (thanks KFOG! :) ) & it was pretty awesome. They played a few songs & then since not very many of us actually showed up, they invited us onstage to sing along! The group of us on the right were the contest winners. That's me in the middle of them! (the one wearing a hat.) We had such an awesome time. :) That's good stuff. :) |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2011 9:32:55 GMT -5
I won tickets to their soundcheck yesterday (thanks KFOG! :) ) & it was pretty awesome. They played a few songs & then since not very many of us actually showed up, they invited us onstage to sing along! The group of us on the right (except for the far right one with a guitar, that's a band member) were the contest winners. That's me in the middle of them! (the one wearing a hat.) We had such an awesome time. :) Another one: Aww... that's so cool... I love it when bands interact with their fans... |
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Post by Devin on Feb 25, 2011 21:25:04 GMT -5
I've just fallen in love with this album... although "Rox in the Box" is a total Newfie song ripoff (accordion parts).
I hope this gets at least Top 20 and warrants another single release.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Mar 9, 2011 13:09:55 GMT -5
Top 20 on Alternative:
22 20 DECEMBERISTS This Is Why We Fight 524 462 62 1.529
Not bad. :)
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Mar 15, 2011 17:59:59 GMT -5
Love the song, I've been a fan for a few years now. Glad to see them hit a little success.
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