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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Sept 30, 2009 19:55:22 GMT -5
Early predictions for the album's sales are starting at 60-70k. Kind of low, seeing as how decemberunderground started with 182k. :( that could show why Crash Love is not as good as decemberunderground That's true, but I thought it would a sell a little more.
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Post by NorthernDownpour on Sept 30, 2009 20:13:09 GMT -5
Decemberunderground had "Miss Murder" .
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Post by PHOBES on Sept 30, 2009 20:55:41 GMT -5
I knew this was low for them, but I had know idea DU sold that much. Kind of odd, they have some of the most loyal fans.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Oct 1, 2009 2:46:39 GMT -5
If I wasn't on such a fixed income I would've bought the regular version in addition to the deluxe.
That being said, I only bought one copy of Decemberunderground.
Since Circuit City had Sing the Sorrow for $5.99 the first week, I bought the red-on-black version and decided to go back that afternoon and get the silver-on-black version, too.
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Post by halo19 on Oct 3, 2009 12:52:31 GMT -5
that could show why Crash Love is not as good as decemberunderground That's true, but I thought it would a sell a little more. Yeah, that was just terrible I initially thought. However, I disagree with that last part. A lot of the time bands have better opening weeks just on the heels of the previous (generally superior work) album. I like the album quite a bit. Not as much as previous efforts though. But what's the point of recording albums that are the same thing over again? I'm glad that they don't do that. But one thing I enjoy is that maybe the down popularity is why I'll get to see them for $28.
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Post by crash46 on Oct 5, 2009 16:15:06 GMT -5
I didn't make anything out of these record sales. It's true that it's been years since I've followed the albums charts, but does anyone have 182k first week sales anymore? I mean, DU is over three years ago.
"Medicate" is nearly as good of a single as they've had anywhere, and they've had 3 of the best 20 singles of the decade if you're asking me. The rest of the album has some work to do. But I did get to see these guys' show last night in Columbus, and they are sounding better than ever.
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Post by Gravity. on Oct 5, 2009 18:33:06 GMT -5
I didn't make anything out of these record sales. It's true that it's been years since I've followed the albums charts, but does anyone have 182k first week sales anymore? I mean, DU is over three years ago."Medicate" is nearly as good of a single as they've had anywhere, and they've had 3 of the best 20 singles of the decade if you're asking me. The rest of the album has some work to do. But I did get to see these guys' show last night in Columbus, and they are sounding better than ever. According to HITS Daily Double, Paramore is supposed to open with numbers near that number.
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Post by halo19 on Oct 5, 2009 21:53:09 GMT -5
And it's just disappointing particularly with perspective of the week. Breaking Benjamin and Alice in Chains are projected to do about at least twice that amount (in BB's case, more than twice). It also has to be in a big week where even a greatest-hits set from Madonna is set to open a bit more. (Also, Mariah's numbers appear down but the last album opened that big just because it followed up her "comeback" release. I can't wait to see the diva people here pine that Paramore appears to likely outsell by just a bit!)
I think the album has enough commercial appeal that there will continue to be big hits on this album. When is the video for this being released? But then again the promotion last time went downhill after "Love Like Winter." While it's more "pop" I just don't think the "hardcore" stuff last time was as (generally) convincing as previous times, that the other stuff was better.
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Post by Shadows in the Dark on Oct 6, 2009 17:00:55 GMT -5
-- 12 A.F.I. INTERSCOPE 52,720 -- CRASH LOVE
Dang, not even Top 10....
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Post by metalfan87 on Oct 6, 2009 17:16:44 GMT -5
kinda disappointing sales numbers for Crash Love. Hell, it's not even close to what Decemberunderground did
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Post by halo19 on Oct 6, 2009 21:39:53 GMT -5
-- 12 A.F.I. INTERSCOPE 52,720 -- CRASH LOVE Dang, not even Top 10.... In most other weeks it would have been, though. There just happened to be several releases of mild significance for just once this time. We'll wait for November for something like that to happen again.
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Post by NorthernDownpour on Oct 8, 2009 18:03:55 GMT -5
10 7 AFI Medicate 1393 1260 +133
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Post by NorthernDownpour on Oct 12, 2009 10:28:30 GMT -5
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Post by pen on Oct 12, 2009 11:14:58 GMT -5
Is it just me or does Havok look like a tard now?
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Post by lockebox on Oct 12, 2009 11:19:52 GMT -5
Haha. He just seems to of smoothed everything out now, including the music.
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Post by pen on Oct 12, 2009 11:22:57 GMT -5
I certainly noticed him "smoothing" his hair a lot in that video.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Oct 13, 2009 2:22:03 GMT -5
It's really taking some getting used to, seeing them dressing in boring, nice clothes now, without a whiff of "goth" (for lack of a better word) to their look or sound anymore. I'll readily admit that.
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Post by NorthernDownpour on Oct 13, 2009 19:21:26 GMT -5
Free video this week on ITunes
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Oct 14, 2009 1:16:45 GMT -5
Free video this week on ITunes Good lookin' out. Free? Might as well.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2009 13:30:59 GMT -5
I'm eventually fallin for "Medicate"...
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Post by fran182 on Oct 25, 2009 11:03:44 GMT -5
"Medicate" is already my favorite AFI song. :) Crash Love doesn't do anything for me, though.
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Post by Cody on Oct 25, 2009 11:30:01 GMT -5
yeah it took awhile but this has grown on me enough to be just as good as Miss Murder. Still no Love Like Winter form e though
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Post by halo19 on Oct 27, 2009 14:33:08 GMT -5
The weird thing is that I think the lyrical content sounds like something that would fit with their generally dark fare even though they've practically abandoned that sound for this album.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2009 6:09:42 GMT -5
Random/Off-topic: IMO Decemberunderground is their weakest studio album...
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Oct 29, 2009 6:58:13 GMT -5
I REALLY love Decemberunderground, especially because the epic "The Missing Frame" is on it, among others but I am really coming around to Crash Love. I got into the band with December...but never bought the album. I did buy, later on, Sing The Sorrow but I liked December...more. This album I did buy and I am pretty pleased. There are more immediate songs on it and there are growers, "Medicate" being one of the growers for me. I can't get over how "normal" Davey looks though. WOW. I wouldn't even recognize him if I didn't know Medicate was an AFI song, based on the video.
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Post by PHOBES on Oct 29, 2009 12:16:36 GMT -5
I've only heard their major releases. I know I know, I just haven't been interested enough to check out the back catalog.
1. Sing the Sorrow 2. Decemberunderground 3. Crash Love
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Post by halo19 on Oct 29, 2009 13:13:01 GMT -5
I first became aware of them (I think) in the 8th grade, when The Art of Drowning was released (although I didn't hear them first-hand for awhile). I knew at least two people from that school/town that were die-hard AFI fans. Pretty much everything I knew about them made me think that they could be a band up my alley.
In spite being their "sellout" among older fans, I'll maintain that STS is in fact their best album.
1. Sing the Sorrow 2. Decemberunderground 3. Black Sails in the Sunset 4. The Art of Drowning
5. All Hallow's E.P. 6. Crash Love
I never bothered to re-buy Answer That when I lost it but I guess you could rank that one at #7 if my memory served correct. They're prolific enough that I've just not been so sure about getting all the pre-Jade Puget albums.
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Post by pen on Oct 29, 2009 13:13:04 GMT -5
I've only heard their major releases. I know I know, I just haven't been interested enough to check out the back catalog. 1. Sing the Sorrow 2. Decemberunderground 3. Crash Love Well so you're aware their first two albums are way more straight pop-punk; it's not till Shut Your Mouth And Open Your Eyes that they began infusing the darker, gothier punk style that continued through The Art Of Drowning, which is IMO the pinnacle of their style in that regard. Then Sing begins a new era in my mind.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Oct 30, 2009 1:57:16 GMT -5
Random/Off-topic: IMO Decemberunderground is their weakest studio album... Weaker than....... Answer That and Stay Fashionable Very Proud of Ya Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes Black Sails in the Sunset The Art of Drowning Sing the Sorrow Crash Love Weaker than all those? Well so you're aware their first two albums are way more straight pop-punk. Pop-punk doesn't really describe it properly, though. It's more skate-punk and hardcore. Yeah, there's a pop element, but I wouldn't consider it strong enough to include it in the genre description.
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Post by pen on Oct 30, 2009 2:18:58 GMT -5
Well okay, skate-punk is more apt especially considering where pop-punk is nowadays.
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