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AcerBenII

AcerBenII

~Paul~ said:
I'm pretty surprised they're so far behind in sales already. Did the people in here who've seen the numbers confirm it's definitely the Manics that are beating them?

Steps are (well) ahead of the Manics in physicals on Amazon and HMV best sellers and are still #1 on iTunes, with the Manics down at 7. Then there's all the bundle sales.

Where are the Manics getting all the sales from?

EDIT: I see the Manics have 3 other versions under number 70 on Amazon, so that'll help them I suppose. I'm hoping Steps have a few thousand physical sales that have still to be added from orders not shipped at the point the Friday sales were counted.
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Surely a high proportion of sales will have come via both band's official websites
 
~Paul~

~Paul~

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AcerBenII said:
Seriously? Haven't they taken the piss enough yet?
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I love them but I'm inclined to agree here. The amount of different versions is absolutely obscene. And having to buy them all to get all the tracks is insanity.

AcerBenII said:
Surely a high proportion of sales will have come via both band's official websites
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That's where I thought Steps might have higher sales. Purely because of the million variations of the release. But I hadn't looked on the Manics' site at that point. Now I see they also have 10 versions. Fucking hell.
 
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TeamSats2012

I've had such a hectic few days that I'm only just playing this now!
Was at the signing yesterday in Westfield. It was SO good. They all looked stunning and the energy was incredible. I was even on H's Instagram story, as I was wearing the What The Future Holds T-Shirt from the bundle from Pt 1!
I chatted (quickly..!) to Claire about how hectic their schedule is and if they were having a good album release week. She said it feels like I'm back in the 90's! Managed to get some great pics too. Will upload here when I've looked at them all properly.
Afterwards I nearly had a little cry in the middle of the shopping centre as I was so happy!
(EDIT) I spoke to the HMV colleague and they said they were expecting at least 300+ people for the signing in London, so if they had at least that many at each of the 6 cities, that is an extra 1800 sales they might not have had (There is a news report from Leeds today saying there were at least 1000 people queuing? Whether that is correct I don't know?)

I'm hoping for a signed vinyl, and perhaps even a different cassette version too to help boost sales. Would love if they get Number 1 this time, but to even chart this high 24 years later is a success on its own!
 
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MB

Just back from the Leeds signing. It was so much better than the Manchester one which felt very rushed and security enforced whereas this was a lot more relaxed and the band were definitely more at ease and looked to be having a great time together. I do wonder if they look at me and secretly press a panic button in their minds!
 
unidan82

unidan82

Still haven't received my individual CD's so I complained to the steps store and asked how I claim back the postage as it's more than 48hours. Apparently... 48hr postage is 2 WORKING DAYS - so they charged £8 postage for something that could turn up 3 days later...? Thankfully, they've agreed to refund the £8 as a goodwill gesture so I'm happy with that.
 
Chips111

Chips111

Bookwormboy said:
If it does end up being the Manics at number and Steps at 2 it makes for a good narrative that might garner some more promo

Still would have been nicer if after 23 years the positions were reversed
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Wouldn't be number 1 garner more promo though!? I know I've said before I'd rather it went to number one and whatever position it was next week would be fine. It would have been and will always be a number one album.
 
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