[kj] MMXII actual UK sales: 3,843

[Paul Rangecroft]

4K, what's that - a medium sized venue? Paying £10 each. No wonder
they're doing this tour with The Cult.

On 4/10/12, Nick Scott <npscott at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> Not only do I find it quite sad that on the first week of release UK

> sales only amount to not quite 4000 but also the fact thats enough to

> get as high a chart placing of 44.

>

> Have album sales declined that much?  I remember back in the 80s and

> early 90s when regularly bands had 7" 12" and CD Single limited

> editions of around 10000 copies.

>

> On 9 April 2012 18:20, Rheinhold Squeegee <kjlist at live.com> wrote:

>> http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1049089&c=1

>>

>> But post-punk survivors Killing Joke, all of whom are now in their 50s,

>> rack

>> up their 13th chart album and extend their chart tenure to 32 years with

>> an

>> album of that name debuting at number 44 (3,843 sales).