J ([email protected])
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 11:25:44 -0800 (PST)
The USA is a very big market for album sales for any recording artist.
Recent studies and surveys have shown that singles actually harm
album sales than promote it since people would just go after the
singles, especially from one-hit wonder groups. Singles also almost
cost as much to produce as an album.
In U2's case, the only "new" material they are releasing with this
album is Sweetest Thing so people who actually buy Sweetest Thing
might not be interested in the rest of the album anyway.
U2's recent commercial releases (Pop and Passengers) have received
lukewarm sales in the USA and may have alienated the Americans who are
more prone to sticking to poppy mainstream music, which U2 have
discarded.
More and more artists are now paying much less attention to their
Billboard Hot 100 Singles ratings and some are not even releasing
singles or are proceeding with caution when releasing such. The
finacial and economic difficulties that hinder the buying power of the
consumers have made artists focus more on the album sales rahter than
that of singles.
The conclusion that can be reached can only be one: Let us not release
the Sweetest Thing single in the USA but let's give it out to radio
stations so that it can pick up in the radio airplay to heighten
anticipation for that album. We can bring back old fans and earn new
fans.
So much for the fake reason, now let's move on to...
THE "REAL" REASON:
The USA have learned to dislike us while Europe and the rest of the
world have put up with all our "shit" with Pop and Popmart (good shit
is actually what I mean). There is no reason not to give Europe and
the rest of the world the single which the American's don't deserve.
Hell, let the Americans buy those imports and make the European
countries richer with the tariff rates these Joes will have to pay for
the imports.
Hope this adds some light on the specualtions...
Cheers,
J
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