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Re: TTY - UK chart position, day one (#2)

There is zero chance then for a 4th solo number 1 (in four subsequent decades).
Gutted.
I blame whoever thought it wise to release 4 songs long before the album's release (two of which are the worst on the album) and not release a traditional lead-off single. Very unnecessary!
 
Re: TTY - UK chart position, day one (#2)

this.

"I blame whoever thought it wise to release 4 songs long before the album's release (two of which are the worst on the album) and not release a traditional lead-off single. Very unnecessary!"

i dont think any of them are the worst, i dont really care for staircase myself, but releasing three singles at roughly the same time was and is a mistake. would have done better with the three spoken word videos, i thought this a great idea, and then an actual single.
 
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Ed Sheeran is wonderful, but so it this new "Morrissey". I hope that the world of mouth buzz builds around the water-coolers & pubs in the next few days to present a wonderful surprise #1 chart placing.

We can all so easily mock and do the *rollseyes* but "Morrissey" has an Inner Child who is sitting listening to the radio hour after hour, hoping to hear a song by his favourite pop-star "Morrissey". This poor confused child wanders into newsagents looking for Jackie, Sounds & other long-vanished artefacts, switches on the telly in the luxurious hotel suite frantically trying to find TOTP at 7:00pm and then looks out at modern day.......looks out at wherever in the world the other "Morrissey" has taken him. The grown up, ruthless, scary "Morrissey" scans sales spreadsheets and adds to the white-board in the War Room Bunker which is located just down the corridor from the Presidential Suite.

If you're rich and feeling rather silly, please buy another copy so that the Inner Child "Morrissey" doesn't have to face another corporate blood-bath by scary "Morrissey, if the final result of Week 1's campaign is a big, fat Number Two staring back from the porcelain bowl. Give it to a random stranger in the street with a bunch of flowers and/or a box of chocolates. All that random act of kindness stuff. "Morrissey" may be a troubled multimillionaire misanthrope but even as we watch the chaos in Gaza, our compassion should surely also extend to "Troubled Morrissey". I will now drive to my local church and light a candle and say a prayer, hoping that G*d intervenes to ensure "World Peace Is None Of Your Business" ends the tryannical maniacal immodest success story that is "Ed Sheeran".

With every devout prayer for a #1
BrummieBoy
at the grave of Edward Elgar.
 
Re: TTY - UK chart position, day one (#2)

I blame whoever thought it wise to release 4 songs long before the album's release

Agreed !!

Cheers Moz
 
UK chart position / day one - true-to-you.net
15 July 2014

Morrissey is #2 in the UK with World Peace Is None Of Your Business. He is just over one thousand sales behind Ed Sheeran who is clinging on to the number one position.
Please support Morrissey by purchasing World Peace Is None Of Your Business in the next few days in an effort to oust Ed Sheeran. Thank you.
 
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#2 is a very respectable result after only a day ... what's all the fuss about claiming the top spot, inane vanity - do you think he'd be there for very long?! releasing a stand-alone Istanbul would've been a better strategy, eschewing those odd spoken word vids (Pammy?!).

I'm not buying another one, are you?
 
Re: TTY - UK chart position, day one (#2)

We support you Steven but please....next time release some singles , physically I mean. You know we love artworks.....

Cheers Moz
 
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"Staircase At..." and "Kiss Me A Lot" would be better singles
 
Why do you write that "the previous "Day One" post was removed from the main page of true-to-you.net"?! It's still there, on the main page, third news item down. Get a grip!
 
Re: TTY - UK chart position, day one (#2)

1000 is nothing. You guys should pick up a copy for work or for a gift. I would if my sale counted.
 
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Or perhaps it could be that there were zero media appearances - print, TV, or radio - in the weeks immediately prior to release. If he was too ill, fair cop. But then don't whinge about the results, which will be inevitable with #1 seemingly out of reach. Even YATQ-era Morrissey readily acknowledged (in multiple interviews) the need to "play the game." (Pepsi Smash anyone?) People are so ready to carry the can on his behalf, but anyone with any objective sense should see the pre-release publicity was very poorly executed - and Harvest/Capitol are not the person(s) the music press wants to speak with. I know some have said Vauxhall slipped out quietly on its own merits but there were a handful of riveting profiles published that month. He was also coming off Your Arsenal barely a year and a half before, not Years Of Refusal five years ago.
 
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Yes that is true. No interviews at all , zero !! I remember , in order to promote YATQ, him going after a very long time to Friday Night with Jonathan Ross and being bloody nervous about being there and being interviewed....but he did it 'cause he knew that it was important to pugh up the Album.

Cheers Moz
 
You guys put the lame in blame. :rolleyes: The spoken words and guerilla marketing were awesome, don't forget he's probably too sick to make small talk with Wozzie and seasoned lady DJs. Give him a break, I thought Harvest was pretty innovative in their approach.
 
The business about poor marketing, mentioned above, is true.

I loved the simple campaign with those spoken word clips (even the one with Pam Anderson); but the digital multi-song releases, the lack of physical singles, the disastrous and eventually aborted tour with no explanation didn't help.

All it would have taken was one strong single for us to rally around (maybe Staircase) with a nice sleeve and a couple of TV interviews to let us know where he was coming from with the LP.

Instead, we heard a good 1/3 of the songs clumsily recorded (and dutifully replicated on stage) via YouTube and fan already knew what to expect.

It also didn't help that Harvest promised about a half-dozen different bundles that confused buyers: CD with postcards, semi-deluxe bundle with t-shirt, deluxe bundle without t-shirt but with poster, semi-deluxe bundle with lyrics and t-shirt... who could keep track?

I normally buy a vinyl copy for my collection and a CD for regular use, but this year, I'm holding out for the promised super-uber deluxe package which may or may not ever materialize (there are delays on that, right?). Harvest doesn't seem to be the voice of authority on official Moz merch and that doesn't instill confidence when it comes to entering one's credit card info with the hopes of one day getting a package of goodies that may or may not be what was promised. "Artwork may be subject to change?"

My point is, there were too many variables with this campaign. I appreciate the desire to give fans bundled options, but there have been too many loose ends with getting the products out there. The whole campaign just seemed rather slapdash.
 
I see it now, note removed. Sorry about that. There is a US release post that was similar in details to the previous UK release post that pushed the other item down. A bit confusing with the multiple "Day One" posts.

Why do you write that "the previous "Day One" post was removed from the main page of true-to-you.net"?! It's still there, on the main page, third news item down. Get a grip!
 
Again, 1000 is soooooo f***ing close, it's a walk to the grocery store to make a beaming Mozzy. Get some ice cream while you're there.
 
Hello,

Is the deluxe edition out today is the US. Thought I saw the 22nd. Thanks!
 
Again, 1000 is soooooo f***ing close, it's a walk to the grocery store to make a beaming Mozzy. Get some ice cream while you're there.

It is, but then it will be 20,000 by Sunday...

Also it seems strange to me that the album (and also the deluxe) were made available on Spotify on the day of release.
 

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