Anathema's best selling (or worst selling) album?

[Ivo]

Originally posted by Strangelight
Everythings relative to the amount of money spent on promtion bla bla bla. From what Ive heard of Judgement it could have been really big in the USA. Serenades is the biggest selling with over 300,000 copies sold (before all yous were born hehe)

damn, huge numbers, man...

 

[Ivo]

Originally posted by Mariner
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but even then, what's the point of the thread Ivo?

curiosity, man, curiosity...

 

[Ivo]

Originally posted by Cerulean
Heh?? That's VERY strange Making progress all the time and still the very first album selling the most copies....

dunno, whether you remember that time - 1993 year..., but that kinda music was very popular then (there still was headbangers ball and huge summer festivals, and many fans...) i guess itwas the right time and the right place and that...

 

[Bambi]

yeah telivision makes a HUGE difference to sales, I ran out and bought serenades cos yer wan on headbangers ball gave it the thumbs up, and she was always right. lol

 

[the_good_son141]

no its because its for so long in the market... the old fans got it then,and the new ones thought they should get it as they liked eternity etc,so there you go:the old copies+the new ones=$$$

 

[cedarbreed]

Originally posted by the_good_son141
no its because its for so long in the market... the old fans got it then,and the new ones thought they should get it as they liked eternity etc,so there you go:the old copies+the new ones=$$$

Well I wasnt caught in that business trap hehe ! I havent got Serenades and i dont wanna buy it anyway , cant stand Darren's vox !!
I know some really good songs on Serenades and Pentecost III but i really cant cope wih the voice ... sorry ...
I discovered Anathema with TSE and became a fan with Eternity but did not buy the older albums. I never act like others
Trend sucks

 

[the_good_son141]

its got sleepless thats a reason to have it.and some other great songs which you'll never discover without it...
and for the pentecost/crestfallen goes the same way.
havent you heard we,the gods?

 

[cedarbreed]

i know all the songs from the 3 first albums/EP. I think many of them are good. We The Gods,Sleepless,Everwake ... many many many of them are real good *PROPER DOOM* songs
But i told you it's the voice ... i cant listen to more than 3 songs in a row cause of it

I'd rather listen to Sleepless 96 for instance !

 

[coelacanth]

Their most successful album must be Dying Trend and their least popular must be The Trends

 

[Cerulean]

Aha

 

[Don Corleone]

serenades???? is this a joke?

 

[Mariner]

Im not sure as well Don, perhaps he's joking...
it could be right though, but i would expect Silent Enigma to be more succesful then Serenades

 

[Don Corleone]

exactly!

 

[cedarbreed]

Coelacanth, you go back to your aquarium right now please ...

erm ... I'm not sure Dunc's kidding. I really think it's Serenades. many of my friends told me they (Anathema) used to claim that in interviews during the A4/Judgement era ... I know AFTDE sold really less than Judgement and it's a shame
And I was told Judgement sold 'only' 80.000 'worldwilde'
BTW I was also told only 3000 French people bought AFTDE ... seems incredible to me ... i don't understand ...

 

[Mariner]

holy fuck!
Within Temptation sold 80000 albums so far in Holland & Belgium!!! And 150.000 copies in Europe!!!!!!! Common... are you joking?

 

[cedarbreed]

I'm not kidding ...
That's what I've been told from a reliable source but maybe it's wrong anyway...
The truth is out there

 

[cedarbreed]

yeah i also remember A4 sold something like 'only' 12.000 in France ...
still i dunno if all those numbers are right.