I'm really confused about this....
We're all so proud of the fact that UR is underground but then bitch that it
doesn't make it further than 43 in the UK _POP_ charts?
Please
Fred
> I'm surprised that no-one has mentioned this yet but
> 'Jaguar' debuted at
> number 43 in the UK pop chart on sunday, much much lower
> than I personally
> expected. Anyone got any thoughts on why?
>
> Maybe the fact that the release date was put back a week had
> something to do
> with it? (It was originally scheduled for Oct 3rd, then went
> back to Oct
> 9th)
>
> Another possible reason might be that the promotion wasn't
> adequate. For
> example, it was handled in the UK by a company called
> Sainted PR, who,
> whilst a big music PR company, aren't exactly known for their techno
> activities - they usually do guitar bands and dance pop etc.
> My man Jonas
> Stone at Phuture Trax did the UR party a couple of years
> back, and does all
> the Tresor and Mills releases etc, so I (and he, actually) would have
> thought he should have been the obvious choice. Apparently
> Sainted got it as
> a result of the distribution deal 430 West/UR hooked up.
> Mind you, there
> have been plenty of Rolando interviews in the last crop of
> music mags her,
> so...
>
> Also, there was no real advertising to speak of. Azzido Da
> Bass 'Doom's
> Night' was also released last week and that has entered the
> chart at about
> number 6. The difference is that they have a massive
> promotional campaign
> behind them - Nottingham, where I live, is covered with
> flyposters, just as
> it was for the release of Zombie Nation's 'Kernkraft 400'.
>
> Anyone got any thoughts on this? Whatever, I guess it's
> unlikely ot go much
> higher. Records don't tend to climb the chart slowly these
> days like they
> used to. Instead they tend to enter, then slide downwards.
>
> Tom MF
>
>
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