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Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Oct. 25 2005, 11:55 Current Amazon uk ranking is 186. On the way down. Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Oct. 25 2005, 13:20 Amazon.com ranks the two imports around 4,000 and 12,000 on the sales list. Way to go, Mercury! Your non-promotion program is a success. You are meeting your US goals! The ODD thing is that Amazon.com has chosen to pair "L+S" with the SACD of Roger Waters' "CA IRA". -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Oct. 25 2005, 17:28 Quote (hiawatha @ Oct. 25 2005, 18:20) Amazon.com ranks the two imports around 4,000 and 12,000 on the sales list. I wonder how far down the list a CD can go? Back to top

David Mar Group: Members Posts: 457 Joined: Oct. 2001 Posted: Oct. 28 2005, 05:57 Has Mike done any tv or radio interviews to promote it? Back to top

TOBY Group: Members Posts: 1562 Joined: May 2002 Posted: Oct. 29 2005, 13:23 There is a review of L+S in this months record collector. Not surprisingly its not to positive (to put it mildly) 'music for people who don't like music and can't appreciate music' or words to that effect. It also points out the all the things that made Mike's earlier albums so good are gone entirely from L+S. AMEN to that. Back to top

The Bell(end) Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Oct. 29 2005, 13:29 Quote (TOBY @ Oct. 29 2005, 18:23) There is a review of L+S in this months record collector. Not surprisingly its not too positive (to put it mildly) 'music for people who don't like music and can't appreciate music' or words to that effect. LOL and to think Katie Melua would have undoubtedly had a good review, what would that mag make of rap music or thrash metal I wonder   -------------- When the night's on fi-ya, do you need love's arms to hold yew? :D Back to top

Navaira Group: Members Posts: 481 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: Oct. 29 2005, 14:27 Quote (The Bell(end) @ Oct. 29 2005, 13:29) LOL and to think Katie Melua would have undoubtedly had a good review, what would that mag make of rap music or thrash metal I wonder   I think Record Collector is actually one of the more respected magazines in the UK scene, or am I wrong? -------------- http://www.raygrant.com :: My album 'Exorcism' is out on iTunes now Back to top

TOBY Group: Members Posts: 1562 Joined: May 2002 Posted: Oct. 29 2005, 19:50 Well it is but a a lot of the main UK music magazines like Q, Mojo, Word, Uncut and Record Collector share a similar critical pool. That is you get a lot of the same names cropping up in the different magazines. It would be wrong to assume they're not fairly informed people and most of the magazines get critics who actually like a certain genre of music to review an album in that genre. Something which has contributed to Mike's  critical slamming over the years because what genre is he in? Instrumental rock chillout ambient newage pop? Yes we've got a critic who specialises in and is sympathetic to that. I would certainly say Record Collector is renowned for its open minded approach, it reflects its readers tastes rather than trying to shape them, something which Q is certainly guilty of. Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Oct. 30 2005, 05:34 Quote (TOBY @ Oct. 29 2005, 18:23) Record collector quote: 'music for people who don't like music and can't appreciate music' or words to that effect. But a comment like that isn't indicative of an open-minded approach, is it? Sounds like bigoted intolerance to me. Back to top

TOBY Group: Members Posts: 1562 Joined: May 2002 Posted: Nov. 03 2005, 14:13 No review again in this months Mojo magazine but Uncut have a ever so slightly sympathetic review giving it two stars out of five. It gives Mike credit for trying a modern approach  and not being the boring old prog rock foggy everybody thinks he is. The review says the album is full of  lush melodies but is so over produced that everything sounds utterly soulless. A fair point really. Back to top

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