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WhoCares album US sales
WhoCares charity compilation was released stateside on August 28. After selling just 700 copies in the first week of release, it nevertheless managed to land on the Top New Artist (a.k.a. Heartseekers) Albums chart at No. 52. The chart lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200 (which in case of messrs. Gillan and Iommi release under WhoCares moniker is a pure technicality).
The pitiful number of 700 copies (and a place in the charts after that) just highlights the abysmal state of the recording industry today. You can improve this number (and help a good cause) by getting your copy.
Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Got it, Love it!
September 6th, 2012 at 21:33I purchased my copy over the week-end purely by accident. After some antiquing and geocaching, my wife and I popped into a record store that we just happened to run across and WhoCares was in the NEW RELEASE bin. Something should be said for the shop as it had a vinyl copy of Difficult to Cure up on the wall.
September 6th, 2012 at 22:51I got mine just today…thanks amazon.com
September 7th, 2012 at 01:31This is just what IG was talking about when he expressed his reluctance to make a new album with DP. The upcoming release will be the last DP studio album that’s for sure. Wanna bet? Anyone?
September 7th, 2012 at 07:52I couldn’t wait for the Domestic US Release so I bought the Import. So does that awful 700 number really reflect the actual number bought by fans in the US?
September 7th, 2012 at 09:18700 is enough to be on #345 of the amazon charts?? (sept. 7th, 12 o’clock)
September 7th, 2012 at 10:10All 700 was not sold by Amazon.
September 7th, 2012 at 11:32Well, I guess it’s not only the state of music business but the album itself. There are no new songs on it, and the compilation itsef is rather…hm, a strange mish/mash – some obscure second rate Gillan songs (let’s be honest, “Easy Come, Easy Go” doesn’t show Gillan at his best), some Iommi with Hughes (wonder if he knows), then Anno Mundi with Martin out of the blue and out of context, and the billionth version of SOTW – which we’ve known for the last decade when it was first realeased. I bought the album but only because I thought the cause was worth it. Otherwise, I wouldn’t really bother. One or two brand new WhoCares songs would help it without doubt.
September 7th, 2012 at 13:13Oh, and the retro cover really sukcs, don;t you think?
September 7th, 2012 at 13:14I looked for WhoCares at my local record store (FYE) in the Moorestown Mall, NJ. I couldn’t find it under Gillan’s or Iommi’s section. I would like to get this album at the same time that I buy Re-Machined (DP tribute) and the new Black Country Communion (Afterglow) album. It will be a good three records to buy at the same time.
September 7th, 2012 at 13:51Ordered mine through HMV, had it within a week.
September 7th, 2012 at 15:12Love It.
In other words, a fraction of the total of 700 copies sold is enough to get to #345 on the Amazon charts. Or in other words, it’s really, really bad out there.
September 7th, 2012 at 15:26@ 10 Yea, you wont this type of release at the ( fye ) at the Moorestown Mall which i also shop at. Your best go order through ‘amazon.com’, i have ordered there thousands of times for the most obscure imports you cant get in most stores.
September 7th, 2012 at 21:53Unless U are in Van Halen nobody is gonna buy any record U make. Now that is a great record. No offense but Tony and Ian need to reform another version of Sabbath, pull out the old Stonehenge set, audition bass players and drummers and TOUR.
September 8th, 2012 at 07:22WHOCARES – EXACTLY!
September 8th, 2012 at 17:12@4. Tottaly agree. “Album” sales will suck for the new DP release no matter what.
AOR is DEAD. It started the day the first CD was made. What exactly is an “album” in today’s digital world? Artists release material on P2P sites just as an infomercial as well as selling it digitally. It’s all about touring and selling tickets and merchandise for as much as you can.
Anyway I will buy a vinyl version if I ever see one. Bring back vinyl! I don’t know why but music always sounds better on the record player the few times a year I turn it on.
Ummmm, can we discuss reality here? It’s 25 BUCKS for a double album of outtakes and demos for an Eastern European charity no one heard of 20 years ago when the earthquake occurred. Sorry, the new material came out 16 months ago as an overpriced single. Maybe that’s why no one is buying it.
September 9th, 2012 at 14:00What can save Purple is to get a real rock guitar player OR get Steve to play Rock.
Why are they still play 80% Blackmore songs? Beacuse he was (and could still be) the best rock guitar player on the planet. Purple was and should still be a ROCK band. With Steve as it’s now they are a rock group when playing Blackmore tunes. For a strange reaon why dont they plat “House of Pain”? THAT is a rock song/tune.
Look at Maiden, Metalica, Osbourne/Sabbath, Van Halen. They still play rock. And they sell. It’s VERY easy to understand.
Dear Deep Purple.
September 9th, 2012 at 20:24You can do it again if you want to., but you need to have the right players in team. And the attitude of “We still can do this!!!!!!
Wow, I was also at FYE a the Morrestown mall in NJ in the last few weeks. That makes three of us. I am surprised that the mall stores manage to stay open. The music that they have blasting on the sound system is enough to keep me away.
Anyway, I would like to see some real new material from Iommi / Gillan.
September 9th, 2012 at 23:34@17 Agree, the music they play at ( fye ) is terrible !… but they do however have a heavy metal section & a good section of deep purple albums, more variety then say ( best buy ) .
September 11th, 2012 at 11:052 new songs, a couple of uninteresting unreleased/released material dont make a good album. Looks like each of them went into their vaults and drew them out.Furthermore price it at around $30 for the 2 CDs set (even for a good cause) and throw in an 80s cover. You think its Hear ‘n Aid….Tsk tsk… looks like the old guys are stuck in a time warp. And you expect to sell such stuff by the carttloads …. seriously!!!!!
September 12th, 2012 at 17:34With this modern day “inner net” thingy, I was actually able to “pre-flight” this CD (I know… amazing what we can do nowadays). I knew in advance exactly what I was buying! I must say that as a long time DP collector, this double disc fills the holes in my collection and allowed me to hear some things that until now were only titles on my wish list… Thanks for this collection boys, and thank you to Glenn Hughes for being a sport and allowing the inclusion of the two Japanese bonus tracks that he did with Toni…
September 22nd, 2012 at 08:36