What are you listening to?

[Andree]

I think most like the first 5 albums (I pretty much stopped with Siren too) but I listen most often these days to Avalon... !

Siren is still my favorite. I have Manifesto and Avalon, though not Flesh and Blood. Avalon was their
most popular album in the U.S. and their only platinum album, though it took ten years to get there.

[Allhallowsday]

I think most like the first 5 albums (I pretty much stopped with Siren too) but I listen most often these days to Avalon... !

Siren is still my favorite. I have Manifesto and Avalon, though not Flesh and Blood. Avalon was their
most popular album in the U.S. and their only platinum album, though it took ten years to get there.

I believe Country Life charted in the Top 40 Albums, but not high and because of that cover...
They're only charting single was "Love Is The Drug" which may have gotten to Top 20... I don't have my Joel Whitburn Top 40 books handy.

ROXY MUSIC Avalon

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^"In Every Dream Home A Heartache" is extremely creepy.


JOHN LENNON Plastic Ono Band  

[Andree]

I don't mean to equate commercial success with musical quality, but it's interesting to go back and get an idea
of where they stood on the charts and the information is so easy to find on the internet.

Manifesto was the highest charting RM album in the U.S. at number 23.

Love Is the Drug was the highest charting RM single in the U.S. at number 30.

They had quite a few top ten singles in the U.K., but their only U.K. number one was their cover
of John Lennon's Jealous Guy.

[Allhallowsday]

^ One of the things that surprises me most is their success overseas and no significant charting in the USA!

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JOHN LENNON Imagine    

 

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BIG STAR #1 Record

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BIG STAR Radio City

[Andree]

^ One of the things that surprises me most is their success overseas and no significant charting in the USA!

I guess it was just one of those things. For whatever reason, Americans never cottoned to Roxy Music's music.
T. Rex and Slade followed the same pattern--big success in the U.K. and very limited success here. Sometimes
bands blame their record companies for not providing much publicity and support. I don't know if that had anything
to do with Roxy Music's lack of success in the U.S. I noticed that Avalon was very successful in Europe, going
to number one in quite a lot of countries.

[Allhallowsday]

^ One of the things that surprises me most is their success overseas and no significant charting in the USA!

I guess it was just one of those things. For whatever reason, Americans never cottoned to Roxy Music's music.
T. Rex and Slade followed the same pattern--big success in the U.K. and very limited success here. Sometimes
bands blame their record companies for not providing much publicity and support. I don't know if that had anything
to do with Roxy Music's lack of success in the U.S. I noticed that Avalon was very successful in Europe, going
to number one in quite a lot of countries.

BOBBY GENTRY has a #1 hit in the UK with "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" which did not chart stateside.

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YES Fragile

[Andree]

BOBBY GENTRY has a #1 hit in the UK with "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" which did not chart stateside.

I would imagine that happens fairly often--a song being a big hit in the U.K. and going nowhere in the U.S. and vice versa.