Rock overtakes pop in UK album chart
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From the BBC web page.
Rock overtakes pop in UK album chart
So it would appear that those who pronounced rock "dead" may have been more than a little premature!
And with the likes of You Me At Six and Within Temptation doing well in the first two months and several big acts releasing albums this year it looks as though this could be another good year as well!
Rock overtakes pop in UK album chart
So it would appear that those who pronounced rock "dead" may have been more than a little premature!
And with the likes of You Me At Six and Within Temptation doing well in the first two months and several big acts releasing albums this year it looks as though this could be another good year as well!
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I've been trying to encourage people to get out to there local music venue for some time, now. There's far more talent out there than people realize
Damn right!
In other news, Classic Rock Mag still thinks rock is in crisis and the album is dying
http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/features/rock-in-crisis-is-the-album-era-over/
Pop is also a very broad genre so it balances out.
But pop is pop and Rod and Mumford ain't rock.
Post-Rock is generally better than modern rock anyway but I'm not sure where Post-Rock appears on the list.
Agreed. When I saw those names, I was WTF?
Oh....who cares?
Just listen to what you like to listen to.
Never Mind The Stats, Here's The Rock ' n Roll!
Classic Rock do this every year in January, it's a good way of filling the magazine in a traditionally very quiet month.
I believe it is based on the top selling 10,000 albums of the year and use the broad terms of Pop, Rock, Dance, and Urban to compile the list.
Absolutely agree but for the purposes of this discussion, it's somewhat odd that two acts that aren't rock, are being cited as a reason for rock albums outselling pop. If Rod & Mumford are removed from the stats, did Rock still outsell?
Well if those two are 'rock' then it calls the whole thing into question, i.e whoever compiled these states has not a clue ;-)
I'd be curious too.
Rod was great with The Faces and a couple of early solo albums but that's a long time ago.
I also think it's a long time since rock had anything to do with rebellion…it's nearly pure conformity these days.
You could argue that is true of any genre now. Urban music is a perfect example. It is said to be the current genre of choice for young people but it has become very bland, very safe, and very corporate.
All true, it just amused me that an article proclaiming rock is back is basing this on the fact Rod Steward sold some albums...
Subversion doesn't seem to have much of an outlet in music. The possibly rebellious bedroom DJ seems to want to do little more than 'mix a few beats!?' I thought access to production level laptop technologies would be such a creative catalyst but it seems not. Disappointing.
Precisely.
But then to me a "bedroom DJ mixing a few beats" isn't a musician. ;-)
However the chart company review the sales of @ 10,000 albums, so the fact that Rock music was the most popular won't be solely based on Rod Stewart's sales.
But it is the BBC reporting it, don't forget, so anything outside of manufactured pop they will struggle with and he was probably one of the few Rock artists they had heard of.
Marketing people like to categorise everything.
But it's good that we keep on rockin' in the free world,
"Classic" rock would be literally dying out as they are all in their 70's now.
Classic rock is not just old rockers though. I would put bands like Rival Sons, Blackberry Smoke and The Answer in the classic rock group and they are young guys starting out in their journey.