It 'flopped' because they left it too long like stale cake.
It flopped because of poor single choices, why Leona and Syco choose Trouble and Lovebird over tracks like Come Alive, Glassheart or Sugar I don't understand. I really do think it is her strongest to date and had so many songs that would have worked as singles.
12 months 11 days by Gary Barlow, it has some fantastic tracks that more than deserved to be hits and its an album that deserved the success of the last few Take That albums.
Rachel Stevens - Come And Get It (as mentioned elsewhere)
Manda Rin - My DNA (think 3 of us bought it, an electro classic)
Do Me Bad Things - Yes! (big BIG tunes)
Cyndi Lauper's Bring Ya To The Brink - I just don't understand what happened - a brilliant album!
Lack of promo, I think? It is a brilliant album, and one I haven't given a spin in a while.
It's just a shame the follow-up, Memphis Blues, is not my kind of album at all. I admire Cyndi for doing what she wants but I hope she'll return to pop if she releases another album.
Good answer. I also really like Child of the Universe but as far as I've noticed there has not been much buzz about that one either?
It's a shame that after the huge dip in sales after IE she's dirt of abandoned her UK fan base and has suffered almost zero sales. I love Delta she's a great artists that deserves a little more recignition
I don't think a top 3 album can be classed as a 'huge' flop. Did it perform to expectations- no, clearly not. Was it a 'huge' flop- no.
Peaks mean nothing. Bionic got to #1 and yet would you claim that was anything other than a massive flop? Glassheart only spent three weeks in the Top 40, and has so far sold only a dismal c.70,000 copies despite the fact it was released in the forth quarter and launched with an X-Factor performance...
I don't understand why people are listening Beyoncè's '4' in this thread. It did not sell as much as her past albums but it was far from a flop.
Also, Doll Domination was not a flop. If an album doesn't sell as much as the previous album - doesn't mean it's a flop.
To be fair the people who have listed likes of '4' have specified they aren't just listing flops, but also albums that largely undersold based on an artists fame, status and previous success.
With Doll Domination, your right it wasn't close to being a huge flop but it was hardly a success either, only managing to sell 200,000 copies, a sixth of it's predecessor.
The first of which failed to go Top 100, with other two only just managing to scrape Silver despite the fact they were released by two very, very big names.
Kylie Minogue- Impossible Princess
Lura Marling- Alas I Cannot Swim
Kate Bush- The Dreaming
Like all of these, especially Impossible Princess. It irks me that people go on about wanting Kylie to be less pop but when she does nobody supports her via actually buying it.
Strip Me by Natasha Bedingfield was a fantastic album I thought. A huge highlight of 2010 for me.
Fantastic album (as are all her albums). I wish she would stop messing about in the US and start focusing on the UK again. Neither Pocketful of Sunshine or Strip Me have had proper releases in the UK - I doubt they ever will now.
She really messed up by ditching the UK to go focus on the US.
Another vote for Impossible Princess too. There are some truly stunning songs on that album and leftover from that era. Take Me With You are Love Takes Over Me are two of my favourite Kylie songs. I'd love for her to return to that sound again.
Also a few more mentions:
....Kate Bush- The Dreaming
I didn't realise until read great anniversary article on it that it was considered a disaster at time and EMI very nearly asked for money back:). One of my all-time fave albums, but definitely wacky.
wish DS would ban the word flop lol or at least if a someones post contains the word flop a definition of what it actually means appears haha
No kidding. I have a ton of indie albums that sold less than 1000 copies because only 1000 copies were ever made. Do those count as "flops"?
This might be my favorite "rare" album:
The Freedom CD, which was a collection of "demoscene" music such as Zodiak - Respirator, only had 800 pressings ever made, and it was only available to purchase from their website, back in 1995.
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It flopped because of poor single choices, why Leona and Syco choose Trouble and Lovebird over tracks like Come Alive, Glassheart or Sugar I don't understand. I really do think it is her strongest to date and had so many songs that would have worked as singles.
A few members such as myself did say the album they are listing are not flops, but are low sellers compared to previous albums by that seller
Don't like the Macc Lads. HMHB have wit, they don't.
Beware of The Dog!
Manda Rin - My DNA (think 3 of us bought it, an electro classic)
Do Me Bad Things - Yes! (big BIG tunes)
Good answer. I also really like Child of the Universe but as far as I've noticed there has not been much buzz about that one either?
Lack of promo, I think? It is a brilliant album, and one I haven't given a spin in a while.
It's just a shame the follow-up, Memphis Blues, is not my kind of album at all. I admire Cyndi for doing what she wants but I hope she'll return to pop if she releases another album.
It's a shame that after the huge dip in sales after IE she's dirt of abandoned her UK fan base and has suffered almost zero sales. I love Delta she's a great artists that deserves a little more recignition
Peaks mean nothing. Bionic got to #1 and yet would you claim that was anything other than a massive flop? Glassheart only spent three weeks in the Top 40, and has so far sold only a dismal c.70,000 copies despite the fact it was released in the forth quarter and launched with an X-Factor performance...
To be fair the people who have listed likes of '4' have specified they aren't just listing flops, but also albums that largely undersold based on an artists fame, status and previous success.
With Doll Domination, your right it wasn't close to being a huge flop but it was hardly a success either, only managing to sell 200,000 copies, a sixth of it's predecessor.
Flop:
verb. fail
noun. failure - washout - miscarriage - fiasco
A few of my recent favourites that didn't do very well at all -
Natalia Kills - Perfectionist
Britney Spears - Feeme Fatale
Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby
The first of which failed to go Top 100, with other two only just managing to scrape Silver despite the fact they were released by two very, very big names.
Kylie Minogue- Impossible Princess
Joss Stone- Introducing
Lura Marling- Alas I Cannot Swim
Kate Bush- The Dreaming
Most of these albums listed shouldn't even be here. People are listing a lot of albums that are certified Gold and Platinum.
Like all of these, especially Impossible Princess. It irks me that people go on about wanting Kylie to be less pop but when she does nobody supports her via actually buying it.
You know this already, but I adore LM.
Bionic - Christina Aguilera
Volume II - She & Him
The Idler Wheel... - Fiona Apple
Fantastic album (as are all her albums). I wish she would stop messing about in the US and start focusing on the UK again. Neither Pocketful of Sunshine or Strip Me have had proper releases in the UK - I doubt they ever will now.
She really messed up by ditching the UK to go focus on the US.
Another vote for Impossible Princess too. There are some truly stunning songs on that album and leftover from that era. Take Me With You are Love Takes Over Me are two of my favourite Kylie songs. I'd love for her to return to that sound again.
Alexandra Burke - Heartbreak on Hold
I didn't realise until read great anniversary article on it that it was considered a disaster at time and EMI very nearly asked for money back:). One of my all-time fave albums, but definitely wacky.
No kidding. I have a ton of indie albums that sold less than 1000 copies because only 1000 copies were ever made. Do those count as "flops"?
This might be my favorite "rare" album:
The Freedom CD, which was a collection of "demoscene" music such as Zodiak - Respirator, only had 800 pressings ever made, and it was only available to purchase from their website, back in 1995.
I remember going out to buy it on release day and the shop I usually buy new albums from didn't have any in stock. I had high hopes.
Excellent album that should have launched Allison into the same indie-queen
status as P.J. Harvey and Beth Orton, but had little commerical impact.