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Post by Partridge on Oct 4, 2023 23:21:57 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Oct 5, 2023 8:26:27 GMT -5
Of course, Linda did put some new spins onto the C&W material she did when she performed in Nashville. It seemed to make clear that she still loved country music a lot, but that her way of doing it meant that she could never have been a part of the Nashville hierarchy.
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Post by Partridge on Oct 5, 2023 12:43:11 GMT -5
In this Rolling Stone article it states: " Mad Love was not a commercial success, to say the least, ending her reign on the pop charts." How can a million-selling album that debuted in the Top 5 be regarded as a flop? Did this article come at a time when Rolling Stone had lost all credibility? Of course, it seems more like an article about Elvis Costello, the official asshat of this webpage, who seems to be happy about Linda's demise. Rolling Stone articleSo, in 1989, Elvis Costello is still on his anti-Linda tirade. What a loser! He released an album at the same time as Mad Love, which sold considerably worse.
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Post by MokyWI on Oct 5, 2023 14:33:11 GMT -5
In this Rolling Stone article it states: " Mad Love was not a commercial success, to say the least, ending her reign on the pop charts." How can a million-selling album that debuted in the Top 5 be regarded as a flop? Did this article come at a time when Rolling Stone had lost all credibility? Of course, it seems more like an article about Elvis Costello, the official asshat of this webpage, who seems to be happy about Linda's demise. Rolling Stone articleSo, in 1989, Elvis Costello is still on his anti-Linda tirade. What a loser! He released an album at the same time as Mad Love, which sold considerably worse. This article was written a few years ago. Yes, Mad Love fell short of the sales of Simple Dreams and Living In The USA but album sales in 1979 took a nose dive across the board, and by 1980 they were still recovering, this fact has to be taken into consideration. The article has a revisionist point of view. Mad Love didn’t sell triple platinum (LITUSA didn’t sell three million like stated years later. MANY of the initial two million shipped ended up in the cutout bins that sold for almost half the price) Mad Love was HARDLY a commercial failure. Seems like a real success looking back forty three years later and it seemed like a big hit and very successful from my eyes back in the day. I think these charts Tony has posted is proof of that. The person who wrote this article in March 2020 didn’t really do their homework that well.
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Post by eddiejinnj on Oct 5, 2023 15:07:26 GMT -5
Exactly, the person didn't do their homework. It was the first album ever or by a female that debuted on the Billboard Album Chart in the top 5. Not even going to bother with other examples to justify why it was a success. eddiejinnj 5445
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Post by PoP80 on Oct 5, 2023 15:56:41 GMT -5
Platinum and a Grammy nomination speaks for itself. Plus, Mad Love was released on the heels of Pirates at the height of Linda’s popularity. I remember it being a big deal at that time and it has also stood the test of time.
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Post by RobGNYC on Oct 5, 2023 17:16:10 GMT -5
So much wrong in that RS review (and Sheffield is generally a perceptive critic). "Not even Linda has a kind word for this album"? I've never heard her disparage Mad Love. That it wasn't mentioned in The Sound of My Voice proves nothing--the film didn't discuss many of Linda's albums--there just wasn't time to cover all of the albums in a 50-year career. As for Mad Love being an answer to Tusk--what?? Finally, I re-read Linda's Playboy interview and she says that Elvis Costello "sent me 'Talking in the Dark.'" So either he didn't mean what he said about disliking her interpretations of his songs, or the checks from "Alison" on Living in the USA and the anticipated checks from Mad Love outweighed what he really thought. Either way, he's full of sh*t.
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Post by erik on Oct 5, 2023 17:50:12 GMT -5
Quote by eddiejinnj:
I personally don't think this has anything to do with anyone not doing their "homework". I think it does have a lot to do with "revisionist history". They just can't stand the fact that Linda put out a fairly raw rock album at the start of the 1980's and her fans made it into a big f***ing hit.
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