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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 9, 2019 21:08:19 GMT -5
Two words: Chinese Democracy
It’s actually a great album in a way, but took way, way, WAAAAAAY too long.
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jan 9, 2019 21:36:37 GMT -5
In the "Holy F***ing Bad Timing" category, both of these albums were released on time and on schedule...on September 11, 2001. Both were immediately recalled:   |
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Jan 9, 2019 21:38:28 GMT -5
Being a massive Korn kid in my youth, the wait between "Issues" and "Untouchables" felt like it took ages. "Issues" came out in '99, "Untouchables" in June of 2002. While it's only 3 years (and nothing compared to the Tool drought we're on), the popular music scene that Korn were very much apart of in the late 90s was changing a lot. On top of that, the album is one of the earlier examples of major internet leaks, as it leaked nearly 3 months before release. I still remember when that thing leaked on P2P networks, and people renamed the songs to weird stuff like "When Balls Touch" and others to clearly misheard lyrics. I guess the story is that someone swiped an early CD copy Munky had in his bag or something. The song order was different, and a few songs have intros/extended outros, but it was largely the same exact album. I remember picking 2-3 songs to d/l and then I patiently tried to wait for release day to get the real thing. Korn fans were hungry, and though the band had tons of b-sides and 4 full albums, the wait made it easy to give in to temptation and hear it early. I suspect a number of people just did that and never bought it.
Anyway, sales were down for this one, and it's most definitely a combination between the scene changing along with so much time between the leak and official release.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 9, 2019 21:41:33 GMT -5
What was insane to me was not that they had that cover to begin with, but that post-9/11 they fought to keep it. |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 9, 2019 22:26:05 GMT -5
In the "Holy F***ing Bad Timing" category, both of these albums were released on time and on schedule...on September 11, 2001. Both were immediately recalled: If we're going that route:  |
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Post by Joe Neglia on Jan 9, 2019 22:34:37 GMT -5
In the "Holy F***ing Bad Timing" category, both of these albums were released on time and on schedule...on September 11, 2001. Both were immediately recalled: If we're going that route: That one's unfortunate, but did it hurt its sales? It's a bit more vague in its connection than the others, who both have the Twin Towers on fire/exploding. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2019 22:44:45 GMT -5
Being a massive Korn kid in my youth, the wait between "Issues" and "Untouchables" felt like it took ages. "Issues" came out in '99, "Untouchables" in June of 2002. While it's only 3 years (and nothing compared to the Tool drought we're on), the popular music scene that Korn were very much apart of in the late 90s was changing a lot. On top of that, the album is one of the earlier examples of major internet leaks, as it leaked nearly 3 months before release. I still remember when that thing leaked on P2P networks, and people renamed the songs to weird stuff like "When Balls Touch" and others to clearly misheard lyrics. I guess the story is that someone swiped an early CD copy Munky had in his bag or something. The song order was different, and a few songs have intros/extended outros, but it was largely the same exact album. I remember picking 2-3 songs to d/l and then I patiently tried to wait for release day to get the real thing. Korn fans were hungry, and though the band had tons of b-sides and 4 full albums, the wait made it easy to give in to temptation and hear it early. I suspect a number of people just did that and never bought it. Anyway, sales were down for this one, and it's most definitely a combination between the scene changing along with so much time between the leak and official release. God, I can vouch for this. I remember that wait being completely unbearable. And this was around the time where I started understanding what the internet really was and P2P networks and what have you, so I never got to check out the album beforehand, but I heard something about it being released so early and being confused. |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 9, 2019 22:51:35 GMT -5
If we're going that route: That one's unfortunate, but did it hurt its sales? It's a bit more vague in its connection than the others, who both have the Twin Towers on fire/exploding. I don't think it did actually. It charted fairly high for a Slayer album. I could see some people not being in the mood for it, but you can say that about a lot of things then. I remember someone told some years back on here were they had a t-shirt of that album name and the date which were given out as a promotion for that album. Some teacher at their school got them in trouble for it since they didn't know it was just a coincidence. |
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Post by cabbageboy on Jan 9, 2019 23:15:05 GMT -5
This one is a bit more mundane but I always found the Offspring's Ixnay on the Hombre album to be released at a strange time. I think it was Feb. 4, 1997. Why wouldn't they try to get that out for Christmas 1996? In addition the first single was All I Want, which wasn't even 2 minutes long.
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Post by The Spelunker! on Jan 10, 2019 0:11:07 GMT -5
Powerman 5000’s Anyone For Doomsday! Album got cancelled due to 9/11. They were definitely never as successful after that.
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Post by agent817 on Jan 10, 2019 1:00:13 GMT -5
I know if this is related, but Royce Da 5'9"'s debut album "Rock City," had been delayed numerous times and bootlegged before it was to be officially released. I guess the problems led to Royce recording other songs for its official release, when it was called "Rock City 2.0."
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 10, 2019 1:09:18 GMT -5
The Presidents of the USA released their second album on election day 1996. I get the significance, but I doubt most people cared about going to the record store to pick up the album on that day.
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Post by chazraps on Jan 10, 2019 1:47:24 GMT -5
If we're going that route: That one's unfortunate, but did it hurt its sales? It's a bit more vague in its connection than the others, who both have the Twin Towers on fire/exploding. The Slayer one I have a feeling hurt sales of its t-shirt, which read on the back just: "God Hates Us All 9-11-01" |
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Post by chazraps on Jan 10, 2019 1:48:41 GMT -5
Madonna released her military-themed "American Life" on the day the 2003 War in Iraq begin.
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Jan 10, 2019 1:49:04 GMT -5
The Presidents of the USA released their second album on election day 1996. I get the significance, but I doubt most people cared about going to the record store to pick up the album on that day. I dunno, A Perfect Circle released eMotive on Election Day in 2004, now granted I'm not American, but I went to the store and got it. |
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Post by The Thread Barbi on Jan 10, 2019 3:04:38 GMT -5
I would imagine any album released on the same day or week as Thriller?
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 10, 2019 5:31:26 GMT -5
If we're going that route: That one's unfortunate, but did it hurt its sales? It's a bit more vague in its connection than the others, who both have the Twin Towers on fire/exploding. probably didn't hurt as much as Kerry King's increasingly lazy songwriting did  |
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Post by Paul on Jan 10, 2019 5:53:43 GMT -5
Madonna released her military-themed "American Life" on the day the 2003 War in Iraq begin. What also hurt the album is that the American Life song is pretty awful (complete with Madonna doing a rap interlude). |
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Post by Paul on Jan 10, 2019 5:54:22 GMT -5
I would imagine any album released on the same day or week as Thriller? Nah, it took awhile for Thriller to really take off. |
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Post by wildojinx on Jan 10, 2019 8:24:15 GMT -5
I would imagine any album released on the same day or week as Thriller? Checking Wikipedia, the only other album that came out that same day was Three Lock Box by Sammy Hagar. |
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