The same is true of Fleetwood Mac and their 1977 blockbuster Rumours. Exile On Main St., Who’s Next and Purple Rain aren’t just collections of memorable songs but also embodiments of what the musicians who made them capable of.
Their 1973 album has never been on CD and there are no plans at all to release it.Īppeared on the catalogue chart 10 years after release in 1983 and spent 22 weeks there (vinyl/cass version).Most artists with careers measured in decades have that one album, one that casts an unavoidable shadow over everything that comes after.
His solo career came before the band.ġ4 charted albums, the following were certified This Traffic man was in the band for one album in the 1990's. His solo albums have charted OK, but none have shipped 500,000 yet. Sporadic solo albums that didn't trouble the chartsĪ couple of solo albums with very modest salesĪ few pleasant solo albums in the 70's - few sales
Plenty of solo albums over 30 years, but all were modest sellers We know from end of year sales figures that from just 1984 to 2005 they sold betweenġ989 The Other Side of the Mirror - 1,000,000Ģ001 Trouble in Shangri-La - 500,000 - 655,000Ī new Greatest Hits due next month I believe. With the sales of the pre-1973 albums and others not certified, total UK album sales must be over 10m. Unlike the USA, the band managed a second mega-selling album with Tango in the Night which the UK loved.Įven the Time album managed to scrap into the charts - no cert though. It took until 1977 and Rumours to change things around. When Peter Green left, and the band went to America in 1970, their new albums were totally ignored in the UK. The 1972 Greatest Hits was particularly successful and featured on the Top 200 album charts well into the 1990's. But - because they were released before 1973 - no certifications! The early years with Peter Green were hugely successful and the albums stayed long on the charts. ? 2002 2013 Best Of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac 100,000Ģ004 2004 2008 Rumours 2004 version - 100,000Ī different career trajectory for Fleetwood Mac in the UK. Together with all the uncertified albums, their total US album sales must be over 50m.īPI Shipment (pre-1980 is value of shipments in £'s)ġ975 1975 1978 Fleetwood Mac - £300,000 worth of sales estimated units sold 150,000ġ987 1987 2004 Tango in the Night - 2,400,000 Their 1995 album Time, with key members missing, didn't even get to the Top 200 albums and has only scanned 50,000 - a little less than Rumours.Ī lot of these certifications are very old. For whatever reason it was never released in the USA. It was reported sometime in the 1980's that the 1972 UK only release - Greatest Hits (red cover) on CBS had sold over a million copies in the USA on import. In 1975 they were rocketed to mega sales. In 1970 they moved to America and had a decent 5 years selling over 250,000 with each album. The early years with Peter Green weren't very successful commercially.
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