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Friday, October 31, 2008
Singled out
However, their view on the physical release of albums has not changed: "We have a young fan base so I don't know how doing it the way we did will affect us, but it's still an event to put out a record. We're still vinyl fans. With the last record we put out a picture disc. All this extra stuff that's dying out, we're still into as a band."
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Bloc Party are indifferent to the singles chart and say scoring a hit is no longer important to them. The band physically released their third album 'Intimacy' on Monday following its rush release in download format on 21 August. The band say they didn't think of the release as "a business decision", and weren't worried about chart positions. In fact, bassist Gordon Moakes revealed they may stop putting out physical singles in the future.
'Intimacy' was not eligible for the Top 40 charts last month, due to its download-only release. While this month might see it enter the top 10, Moakes told 6 Music that it's not really a priority: "I don't think our digital release was eligible so this is our only shot at the charts - but the kind of band we are, isn't one you were going to see on Top Of The Pops really. We've never entirely played the game. Maybe we'll find out that it's a great success, but maybe we'll find out that people just aren't buying CDs anymore."
Last October, Radiohead put out their latest album, 'In Rainbows', with a "pay what you like" price plan. However, it still went to number one after its physical release in January. Asked whether Bloc Party were hoping for a similar impact, Moakes said: "I don't know. We're waiting to find out really. I think none of us were sufficiently concerned about it as a business decision to not do it - to say, 'if you put it down as a download, x amount of people might not buy it'."
"Our record company's been behind our ideas for this record and future singles," Moakes continued. "We're talking now about not doing anymore physical formats for singles meaning we won't have any more eligible singles after 'Talons'. I think the days are gone where you can really make a splash in the charts, being a band like us, and have that sort of thing make a difference to your reputation and your sales. Music was never a competition, whoever made it a competition? One decision might be to not get involved in that and put out non-eligible things on purpose."
However, their view on the physical release of albums has not changed: "We have a young fan base so I don't know how doing it the way we did will affect us, but it's still an event to put out a record. We're still vinyl fans. With the last record we put out a picture disc. All this extra stuff that's dying out, we're still into as a band."
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no more singles would bother me.
so long as we still get b-sides.
and remixes :)
so long as we still get b-sides.
and remixes :)
# posted by 
: October 31, 2008 6:05 PM
: October 31, 2008 6:05 PM
I wouldn't be happy if they released download-only LPs, but download-only singles wouldn't bother me.
I like to have pysical copies of music I own, and to be able to rip it into any format I want.
With download copies, if your hard drive blows or you iPod bites the dust then all the downloaded stuff you bought is lost forever. And I don't like when they give you crappily encoded MP3s. (I prefer lossless, but that's a story for another day.)
I suppose I just like the security and freedom you get with LPs.
I like to have pysical copies of music I own, and to be able to rip it into any format I want.
With download copies, if your hard drive blows or you iPod bites the dust then all the downloaded stuff you bought is lost forever. And I don't like when they give you crappily encoded MP3s. (I prefer lossless, but that's a story for another day.)
I suppose I just like the security and freedom you get with LPs.
i suppose it might be hard to take an album or single seriously if they weren't putting it out conventionally
I personally aplore Bloc Party's decision. Focusing on teh music and not the charts. Great decision. But also what is the point in having singles on cd's, it just seems like a waste. But on the other hand, I will always prefer to get teh phyical version of albums. And I'm gald to see Bloc Party feel the same!
albums should most definately have a physical format.
download singles would be ok, i wouldnt be too fussed.
just dont drop vinyls at all.
that would make me sad.
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download singles would be ok, i wouldnt be too fussed.
just dont drop vinyls at all.
that would make me sad.
# posted by : November 02, 2008 9:07 PM
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