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Mortte Jousimo 08.13.2015 10:43 AM

Which SY album has sold the most?
 
Does anyone know? Of course it really doesn´t matter much, but from that Lollabalooza-article I just began to wonder. I would bet Dirty, but Ann Ashtray said in some thread SY was in most success during that Lolla-tour. Still hard to believe Washing Machine or ATL would be the most selling SY-records. If somebody had any numbers of the SY album sellings, it would have been fun to see them.

!@#$%! 08.13.2015 11:17 AM

im going to guess dirty-- dirty played on the radio (where i first heard them, right along with millions of other people). after that i went to some mainstream record store at a discount mall and bought evol which happened to be in stock. evol!!! i was never the same afterwards.

h8kurdt 08.13.2015 12:17 PM

Didn't we have this discussion at one point and it turned out it was Experimental, Jet....?

h8kurdt 08.13.2015 12:22 PM

My bad it was second highest.

http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/sho...ighlight=album

Mortte Jousimo 08.14.2015 06:26 AM

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Originally Posted by h8kurdt

Thanx! So sales are quite like I thought, Dirty first, then Experimental, then Goo, then Daydream etc. Those who have the most "pop" songs are the most selling expect Exprimental. But I think Experimental is the reason why sales went down so much. If they had made RR after Dirty, I think they would have become much more popular.

What´s suprising CIS has sold more than BMR. Also, I think the reason why first album has sold only 4100 is the pressings had been quite low. And maybe there has some more sold of all those early albums, because the re-releases. There are no RR or Eternal numbers, but I don´t believe they´ve sold much more than Nurse.

I think these numbers are quite high if you think album sellings in Finland. If Sy had sold here as much, they would have been superstars here.

noisereductions 08.14.2015 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
im going to guess dirty-- dirty played on the radio (where i first heard them, right along with millions of other people). after that i went to some mainstream record store at a discount mall and bought evol which happened to be in stock. evol!!! i was never the same afterwards.


everyone should be thought of as living either in their pre-EVOL or post-EVOL lives.

Mortte Jousimo 08.14.2015 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by noisereductions
everyone should be thought of as living either in their pre-EVOL or post-EVOL lives.

Well, of course it was great day when I heard EVOL first time. But to me it´s pre-SY and Post Sy-live (Goo was my first album and it hit loud!) Also I think it was 2008 or 2009 when SY became my favourite band of number one!

!@#$%! 08.17.2015 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by noisereductions
everyone should be thought of as living either in their pre-EVOL or post-EVOL lives.


ha ha ha ha-- yes!

must spread more butter


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