HMV chief exec says "If you compare the line-up (of music releases) this Christmas with last, it isn't as exciting." true or false?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20061220_hmv.shtml

full details of the HMV woe time hoo ha.

― piscesboy (piscesboy), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 17:40 (seventeen years ago) link

wtf? nobody releases new records at christmas?!?! except for crappy christmas albums, of course.

― Tyrone Slothrop (Tyrone Slothrop), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Here's a rule of thumb: the chief exec of HMV is a cunt and everything he says is bullshit.

― Fat Lady Wrestler (Modal Fugue), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Two reasons for HMV woes, CDwow and Amazon.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 19:41 (seventeen years ago) link

And a third which is probably even more important this time of year, Tesco's. Maybe HMV should start selling chrismas pudding and turkeys.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 19:43 (seventeen years ago) link

3 doors down (approx) from the HMV in Bristol is a brand spanking new Fopp.

let the countdown begin...

― mark e (mark e), Wednesday, 20 December 2006 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Fopp really have pwned HMV, haven't they?

The Acoustic Ladyland album came out a couple of weeks ago and that's the most exciting bloody record to come out this year.

Memo to HMV: it isn't 1995 any more.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 21 December 2006 08:14 (seventeen years ago) link

FALSE.

http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000JJS5RM.01._SS400_SCLZZZZZZZ_V36217522_.jpg

― step hen faps (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 21 December 2006 08:49 (seventeen years ago) link

He looks like Sting now.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 21 December 2006 08:52 (seventeen years ago) link

He does!

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 21 December 2006 09:27 (seventeen years ago) link

I can't wait for HMV to go bust so I can tap-dance on they grave.

― Fat Lady Wrestler (Modal Fugue), Thursday, 21 December 2006 09:37 (seventeen years ago) link

"It's not as impressive, with Take That at number one," he added.

― haitch (not haitch) (haitch), Thursday, 21 December 2006 09:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Don't mention Acoustic Ladyland because Emma tells me my copy wont be here for Xmas.

― Sick Mouthy (sickmouthy), Thursday, 21 December 2006 09:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Ah yes, the standard "didn't press up enough copies/pressing plant's gone on holiday" dilemma.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 21 December 2006 10:35 (seventeen years ago) link

How's that U2 "Greatest Hits" vs Oasis "Greatest Hits" battle doing anyway? Hello? Hello?...welp, the phone's gone dead.

― editio princeps (pato.g27), Thursday, 21 December 2006 10:42 (seventeen years ago) link

astonishes me that a brand new BEATLES comp, a U2 comp, a ROBBIE album, an OASIS best of and the TAKE THAT comeback could be considered less likely to get the ca$h registers ringing than...whatever was out last year.

― piscesboy (piscesboy), Thursday, 21 December 2006 10:46 (seventeen years ago) link

My idiotic parents got their Robbie Williams album for Christmas...FROM A DODGY FRIEND WHO BURNT IT ONTO CD AFTER SAID DODGY FRIEND DOWNLOADED IT FROM THE INTERNET. MUSIC PIRACY IS MAINSTREAM NOW, SON.

Then again, they've both purchased each other the Beatles comp without realising it so I guess that makes up for it.

― editio princeps (pato.g27), Thursday, 21 December 2006 10:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Music piracy is hella mainstream. My old man borrows John Denver comps from his local library and burns them, I think he's got the entire Easy Listening section by now.

― Fat Lady Wrestler (Modal Fugue), Thursday, 21 December 2006 11:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Let's see; an underwhelming Official Beatles cut-and-paste job, a bleeding obvious U2 compilation for David Cameron fans, a Robbie album as useless as all his other ones apart from the greatest hits one, an Oasis compilation when you could buy the first two albums plus the previous B-sides comp at less overall cost with no noticeable difference, and an underwhelming, bland MoR Take That comeback album, not to mention the seventh identikit album by elderly boyband Westlife.

I can easily understand how people could fail to get excited about any of that lot.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 21 December 2006 11:48 (seventeen years ago) link

THIS IS WHAT HMV SELLS, DUDE

Also, and it physically hurts me to say this, "Lovelight" is my single of the year.

― Fat Lady Wrestler (Modal Fugue), Thursday, 21 December 2006 11:53 (seventeen years ago) link

1 1 (3) Take That
Beautiful World
(Polydor)

2 2 (4) Oasis
Stop The Clocks
(Big Brother)

3 3 (4) Westlife
The Love Album
(S)

4 4 (3) Il Divo
Siempre
(Syco Music)

5 5 (4) U2
U218 Singles
(Mercury)

6 6 (4) Beatles
Love
(Apple)

7 14 (33) Snow Patrol
Eyes Open
(Fiction)

8 7 (7) Girls Aloud
The Sound Of - The Greatest Hits
(Fascination)

9 8 (5) George Michael
Twenty Five
(Aegean)

10 10 (6) Jamiroquai
High Times - Singles 1992-2006
(Columbia)

TW LW Wks ARTIST TITLE (LABEL)1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40

11 13 (13) Scissor Sisters
Ta-Dah
(Polydor)

12 9 (4) Fron Male Voice Choir
Voices Of The Valley
(UCJ)

13 15 (22) Razorlight
Razorlight
(Vertigo)

14 16 (20) James Morrison
Undiscovered
(Polydor)

15 11 (5) Sugababes
Overloaded - The Singles Collection
(Island)

16 12 (37) Pink
I'm Not Dead
(Laface)

17 17 (13) Fratellis
Costello Music
(Fallout)

18 18 (6) Paul Weller
Hit Parade
(Island/polydor)

19 19 (6) Katherine Jenkins
Serenade
(UCJ)

20 20 (11) Killers
Sam's Town
(Vertigo)

TW LW Wks ARTIST TITLE (LABEL)1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40

21 36 (15) Take That
Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection
(RCA)

22 24 (8) Rod Stewart
Still The Same - Great Rock Classics Of
(J)

23 21 (6) Angelis
Angelis
(Syco Music)

24 25 (21) Paolo Nutini
These Streets
(Atlantic)

25 22 (14) Justin Timberlake
Futuresex / Lovesounds
(Jive)

26 28 (4) Lemar
The Truth About Love
(White Rabbit)

27 RE
(-) Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
(Island)

28 27 (8) Robbie Williams
Rudebox
(Chrysalis)

29 37 (10) Luther Vandross
The Ultimate
(J)

30 NEW
(-) Neil Diamond
The Best Of
(UMTV)

TW LW Wks ARTIST TITLE (LABEL)1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40

31 RE
(-) Aerosmith
The Very Best Of
(Columbia/ Geffen)

32 33 (6) Cliff Richard
Two's Company - The Duets
(EMI)

33 34 (14) Beyonce
B'day
(Columbia)

34 35 (2) Andrea Bocelli
Amore
(Sugar/UCJ)

35 30 (27) The Feeling
Twelve Stops And Home
(Island)

36 23 (42) Kooks
Inside In/ Inside Out
(Virgin)

37 RE
(-) Lionel Richie & The Commodores
The Definitive Collection
(UMTV)

38 RE
(-) Meat Loaf
Bat Out Of Hell 3 - The Monster Is Loose
(Mercury)

39 31 (5) All Angels
All Angels
(UCJ)

40 NEW
(-) Gloria Estefan
The Very Best Of
(Epic)

― acrobat (acrobat), Thursday, 21 December 2006 11:59 (seventeen years ago) link

One good album in there.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 21 December 2006 12:05 (seventeen years ago) link

You are too hard on the Take That, but I've not listened to it enough to wholesale love it yet.

― Fat Lady Wrestler (Modal Fugue), Thursday, 21 December 2006 12:06 (seventeen years ago) link

yes yes i know that mp3 downloading has been mainstream since '02/'03 i was meaning *on his terms* 2005 can't be considered worse *for cd buyers* than 2006.

― piscesboy (piscesboy), Thursday, 21 December 2006 12:09 (seventeen years ago) link

38 RE
(-) Meat Loaf
Bat Out Of Hell 3 - The Monster Is Loose
(Mercury)

thats officially a disaster for MEAT isn't it? i mean a *disaster*.

― piscesboy (piscesboy), Thursday, 21 December 2006 12:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Bad For Good is really, really uh good.

― acrobat (acrobat), Thursday, 21 December 2006 12:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Well, it seems to be a re-entry.

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 21 December 2006 12:45 (seventeen years ago) link

9 Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell Mar 1978
12 Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell (re-entry) Jul 1991
1 Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell II - Back Into Hell Sep 1993
14 Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell - Live With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Oct 2004 Notes
3 Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell 3 - The Monster Is Loose Nov 2006 Notes
38 Meat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell 3 - The Monster Is Loose (re-entry) Dec 2006

― M Grout (Mark Grout), Thursday, 21 December 2006 12:46 (seventeen years ago) link

bootsy has a xmas album this year

― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 21 December 2006 12:52 (seventeen years ago) link

good things in that top 40 -

8 7 (7) Girls Aloud
The Sound Of - The Greatest Hits
(Fascination)
15 11 (5) Sugababes
Overloaded - The Singles Collection
(Island)
21 36 (15) Take That
Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection
(RCA)
25 22 (14) Justin Timberlake
Futuresex / Lovesounds
(Jive)
27 RE
(-) Amy Winehouse
Back To Black
(Island)
29 37 (10) Luther Vandross
The Ultimate
(J)
33 34 (14) Beyonce
B'day
(Columbia)

― lexpretend (lexpretend), Thursday, 21 December 2006 12:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Girls Aloud yes.
Sugababes yes if it had been original singles not Menudo-style re-recordings.
Take That Greatest Hits fair enough.
Justin - doesn't go far enough and too many gloopy ballads in the second half.
Amy - 2006's Carmel.
Luther OK except for that yeucchy paedo song about dancing with his dad.
Beyonce gives me a HEADACHE!

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 21 December 2006 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link

eat Loaf Bat Out Of Hell - Live With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Oct 2004 Notes

haha is that genuine?

― piscesboy (piscesboy), Thursday, 21 December 2006 13:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes. My hairdresser was in the audience.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 21 December 2006 13:35 (seventeen years ago) link

there are only three gloopy ballads on the justin album!

― lexpretend (lexpretend), Thursday, 21 December 2006 13:37 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm waiting for DJ Martian to post his list of 1400 essential albums released this Christmas.

― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Thursday, 21 December 2006 14:14 (seventeen years ago) link

four years pass...

HMV has called suppliers to an urgent meeting on Monday, the same day as the troubled entertainment chain is due to tell the City it has racked up first half losses of nearly £40m and its busy Christmas trading period has failed to provide the hoped-for bounce in sales.
One supplier told the Guardian it had stopped trading with the group in recent months rather than risk not getting paid if it encounters financial difficulties while others have asked for stringent terms such as payments in advance.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/dec/16/hmv-half-year-losses

― James, Saturday, 17 December 2011 12:17 (twelve years ago) link

closing in january then?

― Anyone need a (Jimmy Riddle), Saturday, 17 December 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link

Guess who bought his brother in law a £20 HMV gift voucher for Christmas.

― Billy Dods, Saturday, 17 December 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link

these vouchers are never honoured if they go into admin. Its a disgrace they're allowed to do that.

― Anyone need a (Jimmy Riddle), Saturday, 17 December 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link

Yes, tempted to go back and use it for some blurays or something tangible.

― Billy Dods, Saturday, 17 December 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link

might be wise, once the xmas hols are over they might just disappear.

― Anyone need a (Jimmy Riddle), Saturday, 17 December 2011 16:18 (twelve years ago) link

Sounds pretty much exactly like what happened to Tower Records when they closed.

― shakur rump (I left my login in El Sandboxo), Sunday, 18 December 2011 04:55 (twelve years ago) link

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