Everything suggests it won't appear on the chart for a second week.

 

Really? I was totally expecting it to...

It's not gonna do 10K a week for the rest of the year like The Weeknd-The Highlights? What a flop :D

I still remember as a kid I was obsessed with Bananarama and particularly I Heard a Rumour

then after the single in late 87, they released the album Wow and bought it immediately and loved it

and I remember checking at the end f week 1 and it had charted at... #61 :/ and that's from one of the biggest pop acts of the 80s :/ then the 2nd single Love in the First Degree became huge so they pushed the album again

and this time it went in and peaked at... #59

only later in 1988 after single 3 or 4, the album made the top 40 for a few weeks peaking at #26 and then disappearing again from the charts

Ive always been miffed for years about how their albums just in general seem to totally underperform even back when they were having huge hits, clearly they are a singles act despite them releasing some great albums.

Yeah, I was shocked when I recently discovered only one of their studio albums ever went top 10 (and that was their debut). I can't quite work out why their singles success never translated to album sales.

 

I still remember as a kid I was obsessed with Bananarama and particularly I Heard a Rumour

then after the single in late 87, they released the album Wow and bought it immediately and loved it

and I remember checking at the end f week 1 and it had charted at... #61 :/ and that's from one of the biggest pop acts of the 80s :/ then the 2nd single Love in the First Degree became huge so they pushed the album again

and this time it went in and peaked at... #59

only later in 1988 after single 3 or 4, the album made the top 40 for a few weeks peaking at #26 and then disappearing again from the charts

Yeah, Wow! is easily one of the best pop albums of the 80s, how it only peaked at #26 with all those classics on it is just criminal :(

Edited March 18, 20241 yr by Mangø

It's definitely odd how the big hits didn't translate into album sales as for most acts especially back then it did.

Their first greatest hits album did sell well though showing people just seemed interested in their singles.

I don't get it either cos the albums were great, better than most 80s albums, which usually had tons of filler

 

like with album 3, True Confessions, the album was preceeded by the single Venus, which was a huge hit, weeks and weeks in the chart, very popular, also #1 in the US,

then they release the album and no one cares, misses the top 40 (peaks at #46) and is out of the top 75 after 2 weeks

Low positions are one thing but they all have pretty low overall sales aswell apart from the original greatest hits which is their only platinum album that thankfully managed triple platinum.

The pricing of this album was far too much on the heavy side.

That said, I don't think sales would have been much higher if the price was lower.

Saw them at the Palladium tonight, thought they were great! They did quite a few songs I wasn't expecting them to, including 'Look On The Floor', 'Only Your Love' and a cover of 'Atomic' - but of course 'Love In The First Degree' was the highlight :wub:

Look on the Floor is Sara’s favourite. It’s pretty much a guarantee now.

I dont mind look on the floor but sometimes i feel its just a song that never fully gets going, love in the first degree on the other hand is brill and has bags and bags of nostalgia with it.

I have to say, it’s one of my favourites!

It's always been one of mine too.

 

Actually a Bananarama singles rate would be cool, if anyone has the time/inclination to run one!

A rate sounds good.

I wonder will they release any of the live content from the recent shows officially at some point, id like a live album from them.

Anyone buying the live release thats coming on May 9th, im glad they are doing this as i think they still deliver brilliant vocals live and some of the live versions are great.

Number 88 in todays mids which is a bit disappointing, its not a bad release at all but it is missing some of the big hits.

Pitty it never managed to make it to the top 100, does anyone know if it even managed to stay top 200?