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Slow-burning smash hit :cheer:

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I thought there was a thread about this, but guess not... A while ago, Smoke 2 Seven's "debut" album was released digitally on streaming services. They were best known for their flop singles Been There Done That (#26) and Envy (#79). f-E1Ojg9Epk hTCk5bC9lVc Obviously, the album is in itself not entirely finished - it probably would've received a bit more production on it if it had been released. As it is, it is sort of samey throughout and I don't think there's any missed breakout hits on there - "Lizzies" is nice, as is "Kinda Unstuck" and "Crazy Tale". I assume "Too Late For Sorry" would've been the third obligatory girl group midtempo single, but again I couldn't really see fare better than the previous singles. Tracks 3-13 currently has under a 1000 streams on Spotify, so why not give it a go and give help give these poor flops an official stat :lol:

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Considering how much they've hustled over the past year to build their following it would be incredibly satisfying to see this properly impacting the chart. They've clearly put money into this, hopefully it won't be entirely disorganized promotionalwise.

Premieres in 5 minutes: 3tQNiQHON3E

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Maybe we will get a physical re-release of Wannabe (Junior Vasquez In-Demand Remix Edit).

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They're definitively putting money into this: @1638626695446929458

Why would they bother registering a 20+ year old track if they didn't intend to release it? ETA: it could of course be ASCAP just adding old files / documents to the database.

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It sounds like it could finally be their breakthrough hit!

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I was listening to it and dare I say that I'll Be There, Sweet Funky Thing and Never Gonna Give You Up could've been singles with radio edits (I'll Be There can be a bit repetitive)? Sweet Funky Thing was a promotional single in the US, so clearly they saw potential there.

Exactly. Even if Kylie had more success at the time, I don't see Breathe going anywhere past #9. Even if Madonna had released it during Ray of Light. And yes, it does really sound of that 96-98 era of dreamy light electronica.

I assume that's why they were advised not to talk about it - not bring the attention that they bombed to the press.

Even Amazing Grace could've been a hot single with club mixes :music: Eternal's digital platform presence is a mess though. Someone really needs to campaign to sort it out :arrr:

That's assuming we have the same certification level 75 years from now.

I'm not that surprised to be honest - Sony knows that they can benefit from their backcatalogue essentially being promoted. The new music will be done on the cheap with lots of physicals I'm sure, which might end up with small profit + if it's a 360 deal they might get money from tours etc.

I'm guessing that part of it might've been that they didn't ship/produce more copies of it than they did initially + the lower sales climate in March. It actually had a fairly long chart run (17 weeks). Plus, I feel like once it failed to hit number one stores probably stopped featuring it in a prominent position, something that probably affected sales in what would normally be its biggest sellings weeks bar the first week.

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1. Stay 2. Crazy 3. Save Your Love 4. Oh Baby I... 5. I'll Be There 6. Sweet Funky Thing 7. Never Gonna Give You Up 8. Just A Step From Heaven 9. Let's Stay Together 10. This Love Is For Real 11. So Good 12. If You Need Me Tonight 13. Don't Say Goodbye 14. Amazing Grace Singles: 12q2SZTHsCo gKf7qfJTE3k 1rso1JBb0gE D8F-kxnlhzA s374QzglSjE 6082pu9qa4A Fantastic album and they never bettered it (in all honesty, they went a bit MOR for my tastes post-Louise); so many jams :music: On a related note, their music videos need proper uploads and sorting out :cry:

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