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brickisred
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 Posted - 04/22/2004 : 14:43:08
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Last year somebody asked me if I knew how many copies of each Pixies album had sold.
I didn't but I decided to make some research on the web.
All I could find was information about silver/gold record certifications in the US, UK and France, with associated dates. Not much and not necessarily complete or accurate.
Does somebody out there have access to such numbers?
I may post the information I have on Alec Eiffel, though I am not sure how worthwhile the little I have is.
Is there an interest for such information anyway?
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/22/2004 : 14:46:36
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I'm always interested about learning something new about the pixies
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
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Posted - 04/22/2004 : 15:00:03
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ShakeyShake, the other day I complemented you on your signature, but that was cause there was a broken link to the picture which fit quite well with what you have written. Now, somehow, I've got googly-eyed-Pete staring at me. :) What happened?!
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ShakeyShake
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/22/2004 : 15:06:12
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Broken link?I wasn't aware...
Anyway what's wrong with my signature now hmmmmm?
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tigana
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Posted - 04/22/2004 : 18:57:33
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I'd be really interested to see how this re-union and all the neo-mtv-pixiefans have affected old album sales...I know its very selfish of me but a small part of me wants all this new-found hype to go away so they can be mine again!!
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sob
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Posted - 04/26/2004 : 04:02:21
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hehe ShakeyShake is a pretty good looking guy...
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cutyourribbon
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Posted - 04/28/2004 : 12:56:32
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I wrote a story on the Pixies last week (I'm a journalist) and I got the official sales number for four Pixies albums from Nielsen SounScan, which is the organization that supplies numbers for the American Billboard charts. Here they are:
"Bossanova" - 206,000
"Doolittle" - 560,000
"Surfer Rosa" - 421,000
"Come On Pilgrim"-133,000
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
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Posted - 04/28/2004 : 13:31:05
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Trompe Le Monde?
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cutyourribbon
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Posted - 04/28/2004 : 13:49:45
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rockmusic84
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USA
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Posted - 04/28/2004 : 20:07:43
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I think Trompe went gold. Somewhere else on the board someone said that they knew someone who had a platinum award for it, but I don't know if there's any truth behind it. The only concrete proof I have seen was on the Alec Eiffel site, which has a picture of a gold disc award presented to WEA for sales in excess of 500,000 copies in the United States (gold).
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brickisred
- FB Fan -
France
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Posted - 04/29/2004 : 06:56:37
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I am the lucky owner of the Trompe Le Monde gold award that you can see on Alec Eiffel. I think I purchased it around 1995. I don't know if it means that it took it so long to get gold.
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disc0
- FB Fan -
Norway
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Posted - 04/29/2004 : 08:28:14
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quote:
Originally posted by cutyourribbon
I wrote a story on the Pixies last week (I'm a journalist) and I got the official sales number for four Pixies albums from Nielsen SounScan, which is the organization that supplies numbers for the American Billboard charts. Here they are:
"Bossanova" - 206,000
"Doolittle" - 560,000
"Surfer Rosa" - 421,000
"Come On Pilgrim"-133,000
Remember that these are the sales figures for the US only. Pixies are even more popular in Europe, so i'm pretty sure you at least can double these numbers to get the worldwide total.
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Edited by - disc0 on 04/29/2004 08:28:53 |
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solace
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 04/29/2004 : 08:29:54
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Trompe Le Monde is not listed as having gone gold on riaa.com, doolittle is however. i'll have a friend of mine check for the sales figures of Trompe
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solace
= Cult of Ray =
USA
278 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2004 : 08:36:21
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here's the complete sales figures that are listed on SoundScan for The Pixies:
ALEC EIFFEL EEG S 03/19/92 8588
BOSSANOVA EEG A 08/14/90 205971
BOSSANOVA FOUR A 05/20/03 9246
COMPLETE B-SIDES MURA A 03/26/01 104
COMPLETE B-SIDES FOUR A 03/13/01 29626
COMPLETE B-SIDES PID A 03/06/01 12973
COME ON PILGRIM EEG A 01/28/92 132505
COME ON PILGRIM ROT A 07/13/88 6372
COME ON PILGRIM FOUR A 04/01/03 5038
DEATH TO THE PIXIES PID A 01/06/04 4
DEATH TO THE PIXIES EEG A 10/07/97 146008
DIG FOR FIRE EEG S 10/25/90 6054
DOOLITTLE EEG A 04/18/89 559796
DOOLITTLE FOUR A 05/20/03 23768
GIGANTIC PID S 01/06/04 0
HEAD ON EP PID S 01/06/04 0
HEAD ON EEG S 03/19/92 1377
HERE COMES YOUR MAN EEG S 06/30/89 15330
MONKEY GONE TO HEAVEN EEG S 03/23/89 11661
PIXIES PID A 08/26/03 0
PIXIES SPNA A 07/09/02 30121
PIXIES FOUR V 04/27/04 91
PIXIES AT THE BBC EEG A 07/14/98 42912
PIXIES AT THE BBC FOUR A 05/20/03 6396
SURFER ROSA PID A 06/17/03 0
SURFER ROSA FOUR A 05/20/03 22913
SURFER ROSA EEG A 01/28/92 420752
SURFER ROSA ROT A 08/25/88 14125
SURFER ROSA/COME ON PILGRIM PID A 05/16/00 1350
SURFER ROSA/COME ON PILGRIM MSI A 07/19/95 53
TROMPE LE MONDE EEG A 10/08/91 299251
TROMPE LA MONDE FOUR A 05/20/03 7446
VELOURIA EEG S 07/19/90 6030
WAVE OF MUTILATION: BEST OF PIXIES FOUR A 05/04/04 2 |
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solace
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 04/29/2004 : 09:05:28
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so people don't have to do the math themselves :)
Come On Pilgrim: 144,598
Surfer Rosa: 458,491
Doolittle: 583,564
Bossanova: 215,217
Trompe Le Monde: 306,697
Complete B-Sides: 42,703
Live at the BBC: 49,308
Death To The Pixies: 146,012
Purple Tape: 30,212 |
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donkeykong
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USA
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Posted - 04/29/2004 : 11:06:18
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those are also just the Soundscan SALES ... it doesnt include indie stores etc ... and doesn't include pre 1991 sales (Soundscan wasnt around then) ... plus today the labels and the RIAA certify GOLD or PLATINUM based on units shipped not sold ... so [b]Surfer Rosa[/b} could be safely certified GOLD also (pre 1991 sales plus the units siting in stores right now)
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solace
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 04/29/2004 : 11:20:47
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yep, it is just soundscan sales. that's the only thing taken into account in terms of gold & platinum records. but you are correct, they are now based on units shipped, instead of sold.
but independent stores very often use SoundScan, it's not just the big name stores. they also allow venues to send data to SoundScan for sales sold at concerts too.
btw, i'm pretty sure SoundScan has been around way longer than 1991, that is just when it began being used to construct Billboard Magazine's charts.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
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Posted - 04/29/2004 : 11:34:01
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I have surfer rosa/come on pilgrim on cd with a messed up track listing do i have 1 of the 53 or 1 of the 1350 and why are the #'s so low?
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solace
= Cult of Ray =
USA
278 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2004 : 11:40:35
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the #'s that are very low (under 100), are likely because those are not sold through places that use Soundscan most of the time.
i wonder who the 2 people who already have the Wave of Mulilation best of are...  |
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