‘In Rainbows’ Enters Charts and more…
According the NME, Radiohead will snag the number one chart position for album sales in the UK.
The physical release of In Rainbows has sold around 50,000 copies in it’s first week of sales in the UK since it’s release on December 31.
Which is probably good news for the record industry, because it shows that people will still buy CD’s; even if the album was basically given away months in advance.
My theory is that A) people will always buy music if the material is good, and B) if a band gives something away, they’ll get much more back from the fans, since it shows that they’re not in it for money.
In related news, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke stated that In Rainbows is the band’s classic album. He compared In Rainbows to other classic albums, such as The Beatles Revolver, Lou Reed’s Transformer and David Bowie’s Honky Dory.
Yorke also added that Radiohead deliberately made the album 45 minutes long because “our aim was to describe in 45 minutes, as coherently and conclusively as possible, what moves us.”
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