Ahhh, Shocking news

RIP

Don't care one bit.

Then why did you bother to post?

Cause I wan't people to know I don't care 

I'm kidding, just bothers me how badly it's been promoted in the UK, but I guess i'm over it now.

Don't care one bit.

Beach Boys fans are the toughest fans walking the earth 

Good to be a Beach Boy.

Also love the jamming snaps, Brian's bass kills Macca's hofner IMO

Some band has a song called 'fudge you Mike love' which sadly has a lot of views on youtube.

What honour has Brian not received?

 

The only trouble is, Pitchfork is one of the most popular music sites these days - if Brian does an interview like this in the Haywood County Gazette or whatever, that's ok, but now zillions of young hipster Pitchfork readers think that Brian Wilson is like completely bonkers.

I was just reading a blog where the Brian And Zooey interview was posted, and was amazed at how many young guys and girls (like me) are aware of Brain's drug use etc..

I guess that's Brain's rep 'the insane rockstar', which is better than nothing 

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/27746514.html

Just saw that, I read somewhere it was selling great online.

And it should be Zooey meets Brian

Why?

Cause the big man's a legend and she's not.

Though she is very cute and talented, I just bought her album now, the samples sound great.

Love the little 'your a pretty girl' at the end..

Smoooth

I stand by my point, only women around Brian from now on...

And it should be Zooey meets Brian

I think Brian should have about 10 women around him constantly wherever he goes.

That's when he's most chilled...with the ladies.

It would be quite easy, you could get 200 volunteers from the blueboard

God Billy 21,000 is a lot for Brian, Elton john's last record sold as much in it's first week, and he sells out stadiums all over the world

Just let us have some fun 

I have LA and M.I.U,

Great albums, I really enjoy them, nothing special but fun.

This is great news, 21,000 copies.

Congrats Brain and Scott..

Will it have legs though? Time will tell.

Does Hits Daily Double include Internet Sales?

TLOS sold suprisngley well on-line

22, 

Fingers Crossed

'Smiley Smile' is an avant garde masterpiece,

Brian was not trying to be funny, the drugs were making him basically insane, and that's exactly what the album is

Also the album has aged wonderfully

That picture scares me.....

[this is the first regular album Brian's done in more than thirty years to make the UK top 40.]

Not good. Not good at all. 

...The bit I'm not getting out of all this is why -- aside from AGD's general cheery positivity about Brian's recent efforts -- this counts in any way as a bad result.

Unless both the surfermoon site and I have missed something...  aside from the highly exceptional perfect storm that was "Smile", this is the first regular album Brian's done in more than thirty years to make the UK top 40.

Woohoo!

Yes, Brian's been more acclaimed in the UK than the US in that time, but this hasn't translated into impressive chart performance there either.  And for a 66-year-old man to score that high is pretty damn impressive.  Sure, we would have liked a bigger post-Smile bounce -- but for an album without decades of mythmaking behind it, it's still a substantial step up!

Cheers,
Jon Blum

well said.

I am sorry, did not mean to snap at Brother John at all.

But I just feel that it placed less than satisfyingly, due to the lack of promotion, not lack of interest.

Let's think about it, apart from a review here and there, which were mixed in the UK, (I guess they didn't get it, which is not surprising cause it is a 'lover letter to L.A') the album got basically no promotion at all, and in the US where Brian usually fares worse it's doing amazing in the iTunes and amazon charts due to some heavy promotion, music fans are liking what they hear. In my view putting in down to Brian not being a musical draw is slightly ridiculous.

Seeing it's postion next week will be interesting.

And again sorry Brother John.

Wasn't in my local Asda or Tesco either. All worrying, and possibly accounts for the slightly disappointing chart position.
Tomorrow I am going to make the trip to a proper record shop, and see what's up there....

#37 is respectable, but I had hoped for more. The Amazon figures are apalling.

Frankly I'm staggered that its broken the Top 40 at all. Who on earth buys Brian Wilson records apart from the people that visit boards like this?

Happy birthday Andrew.

Idiotic

I still can't get over how will it's doing on Amazon US,

It's proves what good marketing can do to an album.

This is mind blowing..

Did capitol even think to promote the album in the UK?

Hey still decent though 

The US debut is looking to be very impressive though, I read that somewhere, will look for a link.