Libertad debuts well below Contraband

[Ali]

I dont see "The Last Fight" doing anything to help this albums sales.

Nice new name change Jimmy Bobby.? Glad you finally changed your picture too.

The Last Fight cannot hurt album sales, that is for sure.

It will only help the album sales, just like the current tour will only help album sales.  I wish them all the best and hope this album catches a second wind sales-wise.

Ali

[Jim Bob]

I dont see "The Last Fight" doing anything to help this albums sales.

Nice new name change Jimmy Bobby.  Glad you finally changed your picture too.

The Last Fight cannot hurt album sales, that is for sure.

well i know the picture of me wasn't the best thing to look at.

[GypsySoul]

Billboard
Issue Date:? 2007-09-01

This Wk? ?Last Wk? ? ? ? ? ?Artist? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Album? ? ?Peak? ? ?Wks On? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? 77? ? ? ? ? ? 61? ? ? ? Velvet Revolver? ? ? Libertad? ? ? 5? ? ? ? ? ? ? 7


http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&pageNumber=Top+51-100&g=Albums

[Christos AG]

I'd really like to see what the new single will do for album sales...

I don't believe it will help THAT much.

[duga]

Messages as a single + re-release of Libertad including Messages.

[Christos AG]

Messages as a single + re-release of Libertad including Messages.

That could do something.

But still, a re-release's sales won't count for the first one's sales, right?

[LunsJail]

Messages as a single + re-release of Libertad including Messages.

That could do something.

But still, a re-release's sales won't count for the first one's sales, right?

Actually it would.  Mariah Carey, 50 Cent and several others have done this recently.  But they weren't hurting on sales quite as bad as Libertad.  I'd say around 10,000 copies per week is about as good as can be expected going forward.  At that rate, I don't think the album would even be Gold by the end of the year.

[Eazy E]

Messages as a single + re-release of Libertad including Messages.

That could do something.

But still, a re-release's sales won't count for the first one's sales, right?

Actually it would. Mariah Carey, 50 Cent and several others have done this recently. But they weren't hurting on sales quite as bad as Libertad. I'd say around 10,000 copies per week is about as good as can be expected going forward. At that rate, I don't think the album would even be Gold by the end of the year.

They weren't hurting on sales, but one of them got the bump to "Best selling album of the year" based on this tactic... so it definitely counts toward the album's total tally.

[freedom78]

Messages as a single + re-release of Libertad including Messages.

That could do something.

But still, a re-release's sales won't count for the first one's sales, right?

A great idea.  They could call it the deluxe edition, if they hadn't already released the special one w/ DVD.  Whoops!

[Ali]

Messages as a single + re-release of Libertad including Messages.

That could do something.

But still, a re-release's sales won't count for the first one's sales, right?

A great idea.? They could call it the deluxe edition, if they hadn't already released the special one w/ DVD.? Whoops!

The problem with that is that the version released for iTunes, with "Messages" and "Psycho Killer" on it, was called the Deluxe Edition. 

Ali

[freedom78]

"Deluxe," "Special," "Limited"...makes no real difference to me, except that they already did it, so this would be the THIRD edition in very short time. 

[BurningHills]

"Deluxe," "Special," "Limited"...makes no real difference to me, except that they already did it, so this would be the THIRD edition in very short time. 

Is the DVD worth it? I have the Japanese version w/out the DVD.

[Ines_rocks!]

Not really... it?s just a DVD with footage from their South American tour... it has got some funny shit in there tough 

[ShotgunBlues1978]

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[Butch Français]

I think it'll pick up a bit now with the new brilliant single and video.

[Christos AG]

I think it'll pick up a bit now with the new brilliant single and video.

That actually depends on what people think of a brilliant video.

If you ask me, it's not a "brilliant" video. The song is good but the video sucks.

[Verse Chorus Verse]

Anyone recall how many copies Scott's solo album moved? I remember someone saying something about this selling less than his solo album and I want to see how that stands so far.

[COMAMOTIVE]

I think it'll pick up a bit now with the new brilliant single and video.

That actually depends on what people think of a brilliant video.

If you ask me, it's not a "brilliant" video. The song is good but the video sucks.

I don't care for the song, but I find it interesting that VR actually does a video with the lead singer sitting at a piano singing about a relationship of some sorts.  I don't think this is they type of stuff Slash had in mind when the band was forming.

[GypsySoul]

Billboard
Issue Date:? 2007-09-08

This Wk? ?Last Wk? ? ? ? ? ?Artist? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Album? ? ?Peak? ? ?Wks On? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
? ? 97? ? ? ? ? ? 77? ? ? ? Velvet Revolver? ? ? Libertad? ? ? 5? ? ? ? ? ? ? 8


http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&pageNumber=Top+51-100&g=Albums

[BurningHills]

Billboard
Issue Date:  2007-09-08

This Wk   Last Wk           Artist                 Album     Peak     Wks On                 
    97            77        Velvet Revolver      Libertad      5              8


http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?f=The+Billboard+200&pageNumber=Top+51-100&g=Albums

Ouch...

I think that Libertad is pretty much on life support at this point. By the time The Last Fight takes off, the album will be down in the 100s. All they can hope for at that point is that it'll push the album back into the 80s or so.