FALAA went gold in Germany in 2011

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Hi folks, FALAA went gold in Germany last year. 250,000 sold copies...
I think that's more albums sold than in the UK?!
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It's only taken it 26 years.
Any more of that and we'll be round your front door with the quick-setting whitewash and the shaved monkey.
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stufarq wrote:It's only taken it 26 years.
and umpteen re-releases..... :?
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Fodderstompf wrote:Hi folks, FALAA went gold in Germany last year. 250,000 sold copies...
I think that's more albums sold than in the UK?!
:lol: ... what a contrast to the real impact they've always had ... :lol: ...

Also somewhat saddening, but hell ... it's 2012 and that is - another era ... ;D ...
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Cool - but what's the source of the news?
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What about the other Sisters' albums?
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stufarq wrote:It's only taken it 26 years.

and it seems like 25 years of promises and give me more ... Or not!
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ROBBIE wrote:
stufarq wrote:It's only taken it 26 years.
and umpteen re-releases..... :?
.. and each person buying 5 copies. :twisted:
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went gold in the uk in 1989..

http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx

German figures.. if your interested..

http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_plati ... ds=checked

Always thought the Sisters' were pretty big in Germany?
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Thanks, I already was looking for "THE sisters of mercy" there ;)

Isn't 5x Gold for different stuff good enough? These days you need to sell less then a half records to gain old status^^
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DocSommer wrote:Thanks, I already was looking for "THE sisters of mercy" there ;)

Isn't 5x Gold for different stuff good enough? These days you need to sell less then a half records to gain old status^^
it is good, just surprised it took till 2011 for FALAA to go gold in Germany. Still they should be platinum! hehe
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Gary wrote:
DocSommer wrote:Thanks, I already was looking for "THE sisters of mercy" there ;)

Isn't 5x Gold for different stuff good enough? These days you need to sell less then a half records to gain old status^^
it is good, just surprised it took till 2011 for FALAA to go gold in Germany. Still they should be platinum! hehe
Hihi ... completely agree ... ;D ...

As to FALAA - that was not exactly supported by the major German radio feature of kind ... :evil: :lol: ...
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Gary wrote: Always thought the Sisters' were pretty big in Germany?
Yeah, they were/are, but let's be honest, FALAA in particular isn't exactly a vey commercial release, sound- and production-wise.
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Look at the number of platinum discs David Hasselhoff got. What did he do right?
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sandy666 wrote:Look at the number of platinum discs David Hasselhoff got. What did he do right?
Playing in TV series aimed at a kids and teenage audience (and their mothers) ... :urff: :lol:
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"bay watch" was for kids and their mothers ?
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Bartek wrote:"bay watch" was for kids and their mothers ?
Uhm, yeah. Don't forget about Knight Rider.
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Yeah, 'knight rider' was for kids- i remember when i was watching it. But, 'bay watch' with plastic boobs and bikins? Who knew, i never watched it, so maybe you're right.
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sandy666 wrote:Look at the number of platinum discs David Hasselhoff got. What did he do right?
He was looking for freedom.
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Bartek wrote:Yeah, 'knight rider' was for kids- i remember when i was watching it. But, 'bay watch' with plastic boobs and bikins? Who knew, i never watched it, so maybe you're right.
Yeah, they wore hot bathing suits, but weren't they always dragging some ridiculously good looking man out of the water and saving him by mouth-to-mouth-breathing? ;)
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Sita wrote:
Bartek wrote:Yeah, 'knight rider' was for kids- i remember when i was watching it. But, 'bay watch' with plastic boobs and bikins? Who knew, i never watched it, so maybe you're right.
Yeah, they wore hot bathing suits, but weren't they always dragging some ridiculously good looking man out of the water and saving him by mouth-to-mouth-breathing? ;)
Well, that doesn't make much of a difference compared to playing with Barbies ... :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:...
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Sita wrote:
Gary wrote: Always thought the Sisters' were pretty big in Germany?
Yeah, they were/are, but let's be honest, FALAA in particular isn't exactly a vey commercial release, sound- and production-wise.
Maybe it was that Scooter cover of Marian that boosted their album sales!
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Thoth_Hermes wrote:
Sita wrote:
Gary wrote: Always thought the Sisters' were pretty big in Germany?
Yeah, they were/are, but let's be honest, FALAA in particular isn't exactly a vey commercial release, sound- and production-wise.
Maybe it was that Scooter cover of Marian that boosted their album sales!
Would've went gold there in ten minutes flat if the music videos featured the girls in leather aprons and proban boiler suits wielding hammers to beat their anvil-drums in spark-shrewn foundries. Rest of the world might've been less keen, tho... :roll:
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Thoth_Hermes wrote:
Sita wrote:
Gary wrote: Always thought the Sisters' were pretty big in Germany?
Yeah, they were/are, but let's be honest, FALAA in particular isn't exactly a vey commercial release, sound- and production-wise.
Maybe it was that Scooter cover of Marian that boosted their album sales!
Probably true. If they'd put their own version out as a single in (West) Germany in 1985, FALAA would possibly have gone gold then.
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