Comments on: Gnarls Barkley To Raconteurs: Anything You Can Do We Can Do Better (Maybe)

By: Feh Am Legend

Feh Am Legend — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:59:03 +0000

I heard this playing at a local Newbury Comics, where it was on sale. I didn’t hate it. Or buy it.

By: Handsome Pete

Handsome Pete — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:04:58 +0000

Man. These guys are zany.

By: lukaskaiser

lukaskaiser — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:17:49 +0000

ollie, you think these companies know what they’re doing to that extent? dude, duuude, cmon

By: lukaskaiser

lukaskaiser — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:42:51 +0000

too bad this album blows, also (leak *cough* leak)

By: jt.ramsay

jt.ramsay — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:48:48 +0000

This is in Rhapsody as of this morning.

By: ollie

ollie — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:37:57 +0000

I think it isn't the leaks themselves that dictate release schedule changes, but rather the reactions to leaks. If it's well received and generates a lot of blogobuzz, they keep things unchanged and let hype/word-of-mouth grow for a while, so they can later milk it. It's all about those first-week sales.

If the reaction however is somewhat lukewarm, putting it on the shelves (virtual and otherwise) quickly is better. A bizarre flawed strategy to be sure, but I've seen it time and again and it's par with the level of marketing genius we've come to expect from record companies.