Thu, 2010-10-21 10:23 | by Carles
Sufjan Stevens' album "The Age of Adz" was received with mixed reviews because he didn't stick to his folk formula. A lot of ppl tried to say that it was good, but most ppl were like 'Cmon brah--let's hear some banjo and symphony sounding shit.'
Anyways, it looks like he still 'went mnstrm' and ended up at #7 on the Billboard charts, which are a mainstream set of charts that mainstream ppl usually win. Sufjy sold 36k album sales (most of which were probably $3.99 amazon discount sales [via indie price down strategy]. Totes got his 'ass whooped' by Lil Wayne who sold 118k albums.
Feel like Sufjan should be 'mildly proud', but should see this as a missed opportunity. If he had 'killed it' and wrote the album that every1 wanted him to write, bro woulda been on mainstream radio, rockin and rolling, but instead he just released this bleepy bloopy thing that is going to fall off the charts mad hard.
Who is the most commercially successful indie band of the year?
Kings of Leon?
Vampy Weeks?
Arcade Fire?
MGMT?
TayTay Swift?
R u pissed at Sufjan 4 'being successful' but at the same time 'failing to maximize his commercial opportunity?
Do u think all of the mainstreamers who bought this were disappointed that it didn't sound more like the Little Miss Sunshine song?
All things go...
all things go, yall...
Sufjan Stevens
Buzzband, Alternative CelebritySufjan Stevens used to write meaningful folk-sounding anthems, but then made an electro album.
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