I Die For You Today (single) - Page 3 - Alphaville Forum

jetset · 09 Aug 2010, 06:38

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Originally Posted by Krapplund

No problems with that for me...maybe 5-6 tracks and a nice and great b-side

Yes, it is a maxi-CD :
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/deta...y/hnum/6539255

Kaz · 09 Aug 2010, 08:59

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Originally Posted by Apollo

I had a feeling this time it would become true, but there was always some doubt with it after the last 5 (?) years waiting for this moment.

6 years. I'm not excited yet.

Clare · 09 Aug 2010, 11:05

I'm not excited either.

TheMoonBoy · 09 Aug 2010, 11:06

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Originally Posted by Kaz

6 years. I'm not excited yet.

LOL, "don't call out 'hey' until you've crossed the river"!

TheMoonBoy · 09 Aug 2010, 11:10

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Originally Posted by jetset

Yes, it is a maxi-CD :
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/deta...y/hnum/6539255

These days they often write "maxi" when it in fact only is a 2-track. I think 2-tracks are pretty much the only CD-singles released these days.

I could be "wrong, so wrong" (sorry for a-ha reference) though. The more tracks the better of course.

Kaz · 09 Aug 2010, 11:25

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Originally Posted by TheMoonBoy

LOL, "don't call out 'hey' until you've crossed the river"!

I could go a step further and say I find it hard to get excited about a single release of a song we've been hearing since 2004 (although it is a cool song and I do like it). For those not part of the AV community, they could get excited about it. For we, who have known about this song and supposed releases for the last 6 years, the only thing to really get exicted about is the possibility of Alphaville becoming mainstream again. Will that happen? I can't see it but it would be mega if it did.

TheMoonBoy · 09 Aug 2010, 11:31

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Originally Posted by Kaz

I could go a step further and say I find it hard to get excited about a single release of a song we've been hearing since 2004 (although it is a cool song and I do like it). For those not part of the AV community, they could get excited about it. For we, who have known about this song and supposed releases for the last 6 years, the only thing to really get exicted about is the possibility of Alphaville becoming mainstream again. Will that happen? I can't see it but it would be mega if it did.

Sure, we've all heard it many times and could perhaps hum it in our sleep. But this is a studio recording, that you can play loud on your stereo without any cracks. That will always be something else than a bootleg live version.

And as noted, the single may very well feature a track that we haven't heard before. The following album certainly will.

Clare · 09 Aug 2010, 11:35

Isn't it traditional to release a single a while before the CD/LP. To get people enthused and to give them a taster. Who is going to buy both at the same time? Doesn't it defeat the object of having a single at all?

Kaz · 09 Aug 2010, 11:51

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Originally Posted by TheMoonBoy

But this is a studio recording, that you can play loud on your stereo without any cracks.

Not in my building!

TheMoonBoy · 09 Aug 2010, 11:55

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Originally Posted by Clare

Isn't it traditional to release a single a while before the CD/LP. To get people enthused and to give them a taster. Who is going to buy both at the same time? Doesn't it defeat the object of having a single at all?

Not always. Some times there are so-called "soft releases" (which from what I've seen never been a good thing for anyone though).

a-ha had a soft release in the UK with Analogue in November 2005. The first single over there (Celice was the first in the rest of Europe), Analogue (All I Want), wasn't released until January 23rd. The single was a hit, but the album probably could have charted higher if it hadn't had that soft release, which meant all fans bought before it was known to the wider audience. Still, it did peak at #24 on the album chart, far better than the previous Lifelines album (#67) which didn't have a soft release, but was instead released much later in the UK compared to the rest of Europe.

09 Aug 2010, 11:05	#23
Clare Alphanut Join Date: 31 Mar 2001 Location: By a river, near Fort William in view of Ben Nevis Posts: 9,969	I'm not excited either. "I've had many sobering thoughts in my life.... ....it was them what drove me to drink!" [drunk] Grandad, Only Fools and Horses (UK sitcom)

09 Aug 2010, 11:35	#28
Clare Alphanut Join Date: 31 Mar 2001 Location: By a river, near Fort William in view of Ben Nevis Posts: 9,969	Isn't it traditional to release a single a while before the CD/LP. To get people enthused and to give them a taster. Who is going to buy both at the same time? Doesn't it defeat the object of having a single at all? "I've had many sobering thoughts in my life.... ....it was them what drove me to drink!" [drunk] Grandad, Only Fools and Horses (UK sitcom)