Just over one week ahead of its US and UK release (13 May Japan, and 15 May Australia and Europe remember), Faith No More’s Sol Invictus is just outside the top 20 best-selling albums on Amazon.com.
The album is number 21 on the CD and vinyl music chart – and #1 in Hard Rock.
The album is also number 30 in the overall Amazon UK CD chart and #43 in the equivalent Amazon.fr chart. It is also number 1 in the Hard Rock and Metal chart in Amazon France.
And Sol Invictus is number 32 in Amazon.de CD chart and number 2 in Metal and Hard Rock and number 3 in Alternative and Indie.
This album really hits notes of deep sorrow and hope. I love it! It’s atmospheric, cinematic, unpredictable. Rise of the Fall fuses all these great layers: everything from Chuck-era jams, Real Thing vocals, and the Bungle style carnival stomp to top it off. Cone of Shame wins best song… awesome slow burn of the fuse that leads to Patton’s soulful attack on the explosion. So glad to see Patton and the Fellas in top form again. “Ain’t no grave gonna hold this body down.”
It means that Ipecac is fixin to have its best selling album ever. I’ll be interested to see where it comes in on the billboard charts once it comes out. That’s where total sales are tabulated and charted, at least in the U.S.
And an interview and review in rolling stone oz
Were on cover of Blunt and Heavy magazines and a lot of press coverage when they were there
I should wake up any moment now…
Forgive me if this doesn’t make sense but what does all this mean? Does it come with sales numbers as well? It seems like sol Invictus should be selling strongly in Europe going by those chart numbers.
On another note, have I missed it or have FNM been completely ignored here in Australia? Usually been a great stomping ground with four platinum records but other than some rave reviews I haven’t heard the album mentioned in charts or the single superhero anywhere? If so, then I’m perplexed as to why considering how often the band come here and how well their singles sold back in the day. Thanx in advance.