Thursday, May 05, 2005

Based on a true story
Amplifier.co.nz report that the Fat Freddy's album "has been our biggest seller in the 5 year history of amplifier! Our dispatch department is now resting after 4 days of manic activity."

Quick price check on the album in downtown Auckland … Marbecks - $29.99, Beat Merchants - $31.95, Sounds Queen St - $32.95, $33 at Conch, $34.95 at Real Groovy.

I talked to a few retailers and heard that it’s rocketing out the doors, so I’m predicting this album will go gold in a week - and that will be actual sales out of shops, not just some ‘presell into shops’ hype. Might not hit the charts immediately tho, as a lot of the shops its selling well from are not chart shops. Fat Freddy's album will be the big hit of NZ Music Month (not Shihad, or Phoenix Foundation), despite not being officially associated with it. Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I quite liked the description of Fat Freddys in the review of the Green Room compilation in the May issue of The Wire:

"After all this, you find yourself grateful for Joe Dukie and DJ Fitchie, from Fat Dreddy's Drop - evidentally the best band in the land - and their "Midnight Marauders", borne along on one of those great tantalising grooves that feels like it's about to start for four minutes or so, but never does"

I have a theory that Fat Freddys are stealthily making reggae palatable for a lot of people who would previously have said they hate reggae & never listen to it - quite a considerable achievement amongst many people i know (& who previously made me put something else on than "that dub music")

so when are you going to write an actual review of the album Peter?

Peter McLennan said...

soon, anon, soon. Fat Freddy's - the acceptable face of nz reggae, tee hee. nice.