Paul on the Charts

[GtrPlyr]

I came across a link for album chart history on Billboard and thought I'd punch in Paul's name. Interesting to see the chart drop off from record to record. I also searched out The Replacements naturally. I know that none of this stuff means anything but I thought some would find it moderately interesting:



P.W. - Billboard Album Chart History
P.W. - Billboard Singles Chart History... all 3 of them

The Replacements - Billboard Album Chart History
The Replacements - Billboard Singles Chart History... (for some reason this is the only link that seems to be working)

[kgp]

Wow. 14 Songs came dangerously close to being a Top 40 hit.

[nazareth]

I've always wondered this....thanks.

I get soundscan reports every week, but Open Season didn't make the top 200, so I got no info on that.

[nowwesayitoutloud]

kgp said:

Wow. 14 Songs came dangerously close to being a Top 40 hit.

... and Eventually too (maybe not dangerously, at #50). So he did have mainstream success. People were listening. That ought to change everything.

[kgp]

I wonder if that was out of, I dunno, hype for "Westerberg's first solo album" or just a symptom of the times. Alternative (and alterna-hotties, though Paul never made People's 50 Most Beautiful People like Evan Dando did -- um, I don't think) was going save rock and roll, and the media was jumping on anything that smelled vaguely alternative.

(I'm not sure what alt-rock smells like, but I remember an old Mademoiselle article from around the same time asking Courtney Love (or possibly Todd Oldham what grunge smelled like, and I believe the answer was "toe jam.')