72_72291When the Recording Industry Association of America announced the sales figures for three hours on the morning of the 28th, everyone was in an uproar, not only because Maria made history with 300,000 sales, but also because the sales of Oasis and Glory to the Death were indistinguishable, which was a result that no one expected before the final showdown began.

When the War of the Century ended, the Oasis fled back to London almost like lost dogs. From the United States to the United Kingdom, the Oasis band's singles were completely defeated, and in the face of glory to death, they had almost no chance, and the final gap was an insurmountable chasm.

Although, the ultimate showdown is more about the battle of the album, which is another war that has started again; But look at the pomp and circumstance of the Rose Bowl, look at the speed at which tickets for the tour are selling, and the Glory to Death is now almost unmatched in the United States -- not even the noble Queen Maria can stand head-on. Therefore, the Oasis band wants to form a confrontation with Glory to the Death, which can be regarded as an impossible task.

But now?

The difference between the sales of the albums of "Storm" and "Stay Now" is only 3,000 copies? Even if this was only a three-hour sales on the morning of the 28th, it still shattered the glasses of countless people, and no one dared to believe their eyes: even more unbelievable than the total sales in the morning of nearly 720,000.

But this is the case, the Recording Industry Association of America released sales statistics on the morning of the 28th, 300,000 copies of "Butterfly", 210,000 copies of "Storm", and 27,800 copies of "Stay in the Moment".

The final showdown has given too many surprises, and even the result so far has been a "huge" surprise, and even the most daring prophet would not dare to say such an outcome.

After the shock, many people began to ask: What the hell is going on? Are the young volcanoes suddenly gone? Soon after, the San Francisco Chronicle gave the answer.

"First, the all-night celebration of the Rose Bowl fanaticism last night was that they had fallen behind the line and couldn't get into the record store before '12 p.m.'; Third, the glory of Tsundere to death replaced propaganda with concerts, and under the bombardment of opponents' propaganda, it still fell behind after all. ”

The San Francisco Chronicle has been in the limelight lately, and there is a tendency to replace the Chicago Tribune as the king of the new generation of topics, although this time the commentary has a mocking tone, which is not formal news at all; But I have to say that this time they grasped the essence of the problem, pointed out the core of the problem, and won the recognition of many industry professionals, which became a topic.

In the news media battle on the West Coast, the "San Francisco Chronicle" won a rare victory over the old rival "Los Angeles Times", and took advantage of the east wind of the ultimate showdown to make a good show.

Regardless of whether or not the San Francisco Chronicle's interpretation is in line with reality, it is an irrevocable reality that the album "Storm" fell behind in the three-hour battle in the morning, and now people are even more looking forward to what will happen to sales in the afternoon. Glory to death to achieve a perfect turnaround battle? Or did Maria have the last laugh? Is there a chance that the Oasis Band will continue their counterattack to the end? Where will the history of the ultimate showdown and creation of Zào end up?

The Recording Industry Association of America announced the final showdown for the first time, making this Monday's lunch break lively, almost everyone is discussing the only hot topic of the day, and almost everyone is expressing their opinions. At the same time, the first batch of fans who bought the album also opened their own works, and music critics have already begun to brew their first impressions.

David Marches, a professional music critic from the independent music magazine "Rotation", has gained a large number of fans for his many publications in the "Los Angeles Times", but his real base is still in "Rotation" magazine, because of his appeal, "Rotation" magazine has also firmly occupied the top spot in the independent music field, and has won more support from music critics than the alternative stubborn "alternative choice".

Before the release of the albums "Storm" and "Stay Here", EMI Records and Creative Records both sent the two albums to David, however, David refused both albums because he planned to buy them in person. Not because he's hypocritical, but as a loyal music lover, a crazy rock lover, David doesn't want to miss out on this ultimate showdown, or more accurately, he aspires to be a part of it.

So, David lined up at the record store forty-eight hours early -- and even then he was already behind the thirty-odd -- to join the carnival. The faces at the scene, which had become red because of excessive excitement, were filled with excitement and liveliness, which made David feel the long-lost youth, and the passion for rock and roll in his heart erupted again. Even though he has become a professional music critic, even though he has been in the music industry for many years, the passion in his heart has never really been extinguished.

With the two albums "Storm" and "Stay Here", as well as a "butterfly" that came with it, David went home satisfied.

After returning home, David couldn't wait to open the album "Storm", and it is undeniable that he is still looking forward to the album of glory to death. It's not just because of the stunning song "Young. voloes)", and because this is the third album that belongs to the glory to death - the three albums that determine the future height of the rock band, he is looking forward to, worried, doubting, worried, excited, and has been waiting for this album to see if the glory to death will reach new heights or Jiang Lang will be exhausted.

"Dual discs?" David was very surprised, he just cared about rushing to buy, the record store was full of people, shoulder to shoulder, there was no time to look at the album carefully, just grabbed it and turned away. At this time, David discovered that "Storm" was actually a double disc, and what was even more strange was that EMI Records did not deliberately mention this from beginning to end.

However, it is not surprising that EMI Records even omitted the press conference and did not mention it.

David noticed that "Tempest" was two dollars more expensive than a regular album, but he was not surprised, originally thought that it was just EMI Records trying to make a fortune from glory to death - after all, last year's sky-high contract extension is still vivid, but now it seems that these two dollars are simply because of the double disc. In this way, EMI Records is still losing money.

At this time, David flipped to the album cover and looked at it seriously. The cover is a night sky, the bright stars in the sky are dazzling, vaguely outlining the outline of unknown constellations, but in the daze, it seems like two starbursts swept in, the purest and most simple beauty, slowly revealing from the calm paper. Other than that, there are no tricks, and if you look closely, you can find the album's name in the bottom left corner of the page, "Storm".

Flip it over and see the back cover, the names of the ten tracks are neatly arranged on the left side, with a faint silver color and a slightly raised handwriting, which makes people can't help but want to cover their hands, stroke them carefully, and use the softness and roughness of their fingertips to feel the power of the fonts. So, David did just that.

Fingers on the back cover to feel the names of the tracks so unfamiliar, yet so familiar, as if they were connected by blood.

"Sail", "Young. voloes)","long. long。 way。 to。 go)","angel","falling." slowly)", "It's. my。 life)","burn. it。 down)","Say. something)","bullets","Waiting. on。 the。 world。 to。 ge）”。

Ten songs, just ten completely unfamiliar song titles, but David seems to feel the life of each song from the title, slowly penetrating the skin through his fingertips, making every cell in his body start cheering, David can't wait to start listening to the album.

When he opened the album again, David realized, "Why did I go to the front and back cover just now?" Then David remembered that he only saw the names of ten songs on the song list, not to mention "side A and side B", and there were not even extra song titles. So, why is the album a double disc? Is there another disc that is a music video? This is not the style of glory to death.

David couldn't wait to put the disc in the player and pressed play. At this time, David seems to have finally understood the plan of EMI Records, the importance of the album "Storm" to glory to death is clear to everyone, and EMI Records knows no better, but they just didn't hold a formal press conference - at least not at the moment when David auditioned the album, because this album hides countless secrets, the mystery of the cover already contains infinite possibilities, and now, just opening the album, the surprise has appeared. The corner of the secret was revealed, but it made him look forward to the album more and more, and he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart. This kind of love has not appeared for too long, too long.

EMI Records used this to express their trust in the album "Storm": even if they didn't start a publicity war, even if they fell behind in the morning sales war, they still had absolute confidence. Because, this is an album that belongs to glory to death!

The sound slowly flowed with melody, "bang, bang, bang", a calm and powerful small drum beat, like an iceberg gliding quietly in the night, the chilling feeling came to the face in silence, just a prelude, it grabbed David's ear, this is ...... "sailing"?