Green Day - Saviors (January 19th, 2024) • Page 76

One More Time:
"The record debuts with a total of 125,000 equivalent album units in its first week, including 101,000 in album sales to become the top-selling album of the week, 23,000 streaming equivalent album units (30.19 million on-demand official streams of the songs) and 1,000 in track equivalent album units."

"Its 11 vinyl variants helped mark the largest sales week for a rock album on vinyl that year, with 49,000 units."

 

Green Day did about 9k SEA. 250 TEA.

It wasn't close. Them getting outsold, by a lot here, is just a fact.

And pre-orders go in spikes, first week, during single releases, release date. The length of something being up is pretty negligible. A year long pre-order because they released the first single before the album was even done is not the norm, but not gonna change the numbers much. The last three Blink albums all just sold better than GD did.

 

Blink also did the 'added two songs to the digital release you have to buy in full to listen to' which probably helped a bit with their first-week totals too.

 

Definitely that and the signing was a specific move to try and get #1.

And Green Day’s “listening party” was a good move for them. Their indie store numbers are good.

 

Awkward…

 

PR Stats:

US
#4 Billboard 200 – Their 12th Top 10 on the Billboard 200
#1 Top Album Sales
#1 Tastemakers Chart
#1 Rock Album
#1 Rock & Alternative Album
#1 Alternative Album
#1 Vinyl Album

Europe
#1 UK Official Charts – Their 5th #1 Album
Top #5 spots on the official charts in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Ireland, China, Japan, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland

“It’s Green Day’s World Now” - The New Yorker

“huge songs and snotty satire for a world on fire” - Rolling Stone

“Saviors has fire in its belly and ice in its veins" - The Sunday Times

“Green Day remain uniquely powerful and have lost none of their righteous rage” - Rolling Stone

“Saviors,” Green Day’s new album, is a decisive, even overdetermined return to form.” - The New York Times

“[Saviors] is a return to form… If you invented the wheel, what’s so wrong about letting it roll again?” - Associated Press

“Green Day keeps the good-bad times rolling with spite, silliness and sarcasm on “Saviors,” with a big helping of merry mellifluence. Here’s Green Day now. Entertain us.” - Variety

“Green Day is saving rock ‘n’ roll with new ‘Saviors’ album” - New York Post

“Saviors marks a return to the thematic bent of “American Idiot,”” – Billboard

“Green Day has mastered the art of growing up while staying in touch with the goofy pleasures of youth.” -- Wall Street Journal

“Their Best Album in Years” - US Weekly

“bruising, culture-bashing release.” - Variety

“They are as sharp, bright and essential as they have ever been...Green Day have lost none of their magic” - Kerrang!

“Their best work since American Idiot...The pop-punk icons’ 14th album finds them wiser, more subtle, but still up for a romp” - NME

“This is going to be a big year for Green Day and we feel really good about it” - The Sun UK

“Anything from the world conquering Californian trio is worth hearing” - Daily Express UK

“Still making one hell of a racket” - Daily Mail UK

 

You love to see it.

 

I know that looks low, but I feel like this is still a big win if they are serious about working back to being a bigger band. Obviously they will never be AI-big again, but that would be ridiculous to expect. They have a release that is getting widespread acclaim, and did a bit better on the numbers than their last album. They don't feel like the old-cringe band this cycle. That alone is still a win, no matter what Blink did.

 

Demand for new Blink was obviously higher than demand for new Green Day. I think they maximised their potential with the promotion and single choices.

 

Are all the vinyl variants embossed covers?

 

i think it's only the deluxe 180g that comes with the extra poster and embossed cover

 

I got the poster but my cover is not embossed

 

That’s the one I ended up with and wasn’t sure. Pretty cool detail.

 

the deluxe version has a second poster

 

Oooh that’s cool

 

I would like to see world wide numbers, I’d be surprised if Blink outsold Green Day in Europe, but then again who knows. The venue Green Day plays here next summer is huge though.

 

Just checked out the Ticketmaster page for the Citi Field show and it seems like..85% sold which is surprsiing to me.

 

Man, I love this album more every time I listen to it

 

I took a break from listening to this to check out the new Alk3 record and revisit the new Blink, and after a healthy amount of time with both I can safely say that I am immensely satisfied with the quality from all three

Green Day is my favorite band so Saviors feels particularly sweet but god damn, what a time to be a fan of these bands

 

Okay I'm finally ready to talk about this album. I wanted to give it a few listens over the course of a few weeks to see what I thought (unless the album is a goat album or total trash i think its impossible the review an album on just one listen).

Oddly, I'm still not sure what I think lol

Like it's good but I can't determine if I think it's great. A lot of songs that I think are solid B+-A- tracks.

Stand out favorites;
- One eyed bastard
- 1981

Top tier tracks, B+/A- tier;
- Bobby sax
- corvette summer
- look ma no brains
- coma city
- goodnight Adelaide

Mid life:
- Dilemma
- Susie chapstick
- strange days
- fancy sauce
- American dream

Nah;
- father son (too boring, on the nose)
- saviors

Wtf kinda bad;
- living in the 20s. Hate this lol


To me this album is just such a relief. I was beginning to write green day off. Uno does tres, foam were bad. American dream is killing me and the singles were fine but they sounded either too much of the same, and not getting me excited. This album they tried a bunch of new things and a lot of songs that aren't typical green day. Good stuff

 

seems like I'm alone in really liking Father to a Son

 

I held off on posting about this album because I had a pulled ligament in my hand and couldn't type a long drawn out post.

Now though I feel like I can't say more than what's already been said. I like the album. Bobby Sax is a solid Weezer song. Dilemma and Goodnight Adeline are great.

The album overall sounds like their newer stuff but feels like their older stuff, if that makes any sense. And I feel a heavy 80s vibe throughout the album, which I dig.

I do feel like Billie is employing some more aggressive vocals on this one, which is interesting. Like the chorus of Dilemma, Bobby Sax, Goodnight Adeline.

I just don't remember him singing in that register, tone, manner, whatever before. It's neat and I think that's why those songs are gelling with me so much. I don't know if I'm explaining myself very well.

 

Is Bobby Sax a b side?

 

It's the jazz version of Bobby Sox.

Also a typo.

 

I've been up since 3am putting together a POS system; have mercy, Greg.