Rise together…*
‘Heathen’ dropped just one place in the UK album chart this week, from #19 to #20. TV advertising for the album may currently be helping ‘Heathen’ to sell, but I really do think there is a buzz about DB here right now, with word-of-mouth having a positive effect too.
The TV advert for ‘Heathen’ uses snippets from the ‘Slow Burn’ video, and a voice-over by Jonathan Ross with appropriate quotes, praising ‘Heathen’, from the UK press. See the
Meanwhile, the EMI release of ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’ 30th Anniversary Special Edition double CD, has joined ‘Heathen’ in the album chart, where it has entered at #36.
*Obviously, I used this lyric as a wish for next week’s chart, as opposed to it being a poor observation of what happened in this week’s chart. };-)