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Old 02-04-2012, 01:00 AM #1
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Default Bands/Artists that failed to live up to the hype.
Ben posted on my wall the other day asking for a song he remembered and it turned out to be the Klaxons' "Not Over Yet" cover... and I was just thinking how they turned out to be a bit of a flash in the pan... their second album, 'Surfing the Void' peaked at #10. It was pretty good though.

There's also said to be a curse about the Mercury Prize - which boosts sales a heck of a lot for a critically-acclaimed artist and then they never match it. This seems a bit unfair though since their fame was shortlived, if at all (Ms Dynamite, Speech Debelle, Badly Drawn Boy), they've continued to sell well (Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Dizzee Rascal) or they've continued to produce well-received material (PJ Harvey, Antony and the Johnsons, Klaxons, The xx (surely)).

Just wondered what springs to mind... I'm talking mostly here about critical hype, rather than... sales figures. A good example would be Little Boots, who won BBC's Sound of Music in 2009, beating GaGa, Florence, White Lies, La Roux, Empire of the Sun and Kid Cudi.
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The Wombats. The Kooks. Both built up to be "the next best thing", but there was no longevity or consistency. I liked both groups too initially. Where did Kate Nash go btw? You never see her second album in stores? Duffy's album didn't do so great as I recall too and now she is on a musical hiatus.
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Natasha Bedingfield and Daniel Bedingfield wasn't as big as I was expecting/hoping for them to be.

James Blunt is another one that didn't have much success after Your Beautiful.
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Natasha Bedingfield and Daniel Bedingfield wasn't as big as I was expecting/hoping for them to be.

James Blunt is another one that didn't have much success after Your Beautiful.
His second album still went 2x platinum
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Ok fair enough I didn't know that.
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Daniel? I am looking forward to the release of "Rocks Off". Can't wait. (I jest..)
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yeah Kate Nash's 2nd album was awful... loved the song 'Do-Wah-Doo' though
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The Ting Tings were (annoyingly) everywhere too but their second album and associated singles seemed to have bombed too.
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Yes, they took 2008 by storm - and then just died.
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Nah, James Blunt.

Haven't heard Bedingfield's new song yet, heard it was different to his old stuff though
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Arctic Monkeys..i mean i still love them but when they came out they were made out to be the next beatles and even their latest album..no one really gave a **** about it
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