chart action for Stoned Love and New Ways

[Bluebrock]

I've done a sheet on global chart rankings and the Sup albums always seem hit or miss in the UK. the only rankings i have are

Meet - 13
A Go Go - 15
Sing Motown - 15
R&H - 25
Greatest Hits - 1
Reflections 30
Live at TOTT 6
Join Temps 1
Love Child 13
TCB 1
Together 28
Cream 34
Mag 7 6
touch 40


I assumed the data was just missing from Wikipedia or other basics sources like that for the ones w/o a chart. I would have thought More Hits would be on there. and right on too, given how strong Ladder performed.

any idea why the lps simply died off with the 70s group?

I think they were primarily seen as a singles act in the UK.
Also bear in mind they had no presence on tv over here other than when they toured. The likes of Ladder, Stoned Love and Nathan Jones totally relied on radio airplay. I can imagine these songs [[and others too) charting even higher had the girls promoted them on Top of the Pops and other tv shows. The girls had lots of tv exposure in the States yet none of these songs did as well over there as they did in the UK.

[Ollie9]

I think they were primarily seen as a singles act in the UK.
Also bear in mind they had no presence on tv over here other than when they toured. The likes of Ladder, Stoned Love and Nathan Jones totally relied on radio airplay. I can imagine these songs [[and others too) charting even higher had the girls promoted them on Top of the Pops and other tv shows. The girls had lots of tv exposure in the States yet none of these songs did as well over there as they did in the UK.

I agree in that they were viewed more as a singles act in the UK. Having said that, it is rather odd the albums didn’t sell a little better considering how high their singles were consistently charting on these shores.
Had Smokey Robinson been able to produce the follow up to his Floy Joy set i think the flow of hit singles may have continued.
Further albums with the Tops were weak and far to many. The Webb project was career suicide and proved the proverbial nail for this particular line-up. Such a shame.

[Bluebrock]

I agree in that they were viewed more as a singles act in the UK. Having said that, it is rather odd the albums didn’t sell a little better considering how high their singles were consistently charting on these shores.
Had Smokey Robinson been able to produce the follow up to his Floy Joy set i think the flow of hit singles may have continued.
Further albums with the Tops were weak and far to many. The Webb project was career suicide and proved the proverbial nail for this particular line-up. Such a shame.

I also believe the 60's Supremes and Diana as a solo artist would have charted higher many times had they appeared on UK tv to promote their songs. I realise they could only be in one place at once, and the USA was obviously the main market to target, but you only need look at Diana's 90's chart action when she had a regular presence on UK tv to see just to see how much more successful she/they could have been in the 60's, 70's and 80's had they been visible to the public.