It's time to update the most popular quiz to date on the blog (1 respondent!). Mike had a very nice take and reported that he paid $6 for In Rainbows, Radiohead's new album. He also correctly guessed that I paid $10 for my copy. The Sound Opinions guys reported that in the first 1.5 weeks, Radiohead got 1.5 million downloads. Half of those people paid an average of $10, so Radiohead received about $7 million in the first couple of weeks. Not bad. Paste magazine is also doing a poll about how much reader's paid.
As far as the album goes, I like it. Not a huge departure from the last couple albums, but it is more accessible than Kid A or Amnesiac. It's a little slow; I wish there were a couple more rockers on the album. But in my first three listens it's very solid and growing on me. The last track, Videotape, is really beautiful (lyrics) and kind of disturbing (music) at the same time. What else would you expect from Radiohead?
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Have a look at this article
http://www.forbes.com/media/2007/11/05/radiohead-download-results-biz-media-cx_lh_1105bizradiohead.html
About 62% have paid nothing for the album. The average seems be around $6, and the total earning is around 2.26 millions.
The Economist also has an article on the issue. It is was a nice natural experiment: a significant fraction of the buyers are indeed selfish. Would be nice to know if the same is true for other countries.
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