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Post by Candice on Dec 2, 2004 11:58:17 GMT -5
At Shore Fire Media they had this new press release! Congrats AKUS!!!!
"BEST BAND IN THE COUNTRY" (USA TODAY) BREAKS THROUGH WITH NEW ALBUM 'LONELY RUNS BOTH WAYS' (ROUNDER RECORDS)
It's official. Alison Krauss and Union Station have posted their best-ever one week sales and highest chart debut with their new album 'Lonely Runs Both Ways' (Rounder Records). The album debuts at #29 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart with sales in excess of 70,000 copies. That's nearly double the first week sales of the group's previous best, 2001's 'New Favorite' (also Rounder) which debuted with 37,000 scans.
Krauss already counts two double platinum and three gold albums among her back catalogue. This historic first week, coupled with a spate of critical hosannas - "Alison Krauss and Union Station just might be the best band in the country" (USA Today); "Krauss's feathery vocals rank among the sexiest and most hypnotic in any genre" (EW) - and a rare two-night engagement on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno (NBC) on Nov 24 and 25, make it clear that, even in the crowded holiday marketplace, 'Lonely Runs Both Ways' is a major event.
Alison Krauss and Union Station kick off the first leg of a tour supporting 'Lonely' tonight at The Centre in Evansville, IN. Upcoming television appearances include December 10 on Good Morning America (ABC), December 11 on the CBS Saturday Early Show, and December 14 on Charlie Rose (PBS).
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