I think agree on one thing: It's sold VERY impressive considering the complete lack of hits promoting the album. IACBTMN only did decent in a couple of countries, but not much more. (Aside from Norway, where it's still top 20. But that's another case.)
> That's got to be horse shit.
>
> Bat3 was certified gold in the US (500,000 copies) gold in
> UK (300,000 copies) and has done exceptionally well in
> Norway and Germany, Germany being a very large music
> market, plus several other countries.
>
> As for it being 1/12th of Bat2, that's horse shit too. Bat
> 2 has gotten it's figures by being on the market for 13
> years NOT 13 weeks (or whatever it is now) A better
> comparison would be to see what Bat 2 had sold in the same
> space of time. Also another comparison would be to see
> what Bat1 did in the same space of time.
>
> By no stretch of the imagination am I a crusading defender
> of Bat3, because it clearly isn't what it should be, but I
> think we have to stick to hard facts when making a
> statement and not embellish (Emb-HELL-ish...lol) them to
> try and prove a point, because the point can't be proven
> on faulty facts.
>
> Pud
>
> > According to Wikipedia
> > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_loaf), BOOH III only
> > sold 1.2 copies world wide, which is 1/12th of BOOH II and
> > 1/30th of BOOH I.
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