Promoting the album. People buy and download singles legally so little these days the record company doesn't release the singles anymore in order to make money from the singles, but rather promote the album and make money in that order. The more songs people have heard from an album that they like, the more likely it is that they'll buy the album.
> Really, what's the point of a single? Who buys singles
> CDs. They aren't like 45s If you want a single song you
> download it. Really I download everything, the only CDs
> I've bought in years have been rare Tanz things and Worm
> Quartet.
>
> > Yeah, "All Out Of Love" is the song that's been recieving
> > airplay here and charting despite not being officially
> > released. I wonder why the radio stations play a song, but
> > the record company doesn't release it as a single. It's
> > charted almost top 20 I believe based on downloads only.
> >
> > > ...or any other singles from the Love Album. They're on
> > > tour instead...which is probably a lot more profitable for
> > > them than doing tv and radio promotion is.
> > >
> > > > Get it while it's luke-warm ...
> > > >
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