I would say any artist selling 8 million copies of an album is a fantastic achievement and it's always seemed incredible to me that anyone would look on that as a failure. Dead Ringer also scored Meat his first number 1 album in the UK and a top 5 single, which was higher than any of his Bat singles.
DR may not have sold anything like its predecessor but then the sales and chart longevity of Bat I were absolutely phenomenal. That happens very rarely and there are very few major artists who can claim that kind of chart success.
Diane
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