As a Brit I'm always a bit bemused when anyone refers to Dead Ringer as a lost treasure. The album entered the UK charts at #1 on its first week of release and Meat also scored a top five single. The following tour also saw him make his first big arena appearances in the UK at Birmingham NEC and Wembley. (He's happily been filling out arenas all over the UK ever since ... even when he hasn't had an album to promote, which is virtually unheard of!)
Admittedly Dead Ringer didn't sell anywhere near as many copies as BOOH or enjoy the incredible chart run of that album, but then how does anyone follow up something of that magnitude?!!!
I love the Dead Ringer album so of course I believe it was worthy of more recognition globally but 8 million copies worldwide is certainly not to be sniffed at!
Diane
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