Ongoing History Daily: Sometimes it takes sales to catch up to an album’s influence
An album can be both tremendously influential and a commercial failure—at least at first.
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An album can be both tremendously influential and a commercial failure—at least at first.
An album can be both tremendously influential and a commercial failure—at least at first. Here are a two examples. The Clash's London Calling came out in December 1979. It didn't officially sell 500,000
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An album can be both tremendously influential and a commercial failure—at least at first.
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