In the past week we've seen Take That re-release their 'Progress' album with a second CD of hits and now Scouting For Girls are re-releasing their last album with some extra tracks - including a single - bolted onto the end. This follows a trend for several years of albums doing so to make even more sales. There's too many to name but they also include Ke$ha's 'Animal and Cannibal' and Lady GaGa's 'The Fame Monster', though she did have the courtesy of insisting that the second CD was also released separately.
There are two levels of this cash-in. There's the Take That style. For less than the price of a normal CD release (£6.99 on Amazon) you can buy the double CD album. If you don't have the album you're getting a bargain; if you do then you are basically getting an extra 35-minutes of music, almost a full album, for less than the cost of an album so it's not a massive problem. I don't see an issue with this.
However, take the bonus track edition of 'Everybody Wants To Be On TV' by Scouting For Girls. There you get only four bonus tracks and three remixes tagged onto the end at a price more expensive than the Take That album. That's not worth the extra purchase.
Also, it begs the question, if they like this material so much, why not put it towards a new album; or do a one-off EP? Or, if they really must do the cash-in to re-release the album, at least mix the tracks up a bit so the album flows better?
Well done Take That. Boo to Scouting for Girls. But at least in this day and age of music downloading we can get hold of the extra tracks.
What do you think?
Friday 17 June 2011
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