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« on: August 11, 2008, 10:43:46 PM »
Hey everybody.

I am not sure if it has already been posted here but I found out on Saturday that Siobhan was to be dropped today by Parlophone with the official line of "Due to lack of commercial success"

I could not post this news earlier as I wanted it to be announced by Siobhan herself or her people & it would seem that it has been put up on her official forum earlier today.

I have heard though that two independent label's are keen to sign her already which I think personally is the best thing for Siobhan.

I can't see her getting another big contract with a big commercial record company & especially with the type of music she does an independent label could do wonders for her.

So again it is bad news for the former Sugababe, but hopefully she will finally find the right label for her, they do say 3rd time lucky afterall.
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« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2008, 10:47:22 PM »
Aww. I guess her label wasn't impressed with what she had recorded for her third album and decided to "part ways".

Oh well. C'est la vie and another label for ms Donaghy!
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« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2008, 10:55:17 PM »
See, you predicted it before it was announced, Billiam's Top Fan. Such a psychic.
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« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2008, 10:56:57 PM »
This was to be expected. 'Her' sound isn't too far removed from other acts but her label marketed her all wrong.

Can't say I'm sad to her about it.
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« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2008, 11:08:19 PM »

i'm not worried about her. i'm sure something will come up, be it singing or writing for other artists. She should have licensed "Ghosts" out to TV and film before though - its such an atmospheric and mood driven album and would have a lot of potential in that market.
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« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2008, 11:13:40 PM »
What took them so long?
This isn't surprising to me, unlike Mutya where I never expected her to be dropped after two Top 10 singles and a Gold certified album.
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« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2008, 11:18:08 PM »
Quote from: paul lekakis on August 11, 2008, 11:13:40 PM
What took them so long?...unlike Mutya where I never expected her to be dropped after two Top 10 singles and a Gold certified album.

From what i've heard they prolonged the agony because they had a good personal relationship with siobhan...even if she sold f all records. Otherwise, its been well documented that Mutya isn't the most warm personality to meet on a dark night (let alone manage).

Ha Ha! on Siobhan's forums her fangays are discussing if Mutya will sign Siobhan to her "Real girlz" management group (co-set up with Jodi Lei!!!!)
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« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2008, 11:20:06 PM »
Plus there's the whole thing that Mutya's album was basically shit.
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« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2008, 11:43:44 PM »
Well done! That Perry Como easy-listening shit she last released was dreadfull!
(Or else: how nice for Parlophone to blame Siobhan for the fracass, while they screwed up in stunning fashion in every step of the process).

If she really moves to an indie label, it's all been for the best -she needed to have done so before Ghosts.
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« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2008, 11:49:17 PM »
It's been said before but Ghosts' failure is perhaps the biggest Popinjustice of all time, and I do hope Siobhan doesn't throw in the towel and swan back into a chorus line somewhere. I sense she's got this massive pop album in her somewhere and just needed to get an Odd album out of her system - though the odder moments are my favourite on Ghosts, so I would follow this woman into war either path she takes (bar Rent).
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« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2008, 12:54:12 AM »
Quote from: aethyrsprite on August 11, 2008, 11:43:44 PM
Well done! That Perry Como easy-listening shit she last released was dreadfull!
(Or else: how nice for Parlophone to blame Siobhan for the fracass, while they screwed up in stunning fashion in every step of the process).

If she really moves to an indie label, it's all been for the best -she needed to have done so before Ghosts.

What!?  If you think Medevac is "easy listening" shit, then... oy, I'm speechless!
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« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2008, 12:57:12 AM »
It's a shame, but then I've not been too impressed with Parlophone lately...
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« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2008, 01:01:07 AM »




i think they
Quote from: xolondon on August 12, 2008, 12:54:12 AM
Quote from: aethyrsprite on August 11, 2008, 11:43:44 PM
Well done! That Perry Como easy-listening shit she last released was dreadfull!
(Or else: how nice for Parlophone to blame Siobhan for the fracass, while they screwed up in stunning fashion in every step of the process).

If she really moves to an indie label, it's all been for the best -she needed to have done so before Ghosts.

What!?  If you think Medevac is "easy listening" shit, then... oy, I'm speechless!
meant mutya was easy listening sorry
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« Reply #13 on: August 12, 2008, 01:11:47 AM »
Unsurprised in the slightest but I'm hoping that the indie labels will be sensible and sign her to a good contract without too much worry about her sales. "Ghosts" has only gotten better and better as I've listened to it, and I sense that she still does have incredible untapped potential as a pop artist… it's a shame she hasn't sold, because her album was brilliant.

It's a shame she doesn't have the same capital to trade on as Tracey Thorn, who's also signed with EMI and whose album I think of as vaguely similar to Siobhan's- Out of the Woods did slightly better than Ghosts with no promotion (a clause Thorn stipulated in her contract) and Tracey's going to be kept on by EMI because of her success with Everything but the Girl. But that's neither here nor there.

In any event I really don't think of this as much of a setback. I'm sure she'll be picked up sooner rather than later and I'm hopeful that the label that she chooses to sign with are going to be more supportive of her than Parlophone. Perhaps Bella Union?
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« Reply #14 on: August 12, 2008, 03:07:59 AM »
I think that Siobhan's great, but she will never sell records. Simple as that.
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