newvillefan
I Know My First Name Is Stephen
Sales of albums are never going to match those of 20 years ago and the UK sales figures seem OK, albeit not brilliant, to me. They're roughly in line with those for 2016's The Nation's Favourite... compilation
The difference is, this album would have cost a lot more to make that a compilation of pre-prepared tracks. There was the cost of the orchestra for five days, the cost of Richard's trip to London, the hire of Abbey Road studios and then post-production back at Capitol Records.