Johnny Borrell's Debut Solo Album Sells Just 594 Copies In First Week

Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell released his debut solo album ‘Borrell 1’ last week to a fair amount of critical acclaim. However, according to NME, it sold just 594 copies in its first week.

Borell would have expected to make a much bigger impact on the charts with the release, with X Factor’s Jahmene Douglas selling over 19,000 copies of his debut album to land at Number 1.

‘Borrell 1’ was originally recorded on a four track recorder by Borrell and a group of musicians including Razorlight bass player Freddie Stitz, Brazilian saxophonist Joao Mello and Darren Berry. After debuting the songs live Borrell decided to re-record them in London with legendary producer Trevor Horn.

Speaking of the record, he said:

“Fred [Stitz, bassist] was in the last line-up of Razorlight. We were playing big shows, the every Monday night we'd play blues and tango at this underground club with a bunch of kids who were totally disenfranchised from the mainstream, just hanging out. The band grew out of that.”

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