Feeder - Sales and Legacy

Sales and Legacy

Over the course of their career, Feeder has come to release 5 gold records and 3 platinum records.

Despite having completely dropped out of the mainstream for six years after the platinum-selling singles compilation, (which peaked at #2 on the UK Top 75 albums chart) and the band being relegated almost solely to alternative rock stations in the United Kingdom, Silent Cry reached #8 on the albums chart in its first week of release in 2008 with 16,000 units sold. It has sold less than 50,000 units to date according to Chrysalis, the owners of the now defunct Echo Label. The subsequent Silent Cry tour was Feeder's longest playing up to 29 different dates, with many selling out. Nevertheless, Silent Cry remains their first album since 1997's Polythene not to achieve at least gold status. The 2010 follow-up Renegades, was less successful only spending two weeks in the chart after entering at #16, while also being their first since the aforementioned Polythene not to chart within the Top 10.

However, the charting of Rengades, marked the third decade in which a Feeder album had been released and charted at least in the Top 20. This marked their 6th studio album to appear in the Top 20 and the band's 9th album to appear on the chart regardless of position over the course of their career. The album also debuted at #1 on the Official UK Rock Albums chart. Still, Renegades has yet to accumulate sales that approach or eclipse any of their other studio albums. 2012 follow-up Generation Freakshow, charted higher at #13. Combined album sales from all certified releases stands at over 1.5 million to date. 2002's Comfort in Sound is the band's best selling release, shifting over 503,706 units in the United Kingdom alone with The Singles taking second spot with 497,700 units, thus nearing the 500,000 mark Comfort in Sound has already passed making that album a large commercial success.

In Japan, Feeder have also gained a cult following, in which their last five studio albums have all charted in the top 100 between 2002 and 2012. Their most successful of these is 2008's Silent Cry charting at #53, although their most successful and only top 40 entry to date is their 2006 singles compilation, meaning the band have charted six albums regardless of format.

Feeder are also one of Wales's most popular rock bands, highlighted in October 2003, by the display of Taka's bass guitar from the "Seven Days in the Sun" video at the Hard Rock Cafe in Cardiff and Grant's attendance at the branch's opening the same year. The Cardiff branch later closed in late 2010, one day shy of its seventh anniversary of opening. At the end of 2006, the band amassed 166 weeks on both the UK singles and albums charts combined, which was more than enough to see them listed as one of the most successful chart acts between 1952–2006, according to the ranking system that was used by the now defunct Guinness British Hit Singles & Albums book. Feeder have also headlined many of the United Kingdom's major events venues, such as Wembley Arena, Birmingham National Indoor Arena, Brimingham LG Arena, Bournemouth International Centre and the Cardiff International Arena.

In an April 2012 interview with British rock monthly Total Guitar, the band were praised by Rob Laing citing "All the way from their very first release, the Two Colours EP in 1995, through tragedy and triumph, he's gone the distance with Feeder while other British alternative rock bands of the 90s crashed or faded".