 The album saw the band take on much more of a commercially influenced sound , and also the appearance of Moog synthesizers , while being lyrically focused on a comedic approach , as with " Seven Days in the Sun " , but also dark emotions , such as those shown on " Turn " , " Oxygen " , and " Satellite News " . It was during the campaign for Echo Park that the band played another slot on the main stage at the Reading and Leeds festival , including T in the Park . As of August 2003 , the album has shipped 300 @,@ 000 units in the UK going platinum , with counter sales standing at 293 @,@ 000 as of February 2005 . Grant said in a Melody Maker interview that if the album did not sell well enough the band would probably split up ; he said at the time that " It 's the same with any band . That 's just the way the music business is . There is only a certain amount of money a label will put into a band . I 'm just being realistic . We 've been around for seven or eight years and I am not planning on giving up , but we 're putting everything into this record and I 'm just hoping that people like it " . The album campaign helped the band in August 2001 win the " Best British Live Act " accolade at the Kerrang ! awards , before ending the year supporting the Stereophonics , and then releasing the " Just a Day " single in December . In February 2015 , " Buck Rogers " gained a silver certification for 200 @,@ 000 physical sales , digital downloads and streaming points combined . 
