But when Labour politicians lined up to congratulate David Cameron for his intervention in Scotland's independence referendum, even the ultra loyal Record could not stay silent.
First, a group of Scottish pals (including DJs Jackmaster, Spencer and Bobby Cleaver, with loyal record shop nerds, graphic designers and party-throwers in tow) started playing Detroit techno and Chicago house in Glaswegian basements.
Because Internet businesses are increasingly about building a community of loyal users, record companies must learn to be loved if they are to flourish like booksellers rather than go the way of the circulating library.
She recorded "Lucky" for her own Loyal Dutchess Records label, her fifth self-released album, but this time out she launched a Kickstarter campaign to generate funds and grass-roots support to get the word out.
As my colleagues are well aware, John Ashcroft has an impressive, almost 30-year record of loyal public service as state attorney general, a two-term governor and then, of course, as senator for the state of Missouri.
Now, a striking number of Democratic candidates in coming midterm elections, from congressional contests in the Rocky Mountains to governor's races in the Deep South, are openly daring, defying and disparaging the N.R.A., a group with deep pockets, a loyal membership and a record of Election Day score-settling.
But back in 1998, Sloan was almost a decade into their career and slowly building their loyal fan base one record at a time.
Kelly's record is relentlessly loyal - she supported the war, top-up fees, foundation hospitals, ID cards - and at times she can be tiresomely positive.
His voting record is mostly loyal, though he was one of a handful of new MPs to vote against Tony Blair's plans to hold terrorism suspects for 90 days without trial.
The Charlatans Another band with a large and loyal live following but dwindling record sales, the Charlatans plan to make their next single, You Cross My Path, available as a free download through the website of radio station Xfm.
Aides say kingmaker Olusegun Obasanjo, the former president whose two terms were marred by bitter power struggles with his own deputy, found Jonathan appealing because of his record as a loyal understudy for the state governor.
