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Post by Linnethia Monique on Oct 26, 2014 9:13:06 GMT -5
exactly one month before it was to be released. This is truly a mess.
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Post by Rican@ on Oct 26, 2014 11:18:31 GMT -5
Well the album needs to be pushed up then, I always thought December date was far. Now the label should do a mid-November date.
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Post by Dreams on Oct 26, 2014 12:05:19 GMT -5
Why did they give her these poppy ballads like "Doubt" and "When You're Gone"? Yes, both tracks sounded weird coming from Mary; they wouldn't feel out of place on Ella Henderson's album. On that note, I miss the "hard" moments in this album... I really hope she goes back to that with the next album. Love - "Therapy" / "Not Loving You" / "Nobody But You" / "My Loving" Not feeling - "Doubt" / "When You're Gone" / "Long Hard Look" The rest are decent. Overall I find the album solid. The production is slick, her voice sounds better than it has in awhile and there is the classic Mary emotion (such as in "Not Loving You") that I always enjoy. Unfortunately, what I said upthread still stands for me... this was hyped up as her most ambitious project, but it wasn't all that. IMHO. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad at all, but when it was revealed she was recording this special album in London, I got the impression that it was going to be really adventurous and I expected every song, pretty much, to be killer. Right now I like the Think Like A Man Too soundtrack much better because at least that one gave me a couple of my most favorite Mary songs; this album is good throughout but even the songs I like best, I wouldn't consider all-time MJB favorites. That said, maybe it will grow on me so much with time that it will end up as one of my most favorite Mary albums, who knows? Sucks that it leaked so early. They will have to push the date up, otherwise this album is doomed.
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Post by SHOOTER on Oct 26, 2014 12:18:31 GMT -5
So many people seemed to have been expecting a 21 from her with this project but I always knew it was going to be different producers, same basic Mary templates. I am interested in hearing how the complete project sounds though.
It sucks the AMAs aren't until the end of November because dropping it the Tuesday after she's performed would probably give her the greatest boost in sales. I honestly don't see Capitol moving this up from the December date though.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Oct 26, 2014 12:26:09 GMT -5
What was the purpose of working with all of these UK talents when an American one was going to show off and have the best track on the album. Rodney Jerkins Where the f#ck you been with this sound?! I can't even right now; I'm too busy dancing for words.
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Post by Hashtag Pow on Oct 26, 2014 13:57:16 GMT -5
WELP. I don't see this deal with Capitol lasting too long. A "whole damn" month! But I knew it was gonna leak soon because they sent it out to industry folk like 2 weeks ago.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 14:22:28 GMT -5
I wonder if there is any way they could record a few extra tracks and then tack them on as digital exclusives. It seems like they have to do something now that it's out so far ahead of its release date.
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Post by Rican@ on Oct 26, 2014 15:31:40 GMT -5
I wonder if there is any way they could record a few extra tracks and then tack them on as digital exclusives. It seems like they have to do something now that it's out so far ahead of its release date. They have time to do that. I remember when Alicia Keys' fourth album was pushed back two weeks and within that time frame, "Unthinkable" was created (I believed "How It Feels To Fly" also).
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Post by Rican@ on Oct 26, 2014 15:56:59 GMT -5
Rodney Jerkins Child, he took me there. That track is fire. Ugh!
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Post by tae04 on Oct 26, 2014 15:57:30 GMT -5
The album is decent. Not as good as I was expecting.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2014 20:12:47 GMT -5
This album's boring as hell. I was expecting one of her best, but this may edge out Stronger with Each Tear for my least favorite Mary album.
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Post by SHOOTER on Oct 27, 2014 1:50:36 GMT -5
Doubt When You're Gone Right Now My Loving Long Hard Look Pick Me Up
While I can enjoy those songs by themselves, the album is terribly uneven. It's 1/3 dance diva Mary, 1/3 pop maven Mary, 1/3 urban Mary and neither third is cohesive enough to blend into an album.
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Post by think pink. on Oct 27, 2014 15:43:09 GMT -5
It sounds like two completely different albums.
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Oct 27, 2014 15:46:22 GMT -5
While I can enjoy those songs by themselves, the album is terribly uneven. It's 1/3 dance diva Mary, 1/3 pop maven Mary, 1/3 urban Mary and neither third is cohesive enough to blend into an album. I liked or loved most of the songs, but it just doesn't work as an album with a specific underlying theme. It just feels like she took all these different songs and put them on one disc in a sequence and called it an album.
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Post by dominika6816 on Oct 27, 2014 18:33:37 GMT -5
Songs are alright, but it's nothing spectacular. And yeah, she should make an album full of house tracks. I'm dissapointed a bit. However My Loving is in my top 5 songs of the year...what a tune!
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Post by Dreams on Oct 28, 2014 8:20:34 GMT -5
However My Loving is in my top 5 songs of the year...what a tune! !!!! CUZ NOTHING BRINGS THE FIRE AND NOTHING GETS YA HIGHER AIN'T NOTHING GOOD AS MY LOVING NOBODY'S GONNA GIVE YA A LOVE AS GOOD AS MY LOVING MY LOVING MY LOVING
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Post by music89 on Oct 28, 2014 10:25:58 GMT -5
The album is good...but i thought it would be better. I have to listen to it again tho. This song is a bop!
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Oct 28, 2014 10:39:41 GMT -5
However My Loving is in my top 5 songs of the year...what a tune! !!!! CUZ NOTHING BRINGS THE FIRE AND NOTHING GETS YA HIGHER AIN'T NOTHING GOOD AS MY LOVING NOBODY'S GONNA GIVE YA A LOVE AS GOOD AS MY LOVING MY LOVING MY LOVING Let me join you because that right there is everything!
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Post by Hashtag Pow on Oct 28, 2014 19:18:24 GMT -5
While I can enjoy those songs by themselves, the album is terribly uneven. It's 1/3 dance diva Mary, 1/3 pop maven Mary, 1/3 urban Mary and neither third is cohesive enough to blend into an album. I liked or loved most of the songs, but it just doesn't work as an album with a specific underlying theme. It just feels like she took all these different songs and put them on one disc in a sequence and called it an album. Well....that's pretty much IS what she did. That's why they called it "The London Sessions."
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Post by Hashtag Pow on Oct 28, 2014 19:28:53 GMT -5
I agree that the album would work better if there were actually some type of consistent theme. And the track sequencing sucks. And I'm not here for those random interview clips between the songs. If they were gonna use those as interludes, they should have included some kind of intro and outro so the placement of them made a little more sense. I love the clip of Sam calling her "an untouchable goddess," though. I think it is a good collection of songs though. The only songs I don't care for are PICK ME UP, and FOLLOW. If they dropped those, and redid the track list, the album would flow a little more pleasantly. Outside of the previously released songs, I looove DOUBT, LONG HARD LOOK, NOT LOVING YOU, and MY LOVING.
I'm interested in seeing if they are gonna bother with trying to scramble to rework this before the release date. She recorded around 20 songs during these sessions. They should do a quick look at the reviews of the leaks, see what people are here for, and record a few more songs in that same vein.
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Post by Rican@ on Nov 4, 2014 10:13:25 GMT -5
You can now buy "When You're Gone" off iTunes
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Post by musicborn82 on Nov 4, 2014 11:53:49 GMT -5
There's been an album cover change.. The Deluxe addition will be announced soon.
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Post by Sir Benji on Nov 4, 2014 13:30:28 GMT -5
There's been an album cover change.. The Deluxe addition will be announced soon. Good because I don't care for the current cover
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2014 13:45:43 GMT -5
I don't care for the current album, so I'm hoping for new tracks too.
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Nov 4, 2014 13:51:02 GMT -5
Can somebody explain to me what Whole Damn Year is about, exactly?
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Post by Dreams on Nov 4, 2014 14:12:58 GMT -5
There will be several different covers apparently.
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Post by musicborn82 on Nov 4, 2014 15:20:11 GMT -5
I don't care for the current album, so I'm hoping for new tracks too. We are ALL very aware of this. You've been saying this since 2009.. It's no surprise.Maybe you'll back track like you did with ML2!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2014 17:25:23 GMT -5
I really don't get putting the collaborators on the cover. Only a few of them have a real name outside the UK and it just makes the cover look so cheap.
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Nov 4, 2014 17:36:01 GMT -5
I find Rodney Jerkins name not being on there an insult since he threw the biggest Hail Mary and landed the best track on the album.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2014 19:07:33 GMT -5
I don't care for the current album, so I'm hoping for new tracks too. We are ALL very aware of this. You've been saying this since 2009.. It's no surprise.Maybe you'll back track like you did with ML2! Who are you and what are you using to keep track? I'm just fine with most of her recent albums but haven't enjoyed her post- Breakthrough albums as much as the ones before it. Still don't love ML2 but love half of it-- make sure to put that in the footnote. Jazzy does not like having her statements misrepresented.
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