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Post by maine on Nov 3, 2014 20:34:41 GMT -5
JUST KIDS is the fifth studio album from Mat Kearney that is scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 2015 via Republic Records. The lead single, "Heartbeat", will be released on iTunes tomorrow and you can view the awesome music video below.  Tracklisting:
1. "Heartbreak Dreamer"
2. "Moving On"
3. "Just Kids"
4. "Heartbeat"
5. "Billion"
6. "One Black Sheep"
7. "Let It Rain"
8. "Ghost"
9. "Los Angeles"
10. "Miss You"
11. "The Conversation" (feat. Young Summer)
12. "One Heart"
13. "Shasta"
14. "Air I Breathe" (Bonus track)
15. "Coming Home (Oregon)" (Bonus track) : "Heartbeat": "Billion": "Air I Breathe":
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Post by Ginger Spice on Nov 3, 2014 20:45:02 GMT -5
I've always found him really attractive for some odd reason.
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Post by K. on Nov 3, 2014 20:57:05 GMT -5
He did "Ships in the Night," right? That was killer.
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Post by SHOOTER on Nov 3, 2014 23:47:48 GMT -5
Hey Mama is one of my favorite records of this decade. Can't wait to hear this new project in full.
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Post by maine on Dec 1, 2014 21:52:42 GMT -5
Album is due out on February 24, 2015 and will be available for pre-order on iTunes on December 15, 2014 with "Just Kids" being available as an instant grat. All according to one of Mat's promo emails.
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Post by George on Dec 2, 2014 14:41:56 GMT -5
Pre-sale for this upcoming tour starts today, with the code "JUSTKIDS"!
Darn it, his show here in San Diego has already SOLD OUT!
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Post by Ling-Ling on Dec 3, 2014 14:25:20 GMT -5
"Heartbeat" is so good. It's SCREAMING to crossover to Top 40. With the right push and strategy I think it could.
I remember seeing him perform live at a Carrabba's Italian Grill years ago before NLTL came out, LMAO. He was HILARIOUS and so sexy in person.
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Post by maine on Dec 14, 2014 12:54:27 GMT -5
"Just Kids":
Will be released on Tuesday along with the pre-order. I like this.
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Post by maine on Dec 15, 2014 17:08:54 GMT -5
Tracklisting:
1. "Heartbreak Dreamer"
2. "Moving On"
3. "Just Kids"
4. "Heartbeat"
5. "Billion"
6. "One Black Sheep"
7. "Let It Rain"
8. "Ghost"
9. "Los Angeles"
10. "Miss You"
11. "The Conversation" (feat. Young Summer)
12. "One Heart"
13. "Shasta"
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Post by Kurt on Dec 15, 2014 17:14:37 GMT -5
11. "The Conversation" (feat. Young Summer) While I don't love either of the two tracks already released, I'm really excited for this one - Young Summer has a great voice and her album Siren is really good pop. |
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Post by maine on Dec 15, 2014 17:22:16 GMT -5
11. "The Conversation" (feat. Young Summer) While I don't love either of the two tracks already released, I'm really excited for this one - Young Summer has a great voice and her album Siren is really good pop. Didn't know who she was, so I looked her up and really like her voice. I think her and Mat will match up perfectly. With the two released songs, I totally agree. While they're not bad, they're just definitely not his best. They'd be good album tracks, but as singles I don't care for them ("Just Kids" isn't really a single yet, but you know what I mean). |
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Post by maine on Dec 23, 2014 0:28:45 GMT -5
"One Black Sheep" is available now, and was premiered earlier today by Paste Magazine.I don't like this either. :( :( :( :( :( :( He's 0 for 3 on memorable ones for me. All three released so far are just okay. This is my least favorite of the bunch. |
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Post by maine on Jan 19, 2015 12:01:06 GMT -5
"Los Angeles" is available to stream through VEVO: vevo.ly/NQeeLuYet another one I don't care for either. This is ahead of "One Black Sheep" for me, but lower than "Heartbeat" and "Just Kids". I might pass on the album... :( |
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Post by George on Jan 19, 2015 16:29:09 GMT -5
I really wish "Heartbeat" would pick up more at radio!
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Post by mrjocool on Jan 20, 2015 12:41:14 GMT -5
"Los Angeles" is available to stream through VEVO: vevo.ly/NQeeLuYet another one I don't care for either. This is ahead of "One Black Sheep" for me, but lower than "Heartbeat" and "Just Kids". I might pass on the album... :( Funny how tastes differ! I would rank LA top so far along with "One Heart" followed by "Just Kids", "One Black Sheep" and "Heartbeat" as my least favorite. I prefer his older stuff and am glad he's getting back to the spoken word verses on more of his songs. He's definitely worth seeing live; I won't miss the chance if he comes this way again. |
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Post by maine on Jan 20, 2015 14:07:11 GMT -5
"Los Angeles" is available to stream through VEVO: vevo.ly/NQeeLuYet another one I don't care for either. This is ahead of "One Black Sheep" for me, but lower than "Heartbeat" and "Just Kids". I might pass on the album... :( Funny how tastes differ! I would rank LA top so far along with "One Heart" followed by "Just Kids", "One Black Sheep" and "Heartbeat" as my least favorite. I prefer his older stuff and am glad he's getting back to the spoken word verses on more of his songs. He's definitely worth seeing live; I won't miss the chance if he comes this way again. I don't dislike any of them really. I just don't find any of them all that special. I guess "Ships In the Night" (and Young Love really) gave me high standards for him since that is how I discovered him. I do like his old music a lot too. Something about these haven't hit me yet. My ranking: 1. "Heartbeat" 2. "Just Kids" (these two are close, pretty interchangeable for me) 3. "Los Angeles" 4. "One Black Sheep" Haven't heard "One Heart" yet, but I hope it's good lol. "Down" was one of my favorites from the last album. |
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Post by Kurt on Feb 1, 2015 13:36:04 GMT -5
Target will release a deluxe edition with two bonus tracks:
14. Air I Breathe
15. Coming Home (Oregon)
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Post by mrjocool on Feb 2, 2015 12:59:31 GMT -5
"Billion"
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Post by maine on Feb 2, 2015 13:10:54 GMT -5
FINALLY. A song I actually like. It's not on the level of his past albums, but this is finally a song I can get into. The white boy rap works on this.
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Post by maine on Feb 23, 2015 15:19:39 GMT -5
Looks like he released the least memorable ones (save "Billion") first. Listening to the previews right now, and the album is pretty good. It's like a cross between Young Love and Nothing Left to Lose with a bit of different influences mixed in.
What I liked: "Billion", "Ghost", "Miss You", "The Conversation", "One Heart"
I'm buying this at Target tomorrow, so I'll post again on what I think later this week.
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Post by kylen4 on Feb 23, 2015 15:34:22 GMT -5
Looks like he released the least memorable ones (save "Billion") first. Listening to the previews right now, and the album is pretty good. It's like a cross between Young Love and Nothing Left to Lose with a bit of different influences mixed in. What I liked: "Billion", "Ghost", "Miss You", "The Conversation", "One Heart" I'm buying this at Target tomorrow, so I'll post again on what I think later this week. How are you listening to the previews? |
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Post by maine on Feb 23, 2015 15:35:28 GMT -5
Looks like he released the least memorable ones (save "Billion") first. Listening to the previews right now, and the album is pretty good. It's like a cross between Young Love and Nothing Left to Lose with a bit of different influences mixed in. What I liked: "Billion", "Ghost", "Miss You", "The Conversation", "One Heart" I'm buying this at Target tomorrow, so I'll post again on what I think later this week. How are you listening to the previews? It's out now in Australia. If you switch your iTunes store over to Australia and search for the album, you can listen to all the previews. |
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Post by kylen4 on Feb 23, 2015 15:56:37 GMT -5
How are you listening to the previews? It's out now in Australia. If you switch your iTunes store over to Australia and search for the album, you can listen to all the previews. Awesome, thanks! |
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Post by kylen4 on Feb 24, 2015 10:29:33 GMT -5
After first listen, I had to make a post on here.
Regardless of what people might think of the direction of this album or how much they enjoy the songs, there's no denying that this album has superb production.
Mat and whoever else worked with him really did some impressive work with all the synths and drum lines and chord progressions.
Mat's songs have a lot of diversity and utilize a lot of different sounds and they are blended extremely well on this album.
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Post by DJ General on Feb 24, 2015 11:40:12 GMT -5
I picked up the Target version! $9.99 with the 2 bonus tracks is a great deal! Very excited to listen to this! Heartbeat was good at first, but it had a pretty fast burn rate for me. I just started listening to Billion this week and I think it is already more enjoyable than Heartbeat.
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 24, 2015 14:01:58 GMT -5
Let It Rain ALONE makes this worth the purchase. That song speaks deeply to me.
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Post by DJ General on Feb 24, 2015 17:32:05 GMT -5
Great album!! The Target bonus tracks are really great as well!!
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 25, 2015 20:32:45 GMT -5
Projected to debut with 27-29k (28-30k SPS).
Bullet never charted on Billboard.
Nothing Left to Lose debuted at #109 (450k to date).
City of Black & White debuted at #13 with 26k (147k to date).
Young Love debuted at #4 with 44k (213k to date).
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Post by Gravity. on Mar 1, 2015 0:34:02 GMT -5
Pretty great album. I love "Heartbreak Dreamer," "Let It Rain," "Moving On" and "The Conversation" the best.
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Post by maine on Mar 5, 2015 14:18:47 GMT -5
Debuts at #20 on the Billboard 200.
Now that I've given this album a week to sit in, I think this might be my favorite of his. Despite the first 4 singles/promo singles being very uninteresting, the rest of the album was very good and made up for them. I like that he went back to his rapping style, but it's a lot more improved now than it was back then. This album is like a cross between Nothing Left to Lose and Young Love, having the rap and simplicity of the former, and the poppiness of the latter, but it works really well. "Moving On" might be the "Ships In the Night" of the album (despite "Billion" being my favorite), everything about it is great. I looove the production on this and I always like what Mat makes with it (ex. the drums).
Ranking:
1. "Billion"
2. "Moving On"
3. "Miss You"
4. "One Heart"
5. "Ghost"
6. "Coming Home (Oregon)"
7. "Air I Breathe"
8. "Just Kids"
9. "Heartbeat"
10. "The Conversation"
11. "Heartbreak Dreamer"
12. "Los Angeles"
13. "Let It Rain"
14. "One Black Sheep"
15. "Shasta"
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