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Post by mc54 on Jun 11, 2015 8:49:59 GMT -5
Release date got bumped to June 12th. It's already out in NZ - and the entire album is gorgeous.
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Post by getonthebus on Jun 11, 2015 9:51:20 GMT -5
Perfect summer Dance/Pop album. Giorgio showing the kids how to do it.
I Do This for You is flawless, even if the instrumental seems a bit off from the vocal.
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Post by Joe1240 on Jun 12, 2015 6:39:07 GMT -5
Such a great album.
Tempted with Matthew Koma needs to be a single.Has to be my fave from this album. 10/10. A near perfect album. Great for Friday nights.
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Post by mc54 on Jun 15, 2015 7:47:46 GMT -5
Has anyone heard the deluxe edition (2cd) tracks?
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Post by mc54 on Jun 15, 2015 18:13:41 GMT -5
2CD Deluxe Edition cover:
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Post by Chelsea Press 2 on Jun 16, 2015 1:08:28 GMT -5
The album is exquisite! I enjoyed every single song. I was going to name all the songs that I liked/loved, but it was all of them. I really like the instrumental "La Disco" which closes the standard edition of the album. I like that the productions on all of the songs are the perfect fusion of Giorgio's productions from the heyday of Disco and contemporary Dance music. This is easily one of the best albums of the year.
I am curious about the deluxe edition tracks.
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Post by when the pawn... on Jun 16, 2015 12:18:06 GMT -5
This is great! The songs with male singers are on the low end. I had held off on listening to anything other than "Deja Vu" and "74 is the New 24" until today. Those are still standouts but WOW at "Tom's Diner," that is a banger. The Kelis and Kylie tracks are also great.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jun 16, 2015 16:01:16 GMT -5
The actual CD isn't out until the 30th?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2015 16:51:41 GMT -5
I listened to the cd and I found it uninspired, typical EDM fare. Go listen to Once Upon a Time if you want to know what this genius can do.
The bright side: at least Suzanne Vega will earn some royalties.
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Post by SHOOTER on Jun 17, 2015 16:36:26 GMT -5
Projected to debut with 8-9k (10-11k SPS).
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Post by Chelsea Press 2 on Jun 17, 2015 18:04:21 GMT -5
Pop's Septuagenarian KingGiorgio Moroderβs first album in 30 years, featuring Britney Spears and Sia, is no throwback. SPENCER KORNHABER JUN 16, 2015 Giorgio Moroderβs first solo album since 1985 represents either a tale of overcoming odds and reclaiming success late in life, or of record-company cynicism and the stagnant state of much of pop music. Letβs check out the heartwarming option first. Moroder, a 75-year-old Italian producer, is one of the most influential disco and electronica musicians of all time, having set the template for years of songs to come with his β70s work with Donna Summer. Any popular track featuring four-on-the-floor bass thump, synthesizer arpeggios on loop, and a general sense of whooshing and acceleration and robots grooving owes something to him. He kept finding success through the mid-β80s, helping mint hits for the likes of David Bowie, Blondie, Freddie Mercury, and the Top Gun soundtrack. Then he mostly disappeared from public consciousness, until Daft Punkβs 2013 album Random Access Memories featured a track called βGiorgio by Moroder,β on which he could be heard talking about wanting to create βa sound of the future.β Heβs said that song helped restart his career, and now heβs back with DΓ©jΓ vu, featuring collaborations with Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, Sia, Charlie XCX, Kelis, and other Top 40 staples. You might expect this to be a throwback affair, one that highlights the lineage of some of todayβs newest stars. Instead, it sounds like it could be the latest Thatβs What I Call Music Now! compilation (yes, those still exist) except for the fact that most of these songs arenβt yet popular. That the albumβs on-trend, to some extent, shouldnβt surprise: Popβs currently obsessed with dance music that has Moroderβs sonic DNA, both in the form of the sleek drama of EDM and the warm, springy disco repopularized by Pharrell. But Moroderβs new music doesnβt just harken back to the styles that everyone else is hearkening back toβit sounds like the 2015 versions of them, like itβs been recorded with the same presets that Max Martin uses, made in the same studio as βBlurred Lines,β mixed by Calvin Harris to slot into a Las Vegas nightclub set. Accordingly, the Kylie Minogue-featuring single βRight Here, Right Nowβ shot to the top of the Billboard dance chart. It wouldnβt be surprising if the βCall Me Maybeβ-esque title track featuring Sia, or the speak-and-spell workout βDiamondsβ with Charlie XCX, or the Maroon 5 imitation βTemptedβ with Matthew Koma, end up having similarly strong showings. (Meanwhile, the Britney Spears cover of βTomβs Diner," with gloriously overdrawn production from Moroder, represents a perfectly modern act of trolling.) The uncanny relevance of these songs is enough to make even the most poptimistic listener a little alarmedβhas mainstream music really evolved so little that the reigning champ of 1975 can reclaim his spot with such ease? Well, maybe. But there are current tropesβtension building in the verses with mathematic predictability, zillion-hook choruses, the existence of Mikky Ekkoβthat would have taken a certain amount of studying-up to replicate. Itβs tempting to suspect that folks hired by RCA, the label that coaxed Moroder into recording the album and helped line up singers and writers, focus-grouped and fidgeted with each measure for maximum impact. But it seems more likely that Moroder himself figured out how to play the 2015 game. Name checks from Internet-age boundary-pushers like Daft Punk and James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem have built him up as an indie touchstone, but Moroderβs always been interested in chart domination. Kraftewerk and their contemporaries helped make electronica into art; Moroder made it into product. βThe way I know if something works is if it sells,β Moroder told Spin in 2013, going on to talk about how in his heyday he knew which particular BPMs and bass sounds would get people to dance in New York. In a 2015 interview with the same publication, he talked about keeping knowledgeable about current recording techniques. βItβs quite complicated right now,β he said. βCertain sounds, especially the drums, they get old after six months.β The interest in staying 100 percent relevant like this is rare for a senior citizen in popular music, to say nothing of the ability to pull it off. In art forms like literature and film, elder icons regularly keep producing major works late in life, but in popβyouth worshipping, novelty-obsessed, self-consciously disposable popβformer hitmakers are often consigned to nostalgia-act status. Or they become venerated credibility-keepers, like when Johnny Cash turned younger artistsβ songs into solemn reflections on mortality. But as is perhaps fitting for someone who helped artificial sounds go mainstream, Moroder might chuckle at traditional ideas of how aging works. The most distinctive thing here is called β74 Is the New 24,β which surfs on waves of darkly thrumming Tron sounds that almost recall industrial music. The song seems to signal doom, not for the septuagenarian behind the vocoder, but for all those whoβve tried to take his place. Source βDeja Vuβ review: Giorgio Moroder, disco god, brings back the sound, with Sia, Britney, Charlie XCX Decades after short-sighted music lovers declared βDeath before Disco,β one of the glitter ball-eraβs main architects has returned to prove the genreβs resilience. Producer/songwriter Giorgio Moroder β who placed stars like Donna Summer, Irene Cara and Cher in perfect dance settings β has created zesty new club beats for stars as current as Sia, Charlie XCX and Britney Spears. The aptly named βDeja Vuβ reanimates the gurgling disco beats, manipulated vocals and 1970s and β80s electronics that Moroder used on hits such as βLove To Love Youβ and βFlashdance (What A Feeling).β Itβs a blast to hear Sia bring to the title track the perfect florid sound to suit Moroderβs booming beat and rich melody. Likewise, in βDiamonds,β the producer finds an ideally flagrant vehicle for pop-punk star Charli XCX. βDonβt Let Go,β sung by Mikky Ekko (who penned Rihannaβs hit βStayβ), warmly embraces the kind of tune Moroder wrote in past ballad/dance hits like Berlinβs βTake My Breath Away.β Now 75, Moroder hasnβt put out an album in 30 years. But history has swung in the Italian-born producerβs direction: Nearly every current E.D.M. producer cites Moroder as an inspiration, specifically for his balance of up-to-date technology, rhythm and songwriting craft. In 2013, Daft Punkβs album βRandom Access Memoriesβ honored him with a song title: βGiorgio By Moroder.β For his new album, Moroder co-wrote many of the songs with modern artists. He did include one vintage cover, but from an unexpected genre: βTomβs Diner,β by Suzanne Vega, voiced here by Britney Spears. Damn if Moroder didnβt get an animated performance from this often zombified star. Moroder also got a newly husky vocal sound from Kelis on the Studio 54-ready βBack and Forth.β Like all the tracks here, the sound clearly channels the past, but only to buff it with a current sheen.
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Post by H. on Jun 17, 2015 19:40:29 GMT -5
I predicted higher.
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Post by KissMyAxe on Jun 17, 2015 21:32:57 GMT -5
Gosh those are abysmal numbers
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jun 17, 2015 21:33:47 GMT -5
It's just digitally available though, isn't it?
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Post by poplife on Jun 17, 2015 22:27:26 GMT -5
I'm so disappointed with the sales, people are missing out. I'm hoping this will fare better in Europe. 'Tempted' is quickly becoming my favorite song from the album! I'm more of a fan of Matthew's songwriting for other people than of his own work, but this one is perfect. His voice, the "burn for me"s, and the catchy chorus..
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Post by bat1990 on Jun 18, 2015 10:33:56 GMT -5
This album is amazing!!!!! I wished it was longer when I got to the last track
"Tom's Diner" and "I Do This For You" are the highlights for me, but I can definitely love every track and understand the stanning for "Tempted"
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Post by Nick on Jun 18, 2015 17:26:08 GMT -5
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Post by mc54 on Jun 19, 2015 8:40:06 GMT -5
Britney Spears' VEVO account uploaded the track, along with a handwritten postcard for artwork. I can't even....
..let them run with this as a single... please.
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Post by bat1990 on Jun 19, 2015 9:25:03 GMT -5
It's a cheap way for Brit to do a next single with little effort. And I would support it 100%!!!! Tom's Diner is the standout to me, I just wish they hadn't cut the last verse.
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Post by Dylan :) on Jun 19, 2015 10:08:51 GMT -5
Just take one look at the comments, this HAS to be the next single!
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Post by getonthebus on Jun 19, 2015 14:15:26 GMT -5
If they make it a single, she needs to get back in the studio and record a different bridge.
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Post by mc54 on Jun 22, 2015 8:29:38 GMT -5
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Post by mc54 on Jun 23, 2015 8:16:53 GMT -5
Alright... well, this just hurts...
With 82.03% percent of the sales in for the first week on HDD...
-- 42 GIORGIO MORODER DEJA VU RCA 5,943
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jun 23, 2015 10:19:27 GMT -5
Has there actually been a single from this album? It just occurred to me, the Sia and Britney collabs were both just promo tracks, weren't they? Not actual singles?
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Post by Chelsea Press 2 on Jun 23, 2015 15:47:34 GMT -5
Has there actually been a single from this album? It just occurred to me, the Sia and Britney collabs were both just promo tracks, weren't they? Not actual singles? "Right Here, Right Now" with Kylie Minogue was the first single and the title song with Sia was the second single. Music videos were produced for both and remixes were commissioned and promoted.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Jun 23, 2015 17:29:20 GMT -5
I wondered if Kylie's song was a single or not. I feel like Deja Vu could have been a hit and since it wasn't I figured it wasn't pushed as an actual single.
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Post by SHOOTER on Jun 23, 2015 17:52:35 GMT -5
45 GIORGIO MORODER DEJA VU RCA 6,603
Final per HITS
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Post by mc54 on Jun 25, 2015 15:42:47 GMT -5
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Post by SHOOTER on Jun 25, 2015 18:41:20 GMT -5
Officially debuts at #72 on the Top 200 and #46 on Top Album Sales.
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Post by KissMyAxe on Jun 26, 2015 0:08:07 GMT -5
awful debut
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