S_Bunny
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Post by S_Bunny on Jan 27, 2011 12:53:35 GMT -5
Her version of Cheryl Cole's Promise This is so gorgeous.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2011 15:59:12 GMT -5
Good lord, she made "Promise This" listenable! :o :o She should have cut out the French bit completely though.
Anyway, I'm loving this album campaign so far. In 2008 it constantly seemed like she was playing second fiddle to Duffy, even though I personally always liked her more. Duffy was huge back then and after she (deservedly) bombed with her second album I was really worried for Adele. Especially after "Make You Feel My Love" spent so long in the Top 10 recently. I thought it was going to overshadow "Rolling In The Deep" and she'd fall off the radar. Instead the opposite happened. She has this huge hype at the moment and apparently she sold 200,000 copies in her first two days. It's nice to see that even though hype won the battle, quality won the war.
Also, I heard "I'll Be Waiting" on the radio yesterday. It's one of my favourites and I hope it's the third single.
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Jan 27, 2011 16:01:17 GMT -5
I can't wait to hear this album. I just heard "19" the other day & loved her work.
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Post by tearsdryontheirown on Jan 28, 2011 9:15:19 GMT -5
Anybody else in love with "Lovesong"? I have been listening to it constantly. It really has grown on me
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Post by bigb0882 on Jan 28, 2011 16:58:11 GMT -5
Lovesong hasn't really done it for me. I love the original and her version is good but it doesn't really go anywhere for me. Still nice to listen to but not one I have to hear before I get out of my car.
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Post by bigb0882 on Jan 28, 2011 17:36:44 GMT -5
Does anyone know the correct lyrics to Set Fire to the Rain? Everything I have found online is really not even close to being right. There are a few words I can't quite understand and I don't trust what I see online because I find so many errors in other parts of the song.
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Post by Riot on Jan 29, 2011 1:40:57 GMT -5
Weird to say this but the studio version of Someone Like You is dreadful compared to her live versions. Damn she sounds better live than she does in the studio. That's insane, when is the last time something like that happened?
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Post by tearsdryontheirown on Jan 29, 2011 8:47:29 GMT -5
Weird to say this but the studio version of Someone Like You is dreadful compared to her live versions. Damn she sounds better live than she does in the studio. That's insane, when is the last time something like that happened? That is extremely dramatic. "Dreadful"? really? What an over-reaction. It's just different. And you just have to get used to listening to it. It's still beautifully sung and one of the highlights on the album. Also to say she sounds better live than in the studio is melodramatic. Obviously live performances offer something more personal and "in the moment". She gives herself over and depending on how she feels, she can give more live and let go. If it were someone who can't sing I would agree or let your "opinion" be, but factually it is not "dreadful" by any stretch of the imagination.
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Post by Jack on Jan 29, 2011 8:48:01 GMT -5
Weird to say this but the studio version of Someone Like You is dreadful compared to her live versions. Damn she sounds better live than she does in the studio. That's insane, when is the last time something like that happened? It's weird isn't it? The studio version goes off tempo, even verges off key at times, and all together just seems a bit flat and lifeless. The live version however.
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Post by Hierophant on Jan 29, 2011 10:04:24 GMT -5
Weird to say this but the studio version of Someone Like You is dreadful compared to her live versions. Damn she sounds better live than she does in the studio. That's insane, when is the last time something like that happened? It's weird isn't it? The studio version goes off tempo, even verges off key at times, and all together just seems a bit flat and lifeless. The live version however. yeah.. I want that live version on the album... is so much better
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Post by Rumors on Jan 29, 2011 10:17:32 GMT -5
LOVE "Rolling In The Deep." I'll be buying her album for sure. Her voice is so good.
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Post by ListenToItTwice on Jan 29, 2011 15:11:50 GMT -5
"Rolling in the Deep" is setting itself up for a leap up the Hot 100 next week.
Also, 19's sales on iTunes right now are HUGE. So are pre-orders for 21. ADELE is going to be a big f***ing deal in 2011.
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Post by Gravity. on Jan 29, 2011 22:20:43 GMT -5
Weird to say this but the studio version of Someone Like You is dreadful compared to her live versions. Damn she sounds better live than she does in the studio. That's insane, when is the last time something like that happened? I've always said that Jason Mraz sounds better live than in studio. "Someone Like You" is a masterpiece, live or studio.
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Post by bigbluenote on Jan 29, 2011 23:29:25 GMT -5
Can someone please put the album release date in the title of this thread?
I keep losing track of when it's coming out. I know it's February, but don't know the date.
Thanks.
EDIT: Ah, I just saw it at the top of this page when I posted this. Feb. 22nd. But it'd still be easier to remember if it was in the title. lol
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Post by BadRomance on Jan 30, 2011 2:45:16 GMT -5
My faves are 'Set The Fire To The Rain' and 'Someone Like You', but the whole album is flawless and brilliant!
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Post by Mike on Jan 30, 2011 7:06:43 GMT -5
I like the tempo of the album version, but that one part in the chorus is a bit jarring.
I'd like to see her attempt it live and not give it such a nasally sound. She's performed the song about half a dozen times now and hasn't ever gone up during that part... I wonder why they recorded it like that in the first place if she never intended to sing it like that in shows?
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Post by dadadawn on Jan 30, 2011 14:28:54 GMT -5
UK sales Adele scorches to the top of the Official Albums Chart today as 21, her second album, achieves record sales of over 208,000 in just its first week of release, the Official Charts Company confirms today. This makes 21 the biggest January album for five years since Arctic Monkeys sold some 363,000 copies of their debut album Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not in January 2006. But 21 has also racked up more sales in one week than several of last year’s biggest releases managed to do at any time of year. Albums from Eminem, Kings Of Leon and Cheryl Cole all failed to break the 200,000 sales barrier in 2010. In fact, the feat was only achieved by Take That with their original line-up reunion album Progress, released last November, which has seen weekly sales of over 200,000 on no less than five occasions, including first week sales of over half a million. Meanwhile Adele’s debut album, the double platinum, Mercury-nominated 19, which first entered the Official Albums Chart at number one back in February 2008, is this week’s number four giving the twenty-two-year-old Londoner two Official Albums Chart Top 5 hits simultaneously. The last time an act could boast a number one album and a second album in the Official Albums Chart Top 5 at the same time was almost twelve years ago when The Corrs were number one with Talk On Corners and number two with Forgiven Not Forgotten in April 1999. Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall and Thriller were both in Official Albums Chart Top 5 in July 2009 after the singer’s death the previous month but at chart positions number three and number four respectively.
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Post by bat1990 on Jan 30, 2011 14:37:37 GMT -5
^So awesome!! She should sell a few million worldwide if she keeps playing her cards right.
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Post by Envoirment on Jan 30, 2011 14:45:53 GMT -5
Great sales! Omg I think this album will sell a lot in the UK. I'm betting on 1m+ by the end of the year. ^^ WW it will hopefully sell around 2-3mil in total :)
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Post by cufan7 on Jan 30, 2011 14:50:12 GMT -5
So excited to pick this up in February! Holding out on listening to it!
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Post by Envoirment on Jan 30, 2011 14:54:31 GMT -5
So far it has debuted at #1 in 14 Countries! UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, luxemburg, Norway, Netherlands & New Zealand. Other Positions Include: #2 in Greece & Italy - #3 in Germany & Australia - #4 in Portugal It has yet to be released in the US & Canada! This album is going to be HUGE this year!!
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Post by S_Bunny on Jan 30, 2011 15:41:08 GMT -5
^Incredible. I can't wait to see where it charts in the end of year sales. It will be massive.
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Post by Jack on Jan 30, 2011 16:00:42 GMT -5
So what are with thinking single-wise?
1. Rolling The Deep 2. Set Fire To The Rain 3. Rumour Has It 4. Someone Like You (Performance on X Factor before Christmas please).
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Post by bigb0882 on Jan 31, 2011 1:10:42 GMT -5
I think the 3rd single needs to be a slower song. I don't know if releasing the only uptempos on the album back to back to back is a good idea. Save one of them so people who like the uptempos have a reason to go purchase the album. I don't know what the 3rd single would be, I have my favorites but I'm not sure what would do best on UK radio. I don't think any of them stand a chance in the US market outside of SFTTR. That is not a judgement on the material, this is my favorite album of the year, it is more a judgement of US radio these days.
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Post by bat1990 on Jan 31, 2011 11:28:25 GMT -5
That may be why it's the 2nd single. That way everything will be ready to send out in the US once RITD has peaked.
Also, does she have a promo schedule lined up for the US in February?
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Post by Jack on Jan 31, 2011 12:17:33 GMT -5
I want a Grammy performance!
I don't think there's a problem with releasing three uptempos in a row, it's hardly like they're all that uptempo, and she is already known as a staple for ballads (Make You Feel My Love, Hometown Glory, Chasing Pavements) so it's nice she's branching out. Besides Rumor Has It has this really hot, summery feel to me, and would go down on well then. Someone Like You would be amazing to finish the era off, and would be great in Winter...it's widely seen as the best song on the album and she could release it during the lucrative fourth quarter. Plus, as I said, X Factor performances etc.
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Post by blue in moonlight on Jan 31, 2011 12:28:56 GMT -5
So what are with thinking single-wise? 1. Rolling The Deep 2. Set Fire To The Rain 3. Rumour Has It 4. Someone Like You (Performance on X Factor before Christmas please). This is exactly what I'm thinking as far as the singles are concerned.
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Post by Envoirment on Feb 3, 2011 15:08:50 GMT -5
#1 on the Global album chart with 359,000 sold! Great figures from Adele, especially at this time of year!
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Post by cufan7 on Feb 3, 2011 15:39:11 GMT -5
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Post by hidizzyguy on Feb 3, 2011 17:35:02 GMT -5
Yay at her doing AOL Sessions. I love that concert series.
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