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Post by sabre14 on Jan 27, 2017 0:33:04 GMT -5
Tracklisting:1. “Doin’ Fine” (Lauren Alaina, Emily Shackleton, busbee) 2. “My Kinda People” (Lauren Alaina, Emily Weisband, busbee) 3. “Three” (Lauren Alaina, Seth Ennis, Jordan Reynolds) 4. “Road Less Traveled” (Lauren Alaina, Jesse Frasure, Meghan Trainor) 5. “Queen of Hearts” (Lauren Alaina, Lindsey Lee, Victoria Banks) 6. “Think Outside the Boy” (Lauren Alaina, Emily Shackleton) 7. “Painting Pillows” (Lauren Alaina, Lindsay Jack Rimes, Alex Masters) 8. “Next Boyfriend” (Lauren Alaina, Emily Weisband, Matt McVaney) 9. “Crashin’ the Boys Club” (Lauren Alaina, Emily Weisband, Johan Fransson) 10. “Same Day Different Bottle” (Lauren Alaina, Caitlyn Smith, Dan Couch) 11. “Holding the Other” (Lauren Alaina, Emily Weisband, Eric Olson) 12. “Pretty” (Lauren Alaina, Felicia Barton, Emily Weisband) Released January 27th through Mercury Nashville. Spotify Link: play.spotify.com/album/296hswDnxvymjboFBxvmI5
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Post by maine on Jan 27, 2017 0:40:36 GMT -5
"Three" and "Pretty" are beautiful. Add that to the perfection that was "Same Day Different Bottle" and "Painting Pillows". The ballads are the real highlights here.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Jan 27, 2017 9:24:58 GMT -5
Can't believe it's finally here! I'm listening now and just finished "Doin' Fine" which I loved. I'll share full thoughts later, but I'm just so excited for her sophomore album!!!
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Post by bigfan101 on Jan 27, 2017 10:23:45 GMT -5
This album is pure pop-country perfection.
Same Day, Different Bottle, Three, Doin' Fine and Pretty are simply stellar.
My album said "featuring the hits Road Less Traveled, Doin' Fine, My Kinda People and Three" ... hoping that means Doin' Fine is next!
More thoughts to come.
EDIT: This album really doesn't have many, if any, flaws. The ballads are just killer.
I would go for singles:
1) Road Less Traveled 2) Doin' Fine 3) Same Day, Different Bottle. 4) My Kinda People or Three
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Jan 27, 2017 10:47:30 GMT -5
This album is pure pop-country perfection. Same Day, Different Bottle, Three, Doin' Fine and Pretty are simply stellar. My album said "featuring the hits Road Less Traveled, Doin' Fine, My Kinda People and Three" ... hoping that means Doin' Fine is next! More thoughts to come. Hope that doesn't mean that "My Kinda People" will be released at some point though But agreed that I hope "Doin' Fine" is next!
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Post by bigfan101 on Jan 27, 2017 10:48:18 GMT -5
This album is pure pop-country perfection. Same Day, Different Bottle, Three, Doin' Fine and Pretty are simply stellar. My album said "featuring the hits Road Less Traveled, Doin' Fine, My Kinda People and Three" ... hoping that means Doin' Fine is next! More thoughts to come. Hope that doesn't mean that "My Kinda People" will be released at some point though But agreed that I hope "Doin' Fine" is next! Agreed. I would LOVE for it to be Same Day...but I think Doin' Fine is a great choice to continue the momentum.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jan 27, 2017 12:07:02 GMT -5
"Three" gave me chills. This girl is the real deal. So glad to have been a fan from the start. Thank God for 'Idol', really.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 27, 2017 14:34:01 GMT -5
Agreed that this album is very good and worth the wait from Lauren's first album (though, that wait was pretty damn long lol).
I love "Same Day, Different Bottle" and judging how well the next single does...it could be the third single (it was not included in the RateTheMusic survey that is going on right now to help determine Lauren's next single after "Road Less Traveled"). My pick would also be "Doin' Fine" (which is included in the survey), which is also a great song that's uptempo enough, even for the personal subject matter.
I would probably say my favorite track on the album other than "Same Day, Different Bottle" is "Three"; I love the songwriting in that one and it's arrangement is beautiful. Don't really have a track I dislike but "My Kinda People" and "Crashin' The Boys Club" might be the weakest tracks.
My vote for least talked about track that needs more love is "Think Outside The Boy"...that's just as good as most of the others on the album and it sounds like something that would be released to radio at some point.
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Post by maine on Jan 27, 2017 14:38:39 GMT -5
"My Kinda People" and "Crashin' the Boys' Club" are incredibly weak. Definitely the two weak links on the album.
I agree that "Think Outside the Boy" is one of the highlights. It has some interesting writing to it. Sonically, it's more in the middle of the road, but the writing really helps that one.
"Road Less Traveled" is easily the best uptempo here, though, I'm actually not into any of the new uptempo ones.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 27, 2017 15:28:28 GMT -5
This album isn't quite the masterpiece that I hoped it would be, but I'm still loving it on first run-through after running out to buy it today. I agree that "My Kinda People" is a weak link on the album and it has no business being in contention for a single release whether it be next or ever, lol. "Doin' Fine" gets my vote from the options that they've presented as what they want to go with next. I think that one is a strong and catchy radio friendly song that wouldn't be too polarizing and could hopefully give her another Top 20 hit. "Queen of Hearts" would be a decent choice as well, but I could see that one not going over too well w/ callout feedback. It's too bad "Next Boyfriend" has already been wasted on country radio though because it's definitely the best up-tempo on the album by far, imo. That one should've had the success of "Road Less Traveled." :'(
The ballads are the standouts on this record though, so with luck maybe after she gets another hit under her belt following the title track, they can take a chance and release something like "Three" (incredible hook) or "Same Day Different Bottle" (beautiful song, would stop a lot of people in their tracks for sure). "Painting Pillows," "Think Outside the Boy," and "Pretty" are also exceptionally beautiful tunes.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Jan 27, 2017 16:31:13 GMT -5
I think it has happened before, but I could be wrong... but I guess it's possible they try again with "Next Boyfriend" now that she has some momentum going. I can't remember who or which song, but I'm pretty sure it has been done before where an artist re-releases a song after gaining more traction with radio...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2017 16:37:20 GMT -5
I think it has happened before, but I could be wrong... but I guess it's possible they try again with "Next Boyfriend" now that she has some momentum going. I can't remember who or which song, but I'm pretty sure it has been done before where an artist re-releases a song after gaining more traction with radio... Chris Young did with Voices like over 6 years ago. But Chris Young had more momentum as he had 2 straight #1s. Where as Lauren Alaina will be lucky to score Top 5 with her current single.
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Post by sabre14 on Jan 27, 2017 17:05:07 GMT -5
I think it has happened before, but I could be wrong... but I guess it's possible they try again with "Next Boyfriend" now that she has some momentum going. I can't remember who or which song, but I'm pretty sure it has been done before where an artist re-releases a song after gaining more traction with radio... I think it has happened before, but I could be wrong... but I guess it's possible they try again with "Next Boyfriend" now that she has some momentum going. I can't remember who or which song, but I'm pretty sure it has been done before where an artist re-releases a song after gaining more traction with radio... Chris Young did with Voices like over 6 years ago. But Chris Young had more momentum as he had 2 straight #1s. Where as Lauren Alaina will be lucky to score Top 5 with her current single. There's less than a 1% chance they re-release "Next Boyfriend." I know it never reached the top 40 but it lasted 23 weeks on Billboard (25 weeks if you count the weeks between re-entering the chart) and I can't see a label trying a re-release so soon after, especially for an artist like Lauren who only has one top 15 single to her credit as of now. "Voices" was re-released by RCA Nashville in the summer of 2010, two years after its initial radio release but the first chart run only lasted 15 weeks and like raylatch98 mentioned, Chris was coming off two straight #1 singles...it was a pretty unique circumstance. Labels never like the idea of re-releasing songs. Next single will be a song in the RateTheMusic survey ("Doin' Fine", "Queen Of Hearts", "Three" or "My Kinda People"). They won't re-release "Next Boyfriend."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2017 19:46:35 GMT -5
I don't quite love this album. It's really great but some of the production choices aren't the best ("Crashing The Boys Club" which really should be a lot better, and "Holding The Other")
Here's my rankdown of the songs
Love 1. Road Less Traveled 2. Three 3. Painting Pillows 4. Next Boyfriend 5. Pretty 6. Think Outside The Boy
Like 7. Same Day Different Bottle (I like this and the lyrics are phenomenal, but something isn't quite clicking with me) 8. Doin' Fine 9. My Kinda People
Meh 10. Queen Of Hearts (just isn't doing much for me) 11. Holdin the Other (this song starts strong but the chorus kinda loses me) 12. Crashing The Boys Club (how did they screw this up? The live performances were really cute, but the studio sounds ok at best. Maybe, the backing vocals are too prevalent, maybe some odd production at times. Really, the only thing saving this is Lauren Alaina sounding fun and flirty on this song)
Overall I'd give this album a B+ to A-. They are some really great catchy songs and Lauren Alaina sounds amazing. But like I expected because it's busbee, the production gets in the way of Lauren Alaina from time to time. But those are only on the "Meh" songs.
I don't expect this to get the most rave reviews (hopefully Country Perspective and Spectrum Pulse cover this so I can see more reviews of this album) but I do hope this can sell well opening week like 12k to 15k for first week sales.
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Post by codyj100 on Jan 28, 2017 16:45:48 GMT -5
I'm loving this album. I was skeptical that the album would be filled with songs like "History" and "Next Boyfriend." (I liked the later, but it quickly faded). I do agree the ballads are standouts, "Three" and "Same Day, Different Bottle" are absolutely incredible. After such a long wait, it was definitely worth the wait. Plus, I think going from Byron Galimore to busbee was quite a change. But, a change that was definitely warranted. busbee's production style has helped Marren reach new heights at radio, and I think out of any newcoming female, Lauren has proven that she deserves radio success. I think a more radio friendly production will help her get to the success level she deserves.
We have a very solid album, evenly spread with ballads and uptempos. (I do have to say, I thought "Doin' Fine" was going to be a ballad, so I was quite surprised to hear the production on that one).
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1) Road Less Travelled 2) Doin' Fine 3) Same Day, Different Bottle 4) Thinking Outside The Boy
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Post by maine on Jan 28, 2017 18:00:20 GMT -5
Album is currently #10 on iTunes (peaked at #7).
"Road Less Traveled" is at #49, "Doin' Fine" is at #483, "Pretty" is at #1281, and "Next Boyfriend" is at #1473.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2017 18:05:09 GMT -5
Hopefully with Road Less Traveled in the Top 50 all genre (the single) that means it'll debut soon on the BB Hot 100. I wonder how likely that is.
Shame that outside of "Doin' Fine" none of the other songs are doing anything (hint hint record label that should be the third single).
Like I said I hope this can at least have decent sale numbers for opening week
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 28, 2017 18:24:45 GMT -5
Album is currently #10 on iTunes (peaked at #7). "Road Less Traveled" is at #49, "Doin' Fine" is at #483, "Pretty" is at #1281, and "Next Boyfriend" is at #1473. I know "Doin' Fine" is the first track on the album so I'm sure in some ways that contributes to its sales, but then again the last track on the album is the next-highest on iTunes and the gap between "Doin' Fine" back to everything else is pretty noteworthy. That one had better be single #3, and this only further confirms it's the correct choice, imo.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2017 12:10:11 GMT -5
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Post by George Strait Junkie on Feb 1, 2017 21:22:18 GMT -5
not a great album few good songs but what a mess
songs i absolutely love
1. Same Day, Different Bottle 2. Doin' Fine 3. Three
Songs i like
4. Queen of Hearts 5. Next Boyfriend 6. Road Less Traveled
Songs i don't care for 7. Painting Pillows 8. Holding The other 9. Pretty
songs i absolutely hate 10. Crashin' The Boys Club 11. Think Outside the Boy 12. My Kinda People
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Feb 2, 2017 10:01:26 GMT -5
Alright, after several listens here is my ranking:
Love: 01. Doin' Fine 02. Same Day Different Bottle 03. Three 04. Next Boyfriend 05. Road Less Traveled 06. Pretty 07. Holding the Other
Good: 08. Painting Pillows
Okay: 09. Think Outside the Boy 10. Crashin' the Boys Club 11. Queen of Hearts 12. My Kinda People
"Doin' Fine" has become my favorite track on the album, but I'm really loving most of it. SDDB is incredible and so are Three and Pretty. I've loved the two singles, and for some reason "Holding the Other" is clicking with me a lot more now than when the EP came out. I'm surprised that some people rank "Think Outside the Boy" high on their favorites list because I don't think the play-on-words is strong enough here to make it particularly interesting. Then CTBC, QoH, and MKP are fun, but have no substance. The more I listen the less I dislike them, but they still don't compare with how great the other 2/3 of the album is.
Single choices: 01. Next Boyfriend 02. Road Less Traveled 03. Doin' Fine 04. Same Day Different Bottle/Three (edge to SDDB because it's overall more relatable and would probably do better on radio) 05. Holding the Other (since back-to-back ballads won't happen, hell a fifth single likely won't happen)
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Post by gingersnap on Feb 3, 2017 19:39:43 GMT -5
Has anybody posted numbers for how many copies this cd has sold, On Hits daily double , it has Road Less Traveled at # 11 with 7015 copies sold, on today's update it is at #14 with 11,195.
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Post by 14887fan on Feb 4, 2017 14:26:47 GMT -5
"Pretty," "Doin' Fine," "Three," 'Same Day,' "Think Outside the Boy," and "Painting Pillows" are all perfect.
"Queen of Hearts" and "My Kinda People" are filler. "Crashin' the Boys Club" is cute, even if it does perpetuate really obnoxious stereotypes and gender norms.
Everything else is inoffensive to me. Not extraordinary, but certainly not skip-worthy.
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Post by carrieidol1 on Feb 5, 2017 0:07:45 GMT -5
I've actually grown to quite like "My Kinda People". It's not my favorite, but it's an ear-worm and has a really good message given the troubled times we're in.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2017 23:33:37 GMT -5
This ended up selling 13000 copies opening week.
Considering Lauren Alaina only has one Top 15 hit and she is essentially reintroducing herself to the general country radio audience and general country music audience, that is not bad at all, and certainly better than other artists opening week (looking at you Michael Ray, William Michael Morgan and Chris Lane who had Top 5s when their album was released)
I am not upset at all by this albums oprning as I knew it wouldn't be that big. Hopefully this album can have some stability in the coming weeks and continue to sell decently well.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 7, 2017 0:19:07 GMT -5
I think I can admit with confidence now that "Doin' Fine" is my favorite on this album. Everything about it is mind-blowingly good imo from the lyrics, to a very strong melody, to a great vocal delivery, to great instrumentation (the banjo!!1!), and that chorus is a total anthem. I can't get enough of that damn song and I'm going to be pissed if it isn't the next single and huge smash because it slaaaays. My ranking would probably look something like this: 01. Doin' Fine 02. Next Boyfriend 03. Pretty 04. Same Day Different Bottle 05. Think Outside the Boy 06. Painting Pillows 07. Three 08. Road Less Traveled 09. Holding the Other 10. Queen of Hearts 11. Crashin' the Boys' Club 12. My Kinda People So yeah, with the exception of "Doin' Fine" and "Next Boyfriend," the ballads are the star of this album.
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 7, 2017 9:48:09 GMT -5
This ended up selling 13000 copies opening week. Considering Lauren Alaina only has one Top 15 hit and she is essentially reintroducing herself to the general country radio audience and general country music audience, that is not bad at all, and certainly better than other artists opening week (looking at you Michael Ray, William Michael Morgan and Chris Lane who had Top 5s when their album was released) I am not upset at all by this albums oprning as I knew it wouldn't be that big. Hopefully this album can have some stability in the coming weeks and continue to sell decently well. For those wanting chart positons, Lauren Alaina enters the country chart at #3 and top 200 chart at #31. You are right. She is doing a lot better than some of the other artists you mentioned. Even with a #2 hit with I Met A Girl, all William Michael Morgan can muster was an opening week's sales of 7000 of Vinyl. Very disappointing to say the least. Alaina, with no top tens to her credit (so far), managed to double that figure.
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Post by g8erboi on Feb 7, 2017 23:17:53 GMT -5
DOIN' FINE for single 3, plz and thnks
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Post by tryexp on Feb 26, 2017 13:58:58 GMT -5
I was pleasantly surprised with this as I never imagined I would love more than a couple of songs, but alas, Lauren surprised me and this is really a good effort.I was expecting the wonderful vocal, but not the cleverly worded lyrics. I heard Doin' Fine a couple of years ago and liked it, but I think they were spot on with the production and I'll always like the opening line so I vote on that one to follow "Road Less Travelled". Three is amazing! As someone who spends a lot of time away from the family I really review myself on that one. Pretty could have been a cliche fest but somehow they made that song work. Same Day Different Bottle is the one that even it's totally unrelatable to me it's still hauntingly beautiful. And I love the word play on Think Outside The Boy. I also kind of like Queen of Hearts and My Kinda of People even if those are miles away from the best stuff. Overall, well done Lauren, I hope you get at least another hit out of this!
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