ZAYN – New Era Discussion | Signs with new management

[Nick]

Dec 14, 2018 15:12:03 GMT -5 Lumi said:

Okay so highlights:

Natural
Common
Imprint
Tonight
Talk To Me
There You Are
Good Years
Fresh Air
No Candle No Light

Just my overall favorites, majority of the tracks are really good. Fingers and Sour Diesel are easily the worst songs.

I liked a few of those instantly, need to give the rest of the album a listen this weekend.

[MyLastView]

Now that I've finally gotten through this album in full a couple of times, the tracks that stand out to me instantly are:

I Don't Mind
Common
Good Years
Satisfaction
There You Are
Rainberry

Overall, it's definitely a good album. Long, but good. I can def see where some people say that a lot of the tracks run together; I guess that's just the risk of releasing an album with nearly 30 songs. But I really enjoy most of them, so I'm sure I'll be listening to this quite a bit.

[Nick]

On "Good Guy", they are using the melody of Sonny & Cher's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)".

[T.B.F.]

#s**tHotTakeMushroom:

As long as he is willing to put in the time in the studio and deliver quality, I am fine with him not giving a f**k about anything else. It's his prerogative. Also, so glad he left that trash Sia song off this. He definitely saved the best songs for the album. What a surprise! Unsurprisingly, the whole album is a #mood. A B+. Artistry, cohesion, vocals, #mood, #vibe. Well-done. I loved Mind of Mine but it was really due to Drunk, It's You, Pillowtalk, Fool For You, Like I Do, and Golden. This is a better album.

Standard Edition:
1. Natural (almost on the same level as Drunk, Zayn's best song, but this is definitely the Drunk of the album. SUCH a quality song)
2. Common (perfect)
3. Back To Life (the vocals on this...)
4. Fingers
5. No Candle No Light
6. Good Years
7. There You Are
8. Flight Of The Stars
9. Tonight
10. Satisfaction
11. Good Guy
12. Too Much
13. Let Me
14. Sour Diesel (the most effortlessly soulful he has EVER sounded and the slap-bass is sick)
15. Fresh Air
16. Entertainer

Target Exclusive:
17. I Don't Mind
18. Talk To Me
19. Imprint
20. Stand Still

Japanese Bonus:
21. If I Got You
22. You Wish You Knew
23. All That
24. Insomnia
25. Scripted
26. Rainberry
27. Icarus Interlude

[Lumi]

Let's talk about "Imprint" because that song is getting me feeling some type of WAY. It's so smooth and hot but with a really cute beat we-

[T.B.F.]

His voice is so strong on this album.

[Deleted]

it feels like a collection of quality demos, nothing more, he is just not meant to be a pop star, I do like his voice though

[Mike]

I wasn’t expecting anything huge considering he hasn’t had a hit in forever and hasn’t promoted, but damn.. these numbers are horrible.

[cassiuscasanova]

Dec 16, 2018 15:32:50 GMT -5 Mike said:

I wasn’t expecting anything huge considering he hasn’t had a hit in forever and hasn’t promoted, but damn.. these numbers are horrible.

Yea that’s just bad

[Nick]

Oh damn. Promo is important, even for hot & sexy artists.

[Linnethia Monique]

Dec 15, 2018 20:15:43 GMT -5 T.B.F. said:

Standard Edition:
1. Natural (almost on the same level as Drunk, Zayn's best song, but this is definitely the Drunk of the album. SUCH a quality song)

THIS IS WHY WE SEE EACH OTHER! This track is on the level to that and SHE which are his best songs that aren’t features.

[Live Your Life]

The length of this album is obviously ridiculous; the type of music he records isn't dynamic enough for it. But on second thought, I don't want a 27 track album from anyone. Anyway, these are the songs I like and think would be a good tracklist:

01. "Let Me" (this randomly grew on me months after it was released as a single).
02. "Back to Life"
03. "Imprint"
04. "Tonight"
05. "Flight of the Stars"
06. "I Don't Mind"
07. "Sour Diesel"
08. "Satisfaction"
09. "Entertainer"
10. "All That"
11. "Rainberry"
12. "Insomnia"
13. "Fingers

On another note, his solo career is just so strange to me. What is even the point of him being signed? Neither party seems interested in doing...anything.

[Zach]

I was about to listen to this but TWENTY SEVEN TRACKS? I'm not sure I'm up for 27 Zayn songs all at once.

[Deleted]

The album is good
I love the chill mellow vibe

I had it on repeat for 3 or 4 times last evening as a background while I was looking at dicks and arranging sex dates on grindr

so I did not pay much attention to particular songs
but overall I liked it

somehow Entertainer surfaced (again)

recommend

[Night Senses]

Entertainer is so underrated; it’s one of his best songs. My only issue is that it ends too abruptly. Those final 30 seconds are blissful and you just want a little more and a proper conclusion.

[SHOOTER]

The CD will be $10.99 at Target this Friday.

[T.B.F.]

Dec 17, 2018 12:02:48 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

The CD will be $10.99 at Target this Friday.

I assumed it wouldn't be out in physical form so I bought it off iTunes. Ugh.

[Deleted]

Why are cd's so cheap in America?

Like even f**king Sex & Cigarettes with 8 songs is 23 euros / 25 dollars

[T.B.F.]

Yeah...I remember I paid over $20 USD for American Life when I was in Dublin and same for Glitter soundtrack and Rock Steady by No Doubt when I was in Paris. I don't get it.

[mc54]

"There You Are" is THE single. So good.

[JayBoozer]

"Talk to Me" is very underrated here - sexy and a bop

[Raccoon]

“There You Are” redeems this. Great track. That’s about it tho.

[Deleted]

Dec 17, 2018 12:02:48 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

The CD will be $10.99 at Target this Friday.

I am going stateside this weekend so this is perfect. 😍

[SHOOTER]

Dec 17, 2018 12:15:50 GMT -5 T.B.F. said:

Dec 17, 2018 12:02:48 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

The CD will be $10.99 at Target this Friday.

I assumed it wouldn't be out in physical form so I bought it off iTunes. Ugh.

We always check because you just never know! It’s $14.99 on Amazon so that Target price is a steal for a double disc.

[Keelzit]

Another cohesive album from him perfect for late night car rides which is exactly my kind of sound. His unwillingness to promote is not an issue for me because I respect artists who just want to make music and nothing else but at the same time there are industry people who believed in him (which is why he's signed to a major label) who want to make a profit so I get the other side of the argument too. I hope he goes indie soon tbh. He seems like the type of artist who'd be gifting us mixtapes left and right if he was allowed to.

Edit: I GAGGED upon hearing 'Young money!!12' lmao so out of place just like the whole song

[.exclusive]

After two long days of listening, highlights are:

Let Me

Natural

Back to Life

Common

Imprint

Tonight

There You Are

I don't Mind

Satisfaction

All That

No Candle "no f**king" light

Too much <3

The rest could have been dropped to be quite honest. This album is way too long, no ones going to spend an hour and twenty eight minutes listneing to an album. Now that the usic has dropped, I wonder heat will happen next. I could see them getting at keast one minor sized ht out of this project, but if theres no effort theere no way that will happen.

[mc54]

"There You Are" needs to be pushed.

[Nick]

There are definite single choices. I hope they do some pushing after the new year.

[Enigma.]

#77 in the UK, ooops

Mind of Mine reached #1

[.exclusive]

Not even top 50?