Danielle Bradbery - "I Don't Believe We've Met"

[.indulgecountry]

The long-awaited sophomore album from Danielle Bradbery is finally here:

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I don't think this album is bad. But as a fan of Danielle Bradbery, I am kind of disappointed. This album really kind of plods along. So here's my quick thoughts on every song on the album in order.

"Sway" has really grown on me and is a great laid back track. "Potential" is a really great ballad and song as well. She sounds great on that. "What Are We Doing", Daniele Bradbery sounds great but the production is awful. "Worth it" comes off as an ego trip that makes Danielle Bradbery sound self absorbed, not a fan. "Can't Stay Mad" is boring, repetitive and here Danielle Bradbery sounds like she's phoning it in worst song on the album. "Messy" is ok. I guess. "Red Wine White Couch" is a good song, but doesn't flow the best. "Hello Summer" is great except for that weird vocal or production affect throughout it. "Human Diary" has great lyrics but it doesn't quite hit the mark with me. "Laying Low" is a solid song.

So honestly I kind of felt kind of lukewarm. I honestly would take the latest Kelsea Ballerini album over this as that one had a few songs I genuinely loved. Where as this besides "Potential", nothing else has really sticked with me.

This year we saw a lot of newer female artists release albums this year. It seems to me that Lauren Alaina produced the best album (critics said her latest album was a perfect blend of pop and country), Kelsea Ballerini produced a solid pop "country" album. Carly Pearce's album was kind of scatter shot with some very high marks and some low marks but overall did more right than wrong. Lindsay Ell from what I've heard, her album was kind of boring overall. Then we have Danielle Bradbery, solid writing but the production on this album is pretty awful.

So I myself am a little frustrated that this album was such a let down.

[justin5545]

Still mad "Room For Two" was not included on this album

[tryexp]

Dec 3, 2017 1:30:33 GMT -5 justin5545 said:

Still mad "Room For Two" was not included on this album

ME TOO! Especially as the majority of these songs are quite generic and I think it would have been a good change of pace...Oh missed opportunities!

[bigfan101]

Is this country? No.

But I feel like Bradbery has truly poured her soul into this album. I feel like Lauren Alaina did it better, but Bradbery did a good job.

Bradbery's Three moment (refering to Lauren Alaina's song) is definitely Potential. That has an opportunity to be huge.

I also love Laying Low....which too me is the only exclusively country song on the album.

I would go Can't Stay Mad, Potential and Laying Low as single choices, but I feel like they are going to go with Worth It next, followed by Potential.

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Does anyone know how this sold opening week?

[recordyear]

Dec 11, 2017 22:12:49 GMT -5 raylatch98 said:

Does anyone know how this sold opening week?

11,106 first week sales and 15,000 SPS.

[George Strait Junkie]

man what a clunker half of the album is good the other well ....
i really enjoyed her Debut but i knew this would happen but there still are some good songs on here so it ain't all that bad


The Good

Human Diary
Worth It
Potential
Hello Summer
Laying Low

The Bad

What Are We Doing
Can't Stay Mad
Messy

The Ugly

Sway
Red Wine + White Couch

[austin]

This album all kind of just sounded like one long song to me after "Sway" ended. I love Sway, but will pass on the rest as a collective unit, and will revisit as they are released as singles in one offs. I think there are probably some good songs there, and her voice is superb, but she needed more tempo or better sequencing.