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Post by Choco on Nov 23, 2021 11:03:56 GMT -5
I think the label might have enough magic to push it to 900k but at this point 1m is probably wishful thinking. Kim's math is quite solid and I don't see a path towards 1m unless some pre-orders are gonna be shipped last minute. I hope she beats the recent Taylor openings.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Nov 23, 2021 12:09:05 GMT -5
Bit of an odd question. When she sings ‘Someone Like You’ live she tends to sing “don’t forget me I beg…” with a different melody in a lower register than the recording. Is this a style choice or is it because it’s f**king hard to sing the way she does it in the recording? Both? Just wanting to know if there was ever a reason given for this as it’s distinctly different and I can’t find the answer. Because I am an old fogey, I have not listened to the album yet. I bought it from Target on Friday but I am on vacation and need to be able to do my ritualistic first listen in my own home. I DID watch the Oprah special in totality last night at my friends' house and figured I would reply to this post. Not 100% on this, but PRETTY sure I heard or read Adele say that the lower key in the "Don't forget me..." line was how she originally intended it to be sung, but she was either encouraged to do the flip that landed on the recorded version or it was accidental and she just left it. That said, she DID do both versions when she performed it on the Oprah special. I think the song I am looking forward to the most is Hold On, based on the live performance and lyrics, which directly speak to my mental state over the summer. I think I will need to lie down after hearing the studio version.
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Post by back2blk on Nov 23, 2021 17:30:33 GMT -5
Bit of an odd question. When she sings ‘Someone Like You’ live she tends to sing “don’t forget me I beg…” with a different melody in a lower register than the recording. Is this a style choice or is it because it’s f**king hard to sing the way she does it in the recording? Both? Just wanting to know if there was ever a reason given for this as it’s distinctly different and I can’t find the answer. Because I am an old fogey, I have not listened to the album yet. I bought it from Target on Friday but I am on vacation and need to be able to do my ritualistic first listen in my own home. I DID watch the Oprah special in totality last night at my friends' house and figured I would reply to this post. Not 100% on this, but PRETTY sure I heard or read Adele say that the lower key in the "Don't forget me..." line was how she originally intended it to be sung, but she was either encouraged to do the flip that landed on the recorded version or it was accidental and she just left it. That said, she DID do both versions when she performed it on the Oprah special. I think the song I am looking forward to the most is Hold On, based on the live performance and lyrics, which directly speak to my mental state over the summer. I think I will need to lie down after hearing the studio version. I have always preferred the lower key in that line. It's very jarring each time I hear it on the album version, and it does not flow as nicely as when she brings it down. Every time she performs it live though, I always wait to see which way she does it.
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Post by magik on Nov 23, 2021 20:50:30 GMT -5
"Easy on Me" has really held up. It'd be great if "Oh My God" becomes another #1 hit for Adele. That would make up for the "decline." Maybe it's time for Adele to officially transition to a streaming artist. She has done really well, I believe.
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Post by kimberly on Nov 25, 2021 3:02:04 GMT -5
absolutely dying over all the edits made in response to someone asking "How come Adele never has any back up dancers?" on Twitter.
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Post by 14887fan on Nov 25, 2021 13:10:12 GMT -5
I keep revisiting “Love is a Game.” What a track.
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Post by Exclusive on Nov 25, 2021 14:05:06 GMT -5
I need more records like "All Night Parking".
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Post by Caviar on Nov 25, 2021 14:40:58 GMT -5
"My Little Love" bas been on repeat.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Nov 25, 2021 14:59:44 GMT -5
“Oh My God” MUST be a radio single (EDIT: Prayers were answered). That is a multi-week #1 smash waiting to happen. “My Little Love” and “To Be Loved” are the most brutally raw and vulnerable pieces of music I think I’ve ever heard. “Easy On Me” remains a masterpiece and a vocal masterclass. “Can’t Be Together” should’ve been on the album proper—that song is so beautiful that I have spun my CD copy into the ground just to hear it.
I don’t think—at least at this point—that it quite surpasses her previous record, but it comes pretty close and I adore the experimentation throughout this one. Gonna go against the grain and say that “Hold On” is my least favorite; and I think “Can’t Be Together” should’ve taken its place. That song would have been a beautiful transition towards “To Be Loved” on the tracklist. I hope this isn’t the last we’ve heard of her for another fifteen years! 😭
Also, this album hits best with wine.
Favorites: Easy On Me, Can’t Be Together, My Little Love, Oh My God, To Be Loved
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Post by Az Paynter on Nov 25, 2021 15:35:59 GMT -5
'Oh My God' IS the next radio single. Already top 40 on HAC and about to do the same on Pop.
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Post by born on Nov 25, 2021 17:18:47 GMT -5
Can I Get It is catchy! But it sounds like every chorus is the same recording. It’s kind of a pet peeve to me when artists do that tbh, because she sings in a very peculiar way, and hearing the exact same vocal inflections and all that a second and then a third time feels cheap to me. but it’s a catchy song! Yes, yes and yes. I've been thinking about this a lot cause it's something I've noticed over the years too (but I forgot to co-sign lol). I'm sure 99% of our favorite pop songs have the same recording for every chorus (unless there are different lyrics) but they usually hide it pretty well with adlibs, backing vocals or louder production. In this case though, it's ridiculously distinctive and you just can't get the exact same tone with this kind of rasp-singing every time. So it ends up being distracting. However, the song is a smash soooo....
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Nov 25, 2021 22:35:01 GMT -5
Bit of an odd question. When she sings ‘Someone Like You’ live she tends to sing “don’t forget me I beg…” with a different melody in a lower register than the recording. Is this a style choice or is it because it’s f**king hard to sing the way she does it in the recording? Both? Just wanting to know if there was ever a reason given for this as it’s distinctly different and I can’t find the answer. Because I am an old fogey, I have not listened to the album yet. I bought it from Target on Friday but I am on vacation and need to be able to do my ritualistic first listen in my own home. I DID watch the Oprah special in totality last night at my friends' house and figured I would reply to this post. Not 100% on this, but PRETTY sure I heard or read Adele say that the lower key in the "Don't forget me..." line was how she originally intended it to be sung, but she was either encouraged to do the flip that landed on the recorded version or it was accidental and she just left it. That said, she DID do both versions when she performed it on the Oprah special. I think the song I am looking forward to the most is Hold On, based on the live performance and lyrics, which directly speak to my mental state over the summer. I think I will need to lie down after hearing the studio version. Thanks for taking the time to give me such an awesome in depth response Lee :) I really appreciate it
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Post by mcsteamy on Nov 26, 2021 2:55:52 GMT -5
To Be Loved is jist.... chef's kiss
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Post by Az Paynter on Nov 26, 2021 5:15:16 GMT -5
Adele's ARIA chart positions this week:
#1 30
#1 Easy On Me #6 Oh My God #10 I Drink Wine #11 My Little Love #15 Can I Get It #18 Strangers By Nature #21 Cry Your Heart Out #25 To Be Loved #31 Hold On #33 All Night Parking (ft. Erroll Garner)
Plus RITD at #46.
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Post by Dylan :) on Nov 26, 2021 12:46:50 GMT -5
#1 in Ireland, three* songs on the Singles Chart #1 Easy On Me #3 Oh My God #5 I Drink Wine *
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Post by kimberly on Nov 26, 2021 13:53:52 GMT -5
CHART PREVIEW: ADELE STREAMS AHEADhitsdailydouble.com/news&id=329387&title=CHART-PREVIEW%3A-ADELE-STREAMS-AHEADAdele's 30 (Columbia) scores the year's biggest debut by at least 200k. 30 will also become the sixth- or seventh-most-streamed album by a female artist, with U.S. streams expected to finish close to 200m. The wizard known as Taylor Swift holds down three of the Top 5 on that list: Ariana Grande, thank u, next (Republic): 360m Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor's Version) (Republic): 281m Olivia Rodrigo, SOUR (Geffen): 281m Taylor Swift, folklore (Republic): 272m Taylor Swift, evermore (Republic): 209m Summer Walker, Still Over It (LVRN/Interscope): 191m Will Adele surpass Walker's total? How high will 30's first-week activity go? Check out the HITS Top 50 this afternoon to find out. In the meantime, you may resume your turkey-leftovers odyssey.
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Post by Choco on Nov 26, 2021 16:43:24 GMT -5
That "Water Under the Bridge" x Megan Thee Stallion mashup actually slaps? lol
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Post by kimberly on Nov 26, 2021 18:39:48 GMT -5
I will be shocked if this doesn't break 1 million. I think HDD was just low balling to cover themselves. the 500k figure includes pre-orders that were shipped, and therefore will be naturally front-loaded. at this point in the tracking week, 25 had already "sold" 2.3 million pure copies. if this album follows the same exact pace, she should finish with ~720k pure sales. Billboard confirms she's moved around 75k in SEA and TEA units, which puts her on track for my prediction that she'll do between 140k-160k units. in sum, that would put 30 at the 860k-880k range—good enough to possibly beat folklore's opening week (846k) & Lover's opening week (867k), which would grant 30 the biggest album opening week since... reputation (1.2 million). Adele's 30 (Columbia) posts the biggest bow of the year on the HITS Top 50, earning 838k its first week. 80% of 30's total is from pure sales. Dive into Adele's first-week streaming info here.
679k pure sales + 159k SEA & TEA units. 838k is close enough to folklore's number that she could beat it in the Billboard 200 race, but looks like 860k-880k might have been too hopeful. pure sales for 30 unfortunately did not hold up at the same pace as 25's first week. my SEA + TEA estimation was on point though. folklore outperformed 30 in SEA + TEA units, but sold less pure copies. Lover also had 679k pure sales, but I'm going to go ahead and guess Adele will end up with a higher number on Billboard and that this is the largest sales week since reputation's 1.2 million bow.
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Post by Choco on Nov 26, 2021 19:11:02 GMT -5
Impressive sales. Streaming didn't really do as well though which is why it's falling short of 1m.
Impressive overall anyways. If she catered to streaming a bit more (shorter songs, bigger number of tracks), it would have broken that barrier with ease. But I prefer Adele doing the albums she wanted to do. If that's a 12 track album with 6 minutes songs, so be it.
Excited to see what OMG does.
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Post by kimberly on Nov 26, 2021 19:46:02 GMT -5
That "Water Under the Bridge" x Megan Thee Stallion mashup actually slaps? lol then you'll love this one:
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Post by kimberly on Nov 26, 2021 20:19:46 GMT -5
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Post by Active Aggressive on Nov 26, 2021 22:22:47 GMT -5
This album is really weird. I Drink Wine is where the album really starts for me, although I love Easy On Me and Cry Your Heart Out. Can I Get It and Oh My God are aberrations and so disruptive. I am shocked that she recorded those songs. I don't know what genre those songs belong in. I just know they aren't what Adele does best and maybe they will grow on me because they are so weird but they just sound...off. Overall, I think 21 and 25 were both better than this overall. While I don't love Strangers By Nature, it's an interesting opener at least. Overall, I give this a B-. Maybe some of this will grow on me, but there are few songs that I feel that I would seek out again, Probably my Top 6 and that's it. Kinda disappointed on first listen.
Hold On (should be a signature song. it is everything I wanted and more. I can't believe I had to wait until Song #10 to get a masterpiece, but whatever, she hit a home run. Good work, Inflo.) All Night Parking Interlude (exquisite. Such a strong Amy vibe, Frank-era.) I Drink Wine (first time I had goosebumps on the whole album) Cry Your Heart Out Easy On Me Love Is A Game Can't Be Together (this is strong. I definitely like it better than To Be Loved because she doesn't go off the rails.) Wild Wild West (this is weird, but in a good way, I think? yeah, it's a vibe for sure. I just think the songs above it play much closer to Adele's strengths) To Be Loved (this sounds really messy to me, but I remember it more than a Woman Like Me and My Little Love and Strangers and it's 10x better than those pop song attempts.) Woman Like Me (well, drag a bit!) My Little Love Strangers By Nature Can I Get It (not a fan of this either, but it's slightly better than Oh My God. She sounds like she was sleeping and they woke her up to sing a little something. This song is like 4 songs in one.) Oh My God (I do not like this at all. It's very bizarre sounding and disjointed. Her vocal is strange to me, the mixing is off, and the mmm yeah yeah yeahs are weird. I almost skipped past it 30 seconds in but was hoping it would improve. It just got worse.)
Easy On Me with Chris Stapleton. Pointless, but inoffensive.
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Post by SHOOTER on Nov 27, 2021 3:31:31 GMT -5
I give it a week. Anyway, I’m still trapped in a My Little Love loop and can’t get out. Do not send help. I live here now.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Nov 27, 2021 9:53:48 GMT -5
That took longer than I expected.
Anyway, I'm glad that critics and people are loving this album so much. As an Adele stan, I wished I sipped the same Kool-Aid, but hey, there are even Mariah albums I don't love! Hold On is still a masterpiece and nothing will change that. Also, now that I have finally listened to the album in full, I watched Ajayii's reaction and was pleasantly surprised at how aligned we were when it came to OMG and CIGI.
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Post by Caviar on Nov 27, 2021 12:42:04 GMT -5
Biggest UK debut since 25.
Also, 3 top 5 debuts.
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Post by bat1990 on Nov 27, 2021 22:22:04 GMT -5
I picked up the vinyl at Target today - so contributing to 2nd weeks sales!
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Post by Snowbeast on Nov 28, 2021 1:48:29 GMT -5
I’ve sat with the album.
It’s good.
It’s really good.
It’s not great though. I’m missing that MOMENT. Maybe that’s the point? There wasn’t supposed to be a performance moment, it’s more subdued and raw, but there’s no Someone Like You, no Chasing Pavements, no Set Fire To The Rain, no Rolling In The Deep..no Hello, no When We We’re Young…etc.
It’s not a BIG record. But again, that’s probably the intention.
It’s still very good. I really didn’t think Easy On Me would be my favourite song, but it’s definitely up there….
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2021 2:40:12 GMT -5
I really love…
Easy On Me My Little Love Cry Your Heart Out Oh My God Can I Get It
And then it slowly drifts off for me. I usually get through I Drink Wine and then reverse it to Cry Your Heart Out.
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