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Post by daddy on Jan 23, 2020 14:54:07 GMT -5
The cover looks like it was made in Paint in 1998 by a suburban preteen in an art class.
Regardless, excited for new Kelsea music! Hope the production is turned down a notch from her last album.
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Post by kf1992 on Jan 23, 2020 14:59:20 GMT -5
In looking at the picture, it's clear that The Other Girl featuring Halsey is track 4 and Love Me Like a Girl is track 5.
LA was originally supposed to be track 12 and Hole in the Bottle track 13. So perhaps Hole in the Bottle was cut in favor of A Country Song?
Here is that picture you were referencing.
I did read somewhere (I think on here?) that hole in the bottle may end up on KB4 instead. Could’ve been moved to the deluxe version too If there is going to be one...I was hoping they would release the deluxe version on March 20th as well. Watch these 4 tracks end up like Naive and Miss America :'(
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Post by sgilreath on Jan 23, 2020 15:54:53 GMT -5
I think there will be a deluxe one. Unapologetically’s didn’t get announced until almost a year after the album came out, so I wouldn’t worry about it it not being announced yet.
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Post by Troublemaker on Jan 23, 2020 17:44:06 GMT -5
As much as I appreciate her writing, I would have loved to see her use outside materials at least once on this album.
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Post by SHOOTER on Jan 24, 2020 3:38:09 GMT -5
Every song on the album (except one song, which is 3:51) is shorter than 3:21, 8 tracks being around 3:00 and shorter. Seeing this disappoints me a lot tbh. 39 minutes per Apple Music; the length is on par for her standard albums.
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Post by kf1992 on Jan 24, 2020 4:19:59 GMT -5
Every song on the album (except one song, which is 3:51) is shorter than 3:21, 8 tracks being around 3:00 and shorter. Seeing this disappoints me a lot tbh. 39 minutes per Apple Music; the length is on par for her standard albums. The First Time and Unapologetically both only have 12 tracks on the standard and are 1-2 minutes longer with only one track on each album being under 3:00. Maybe this bothers me so much, because songs under 3:00 and especially under 2:50 are one of my biggest pet peeves Still have high hopes that the songs will be great.
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Post by austin on Jan 24, 2020 9:47:25 GMT -5
In the streaming day and age, artists are going to have shorter songs nowadays.
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Post by tryexp on Jan 25, 2020 5:24:26 GMT -5
From the post on the country forum upcoming albums, just in case you don't follow that one: (Track One) - Kelsea Ballerini, Jesse Frasure, Josh Osborne & Tayla Parx club - Kelsea Ballerini, Jimmy Robbins & Nicole Galyon homecoming queen? - Kelsea Ballerini, Jimmy Robbins & Nicolle Galyon (Track Foue) - Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman & Shane McAnally (Track Five) - Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman, Hillary Lindsey, Jordan Minton & Lauren Grieve (Track Six) - Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman & Ed Sheeran (Track Seven) - Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman, Jimmy Robbins, Nicolle Galyon & Shane McAnally (Track Eight) - Kelsea Ballerini, Jesse Frasure, Ashley Gorley, Hillary Lindsey & Steph Jones (Track Nine) - Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman, Jimmy Robbins, Nicolle Galyon & Shane McAnally (Track Ten) - Kelsea Ballerini, Cass Lowe, Ian Kirkpatrick, Julian Bunetta, Marcus Lomax, Samuel George Lewis & Steph Jones (Track Eleven) - Kelsea Ballerini, Ross Copperman & Julia Michaels (Track Twelve) - Kelsea Ballerini, Jimmy Robbins & Nicolle Galyon la - Kelsea Ballerini After some digging on publishers and checking title length from the fan party pic I think these might be: #1 Overshare #4 The Girl I Used To Be (?)
#5 Love Me Like A Girl (?) #6 ?
#7 Bragger?
#8 Hole In The Bottle
#9 Half of My Hometown (Ft someone else to make the title long?)
#10 The Way I Used To (Tequila) #11 Needy #12 A Country Song (?)
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Post by kf1992 on Jan 25, 2020 6:54:18 GMT -5
From the post on the country forum upcoming albums, just in case you don't follow that one: After some digging on publishers and checking title length from the fan party pic I think these might be: #1 Overshare #4 The Girl I Used To Be (?)
#5 Love Me Like A Girl (?) #6 ?
#7 Bragger?
#8 Hole In The Bottle
#9 Half of My Hometown (Ft someone else to make the title long?)
#10 The Way I Used To (Tequila) #11 Needy #12 A Country Song (?) Track 4 is The Other Girl feat. Halsey. You can see that on the post of Steve. I think 6 is Love & Hate
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 12:20:44 GMT -5
Wow y'all are great detectives in finding that list of songwriters for each song and then cross-referencing that with the online songwriting databases. Nice job.
Since you figured out the whole album for the most part, let me share with you the original tracklisting which was being circulated around Music Row back in November. Note there have been some changes since then. It's interesting to see how album plans evolve over time.
ALBUM TRACKS:
1. Overshare 2. The Other Girl (ft. Halsey) 3. Homecoming Queen 4. Club 5. Love Me Like A Girl 6. Love & Hate 7. Bragger 8. Half Of My Hometown 9. Too Late To Lie 10. Break Up 11. Needy 12. LA 13. Hole In The Bottle
DELUXE BONUS TRACKS:
14. Flipphone 15. Why Did You Kiss Me? 16. The Way I Used To 17. No Offense
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Post by kf1992 on Jan 25, 2020 19:42:58 GMT -5
I heard that some more older Kelsea songs got leaked. Did anyone in here managed to get Over Getting Over You, Adrenaline, Why Did You Kiss Me, Me Before You and Why It‘s Not? I would be more than grateful if someone, who got them, would message me.
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Post by taurus on Jan 25, 2020 20:03:22 GMT -5
Tracklist looks promising! Saddened to see titles like Background Noise, Clear Air, DiCaprio, Kiss in California, Red Wine, and Therapy not make the cut, though.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2020 2:15:37 GMT -5
I did have a chance to view the final confirmed tracklisting today. And the interesting part is that "Half of My Hometown" is indeed a duet with a prominent male country artist. I'm not allowed to say who and there has really been no hint of this happening. It really caught me by surprise and should be great. I'm sure Kelsea is excited to announce who it is the near future.
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Post by kf1992 on Jan 29, 2020 2:45:02 GMT -5
I did have a chance to view the final confirmed tracklisting today. And the interesting part is that "Half of My Hometown" is indeed a duet with a prominent male country artist. I'm not allowed to say who and there has really been no hint of this happening. It really caught me by surprise and should be great. I'm sure Kelsea is excited to announce who it is the near future. I would love a duet with Brett Young, I really like his voice. I have a feeling it’s going to be Thomas Rhett or her husband tho. Oh, Blake Shelton or Hunter Hayes would be awesome as well.
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Post by tryexp on Jan 30, 2020 7:08:50 GMT -5
In the streaming age I would hope if the songs are shorter the albums would be longer (about 15-17 songs) but for some reason that is not the case with most of the releases.
Also I really hope that are some gems there in terms of the next single, given the reception Homecoming Queen is getting + club and LA would probably do quite poorly on radio as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2020 11:02:55 GMT -5
Most of the songs that I think would have made great hit singles such as He's Got a Truck, F150 Love, I Didn't Stutter, I Started Writing Love Songs, Miss America, Naive, Underestimated, and Clear Air were all left off the album.
That being said, the most likely potential singles I see on the tracklisting are The Other Girl, Love & Hate, Hole in the Bottle, and Half of My Hometown.
Kelsea has made a deeply personal album that features songs close to her heart rather than ones that are radio friendly.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2020 0:43:31 GMT -5
I was given the opportunity to listen to all of the final mixes for the new album today. And I have to say... the album turned out fantastic. The production is top notch and the album is very cohesive with all of the songs chosen fitting together very well. Kelsea and her team have done an excellent job with song selection and placement. It's way too early for me to post any type of album review, so let me just comment on three things, which all happen to be important upgrades from when these songs were in demo form. (1) The strings which have been added to Love & Hate really bring what was already a great song to another level. (2) The song Needy, which was not a personal favorite in demo form, has been energized by the production and instrumentation and now I love it. (3) The male country singer chosen to be on Half of My Hometown was a stroke of pure brilliance for reasons to be disclosed later.
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Post by kf1992 on Feb 1, 2020 2:47:45 GMT -5
I was given the opportunity to listen to all of the final mixes for the new album today. And I have to say... the album turned out fantastic. The production is top notch and the album is very cohesive with all of the songs chosen fitting together very well. Kelsea and her team have done an excellent job with song selection and placement. It's way too early for me to post any type of album review, so let me just comment on three things, which all happen to be important upgrades from when these songs were in demo form. (1) The strings which have been added to Love & Hate really bring what was already a great song to another level. (2) The song Needy, which was not a personal favorite in demo form, has been energized by the production and instrumentation and now I love it. (3) The male country singer chosen to be on Half of My Hometown was a stroke of pure brilliance for reasons to be disclosed later. Do most of the songs have an actual bridge? That’s my main concern, because most of the songs are really short.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2020 13:19:41 GMT -5
Most of the songs do indeed have a bridge. "Love & Hate" doesn't have one, but the epic strings solo more than makes up for that.
Just in case Kelsea's team follows this thread, I just wanted to say there is one vocal line in "A Country Song" that I wish she would change prior to release.
I kind of wished they had added in some wildflowers onto the front cover, especially at the spots of dead grass.
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Post by thewp on Feb 1, 2020 14:02:33 GMT -5
Well, now I really want to know who the duet is with. 😂
I’m guessing not her husband because that’s too obvious/ not surprising.
I didn’t like her last album that much so I’m hopeful for this one.
ETA: maybe Eric Church bc of the Hometown reference? I hope not.
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Post by sgilreath on Feb 3, 2020 19:02:20 GMT -5
she tweeted today we get new song this month. based on her teaser I think it's either a country song or half of my hometown
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2020 10:25:12 GMT -5
Nice find. It could also be Hole in the Bottle, as that is another 1 of the 3 most country-sounding songs on the album we haven't heard yet. Although I kind of doubt it would be Hole in the Bottle or Half of My Hometown since those are both potential singles for country radio. A Country Song was added to the album last minute, perhaps to placate the label. And there is one very awkward line of lyrics in that song.
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Post by taurus on Feb 4, 2020 14:20:35 GMT -5
I was given the opportunity to listen to all of the final mixes for the new album today. And I have to say... the album turned out fantastic. The production is top notch and the album is very cohesive with all of the songs chosen fitting together very well. Kelsea and her team have done an excellent job with song selection and placement. It's way too early for me to post any type of album review, so let me just comment on three things, which all happen to be important upgrades from when these songs were in demo form. (1) The strings which have been added to Love & Hate really bring what was already a great song to another level. (2) The song Needy, which was not a personal favorite in demo form, has been energized by the production and instrumentation and now I love it. (3) The male country singer chosen to be on Half of My Hometown was a stroke of pure brilliance for reasons to be disclosed later. Is Too Late to Lie being considered for the deluxe release?
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 7, 2020 13:53:54 GMT -5
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Feb 13, 2020 19:25:44 GMT -5
RIAA.com:
KELSEA BALLERINI Title: HOMECOMING QUEEN? Certification Date: February 10, 2020 Label: BLACK RIVER ENTERTAINMENT Format: SINGLE Gold
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2020 11:19:32 GMT -5
On Kelsea's Instagram story she posted an instrumental clip of the song coming out next Friday. The song is Hole in the Bottle.
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Post by kf1992 on Feb 20, 2020 4:42:56 GMT -5
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Post by tryexp on Feb 20, 2020 14:22:37 GMT -5
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Post by kf1992 on Feb 26, 2020 8:09:57 GMT -5
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Post by sgilreath on Feb 26, 2020 17:43:44 GMT -5
On Apple Music, hole in the bottle is listed as track 8. Given the previous photos I’m not sure why it’s so long on the posters or if it’s a fluke on apple’s part. Hopefully it didn’t bump half of my hometown or something wild like that.
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