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Post by recordyear on Nov 8, 2019 0:12:52 GMT -5
 1. Beer Never Broke My Heart 2. Refrigerator Door 3. Even Though I’m Leaving 4. Lovin’ On You 5. Moon Over Mexico 6. 1, 2 Many (feat. Brooks & Dunn) 7. Blue Collar Boys 8. New Every Day 9. Reasons 10. Every Little Bit Helps 11. Dear Today 12. What You See Is What You Get 13. Does To Me (feat. Eric Church) 14. Angels Workin Overtime 15. All Over Again 16. Nothin’ Like You 17. Better Together
 1. Beer Never Broke My Heart 2. Refrigerator Door 3. Even Though I’m Leaving 4. Lovin’ On You 5. Moon Over Mexico 6. 1, 2 Many (feat. Brooks & Dunn) 7. Blue Collar Boys 8. New Every Day 9. Reasons 10. Every Little Bit Helps 11. Dear Today 12. What You See Is What You Get 13. Does To Me (feat. Eric Church) 14. Angels Workin Overtime 15. All Over Again 16. Nothin’ Like You 17. Better Together 18. Six Feet Apart 19. Cold As You 20. The Other Guy 21. My Kinda Folk 22. Without You 23. Forever After All |
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Nov 8, 2019 0:14:43 GMT -5
Already really like every song I’ve heard which is about half of them so far!
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Post by recordyear on Nov 8, 2019 0:16:37 GMT -5
I listened the album once last night (13 hours ago in my time zone) and Dear Today is the clear standout with its work tape session.
Others are not too different from first album's material.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2019 7:32:40 GMT -5
I really can’t fathom why they chose that as the album artwork.
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Post by phil1996 on Nov 8, 2019 8:05:36 GMT -5
Dear Today, the title track, current single, Angels Working Overtime, Reasons, Better Together are my favorites.
There’s a lot of vanilla on here. Some very similar sounding songs that just don’t stand out. Good album, but should’ve been shortened to 11 tracks. Feel like I heard Refrigerator Door several times through the album
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Post by nncountrykid on Nov 8, 2019 11:29:22 GMT -5
I really can’t fathom why they chose that as the album artwork. Based on the two album artworks so far I think the label seriously has an issue with Luke’s appearance. |
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Post by jamatthews83 on Nov 8, 2019 11:42:34 GMT -5
He certainly can write a bop, but it's all so samey at this point. I can't imagine caring about album 3 (although I'm not his target audience anyway). Then again maybe this is his Oops!...I Did It Again and we're going to get his I'm A Slave 4 U next year.
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Post by austin on Nov 8, 2019 11:48:26 GMT -5
I literally thought "Angels Working Overtime" was a Deana Carter remake before I listened. What a unique title to recycle.
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Post by recordyear on Nov 8, 2019 11:48:56 GMT -5
]Based on the two album artworks so far I think the label seriously has an issue with Luke’s appearance. He said he wanted a portrait-like album cover. |
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Post by thewp on Nov 8, 2019 12:28:45 GMT -5
]Based on the two album artworks so far I think the label seriously has an issue with Luke’s appearance. He said he wanted a portrait-like album cover. Yeah he chose both covers. They’re bad bad. |
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Nov 8, 2019 15:55:41 GMT -5
Regarding his appearance--whether the album covers are bad is a matter of opinion, and I personally love that he's not the stereotypical buff guy heartthrob. (He's a Luke, but no Luke Bryan.) However, he's still a heartthrob to me because looks are not that important (and are almost always deceiving) and anyways I'm on a tangent.
As for the album itself--Lord almighty, what an incredible album. Yes, there are many similarities (Track 10 is the When It Rains It Pours of this album) but God bless this man for making what is country music. This is how it should sound in 2019. None of this rap versing, snaps and all that. Just true-blue, stone-cold honky tonk sounds while still sounding bombastic clearly works, as evidenced by his behemoth rise to superstar status.
I found myself in tears a few times unexpectedly and I've come to be burnt out on the lead single. I also wish Brooks & Dunn and Eric Church had had a little more time in their respective tracks.
Personal Standouts: Moon Over Mexico, Even Though I'm Leaving, Better Together, Every Little Bit Helps, New Every Day.
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Post by gardyfan on Nov 8, 2019 15:59:30 GMT -5
As for the album itself--Lord almighty, what an incredible album. Yes, there are many similarities (Track 10 is the When It Rains It Pours of this album) but God bless this man for making what is country music. This is how it should sound in 2019. None of this rap versing, snaps and all that. Just true-blue, stone-cold honky tonk sounds while still sounding bombastic clearly works, as evidenced by his behemoth rise to superstar status. This is spot on. Give him album of the year for 2020. |
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Post by recordyear on Nov 8, 2019 18:22:08 GMT -5
This album reached #1 on US Apple Music. Never saw a country album did that before.
All previously unreleased tracks are inside US iTunes top 100 all genre.
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Post by CoJoFan on Nov 8, 2019 18:54:41 GMT -5
Album of the year for 2020 I’ll agree with hands down! I’ve only listened to the album one time through and it left me wanting to listen to it again. This is one of those albums that I’ll be listening to still 10 years from now. Excellent stuff!
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Post by recordyear on Nov 9, 2019 9:35:20 GMT -5
First day US Spotify stats:
36 Better Together by Luke Combs 544,344
38 Does To Me (feat. Eric Church) by Luke Combs 533,088
42 Even Though I'm Leaving by Luke Combs 514,499
43 Reasons by Luke Combs 512,054
45 What You See Is What You Get by Luke Combs 509,274
48 Beer Never Broke My Heart by Luke Combs 496,919
56 Blue Collar Boys by Luke Combs 474,389
58 New Every Day by Luke Combs 453,726
64 Every Little Bit Helps by Luke Combs 423,566
67 Nothing Like You by Luke Combs 420,392
69 All Over Again by Luke Combs 416,477
70 Dear Today by Luke Combs 413,746
72 1, 2 Many by Luke Combs 409,121
73 Refrigerator Door by Luke Combs 400,934
78 Lovin' On You by Luke Combs 388,524
89 Moon Over Mexico by Luke Combs 361,061
93 Angels Workin' Overtime by Luke Combs 351,022
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Post by .indulgecountry on Nov 9, 2019 19:59:30 GMT -5
At 17 tracks in length, some of the tracks start to feel a little samey, but his formula is a winner imo so they're all good songs regardless. He's a very consistently strong artists and I'm enjoying this record a lot. He easily has one of the best male voices on country radio and I love the sonic and melodic nature of his work so much more than just about every other new guy out there in the mainstream as well. Stoked that radio has latched onto him and made him such an overnight superstar because he really deserves it.
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Post by recordyear on Nov 9, 2019 21:37:08 GMT -5
Predicted to hit #1 on overall album chart with 105-115k pure sales and 180-200k SPS.
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Nov 9, 2019 22:07:23 GMT -5
Those projections beat my expectations by a bit. I’m pretty sure they’re bundling the album, but streaming numbers are massive for a country album and they’ll stay massive for a long, long time if his 50 week reign on the country album is any indication (but hopefully not massive enough to block Lady A next week from #1 on the country chart, lol).
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Nov 10, 2019 0:23:22 GMT -5
That projection...incredible in this day and age. Incredible!
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Post by recordyear on Nov 10, 2019 9:38:19 GMT -5
Second day on US Spotify
48 (-12) Better Together by Luke Combs 435,957
52 (-10) Even Though I'm Leaving by Luke Combs 410,803
54 (-6) Beer Never Broke My Heart by Luke Combs 407,261
58 (-13) What You See Is What You Get by Luke Combs 394,778
66 (-28) Does To Me (feat. Eric Church) by Luke Combs 363,655
76 (-33) Reasons by Luke Combs 339,474
86 (-14) 1, 2 Many by Luke Combs 314,340
88 (-32) Blue Collar Boys by Luke Combs 313,079
107 (-38) All Over Again by Luke Combs 295,779
109 (-42) Nothing Like You by Luke Combs 294,598
112 (-39) Refrigerator Door by Luke Combs 291,323
116 (-58) New Every Day by Luke Combs 289,238
124 (-54) Dear Today by Luke Combs 283,418
125 (-61) Every Little Bit Helps by Luke Combs 282,195
132 (-54) Lovin' On You by Luke Combs 275,977
148 (-59) Moon Over Mexico by Luke Combs 262,952
180 (-87) Angels Workin' Overtime by Luke Combs 232,854
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Post by phil1996 on Nov 10, 2019 17:18:11 GMT -5
No idea why they start Dear Today acoustically. Can barely hear the words. A full studio track would be such a big hit on radio
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Post by recordyear on Nov 10, 2019 18:14:13 GMT -5
No idea why they start Dear Today acoustically. Can barely hear the words. A full studio track would be such a big hit on radio I have heard an explanation online that the acoustic part means him during his Vine days. |
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Post by phil1996 on Nov 12, 2019 18:03:30 GMT -5
Singles wise, (not that it matters cause every song would probably be a hit) I would go with
3. Reasons
4. What You See Is What You Get
5. Every Little Bit Helps
6. Moon over Mexico
7. Better Together
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Post by recordyear on Nov 12, 2019 19:07:56 GMT -5
Updated prediction: 110-120k pure sales, 170-190k SPS
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Post by .indulgecountry on Nov 13, 2019 19:03:58 GMT -5
I want "Refrigerator Door" and "1, 2 Many" as singles the most. Would also love for "New Every Day" and "Every Little Bit Helps" to be released as well. Those are 4 of my standout favorites right now. He could release anything from the album and it would smash though, except maybe "Dear Today" because of how the first half is done in the studio (which is fine by me because that's probably my least fave on the record anyway).
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Post by recordyear on Nov 15, 2019 11:22:12 GMT -5
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Post by recordyear on Nov 16, 2019 18:28:47 GMT -5
#1 in Australia and #32 in New Zealand.
Predicted to fall to #2 on US Billboard 200 next week.
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Post by ethanhunt on Nov 18, 2019 8:47:33 GMT -5
pretty blah and uninteresting album.
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Post by recordyear on Nov 19, 2019 0:50:51 GMT -5
Sols 109k and 172k SPS first week. #1 overall.
All album tracks (minus Beer Never Broke My Heart) made into top 50 of Hot Country Songs chart.
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Post by recordyear on Nov 24, 2019 22:56:15 GMT -5
Fall to #5 on Billboard 200 this week, with 55,000 SPS.
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