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Posted by: danG 29th August 2018, 05:23 PM
Everyone prepare yourselves for more Ed Sheeran domination because he's apparently http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ed-sheeran-plans-experimental-release-for-2019-to-clear-the-air-after-three-successful-albums__23753/, supposedly it will be "experimental", similarly to his No. 5 Collaborations Project EP from 2011, and as such it won't be his actual fourth album but something to fill the gap.
Oh and he wants to do a song with https://www.nme.com/news/music/ed-sheeran-dying-collaborate-drake-2372193. I can already hear the collective groans of the whole of Buzzjack as that song effortlessly spends 9 weeks at #1.
Posted by: Cqmerqn 29th August 2018, 05:52 PM
Ugh, go away!! 
Posted by: Bjork 29th August 2018, 06:03 PM
no please
Posted by: Cody Salton 29th August 2018, 06:05 PM
already the most underrated songs of 2019
Posted by: Hadji 29th August 2018, 06:08 PM
Thought he would be releasing his next album in 2020 titled -
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 29th August 2018, 06:12 PM
I don't actually mind Ed Sheeran aside from his Divide stuff, so if it's a step away from that I'm not dreading it quite as much.
Posted by: pippa 29th August 2018, 06:15 PM
I enjoy Ed, however, i was positive Divide would get a re-release in this coming quarter.
Posted by: danG 29th August 2018, 06:16 PM
Think he's going to wait a good few years before dropping Minus, he's supposedly been working on that for ages anyway as he wants it to be the greatest album ever or something.
Posted by: Esmerelda 29th August 2018, 06:18 PM
"Chart Killers"- Ed Sheeran and Drake teaming up. Not even ACR or Jess Glynne could stop that being number 1 for at least 6 months.
Posted by: mdh 29th August 2018, 06:29 PM
He's got a long way to go to achieve that, "Divide" got mostly poor reviews.
Posted by: coi 29th August 2018, 06:31 PM
Poor reviews but absolutely massive sales. I think he's trying to impress the general public rather than the critics.
Posted by: mdh 29th August 2018, 06:37 PM
Yeah, no doubt no matter how 'experimental' his next era is it'll still be fine-tuned enough to go to #1 and get hammered by the radio
Posted by: T Boy 29th August 2018, 06:46 PM
He’d better find someone better to record it then.
Posted by: SLlewellyn 29th August 2018, 08:49 PM
Well I'm here for a 2019 update of the No. 5 Collaborations Project EP, that was my first introduction to Sheeran and I really rate it. Would like to see him collaborate with UK acts though vs. US rappers - I have a feeling he will so long as the label don't have too much direction in this 'experimental' release.
Posted by: danG 23rd May 2019, 12:28 PM
Giving this a bump now we know the name of the album.
Tracklist:
Posted by: gooddelta 23rd May 2019, 12:33 PM
Hopefully there will be some interesting up and coming or lesser known artists on this, not just other huge stars.
No.5 Collaborations Project was actually really interesting, with loads of UK rap and grime artists, I remember enjoying it a lot at the time it came out (which was maybe 8-9 months before The A Team blew up) but I imagine this will be a far more mainstream exercise. Would love to be surprised though.
Posted by: Bré 23rd May 2019, 12:36 PM
The OP of this thread describing this as 'experimental' is kind of hilarious in retrospect after the lead single was... about as far from experimental as you can get.
This seems to be full album length so I'm guessing it is his 4th album after all? Unless it's marketed as a 'mixtape' or something 
Posted by: soundseekerz 23rd May 2019, 12:37 PM
I think it would be called Subtract instead of minus
Posted by: danG 23rd May 2019, 12:50 PM
This seems to be full album length so I'm guessing it is his 4th album after all? Unless it's marketed as a 'mixtape' or something
They're calling it an EP... despite being the length of an album. I don't think it's meant to serve as his 4th album.
Posted by: Bré 23rd May 2019, 12:52 PM
A 15 track EP. That term has really lost all meaning...
'Antisocial' is with Travis Scott, the song already leaked a while ago apparently.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 23rd May 2019, 12:53 PM
Antisocial is with Travis Scott, a demo leaked a while ago under the name 'Dont Touch Me'.
Posted by: 365 23rd May 2019, 12:53 PM
One of them has both Camila and Cardi on too someone on Camila's team tweeted and deleted it.
Posted by: SLlewellyn 23rd May 2019, 10:33 PM
I really hope we get some UK artists on this and not just big US acts - think of what it could do for the UK scene to feature on a high profile project like this!
Posted by: Jordan Lee 24th May 2019, 12:54 AM
It’s an album to me.
EPs mixtape album though don’t they all chart on the main albums chart nowadays.
I’m presuming this will chart on the main albums? The Weeknd did with his last year which was only 6 tracks.
I’m excited for this in a way to see whos on there and if there’s any surprise collabs on there.
I’m not as Anti Ed as most forums are but I’m not a huge fan either.
I fully expect he’ll have the top 3 or at least three of the top 5 singles the week this drops as well as having the highest debut sales of a 1 album of the year too.
Posted by: Bjork 24th May 2019, 07:35 AM
I imagined the collaborators were gonna be revealed with the pre-order but they aren't as fas as I can see
it's 100% an album
Posted by: Bjork 24th May 2019, 11:39 AM
wonder if the collabs thing is an strategy to avoid the 3-track rule? maybe this way he can get away with more songs charting
Posted by: danG 24th May 2019, 11:45 AM
Lol no, only 3 songs from this project will be allowed to chart at any one time. Ed is still the lead artist on all the songs.
Posted by: Bjork 24th May 2019, 11:55 AM
but knowing how inconsistent the occ is, I wouldn't be surprised if a few slip in
Posted by: dobbo 24th May 2019, 12:11 PM
David Guetta got 4 in the chart once iirc? He was "joint-lead" on one of the entries but that should still count.
Posted by: danG 24th May 2019, 12:28 PM
The difference was one of them was credited to Jason Derulo & David Guetta, rather than the other way around.
In most cases it depends on which artist is credited first.
There was that one time XXXTENTACION had 4 as a lead when they decided his Lil Pump collab was a Lil Pump song for some reason though, but other than that the OCC have been fairly consistent about this.
Posted by: Bré 24th May 2019, 04:13 PM
Linkin Park was also an exception to that ('Numb/Encore' not being allowed despite Jay-Z being the first artist listed).
Posted by: myxxd 27th May 2019, 07:23 PM
There's a South of the Border registered under Ed on ascap and is written with Steve Mac and Fred Gibson
Feels is registered on BMI with writers Young Thug, Ed and Valentin Blavatnik
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 29th May 2019, 02:05 PM
Just saw a fake tracklisting and I believed it until I saw one feat. Take That and Camilla Cabello
I'd be up for that tho
Posted by: Bjork 29th May 2019, 02:13 PM
I read there's one with Bruno Mars, which is kinda believable
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 29th May 2019, 02:27 PM
The whole thing is definitely fake - most of the names don't even fit in the black spaces.
Posted by: 365 29th May 2019, 02:29 PM
I'd be up for that tho
LOL Cardi is on the Camila track, as I already said.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 29th May 2019, 02:39 PM
Can we swap her for Take That?
Posted by: pippa 29th May 2019, 02:49 PM
A Take That collaboration would be wonderful.
Posted by: Bjork 29th May 2019, 04:02 PM
https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/ed-sheeran-wanted-to-recreate-lady-marmalade-with-justin-bieber-and-bruno-mars-on-his-new-album__26421/
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 18th June 2019, 05:30 PM
Tracklisting revealed!
1. Beautiful People feat. Khalid
2. South of the Border feat. Camila Cabello & Cardi B
3. Cross Me feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock
4. Take Me Back to London feat. Stormzy
5. Best Part of Me feat. YEEBA
6. I Don't Care w/ Justin Bieber
7. Antisocial feat. Travis Scott
8. Remember the Name feat. Eminem & 50 Cent
9. Feels feat. Young Thug & J Hus
10. Put It all On My feat. Ella Mai
11. Nothing On You feat. Paulo Londra & Dave
12. I Don't Want You feat. H.E.R.
13. 1000 Nights feat. Meek Mill & A Boogie wit da Hoodie
14. Way to Break My Heart feat. Skrillex
15. Blow w/ Bruno Mars & Chris Stapleton
Way to Break My Heart and Blow are the ones really interesting me!
Posted by: coi 18th June 2019, 05:32 PM
Ed Sheeran doing a song with Meek Mill and A Boogie wit da Hoodie is something I could never have predicted!
Posted by: Bjork 18th June 2019, 05:34 PM
the tracklist from hell 
Posted by: Jordan Lee 18th June 2019, 05:39 PM
I’m here for tracks 1,2 and 14 and 15.
I’ll give the entire album a chance though.
Ed’s not THAT bad tbh.
Posted by: Dexton 18th June 2019, 05:40 PM
VERY intrigued by the tracklist, I already know the Khalid and Travis Scott songs will be amazing. Eminem & 50 Cent has a lot of potential too so long as Ed isn't just on the chorus like he was for River
I wonder if we'll have another song out this week?
Posted by: SKOB 18th June 2019, 06:38 PM
This is gonna be trash to the highest degree
Watch it sell like 20% of what Divide has
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 18th June 2019, 06:52 PM
I wonder if we'll have another song out this week?
'Rumors' on Twitter that the Khalid track is out on Friday, seems likely tbh.
Posted by: JosephAvery 18th June 2019, 06:53 PM
Camila and Cardi on one track! *.*
Posted by: Bré 18th June 2019, 06:57 PM
The inevitable Latin crossover on track 11, but an interesting twist on it having Dave on the same song somehow.
There are a few on there that look potentially interesting (Ed, Young Thug and J Hus all on one song *_) but I already hate the idea of the Khalid song inevitably being the biggest hit from the album when it drops.
Also where did this YEBBA come from? Sneaking her way onto star-packed albums first by Mark Ronson and now Ed Sheeran as well. And this album was meant to be a bunch of people Ed is a big fan of apparently. Bit of a random choice!
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 18th June 2019, 06:57 PM
I wish we had that fake tracklisting now...
. Beautiful People feat. Adele
2. South of the Border feat. Emeli Sande & Tinie Tempah
3. Cross Me feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock
4. Take Me Back to London feat. Clean Bandit
5. Best Part of Me feat. Anne-Marie
6. I Don't Care w/ Justin Bieber
7. Antisocial feat. Travis Scott
8. Remember the Name feat. Eminem & Will.i.am
9. Feels feat. Take That & Camila Cabello
10. Put It all On My feat. Bruno Mars
11. Nothing On You feat. The 1975 & Martin Garrix
12. I Don't Want You feat. Tom Odell
13. 1000 Nights feat. Bastille & Steve Aoki
14. Way to Break My Heart feat. Foxes
15. Blow w/ Marshmello & DNCE
Just realised it got Eminem correct... (and Travis, but that demo leaked a while ago)
Posted by: Jordan Lee 18th June 2019, 07:34 PM
Hoping Camila / Cardi track is the next single.
We’ve had two male collabs already plus River is still fairly recent.
It’ll also pick up streams bc both Cardi and Camila do well on Spotify.
Posted by: LMLou 18th June 2019, 07:42 PM
Hmmm a lot of it seems very samey then with most of them featuring rap artists - was hoping it would be a lot more varied than that
Posted by: Dircadirca 18th June 2019, 07:58 PM
. Beautiful People feat. Adele
2. South of the Border feat. Emeli Sande & Tinie Tempah
3. Cross Me feat. Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock
4. Take Me Back to London feat. Clean Bandit
5. Best Part of Me feat. Anne-Marie
6. I Don't Care w/ Justin Bieber
7. Antisocial feat. Travis Scott
8. Remember the Name feat. Eminem & Will.i.am
9. Feels feat. Take That & Camila Cabello
10. Put It all On My feat. Bruno Mars
11. Nothing On You feat. The 1975 & Martin Garrix
12. I Don't Want You feat. Tom Odell
13. 1000 Nights feat. Bastille & Steve Aoki
14. Way to Break My Heart feat. Foxes
15. Blow w/ Marshmello & DNCE
Just realised it got Eminem correct... (and Travis, but that demo leaked a while ago)
Almost looks like this was written in 2013 with most of these names
Posted by: Bré 18th June 2019, 08:07 PM
There are rap features on 8/15 tracks, and one of those also has a pop singer on it, so it's basically exactly 50/50, hardly 'most of them'. There's plenty of variation in sound between the rappers on there as well (if anything they're more varied than the non-rap artists he's chosen).
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 18th June 2019, 08:12 PM
And of course it shouldn't be surprisng, as the No. 5 Collabs Project was a rap EP.
Posted by: pippa 18th June 2019, 08:32 PM
It is hard to predict how this album will perform.
I feel it is an album but not the follow up to X, am i alone in this thinking?
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 18th June 2019, 08:36 PM
I feel it is an album but not the follow up to X, am i alone in this thinking?
It's not the follow-up to Divide.
It'll do well, but it definitely won't do as well as his 'usual' albums. The general response I've seen online from his usual fanbase has been fairly negative - not surprising given the direction though.
Posted by: Jack 18th June 2019, 10:23 PM
I'm not fan of Ed's at all but I'll check out Ella, Camila/Cardi
Posted by: Tawdry Hepburn 19th June 2019, 08:19 AM
Why did he have to dig 50 Cent up from the dead? 
Posted by: SLlewellyn 19th June 2019, 10:38 PM
Mixed feelings about the tracklisting. I’ll be giving the ‘album’ a few listens when it comes out for sure, just hoped he was going to collaborate with some more UK names (rather than US ones) - e.g., Skepta, Giggs, Stefflon Don. Great that Stormzy, Dave and J Hus all feature on this high profile release though, should do wonders for them (although Stormzy is headlining Glastonbury...)
Posted by: ThePensmith 19th June 2019, 11:03 PM
Yeah I think it's safe to say I'm basically not here for this era.
Posted by: Juan Carlos 4th July 2019, 01:58 PM
"Best Part of Me" will also be out alongside "Blow" tomorrow.
Posted by: Dexton 4th July 2019, 02:37 PM
Blow is WOW
It’s... Rock? I’m getting like 80s/90s rock supergroup vibes. So incredibly not what I was expecting but I love it already
Posted by: darrens94 4th July 2019, 02:49 PM
Best Part Of Me is basically Ed on autopilot. Sounds ok but nothing special.
Posted by: lewistgreen 5th July 2019, 06:13 AM
Posted by: gavindeejay 5th July 2019, 06:19 AM
'Best Part Of Me' is boring! Most defiantly my least fav from this project so far!
Posted by: Jordan Lee 8th July 2019, 05:28 PM
What are people thinking this will sell?
I’m gonna go for around the 180K mark for week one.
Big sales but not catastrophic like Divide.
Very likely he’ll get the highest streaming sales so far too!
Does Lewis currently have the highest streams of the year to date for week one or is that Ariana?
Posted by: pippa 9th July 2019, 06:14 PM
I think it will sell enough to enter the best selling albums of the year chart around Number 7 on its debut week which would result in 180,000-185,000 sales.
Streaming, most likely will gain the album a huge advantage.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 11th July 2019, 10:15 AM
The whole album leaked yesterday and I've listened to a few of the album tracks:
The one with Eminem + 50 Cent is really good, and the Stormzy one is decent as well. Worst one I've heard is with Young Thug and J Hus - really bland.
Posted by: fans for hilson 11th July 2019, 02:15 PM
Only heard south of the border and it’s a bop!
Posted by: lewistgreen 11th July 2019, 11:09 PM
Every song has been given an individual single on Spotify which is a nice touch.
Posted by: Liаm 11th July 2019, 11:26 PM
South Of The Border is IT and I do not care *.*
Posted by: gavindeejay 12th July 2019, 06:28 AM
Apparently there's a pop up store open in London today selling exclusive Ed Sheeran Merchandise. Din't know where it is, but Island Records have put it on their social media this morning.
Posted by: darrens94 12th July 2019, 09:52 AM
What exactly is the point in that?
Posted by: SKOB 12th July 2019, 11:17 AM
They have those in every country, here as well.
Posted by: Jack 12th July 2019, 11:26 AM
I really like the Ella Mai track!
Posted by: troylovesmusic 12th July 2019, 12:35 PM
Enjoying this Album a lot on first listen the only ones that are a bit bland for me are the Shrillex one and Best Part Of Me,
Posted by: gooddelta 12th July 2019, 01:15 PM
A decent album indeed on first listen.
South Of The Border and Remember The Name are both good and sound big, and Put It All On Me is really nice.
Also still really liking Cross Me and Beautiful People. There are a few fillers towards the end which I'd have left off but the first two thirds are very strong.
Posted by: darrens94 12th July 2019, 01:35 PM
The intro to Put It All On Me sounds a bit like Becky Hills I Could Get Used To This
Posted by: myxxd 12th July 2019, 01:54 PM
The worst one for me is the Eminem one and that is the one charting the highest tf. everything else is wonderful
Posted by: pippa 12th July 2019, 03:30 PM
We may be lucky and get sales information via the press over the course of the weekend.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 12th July 2019, 03:32 PM
I absolutely love the Em track, not what I expected at all. The Skrillex, Stormzy and Travis Scott tracks are all good.
Thought a few of the later tracks were a bit bland.
Posted by: Jαsє 12th July 2019, 03:50 PM
That Eminem/50 Cent song is garbage 
'South of the Border' is perfect for the summer 
Posted by: Jordan Lee 12th July 2019, 03:51 PM
I knew the Eminem track would be the highest but it’s not that great tbh.
South Of The Border and Blow were my favourites. Watch them both not chart at all though!
Posted by: SKOB 12th July 2019, 05:16 PM
None of the songs is challenging #1 on iTunes. I'm surprised tbh.
Posted by: SKOB 12th July 2019, 06:42 PM
South of the Border is very good! It's also basically another version of SOY but Camila sounds amazing on it.
Posted by: Rooney 12th July 2019, 07:03 PM
Yeah I am liking this as well, lots of different sounds used as opposed to very safe Ed Sheeran which is usually released. Must say I think the Stormzy track is probably the highlight.
Posted by: Defaze 13th July 2019, 12:23 AM
Only just had the misfortune of being exposed to 'Beautiful People'. The lyrics...
I genuinely loathe him.
Posted by: Bjork 13th July 2019, 06:28 AM
I tried listening but it's beyond bad, the lyrics are getting worst and worst... there's no quality control at all
he needs someone to tell him, look this one is shit, write something better
sometimes I have to go and doublecheck the lyrics online cos I think it's impossible he wrote such crap... like in the Stormy one
can't believe he sings "Grossed half a billion the Divide Tour " :/
Posted by: Dexton 13th July 2019, 11:18 AM
I don’t get all the hate tbh
Posted by: JosephAvery 13th July 2019, 11:58 AM
Not heard the album in full yet (will be this weekend) but South of the Border is EXCELLENT, easily better than any of the singles!
Posted by: ThePensmith 13th July 2019, 05:19 PM
So according to Mint Royale on Twitter, this is unsurprisingly leading for number one on the albums but not with the gigantic sales people would be expecting.
'South of the Border' is probably the worst thing he's ever done, but I quite like 'Beautiful People'.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 13th July 2019, 05:22 PM
Don't know which one to put on TOTW 
Antisocial, Take Me Back to London or Remember The Name?
Posted by: Cqmerqn 13th July 2019, 05:34 PM
Antisocial as it’s the single?
Posted by: Calum 13th July 2019, 05:39 PM
I'm really loving South of the Border and Take Me Back to London. Still need to listen to the rest of the album.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 13th July 2019, 05:43 PM
But Take Me Back to London is the more popular one on Spotify - usually that's the single also. But not in this case.
Posted by: Cqmerqn 13th July 2019, 05:45 PM
When I did the track of the week I would just choose the single
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 13th July 2019, 05:52 PM
Will do 
Posted by: SKOB 13th July 2019, 06:42 PM
HDD predicts 170k opening in the US, that's pretty low! Will be #1 of course.
Posted by: Jordan Lee 13th July 2019, 09:38 PM
UK wise it’s predicted to be #1 but not with huge sales.
I’m surprised tbh I thought he’d easily get the biggest first week sales of the year to date.
I do feel that his next solo album will perhaps fair better albums wise though.
A lot of the tracks on this are like huge sounding singles but not what would push an album.
Tbh it’s doing great he just has a very big sales track record so it’s an underperformance.
Posted by: Bré 13th July 2019, 09:45 PM
170k in the USA doesn't seem that bad relatively speaking - the same dropoff from the debut of '÷' in the UK would put him at around 250k and he's clearly not gonna do anywhere near that. And that's with his singles making a lot less impact in the US than they did here as well.
(although I don't know if he has some kind of shady bundling going on to bolster his sales like 80% of other albums do in the US)
He will very likely do a lot better again when he drops another more traditional album, this is really more of a 'mixtape' than an album.
Posted by: SKOB 14th July 2019, 05:32 AM
Dunno, it's kinda both. I mean the promo is definitely on par with "a proper Ed Sheeran album": first single with Bieber, great push on streaming outlets, music videos, pop up shops around the globe. But it doesn't really "feel" like an Ed Sheeran album, just random songs out there.
Posted by: SLlewellyn 15th July 2019, 02:57 PM
Listened through to this in full for the first time today, and wow - what a bore/chore. It just feels like he’s purposefully trying to reach too many markets with this album, and just marketing it as ‘experimental’.
Someone may have mentioned it already in this thread, but part of the instrumental to “Put It All on Me” is a complete rip-off of Becky Hill’s “I Could Get Used to This”.
Posted by: ThePensmith 15th July 2019, 04:44 PM
Leads for number one on 63.5k. Be interesting to see if this clears even three digits by week's end?
Posted by: SKOB 15th July 2019, 07:29 PM
It should, JUST, depending on how big portion of the first bunch is pure sales. Was there a pre-order thing of some sort?
I think 101k or sth by Friday.
Posted by: Rooney 15th July 2019, 07:36 PM
Someone may have mentioned it already in this thread, but part of the instrumental to “Put It All on Me” is a complete rip-off of Becky Hill’s “I Could Get Used to This”.
How do we know it doesn't sample it? There are numerous tracks used which are very similar to others, I think "Feels" samples Krept n Konan and "Remember The Name" certainly samples something during the chorus too.
Posted by: pippa 15th July 2019, 07:37 PM
I think he will make 3 digits by the end of the week but not as comfortable as i thought Ed would manage.
Posted by: darrens94 15th July 2019, 08:37 PM
The reason why this isn’t selling as much is that the music isn’t calculated like Divide was to appeal to all ages. When Ed released Shape of You and Castle On the Hill that wasn’t for any other reason but to appeal to a young and old audience. The older Radio 2 audience don’t have a Castle on the Hill on this album it’s full of rap songs and Shape of You copies with features that again don’t appeal to an older audience. When Ed releases his next proper album that will be massive but only if he waits for a couple of years and disappears like the last time and build up the hype again.
Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 16th July 2019, 10:49 AM
I like ed Sheeran myself but this album wouldnt appeal to me, his next album will hopefully be back to his usual style, the album isnt aimed at his usual fans so I dont think it's anything to worry about.
Posted by: SKOB 16th July 2019, 11:30 AM
Who are "the usual fans" of Ed Sheeran? Why IDC and BP wouldn't work for "usual fans"?
I want to know because it's interesting. IDC is exactly like Shape of You as a song and BP is the most least offensive pop single that one can get for airplay in 2019.
It's true that there are not a song like Perfect on the album but there ARE, however, songs like Shape of You and Castle on the Hill on it. And his lyrics haven't changed a bit.
Posted by: myxxd 16th July 2019, 11:55 AM
Maybe for some they don't want him to collab with artists who are "unknown" to them
Posted by: coi 16th July 2019, 11:57 AM
On the contrary, there are songs dominated by the likes of Meek Mill, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Skrillex, Young Thug and J Hus. Do you think the average buyer of Perfect would like these artists?
Posted by: myxxd 16th July 2019, 12:00 PM
And even in the movies, an all-star cast only do little impact on the records overall except for some like Avengers etc
Posted by: SKOB 16th July 2019, 01:17 PM
Maybe Ed Sheeran either doesn't know his fanbase then or don't care?
It's not like this is comparable to the jazz album Gaga made with Tony Bennett (someone mentioned it in the chart forum) - that was a separate project and nothing like she had done or has done since.
To me this is just bunch of Ed Sheeran tracks with urban leaning guests.
Posted by: danG 16th July 2019, 02:23 PM
It's not like this is comparable to the jazz album Gaga made with Tony Bennett (someone mentioned it in the chart forum) - that was a separate project and nothing like she had done or has done since.
To me this is just bunch of Ed Sheeran tracks with urban leaning guests.
To be fair, he did make a song addressing this.
Posted by: darrens94 16th July 2019, 02:26 PM
I want to know because it's interesting. IDC is exactly like Shape of You as a song and BP is the most least offensive pop single that one can get for airplay in 2019.
It's true that there are not a song like Perfect on the album but there ARE, however, songs like Shape of You and Castle on the Hill on it. And his lyrics haven't changed a bit.
There’s plenty of Shape of You’s on the album but no Castle on the Hill or Perfect two songs which sold Divide to the Radio 2 crowd.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 16th July 2019, 02:33 PM
Yeah I wish there was a song like Castle on the Hill on it
Posted by: myxxd 16th July 2019, 03:03 PM
They're on the upcoming Westlife album
Posted by: Jonjo 16th July 2019, 11:56 PM
Anybody else getting 'NASA' by Ariana vibes from Anti-Social? Every time that staggered drop happens I always burst into the chorus of 'NASA'
Overall, I liked this album more than I thought I would. A lot of the songs blend into one for me but there are a couple that stand out. South of the Border, Cross Me, Remember the Name, Take Me Back To London and BLOW all stand out to me, especially BLOW.
I also hate that I Don't Care has grown on me 
Posted by: Bré 18th July 2019, 04:13 PM
Decided to listen to all of the songs on here just out of interest, the quality is a bit inconsistent but chopping off some of the filler there is a very solid EP hiding in there. 'Cross Me' is still probably my fave but I'm really liking 'Antisocial' straight away (and the video for it is pretty funny as well, his videos this era beyond the 50p budget one for 'I Don't Care' have actually been really good) and 'Take Me Back To London' and 'Nothing On You' are my other highlights from the songs not already released before the album. The only big disappointment really was 'Feels' as I thought the artist lineup on that one looked pretty good but the song is very bland and I don't like the chorus at all oops. 'Remember The Name' also had potential but I'm not feeling it too much, I didn't have super high expectations though after how terrible the last Ed & Eminem collab was (it is at least better than that ) meanwhile the tracks with Ella Mai and H.E.R. were actually both surprisingly decent.
Posted by: lewistgreen 26th August 2019, 08:28 AM
I’m not sure of the need for the remix but it seems to be helping him be on course to nab yet another #1. I prefer the original version though.
Posted by: George.keh 26th August 2019, 09:15 AM
TMBTL might be his worst ever song for me. Lyrics are so cringy
Posted by: jakewild 26th August 2019, 10:23 AM
ia the lyrics are so cringe but i can't help bop
Posted by: pippa 26th August 2019, 08:52 PM
It is on track to become another number 1 hit for him.
Posted by: Jack 26th August 2019, 09:30 PM
Electric chair!
Posted by: danG 26th August 2019, 10:23 PM
I’m quite liking this Sir Spyro remix actually, this was the kind of track I was hoping for from this project, the original didn’t quite do it for me.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 28th August 2019, 01:03 PM
Following his final Divide show in Ipswich, Ed has confirmed he will take a break from music for 18 months.
So look forward to a new #1 from him in early 2021!
Posted by: SKOB 28th August 2019, 01:08 PM
Ed Sheeran takes a break from music = we will have dozens of features and songs written by Ed Sheeran.
Posted by: JosephStyles 28th August 2019, 01:09 PM
Taking a break doesn't mean he has to stop writing altogether, hence him writing songs for other people...!
Also doesn't mean this era is over yet considering how he's got this far on no promo 
Posted by: lewistgreen 28th August 2019, 01:17 PM
He’s actually only confirmed a break from touring and live shows so yeah the music will probably continue
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 28th August 2019, 01:20 PM
He also said that "this might be the last loop pedal gig".
Which doesn't surprise me - I remember hearing an interview recently where he said he wanted to bring a full band on tour (for songs like Blow).
Posted by: SKOB 28th August 2019, 01:21 PM
Hasn't his Divide tour been going on like forever anyway?
Still laughing at that word "experimental" in the subtitle
Posted by: darrens94 28th August 2019, 01:29 PM
He’s releasing two new songs in November from that Yesterday film that he was in. They are called Penguins and One Life. He’s performed them a couple of times over the past couple of months on his tour.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 28th August 2019, 01:34 PM
Has he confirmed that they're being released? Both could do very well around Christmas.
Posted by: darrens94 28th August 2019, 01:37 PM
Yeah he says probably November in this performance:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=15uOdGedwU0
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 28th August 2019, 01:39 PM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=15uOdGedwU0
That'll be a #1 - calling it now.
Posted by: darrens94 28th August 2019, 01:43 PM
Out of the two I think this is the number 1
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n7EucHhVnBY
Posted by: SKOB 28th August 2019, 01:51 PM
There will probably the RE-RELEASE of No.6 with those two tracks then?
Of course that's nothing to do with promoting anything.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 28th August 2019, 01:53 PM
I doubt they'll re-release No. 6 seeing as these are solo tracks - and from a movie.
It'll probably it's own EP.
Posted by: Jordan Lee 28th August 2019, 09:18 PM
Seeing that those tracks are already known and have been performed they might not be as in demand as an heard track if he’s releasing two tracks then.
South Of The Border and BLOW are by far the two best tracks on this though. Which probably means they won’t do anything
Posted by: SLlewellyn 31st August 2019, 09:08 PM
"South of the Border" HAS to be the next single after "Antisocial"/"Take Me Back to London" surely?! It's still holding up well on streaming platforms behind/amongst the singles.
Posted by: Mack. 2nd September 2019, 02:03 PM
I’m not sure of the need for the remix but it seems to be helping him be on course to nab yet another #1. I prefer the original version though.
And of course, it become another #1 for him. His 8th UK #1.
Posted by: Mack. 16th September 2019, 02:00 PM
I wonder which track he'll use, to try and get a Christmas #1.
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 16th September 2019, 02:14 PM
Probably the Yesterday track
Posted by: Dexton 16th September 2019, 02:20 PM
Best Part of Me or Way To Break My Heart are the only ones which feel like they could be Christmas #1s to me, but I agree there’s probably a bigger chance he’ll push the soundtrack single or even skip out on promoting any singles after TMBTL
Posted by: darrens94 26th September 2019, 05:03 PM
Cheat Codes remix of South of the Border out tomorrow
Posted by: lewistgreen 26th September 2019, 05:56 PM
Video tomorrow too maybe?
Posted by: Jordan Lee 26th September 2019, 06:21 PM
FFS!!!!
Why push a remix of it the original is perfectly fine as it is.
Posted by: SKOB 26th September 2019, 07:16 PM
He is super obsessed with charts it seems! Can't be without number one even for a week.
Posted by: JosephStyles 26th September 2019, 07:18 PM
Why push a remix of it the original is perfectly fine as it is.
We don't know if the remix is being pushed yet...
South of the Border is easily my fave song from this project so I'm delighted it's getting the single treatment!!
Posted by: SKOB 26th September 2019, 07:55 PM
Yea it's by far the best song but has also been already on several playlists so interesting if the remix is the default version to be pushed.
Posted by: darrens94 26th September 2019, 08:00 PM
I don’t think the remix is actually being pushed. I hope its not anyway because it’s not very good.
Posted by: lewistgreen 26th September 2019, 08:02 PM
All singles have had a remix of some sort. The furthest a dance remix of Ed’s is going to go is on the Heart/Kiss playlists it’s not getting a ‘push’.
Posted by: gavindeejay 26th September 2019, 08:18 PM
He’s probably pushing it properly so he can have a song on the playlist of ILR stations, Radio 2 and Heart who are not playlisting TMBTL.
Posted by: Botchia 26th September 2019, 09:00 PM
South of the Border definitely needed to be a single!
Posted by: fans for hilson 27th September 2019, 09:09 AM
South of the border remix is a BOP 
Posted by: lewistgreen 27th September 2019, 06:15 PM
This looks like an absolute event *.*
Posted by: Frenchie 27th September 2019, 06:36 PM
Wow, I'm actually looking forward to an Ed Sheeran video! Quite liking the remix, I've had it stuck in my head all day!
Posted by: pippa 27th September 2019, 07:15 PM
This will perform strongly in the charts.
Posted by: SLlewellyn 28th September 2019, 11:21 PM
Sorry, but "South of the Border" deserves to be a huge hit!
Posted by: Bjork 29th September 2019, 06:46 AM
"deserves"
why? cos it has lyrics that could have been written by a 13 year old even if he's nearly 30 and includes the more idiotic cliches ever about Spanish women...
Posted by: Steve201 29th September 2019, 12:53 PM
Why didn't you write his songs then and become a global superstar?
Posted by: WhoOdyssey 30th September 2019, 08:03 PM
I really don't blame him
