Fifth Harmony's first full-length album 'Reflection' is apparently gong to be released in September and fans are currently using Twitter to unlock the proper version of the album artwork which you can see a teaser of above!
'Bo$$' is definitely a grower and I look forward to seeing what their album sounds like!
Agreed - Bo$$ is definitely a grower! Aren't those the outfits they wore in Bo$$, as well?
They've done a pretty naff job at concealing that if they are doing a reveal on Twitter
Here is the artwork!
They did such an EXCELLENT job at concealing it in the teaser...
On a serious note, it's better than some debut album artwork from girlbands.
Looking at their Twitter, it seems they've changed the album artwork to this:
I like both the old one and this one, I don't really have a preference either way.
That's the "special edition" artwork, I assume that's just a deluxe edition maybe.
The pre-order is up on US iTunes with a release date of November 17th. The artwork I posted above is the standard edition artwork but there is a colour version that is being used for the deluxe edition.
Currently at 30 on the US iTunes, think it was at 12 yesterday.
Edit: Just heard Going Nowhere, sounds incredible! Can't wait to hear the studio version!
Aslo just listened to the studio version of Them Girls Be Like, not 100% keen on it, definitely album filler material.
Pushed back to December, such an awful move in my opinion.
Pushed back again to January 26th 2015 Heading into Azealia Banks territory tbh.
Oh no Forever being pushed back, a fair few of their fans are not happy on twitter.
Also on another note the girls have been nominated for an EMA & are against 5Sos, you can vote by hashtag going votefitharmony over on twitter. Can't believe how well they're doing to be honest! Over 29mlion votes for them & they're under 200,000 away from 5SOS.
Why is there no physical preorder link for this?!?
There's not any kind of pre-order in the UK
SO MUCH FOR A WORLDWIDE RELEASE COWELL.
Headlining their own tour in the US, shame it's not including UK dates!
Pushed back again to February 07th
1. 'Top Down'
2. 'BO$$'
3. 'Sledgehammer'
4. 'Worth It'
5. 'This Is How We Roll'
6. 'Everlasting Love'
7. 'Like Mariah'
8. 'Them Girls Be Like'
9. 'Reflection'
10. 'Sugar Mama'
11. 'We Know'
Deluxe edition
12. 'Going Nowhere'
13. 'Body Rock'
14. 'Brave, Honest, Beautiful'
titles are a bit meh - but still have hope for a decent album.
I want previews!
'Like Mariah'
I just can't help but laugh at the fact we've heard just under half the album before it's even been released!
New instant grat:
Amazing! Sounds like it could be a big hit if it became a single although maybe the 'Talk Dirty'/'Problem' trumpet/saxophone craze is over now.
Sounds like an even better version of Bo$$ to be honest
EDIT: I just noticed the tracklist gosh another namedrop?
It'll sound great on radio—yeah the sax is kinda a few months late but the small DJ Mustard nod on the verses updates it a bit. And yeah I like it on first listen, but I have to see how I feel about it in a month 'cause that's how long it took me to get sick of "Talk Dirty" and "Problem".
This album is now "out there", listening through now ~
Ooooooh lemme find myself a link
I'm most of the way through now, the quality could be better but I am enjoying it a lot, a very strong debut for the most part! First time hearing Worth It for me and that was my favourite, the two singles aside I think. Loads of great tracks though!
Listened through once and have to say it really is a mixed bag. A lot of it seems very throw-away and there are a good few tracks which are just terrible. Even on a lot of the tracks which have potential the amateurish production really lets them down.
On the other hand we have anthems like 'Top Down', 'Worth It' and 'Brave Honest Beautiful' which really save it... will do a full review later.
Full rate:
08.5 Top Down (so much fun)
09.0 BO$$
07.5 Sledgehammer
09.5 Worth It (feat. Kid Ink)
03.5 This Is How We Roll (the breakdown is horrific)
07.5 Everlasting Love (nice care-free Ariana vibe about this one)
06.0 Like Mariah (feat. Tyga) (I know this is awful but I kind of like it. I can't hate anything with that 'Be My Baby' sample, however Camilla's vocals are repugnant)
01.0 Them Girls Be Like (like BO$$ but without any melody, should have never been included)
07.0 Reflection (yet again, production let's this down massively, almost very good)
04.5 Suga Mama (should've just covered Bey tbh)
06.5 We Know (get where they were going with this but despite the lovely vocals it kind of falls flat)
07.0 Going Nowhere (love the chorus but hollow feeling to production)
00.0 Body Rock (not here for this 'I've Had The Time Of My Life' nonsense. That chorus is just an embarrassment)
09.0 Brave Honest Beautiful (feat. Meghan Trainor) (thank the lord for this coming to save the day, way too catchy)
So yeah, really really mixed and overall a disappointing effort from the supposedly "next big girlband". If they want that title they better do better than this. The production throughout is dreadful.
Can someone possibly send me a link to listen to this please ?
After how amazing "BO$$", "Sledgehammer" and "Worth It" were, my expectations for this album were very high. It's just okay-good, and definitely not amazing. It's a decent debut but it's nothing wow.
"Reflection" or "Worth It" or "Brave Honest Beautiful" for the next single.
This Is How We Roll is awful
This is how we roll is so inspiring *.*
Not heard the whole album yet, but Worth It is SUCH a grower!
The album is so cringey... Especially the last track on the Deluxe, oh my god.
I'll keep 'BO$$', Top Down and Sledgehammer. I might give a listen to 'Worth It' and 'This Is How We Roll' every now and then.
Also, Camilla must have the most horrible tone in all girlgroups that has ever existed.
This Is How We Roll aka a Lidl version of Scream & Shout
Brave Honest Beautiful is absolutely divine
WHAT is this version of Reflection?! The live performance and the live instrumental on that make the song sound SO much bigger than it is.
The album version is terrible.. sounds like they did the instrumental themselves on garageband.
I agree that the songs we've heard so far are about the best... It's not a terrible album or anything but it's just quite average and not produced that well at all. You'd think it was indepedent and they couldn't afford decent producers, this is supposed to be the first album from a huge new girlband and they have Simon Cowell behind them!
The album is ok there are some good songs on their, excluding the singles I like Worth it, Reflection, We Know, Going Nowhere and Top Down the most but the album is not as good as I was expecting it to be overall. Also the live versions of Reflection and Going Nowhere are SO much better than the studio version's
Okay, I am obsessed with "Brave Honest Beautiful".
After listening to the full album, I have to say I'm so disappointed.
When I was reading your reviews about the production being bad, I didn't think much of it because most criticised the production on 'Living For The Weekend' but this is laughable!
There are about 6 songs that use the same faux urban/DJ Mustard beats & drops. It's painfully bad.
You can hear the difference in quality on the tracks by bigger producers, they sound alive.
I was hoping for an album full of 'Sledgehammer' x10 but it's not happening for me
I only like 'Sledgehammer' & 'Brave Honest Beautiful'. Why the latter is the last track is a mystery.
Considering this was pushed back what seems around 15 times, it's scary to think that this is all they've come up with when they've had time to better it.
Tracks I Love: (should be singles)
Boss
Sledgehammer
Worth It
This Is How We Roll (want this as next full single)
Like Mariah
Going Nowhere
Brave Honest Beautiful
Tracks I Like:
Everlasting Love
Reflection
Suga Mama
Body Rock
Tracks that make me go "meh!"
Top Down
Them Girls Be Like
We Know
Dinah is their best singer, yet I've think the only time I've heard her before listening to the album was on 'Worth It', on the other hand, Camilla sings about 85% of their discography and she is the weakest singer in the group > her falsetto isn't good, she barely has an headvoice, her vibrato makes me like Jesy (Little Mix), and her tone is just plain down annoying (but, fair enough, that's subjective...)
On the other hand, I always thought Dinah had a really pretty tone.
I'd give you that, Camilla definitely has a very distinctive voice (because of all that off-key singing, mostly, but whatever...) whereas I feel like the other four blend far too much with eachother. Not enough differences. With that in mind, I guess it makes sense to have her on the lead...but her contribution sometimes is just far too much.
That being said, I've been BOPING to 'Top Down' since yesterday.
Dinah is their best singer, yet I've think the only time I've heard her before listening to the album was on 'Worth It', on the other hand, Camilla sings about 85% of their discography and she is the weakest singer in the group > her falsetto isn't good, she barely has an headvoice, her vibrato makes me like Jesy (Little Mix), and her tone is just plain down annoying (but, fair enough, that's subjective...)
On the other hand, I always thought Dinah had a really pretty tone.
I'd give you that, Camilla definitely has a very distinctive voice (because of all that off-key singing, mostly, but whatever...) whereas I feel like the other four blend far too much with eachother. Not enough differences. With that in mind, I guess it makes sense to have her on the lead...but her contribution sometimes is just far too much.
That being said, I've been BOPING to 'Top Down' since yesterday.
Well this is quite the disappointment.
WHAT EVEN is all that namedropping?!
Come on Sean., We Know is boring, unoriginal lyrics "I won't believe you this time but I will always have feelings for you, woahoahhh! Now let's repeat we know, we know, we know what an arsehole you really are." Said every woman or girlgroup who had an album ever.
I have to disagree with all the posts and I think Camilla has the best voice of the group. It's very unique and distinctive!
Dinah is definitely the best singer and I'm baffled why she never gets any solos.
Would you guys post some predictions for the album in my US Reflection thread in the http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/International-Charts-f131.html.
Thanks
Definitely not getting a lot of the criticism of this album, I think it's a really strong debut! They clearly know what sound they're going for and it makes for a mostly great album. The first half especially is ON POINT. Best debut ever? No, not even close, but it's enjoyable nonetheless and I'm liking it a lot more than I thought I would!
Worth It is the only song which sounds like a smash (other than Bo$$ and Sledgehammer).
I'll agree with that tbf, there aren't many smashes on here sadly. Worth It is bloody amazing though.
And I really need to get to learn their names as I can't pin names to faces right now lol
I love Camila's voice too but Dinah definitely has the best voice! Camilla is just annoying personality wise, it's something I can't put my finger on either she just... is.
Camila's voice is my favourite, I love distinctive tones and Camila's is definitely very distinctive. They are all great singers though!
This is such a weak debut and they have next to no opportunity of smashing worldwide with this album.
They've struggled chart wise in America and a single released after the album changing that. They had a fair amount of hype in the UK following 'Bo$$' but sadly I think they've been forgotten. 'Sledgehammer' is top 100 on Spotify but has no impact date in the UK.
talk of needing to learn their names, will there be any point. a shite debut surely means they won't breakout and will be dropped before the year's end?
Okay so a lot of the songs sound MUCH better in HQ..
Ally is definitely my favourite out of them all: Voice and Personality. Then followed by Dinah and Normani. Then Lauren who I find a bit bland in interviews, then Camilla who seems a bit of a spoiled brat ( no offense) in their vlog videos
'Like Mariah' is EVERYTHING
Interesting! As I feel like this is one of the main criticsm the album could get. They have ventured in to many different sounds and productions, I don't feel like the label has really found what sound they should be aiming for. (Basically, I don't blame them at all, it really comes down to the label).
It makes LFTW sound like a cohesive album, tbh...
Brave Honest Beautiful is fantastic
This Is How We Roll is such a jam omg.
Have warmed to this a bit more; the deluxe tracks are a bit snooze worthy but have warmed to most of the tracks apart from Like Mariah and Suga Mama!
Brave, Honest, Beautiful just sounds like a bad 'Had It With Today' by The Saturdays to me tbh. The rest of the album is brilliant though, Like Mariah, Everlasting Love and This Is How We Roll being highlights (apart from the awfully produced final chorus).
My CD import from Australia arrived this week, what a fantastic album this is! I was expecting something more average after reading reviews on here, but it's brilliant. After just one listen I could remember how just about each track sounded from memory and that is a sign of a great album for me!
'This Is How We Roll' and 'Top Down' are definitely the stand-outs aside from the three singles for me but it's a very enjoyable album overall! Great debut
So glad I left a week before writing what I think about this album, because at first I wasn't majorly impressed, but now I love it! Highlights are Worth It, Top Down, Like Mariah, Brave Beautiful Honest & Reflection.
It's definitely a grower. I'm now absolutely loving it!
Having given this more time to grow, there are only a few tracks I don't really like. The only tracks I don't like are Like Mariah, Suga Muma and maybe Body Rock?
Finally got round to downloading this tonight and the album is superb! (Got the Better Together EP too). It's been a long time since I've thoroughly enjoyed an album from a girl group!
Does anyone know where I could find out the sales for this album? On Wikipedia it says it's sold 170,000 copies in the US but not sure how reliable that is.
Has anybody seen their facebook post?
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11013117_554599471344735_8850292390150415648_n.png?oh=b2df371d98c2dbfbce813bf966cbf478&oe=56031351
'This Is How We Roll' the next single?
They better f***ing stick to Worth It for a while. It has worldwide potential and I am not here for them cutting it short by announcing a new single already
I'm sure they posted other song titles previously, just a promotional thing surely?
The girls are easily more frustrating than The Saturdays, the amount of promotion they do is horrendous.
They pulled out of the BBMA because they never wanted to do 'Worth It' acoustic. 'Worth It' is getting heavily airplay and a performance right now would put it top 10 on USA iTunes. They are also coming to the UK for Summertime ball, they better have performances on This Morning / Alan Carr etc.
They said they weren't satisfied with the performance they were going to do of Worth It. I'd rather they gave 100% and were happy instead of a Saturday's half arsed performance *cough* WAYWF *cough*
All of their performances have been either mimed or half arsed, so they might as well go ahead with it
This is now available on UK iTunes for release exactly a month today!
Simon really should have got them a slot on BGT Final, It could have at least went top 100 on iTunes and the chance of Radio 1 playlisting 'Worth It' could have increased. The album has peaked at #12 and #74 on Pre-Orders in the UK but it really looks like they are going to be the next big girl band.
Disappointed that they never included Miss Movin On on the 'Reflection' release here.
I can't at how these poor girls just can't get a hit despite how much promotion is being invested in them. How exactly are they profitable and how is Simon Cowell still trying?
Literally see Sledgehammer every single day on TV on non-music channels, Worth It is hammered on radio. Even at a straight club on Saturday, I heard Worth It twice and Sledgehammer once in the space of 2 hours
Not even a fan, but Worth It is such a guilty pleasure and if that can't get them a hit then I don't know what will :')
They are definitely getting their hit, but I would just like to point out the amount of effort. I'm not saying this in a shady way at all, but it really goes out to show how much you actually have to work to get a hit single if you're a girlgroup. You know, first you have to release a bunch of multiple flop singles, and then eventually one will pick up and you have to promote the shit out of it for months.
That's what they did and now they are getting their hit.
It does feel that finally everything is clicking into place for the girls and all the investment in them is going to pay off. If the rumours I've read are right and that a brand new single with a 'Reflection' re-release is coming up next, then that's definitely the best way of maintaining the momentum. 'This Is How We Roll' is the best single choice left probably, but it won't be a massive hit unless it is massively remixed.
Where did ya read about a rerelease?
Also everyone go take part in the Fifth Harmony rate pleaseeeee!
"Worth It" officially gone platinum in the States.
AllyBrooke Hernandez @AllyBrooke 5h5 hours ago
WHDODJD WORTH IT WENT PLATINUM!!! Ahhhhhh whaaaaaat the heeeckkkk this is unreeeeallll!!
I want a release of Reflection and/or Top Down then straight into recording the next album with a clear and cohesive campaign planned ahead. Woo for Worth It cracking Platinum in the states, I really want it to go Top 10 but a peak of 17 is respectable enough in such a hard market.
I'm surprised at their successes they've had stateside - Little Mix, The Sats and G.R.L. never really got too much exposure so the fact they've got a million (that's right right?) selling single is pretty incredible! Make sure you all take part in the Reflection rate too!
I'd be rather disappointed if they released a re-release, mainly due to the fact that 'Reflection' is being released in UK next month.
Just announced by https://twitter.com/987ampradio.
The video is to be shot in september
They really should've gone with Body Rock
This better be a joke. I like the song don't get me wrong but This Is How We Roll, Reflection, Everlasting Love and Brave Honest Beautiful could all make good single choices. Typical
Top Down is one of the songs I cherry picked form the album and like it. I just don't know why they don't go for Reflection, it's such a iconic single worthy song.
It's definitely the best single choice left in my opinion, but I'm not sure any of the album tracks left are strong enough to carry on the momentum of 'Worth It'. I'd have released a brand new song or at the very least done a single remix of 'Top Down' featuring someone else.
That's actually my local station
I think this is an OK choice. I'm still hoping they'll push Sledgehammer in the UK though.
This is a good one to follow on from 'Worth It'! It's good. Will it be a hit? I dunno. But it wouldn't surprise me if it became huge.
It should have been 'Reflection' with a single remix that beefed up the production a little bit.
They could have got a rent-a-rapper on it too
Top Down makes sense because it's the most similar to Worth It with the trumpet sections etc..
tbh i would've preferred this is how we roll, everlasting love, like mariah, brave honest beautiful, going nowhere or even reflection over this ngl
I can see "Brave Honest Beautiful" wrapping up the era though rather than being a single in the middle of the era.
Really wished they could have gone with "This Is How We Roll" but any Fifth Harmony single is a blessing IMO
Mess
Yes, slay girls! This is my favourite album track!
It's quite good. Their singles standards don't appear to be falling and I'm enjoying the Fancy-like beat!
This Is How We Roll needs a release! This is just average.
Hopefully "Sledgehammer" in the UK. I can't see this doing anything here.
Was hoping for Brave, Honest, Beautiful to be the next single
This sounds slowed down to me for some reason, but it's my favourite song by them behind Worth It, I'm not even going to pretend to guess how it will do though.
Best single choice after 'Worth It' by far! It is a massive highlight from a weak album.
A great new soundtrack song from the girls 'I'm In Love With A Monster' has leaked today!
http://www.josepvinaixa.com/blog/fifth-harmony-im-in-love-with-a-monster/
That is amazing! They seriously need to release another single now! This Is How We Roll, Like Mariah and Reflection all screaming to be released.
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