10 - Under The Sun

07 - Call My Name

06 - Craziest Things

07 - Girl In The Mirror

09 - A Million Lights

07 - Screw You

06 - Love Killer

05 - Ghetto Baby

07 - Sexy Den A Mutha

08 - Mechanics Of The Heart

07 - All Is Fair

16 - Last One Standing

04 - Boys Lie

05 - One Thousand

06- Telescope

05 - I Like It

06 - Make You Go

04 - Dum Dum

10 - Teddy Bear

 

 

05 - Ghetto Baby

Pffft! :( I found it to be the ultimate grower for me. For me I'd rank it...

 

08.5 'Under The Sun'

10.0 'Call My Name'

07.0 'Craziest Things' (feat. Will.I.Am.)

07.0 'Girl In the Mirror'

10.0 'A Million Lights'

09.0 'Screw You' (feat. Wretch 32)

09.0 'Love Killer'

09.0 'Ghetto Baby'

08.0 'Sexy Den A Mutha'

08.5 'Mechanics Of the Heart'

07.0 'All Is Fair'

07.0 'Last One Standing'

04.5 'Boys Lie'

06.0 'One Thousand'

08.0 'Telescope'

07.0 'I Like It'

05.5 'Make You Go'

03.5 'Dum Dum'

09.0 'Teddy Bear'

 

A pretty solid album. Such an improvement on her previous material. All the ballads are stronger than majority of the ballads she's already released from other albums. 'A Million Lights' is one of my favourite Cheryl songs. It's stunning and her vocal and tone are perfect for it. Majority of the bonus tracks are very worthy of being just them.

08.0 'Under The Sun'

09.5 'Call My Name'

09.0 'Craziest Things' (feat. Will.I.Am.)

08.5 'Girl In the Mirror'

09.0 'A Million Lights'

10.0 'Screw You' (feat. Wretch 32)

09.5 'Love Killer'

09.0 'Ghetto Baby'

08.5 'Sexy Den A Mutha'

08.5 'Mechanics Of the Heart'

07.0 'All Is Fair'

07.0 'Last One Standing'

09.0 'Boys Lie'

09.5 'One Thousand'

08.0 'Telescope'

10.0 "Under the Sun"

10.0 "Call My Name"

09.0 "Craziest Things" (ft. will.i.am)

08.5 "Girl in the Mirror"

08.0 "A Million Lights"

09.5 "Screw You" (ft. Wretch 32)

07.5 "Love Killer"

06.0 "Ghetto Baby"

07.0 "Sexy Den a Mutha"

06.5 "Mechanics of the Heart"

08.0 "All is Fair"

05.5 "Boys Lie"

07.5 "One Thousand"

07.0 "Telescope"

08.5 "Last One Standing"

08.0 "I Like It"

06.5 "Make You Go"

06.5 "Dum Dum"

07.0 "Teddy Bear"

 

"Under the Sun" surprised me with how good it was for some reason, mainly because I expected to prefer "Screw You", although I was still looking forward to hearing both of them.

 

The ballads aren't as strong as the rest of the album, but are a nice break after every few songs.

 

"Last One Standing" is the best song from the deluxe editions, but I'm not sure it would've fit into either section (tracks 1-6 make the first; 7-9 the second and 10-11 don't really fit into either or with one another, but they do with the deluxe tracks, weirdly).

 

A very strong album overall, with many highs and a nice range of genres/sounds.

Hoping Cheryl does some promo around the next few weeks to push it into the top 10 again.. It's a shame it's not doing as well as '3 Words' or 'Messy Little Raindrops' saleswise.. hopefully the sales will grow when a few more singles are released!

Down to #32 in todays midweeks :(

#33 today.

This chart run is starting to shape up as worse as the 'Sound of the Underground' (album) :lol:

It's really quite alarming just how much she's been benefiting from Christmas sales in the past. I thought it'd at least make it past 100k before bombing.

It's really quite alarming just how much she's been benefiting from Christmas sales in the past. I thought it'd at least make it past 100k before bombing.

 

As would anyone releasing every year around xmas time. She released in the summer - the lowest time of year for album sales so it's hardly a shock to see this album is selling less than her previous two.

As would anyone releasing every year around xmas time. She released in the summer - the lowest time of year for album sales so it's hardly a shock to see this album is selling less than her previous two.

I didn't say it was a shock to see it selling less, I said it was a shock to see it selling THIS MUCH LESS. It's almost as if her previous album sales would have been next to nothing if released in Summer, which for one of our most successful female artists is a worry.

As would anyone releasing every year around xmas time. She released in the summer - the lowest time of year for album sales so it's hardly a shock to see this album is selling less than her previous two.

 

That doesn't explain the chart run though.

We have to remember she's dropped one single and done NO promo for the album.

I thought the low sales climate would benefit her chart run but even that hasnt happened. Its a strange outcome so far, the lead single has done very well, the album has got great reviews, she is a big name, her previous albums have done well whereas this album is out a month and hasnt managed 100,000 yet. Albums are so hard to call these days, the 2nd single needs to do reasonably well for her as if it does the album will pick up again but if the singles go like her last album, this album will be very lucky to do 200,000.

 

Summer is a hard release, Kylie;s aphrodite was released in or around the same time, granted it opened on much higher sales than cheryl but for me it seemed forever to reach platnum, plus releasing in the summer you dont get much of a x mas sales boost as by the time x mas comes round summer albums in general are forgotten and i think a million light will see the same pattern as kylies aphrodite but may not reach platnum. Also just look at how mdna has gone for Madoona, its out near 3 months and hasnt managed 150,000 yet, as i said unless the artists promote like hell and manage a few big hits single the albums just lose momentum so quick. Rihanna is an artist who knows how to do this so well and she managed to sell albums, on saying that she works too hard i think plus has become far far too over exposed which is off putting

 

Im not Cheryls biggest fan but im looking at her album from the fairest point of view i can.

Album up 10 places to 38 this week, "Under the sun" is starting to make an impact ! :cheer:

EDIT :P

how much has this sold now? im guessing about 70k?

Up 1 place to #37 this week !

#37 and sales of only 2,500, it is good the album has made a top 40 return but i really believe this album is almost dead in the water and wont garner up alot more sales worth talking about, 200,000 final sales looks the best outcome now.

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