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10th Anniversary Vinyl is being released in September.

 

Standard black and a gorgeous Sea Glass variant. The latter seems to have sold out pretty much everywhere and I can't cope. Shouldn't have taken so long to order it! :drama:

 

EDIT: Managed to secure one and it's now sold out on that website so I think I got the last one! WOO!

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It's been so long since I heard Bangerz that I can't remember the album tracks to know which (if any) were potential missed single opportunities. What I do recall is that I wasn't particularly taken with the album at the time... I didn't play it much at all! Which must be why I struggle to recall the songs! :lol:

 

Personally I like Adore You, it's pretty and romantic. Maybe it wasn't an obvious third single, particularly as a ballad following up a ballad. Having said that, other than We Can't Stop and Wrecking Ball, it was the only other song to make the UK Singles Top 100 in the album's release week. Could it be the case that it started off well elsewhere too, which maybe swayed the decision to make it a single? It didn't do badly in the US - it reached #21 there. Interestingly Bangerz was Miley's first album to go as far as having a third single. She has quite a few "2 singles only" eras.

 

Looking at her Official Charts history, I totally forgot that Wrecking Ball came out in the same week as Bangerz in the UK!

It literally only made the top 100 as it was the first track of the album, and then they decided to go with it because of that which was daft and killed the era stone dead when it had more potential.

 

'4x4' would have been a really good choice as a new year single.

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Miley's Bangerz tour was quite extensive, 78 dates from February to October 2014 across North America, Europe, Latin America and Oceania. So in that sense the Bangerz era was still active throughout that year. Therefore it seems weird that the label didn't try to push at least one more single during that time, even if it was a low effort affair. They could have arranged a "tour montage clips" music video.

 

I don't actually agree that the choice of Adore You as a single specifically killed the era. Bangerz was hovering around the UK Top 40 while Adore You was her current single, which was something of a revival. It wasn't like Bangerz had been massive for weeks and then tanked when Adore You came out - in fact the album had already departed the UK Top 40 in early December 2013, which was in advance of Adore You officially becoming a single. So off the back of two #1 singles, Miley hadn't suddenly become a massive albums artist. Outside of its first week, it performed modestly well. Adore You gave the album a little boost, and then it fell away when nothing else was forthcoming. The tour reaching the UK only helped the album to re-enter the Top 100 for 2 weeks.

 

So really I think the era was killed off pretty much by choice, due to them not releasing another single to try and extend its life further!

‘Drive’ and ‘4x4’ were shoulda been singles imo! ‘4x4’ first in the new year and then ‘Drive’ as the tour was happening.

I think Drive was supposed to be the third single but Miley was the one who opted for Adore You (or it was meant to be a single sometime in the campaign and it didn’t happen but the label did push for Drive).

 

I still enjoy this as a whole album listen but she’s definitely topped it since. I do think at the time of release it was my favourite album from her but she’s continued to really evolve artistically since this.

 

Until recently, I always assumed this was her biggest seller UK wise from her albums so I was surprised to see that it wasn’t.

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She looks like an 18 year old gay male that has just discovered hair colouring.

 

Miley I love you but this is iconic.

 

As for a missed opportunity single, it's 4x4 for me.

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Mine arrived today. It’s gorgeous. I was expecting the vinyl to be a bit more translucent/closer to clear than it was though for some reason. I’m absolutely NOT complaining though! :wub:

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