Not an 'evolution' at all, some of the album is really bad!

I like the sound of 'Hold Me Down' though, it's a shame they're so generic because they could be quite good, the autotune really isn't helping their case either, I thought they could sing on XF so it's not really necessary.

The album's out tomorrow...they've uploaded this acoustic video of 'Hold Me Down'. This would be an incredible single!

 

I can see this album opening on much lower sales than their previous albums.

Overall a very strong album! I think 'Have Your Way' would make an excellent single, it's got a bit of a funky 80's feel to it whilst maintaining that sort of early new jack swing sound. 'Gotta Try It' is like a darker version of 'Gone' by *NSYNC and 'I Like It' is very strong too. The dance-y songs like 'All The Way' are passable but they're not OTT like 'The Club is Alive' was - bit more refined.

Oh god, apparently they're covering Run and releasing that as a Christmas single... :mellow:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/artic...l#ixzz2BMtl9V7I

I saw that too but Robot pointed out the following comment to me;

 

They're not releasing a Christmas single. This was for their Christmas special for Sky1, they were singing around a camp fire with fans. Do some research DM before posting!

 

Phew.

Oh thank god for that :lol: That would be all kids of awful!

I was about to say that was for their Christmas special. Someone I follow on Twitter went to the filming of it - I can't wait to watch it! Ben Winston's directed it who they also did their ITV1 special and 'Eyes Wide Open' 3D film with :)

Guessing this will chart at #4 or #5 on Sunday but i think it will be a solid seller over the Christmas period - Clearly they need to go down the 'Great Hits' route next year!

Number 3 in today's chart update then...am relieved to see it's top 5 at least, hopefully it'll stay there or at #4 come Sunday! They were on 'Loose Women' yesterday and they're doing album signings - one in Newcastle tonight and another in Birmingham on Friday.

Excellent start for JLS! Seeing as the #1 & #2 album have sold 50k and 25k so far this week then JLS should get decent sales too.

Track-by-track commentary that they've just uploaded to their VEVO:

 

'Evolution' enters at #7 in Ireland. Somewhat embarrassingly that is a place behind One Direction's 'Up All Night' at #6! 22-46-58 for the 'Hottest' single.

 

Album holding on at midweek #3 in the UK.

The tour isn't until December 2013, I know they've announced a year in advance in the past but I don't see the need this time. :lol: :( And it's annoying because I'd normally get tickets for Sheffield but I may or may not have moved down to London by that time.

First week sales last week were apparently 34k. Even I can't shy away from the fact that's crap. I just hope the Sky1 Christmas special and 'Give Me Life' push it towards the 100-200k mark at least :( They don't deserve this. Just hope it's a temporary blip.

It doesn't help that the album is patchy at best. I listened to a couple of songs from their first album recently and it doesn't even sound like the same band anymore. Outta This World was 3/4 excellent as well so it's a shame Jukebox and Evolution have been pants.

Edited November 15, 201212 yr by Jamesy

They are a very average band, releasing very average music.

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Edited November 15, 201212 yr by James wead

Am sure the Sky 1 special will give them a boost and hopefully give the album legs post Christmas