She's still #14 in the chart update. Fingers crossed she can hold on to the top 20 this week!

Holding up ok then, fingers crossed!

Bought my copy today. On My Own is still lovely... but it is missing something that the Passions version had.

Bought my copy today. On My Own is still lovely... but it is missing something that the Passions version had.

 

Bad live vocals?

Bad live vocals?

 

It wasn't bad on Passions at all!!

 

Don't be hating on Kimbore now!!

It wasn't bad on Passions at all!!

 

Don't be hating on Kimbore now!!

 

Her vocals are so much better now though, that wasn't all that good.

 

Also have people seen her performances from G-A-Y she is sounding great imo -

 

 

 

Her belting towards the end of Defying Gravity :heart:

She looks like she's having a great time in those videos! She sounded a lot better than I would have expected as well, and you're right about those notes towards the end of "Defying Gravity". She looked great as well, the outfit was very nice. I presume she also sang "One Day I'll Fly Away" and possibly some other songs from the album/Girls Aloud songs? Hopefully there'll be more videos.

I was hoping we would receive a tweet today and an updated chart position.

Down to #16 in today's update.

The more I listen, the better this album gets. I don't think it's a fantastic album though.

My ranking of the album on first listen:

 

01. One Day I’ll Fly Away

02. As Long As He Needs Me

03. Somewhere

04. On My Own

05. Memory

06. Dreams Can Learn to Fly

07. Defying Gravity

08. I Still Believe (featuring Louise Dearman)

09. Hushabye Mountain

10. You First Love Me

11. Another Suitcase in Another Hall

12. Falling Slowly (featuring Ronan Keating)

 

I’ve given it 7/10 so far, but I’ll give it another listen tomorrow and see if it gets any better.

 

I was hoping for a massive note at the end of As Long As He Needs Me. :(

My deluxe copy finally arrived today after the Universal/Decca cock up. What a lovely album! I particularly love 'Another Suitcase in Another Hall', 'Defying Gravity' and 'Hushabye Mountain'. It's not a singles album true, but it's lovely, almost evocative of the Elaine Paige records my mum used to listen to when I was growing up (if you're not a theatre goer you'd be best advised to look her up). Kimberley has a really nice voice...I mean we all knew she could sing well enough with the girls but with the theatrical stuff she really shines. There isn't a song I don't like on here. Good eff all round!

#99 debut here in Ireland.

It's an abysmal MT CD. The fact is her duet partner on "I Still Believe" blows her out the water (and clearly the producer knows that). Kimberley should've gone into a Jazzy/Norah Jones type album, it would've suited her voice better.

This is #18 in the UK then, one place lower than Nicola's peak! I thought it'd do better, but it's still nothing to be sniffed at, especially as promotion was limited.

Im really happy it managed to stay top 20 or her, hopefully valentines will benefit her and prevent her completely plummeting next week.

Pretty much exactly what I expected from the outset, it'll definitely be out of the top 40 next week.

Pleased with its debut - still Top 20 but not outdoing Nicola Roberts.

Pleased with its debut - still Top 20 but not outdoing Nicola Roberts.

 

Agreed, #18 is a good position.

where did Nicola end up on week 2??