The Avicii song isn't very good at all. Gary came extremely close to topping the charts last year with let me go so maybe TT can surprise us.

Not sure which thread to put this in but Take That's albums have FINALLY gone onto USA iTunes so better late than never. However the only thing missing is the Rule The World single. Perhaps with more requests that'll come onto the store. Now the US fans won't have to import constantly. Hopefully this means the new album will get a digital release there also!

Edited October 14, 201410 yr by nirvanamusic

Oh! That's very interesting, thanks for the heads up!

Edited October 14, 201410 yr by jay727

I actually prefer Avicii's song to Take That's new one.

I love Avicii but an underwhelmed by the new single,wake me up is brilliant and lay ne down and addicted you i listen to loads but the new song doesnt build or go anywhere for me.I prefer take thats new single but its not as good as some of their previous work,its also better than some of their previous singles.

Agreed. Aviciis song doesn't go anywhere and Robbie's vocal isnt as strong as it usually is either.

 

I'm optimistic about These Days. Seems to have got good feedback. Would be amazing if it became their 12th number 1, especially when you think of the likes of 1D who struggle to get to number 1 here

A 12th number 1 would be warmly welcomed, One Direction are a bigger singles band than Take That and they cant get the number 1;s, it is even harder for Take That to get it.

Sales wise they could have a chance but i think streaming will work against Take That.

The album will be released in the US on the same day as here

Oh that's good a USA release finally. Where did you learn that? Currently despite earlier this month the new albums being released it's still old songs that are the most popular on US iTunes. The top ten is:

 

1.)Back For Good (top 3 followed by)

2.)How Deep Is Your Love

3.)When We Were Young

4.)Never Forget

5.)Relight My Fire

6.)A Million Love Songs

7.)Could It Be Magic

8.)Pray

9.)Rule The World (live) (Studio single release not available)

10.)Love Ain't Here Anymore

 

Post 2005 Top 5 USA iTunes are:

 

1.)When We Were Young

2.)Rule The World (live)

3.)Patience

4.)The Flood

5.)Greatest Day

 

Album wise:

 

1.)Never Forget: Ultimate Collection

2.)Greatest Day (Live)

3.)Progressed

4.)The Circus

5.)Progress (Live)

 

I really think they'll need to promote in Europe at least for this record as 4 years is a long time, even more so for an older pop band. The Circus wasn't promoted and that didn't do great outside the UK/Ireland.

Edited October 21, 201410 yr by nirvanamusic

It was on the release schedule for metacritic. Agreed, but judging by Gary's tweets, it suggests that TT will be promoting if not touring in Europe, Australia and possibly the US

Selfish you will say but my concern is UK promotion and lots of it please.

UK must be the main concern, promotion of all their singles, especially These Days is absolutely key.

Fully agree. Promotion is so important for them at this stage, a strong promotional campaign throughout November will boost album sales massively.

A 12th number 1 would be warmly welcomed, One Direction are a bigger singles band than Take That and they cant get the number 1;s, it is even harder for Take That to get it.

 

Not sure I agree poo direction are bigger singles band than Take That. Just look at the sales of patience, rule the world and the flood. They have all sold more than most 1D singles expect what makes you beautiful. Take That tend to sell well with their first and second singles from an album but like most acts once the album has sold well the singles don't fare so well and this is also the same for 1D.

Edited October 25, 201410 yr by slowdown73

A lot can change in 4 years these days though, it's a good single but I can see this perhaps doing an 'Into The Blue' for them (maybe if they get an X-Factor performance it can get top 10 though).

 

At least the album should do well for them.

A lot can change in 4 years these days though, it's a good single but I can see this perhaps doing an 'Into The Blue' for them (maybe if they get an X-Factor performance it can get top 10 though).

 

At least the album should do well for them.

 

 

They will have an XF performance and I think it'll be top 5 minimum

New single can be their "Lighthouse" in the terms of chart success.

Modern UK singles chart is EDM, EDM, EDM. :lol:

Hard to guage how well the album will open. It's obviously going to be a huge drop off from Progress, the hype sadly seems pretty minimal. I guess Beautiful World had the comeback hype, The Circus sold very well due to the hype still being around (and heavy first week discounting iirc) and Progress obviously did so well because of Robbie's return and the natural happy ending to the story.

 

But I guess with the band being down to three, the tax evasion controversy, a four year gap between albums and no real buzz to speak of, it might 'only' clear 150-200k first week.

I think III will do ok in terms of sales. Its not going to sell like their previous albums as album sales have dropped through the roof but it's likely to be no1 over the December period. I doubt it will sell a million this year.