Take That's These Days slips 4-6 (39,565 sales)

Take That' s III (6-5, 86,256 sales, +20.18%)

 

From musicweek

Great so that takes III past 300,000 now, and These Days is about 10k short of 200k

86,256 is good but i am disappointed it is not higher. Actually outside the top 2 none of the sales are overly impressive. At least the album is platinum now and sales should be decent for this week again. :wacko:

86,256 is good but i am disappointed it is not higher. Actually outside the top 2 none of the sales are overly impressive. At least the album is platinum now and sales should be decent for this week again. :wacko:

 

For the first time since the release, I'm not disappointed. I was expecting around 70k, like last week or even less, so seeing an improvement on last week is good.

As long as the album continues to sell constantly, it's all good.

Going platinum in 3 weeks is pretty impressive. We have to put the Progress and Circus era behind us and admit that times have changed for all artists.

 

There's some promo lined up for Christmas - TOPTP and the Helene Fischer show in Germany. Maybe that will boost the sales somewhat.

 

I bought a second copy last week, for a Xmas present. Having listened to it a few times now I'm really impressed with it. In 21 pages of this thread there's surprisingly actual little discussion of the music :lol:

 

My favourite songs are These Days (brilliant catchy uptempo lead single), Lovelife (almost like Mark singing an Avicii song), Into The Wild (like TT meet Swedish House Mafia), Amazing (interesting folk-pop sound - quite Beatles-esque), Get Ready For It (quite an 'epic' sounding classic TT 2.0 type song) and Flaws (classic Gary ballad) but I'm enjoying the whole album.

Agreed! I'm really enjoying the album. I love the first line 'oh I can see the future coming to ya...' Really epic way to kick off the album. Let in the Sun is really good, as is Higher than Higher, If You Want It and Howard's lead song.

 

I would really like If You Want It or Let in The Sun to be the third single. I wonder if they will release a 4th single in the UK this time? I hope Get Ready For It will be a big hit

If You Want It is quite interesting, sort of reminds me of Foster The People or something like that - mainstream psychadelic pop. I like all of the other songs you mentioned as well. I'd probably rank it higher than The Circus (and I love The Circus) although below Beautiful World and Progress for now, but we'll see how it holds up on me.

Nooooo, I want Higher than Higher, Flaws or I Like It as a 3rd single :cry:

If Ed Sheeran or Sam Smith can have hits with TOL or SWM, surely Higher than Higher or Flaws can smash as well. They're miles better - although I'm aware quality is not always the criterion for having a hit.

 

I think Get Ready for It is the best choice for the 2nd single - it's midtempo and it's epic. I always feel like someone is spying on me when I hear it. And when Gary sings "I'll hold your hands with good intentions", I can't help myself from laughing.

 

I'd also like to hear Freeze and Fall Down at Your Feet performed live, because I love them.

Ha well you certainly brighten up the forum. Have a good Xmas Kath :)

 

And Seasons Felicitations to you too Jay! :lol:

lll is the only Take That album where I don't skip a track although I haven't listened to the three extra songs via Google. I absolutely love Higher Than Higher. Gary's voice sounds wonderful and it's just a relaxing song to listen to. It would be great if they put it out as a single - but I don't think they will. Flaws seems to be the ballad of choice by the band as they've sung it a couple of times now, but I don't believe it would have the general appeal of Higher Than Higher.

 

Funnily enough this era is actually missing a more ballad type song and I think it would interest casual TT listeners as it's more in the vain of their earlier stuff. If you think about it Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith's albums are selling off the back of ballads so for TT not to release a ballad off their album would be strange. Expecting Get Ready for It be showcased at the Movie Awards if the timing is right in the same way Rule the World was. I think last week's sales are higher than I expected them to be but they will struggle to get anywhere near a million as there's always a considerable drop in January.

 

If they could arrange another Audience with type show and sing a good selection of the songs off the album I really do think it would make a big difference to sales. These Days as much as it's catchy has been done to death now and they would be better performing one of the ballads off the album.

This is their best album so far for me. I like every track on the album.

lll is the only Take That album where I don't skip a track although I haven't listened to the three extra songs via Google. I absolutely love Higher Than Higher. Gary's voice sounds wonderful and it's just a relaxing song to listen to. It would be great if they put it out as a single - but I don't think they will. Flaws seems to be the ballad of choice by the band as they've sung it a couple of times now, but I don't believe it would have the general appeal of Higher Than Higher.

 

Funnily enough this era is actually missing a more ballad type song and I think it would interest casual TT listeners as it's more in the vain of their earlier stuff. If you think about it Ed Sheeran and Sam Smith's albums are selling off the back of ballads so for TT not to release a ballad off their album would be strange. Expecting Get Ready for It be showcased at the Movie Awards if the timing is right in the same way Rule the World was. I think last week's sales are higher than I expected them to be but they will struggle to get anywhere near a million as there's always a considerable drop in January.

 

If they could arrange another Audience with type show and sing a good selection of the songs off the album I really do think it would make a big difference to sales. These Days as much as it's catchy has been done to death now and they would be better performing one of the ballads off the album.

 

Totally agree. These Days has the radio support right now and it holds well without too much promotion. It's time the boys started promoting another song. I adore Flaws, but I think Higher than Higher would have a broader appeal and it's not even that slow. There's a sort of poll on Take That's fb page about what songs fans would like to hear on the tour. From what I saw, Higher than Higher is amongst the most demanded.

Gary has said he'd love to do another Audience With, but I think we have to insist a bit more in order for that to happen.

 

You have to listen to the bonus tracks. In my opinion, they should have been on the standard version, especially Fall Down at Your Feet. And Gary's voice on the verses of If It's not Love is to die for.

I'm still trying to decide what I really think about the album B-). It seems to depend on which mood I'm in. My favourite songs are These Days, Lovelife, I Like It, Into The Wild. After the concert at BBC Radio 2 I like Get Ready For It and Let In The Sun much better than I did before .

 

I was a little surprised to see in the credits for III that they worked together with a Swedish songwriting duo on Higher Than Higher and also recorded it in Stockholm. Wish I had known that earlier :P

Edited December 24, 201410 yr by Cat62

Let in the sun would make strong second single. I'm not sure how well get ready for it will do. Its not a bad tune by any means but not one of the standout tracks from the album for me.

Have had the album on a lot today and boy do Iobe love light,great tune that should be a single

Album is 99p on Google Play today only, tell your friends etc...

Song is also climbing quickly on iTunes Germany, up to #24, they performed it on the Helene Fischer (:wub:) show:

 

That's great news! Hopefully the album will get a push too!

 

Do you know when the German single and album charts are?

Edited December 27, 201410 yr by jay727

Anyone know the sales figures for this week? I've also listened to the album over the past couple of days. I still love Higher Than Higher but there really isn't a song that I don't like. It is a shame sales aren't higher which means there will be a fair few people going to the tour who don't know the songs outside of These Days.

 

Although Get Ready For It isn't my favourite by a long way Gary has said it would make a good opener for the tour, and I can see why. The songs off the album sound really , really strong live and TT are one of the few who's songs often sound stronger live. I think this tour may actually be a really good one.

 

I've heard some people say that their sound is poor and missing Jay and Rob's voices. People forget that Mike and Milton in particular provide backing vocals which means the sound hasn't changed much at all. To me they sound just as strong as before and if anything you can hear Howard's voice much more. This era of TT may actually be the one where Howard shines and that would be a lovely and unexpected result of Jay leaving - although I still find it strange looking at just the three of them!!

Anyone know the sales figures for this week? I've also listened to the album over the past couple of days. I still love Higher Than Higher but there really isn't a song that I don't like. It is a shame sales aren't higher which means there will be a fair few people going to the tour who don't know the songs outside of These Days.

 

Although Get Ready For It isn't my favourite by a long way Gary has said it would make a good opener for the tour, and I can see why. The songs off the album sound really , really strong live and TT are one of the few who's songs often sound stronger live. I think this tour may actually be a really good one.

 

I've heard some people say that their sound is poor and missing Jay and Rob's voices. People forget that Mike and Milton in particular provide backing vocals which means the sound hasn't changed much at all. To me they sound just as strong as before and if anything you can hear Howard's voice much more. This era of TT may actually be the one where Howard shines and that would be a lovely and unexpected result of Jay leaving - although I still find it strange looking at just the three of them!!

 

I saw a conversation like this on twitter, but, to be fair, it was initiated by an avid Robbie fan, so I couldn't take it seriously. To me, they have sounded incredibly well on all their live sessions. Gary's voice on Relight My Fire on the BBC Live Session was better than during his youth and the harmonies were strong. People dissing them are clearly bitter. You can say you dislike their new songs, but to say they suck live is: a) a result of frustration or b) a hearing problem.

 

As for their sales this week, I hope they stayed above 70k. Anything better than that is a bonus for me.