May 25, 201510 yr Got my album this morning and I've only managed a quick run through as yet, but so far I'm still madly in love with Dare and Thank You, Joy has been in my head from day one, so that's a favourite too. Of the new ones I heard for the first time, I'm really liking I Don't Need Another Lover and You Keep On Loving Me, all in up to now I'm an ecstatic Will Fan again and no tracks to skip for me. :yahoo:
May 25, 201510 yr Itunes Album: 85% Proof #7 United Kingdom #25 Cyprus #65 Ireland #80 Netherlands #137 United Kingdom Album: Will Young: The Hits #145 United Kingdom Album: Echoes #106 Estonia
May 25, 201510 yr Author Thanks so much Sunday. So good to see his releases listed in other countries. Love Revolution #71
May 25, 201510 yr Wow it's picked up on Amazon and iTunes! Doing amazing. Would love a Number 1, but if it's a Top 10 due to streaming that'll do. This record will have longevity. :D With the right singles i think platinum is possible. Oh and MY ALBUM ARRIVED, and it's a signed deluxe! Fantastic... Just started playing Brave Man and Promise Me - he's never sounded so good. Will never disappoints. Can't believe he achieved this quality in just ten sessions of recording.
May 25, 201510 yr Like every single track. I was apprehensive that it would not live up to 'Echoes ', but it is wonderful. I got a signed copy too. :yahoo:
May 25, 201510 yr Deluxe now 5th on iTunes Deluxe 1st Sainsburys Entertainment Standard 9th Sainsburys Entertainmemt It's looking good :yahoo: Edited May 25, 201510 yr by dazzey1983
May 26, 201510 yr Mint royale Will Young is bothering the number 1 album spot ahead of the Vaccines. Sales pretty low.
May 26, 201510 yr Author Just read that. I expected low sales. Hope he can hang on. Would still be an achievement after such a lengthy break. Edited May 26, 201510 yr by truly talented
May 26, 201510 yr Mint royale Will Young is bothering the number 1 album spot ahead of the Vaccines. Sales pretty low. Thanks Sunday Fingers crossed
May 26, 201510 yr Oh my. BRILLIANT. So proud and happy for him. I expected the sales to be quite high though? 60,000 bought Echoes Week 1. Even if he drops to No.2 he'll still be in line with his other studio albums - 3 No.1 albums, and 2 No.2 albums to date. Congrats WILL! :D
May 26, 201510 yr Itunes Love Revolution #57 United Kingdom #142 United Kingdom Album: 85% Proof #6 United Kingdom #10 Malaysia #32 Cyprus #45 Ireland #54 Netherlands #70 Estonia #92 United Kingdom Album: Will Young: The Hits #141 United Kingdom Album: Echoes #99 Estonia
May 26, 201510 yr Wow Love Revolution is really picking up as a single isn't it. Thank you Radio 2. It's 26 on Airplay..
May 26, 201510 yr Digital Spy Review Released on Monday, May 25 2015 Will Young 85% Proof album cover. For his fifth studio album, Will Young finally got to make the record he always wanted to with 2011's Echoes. It was a triumph, and proved after a decade since being crowned the original Pop Idol, the singer-songwriter had matured from manufactured talent show winner to a full-bodied artist in his own right. However, it left Will at a bit of a crossroads; does he repeat the template of his pièce de résistance, or continue to explore just how far he can take his sound? The final outcome, 85% Proof, falls somewhere in the middle. After leaving the record and management company he had been with since his Idol victory back in 2002, Young signed a new deal with Island and re-teamed with Echoes songwriters Jim Eliot and Mima Stilwell. Five sessions later and the bulk of the 10-track album was done, but despite the compact time frame and tight-knit team, the overall soundscape isn't as cohesive as you would expect from such circumstances. Opening number 'Brave Man' is the obvious bridge between the two albums; Will is defiant amongst the expansive production of strings and dramatic beats, his vocal growling more as it reaches the peak. This exposed dialogue is continued further on 'Promise Me' as he admits "I'm ready to love again" on the airy chorus, its crescendo stacked ever higher with urgent beats and persistent piano. Along with the pop-noir march of 'Like a River', they feel like the natural successors to Echoes' acute vulnerability, baring the depths of Will's soul in teardrops of discerning pop. But Will made a mindful decision to be more inclusive for this record, acknowledging that some of his previous music has been marginally more internalised. These catch-all moments - which seemingly came with an inclination to explore new styles - are manifested in lead single 'Love Revolution'; a buoyant '60s-sounding soul number calling for blanket happiness with an ingenious sample of Tomcraft's 'Loneliness'. Elsewhere, it's the seductive funk of 'U Think I'm Sexy' and the breezy piano chorus of 'Joy' that lift the album out of Will's deepest thoughts and into a more instinctively relatable zeal. It means the album comes across slightly scattershot by its conclusion, but Will's undeniably distinctive tone guides it through. His delivery is markedly more understated than what we've heard from him before, but its texture and inflection is all the more compelling for it. Sonically, 85% Proof may be a drunkenly drifting blend of genres, but it's Will's sober honesty and solid standing as pop songwriter that means it won't give you a hangover. Tracks to download: 'Like a River', 'Brave Man', 'U Think I'm Sexy', 'I Don't Want a Lover' **** 4 stars Edited May 26, 201510 yr by Sunday
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