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Digital Spy Review

 

Thanks Sunday, that's one I was waiting for and it's pretty insightful. :cheer: Best description I've seen in fact.

Itunes

 

Love Revolution

#67 United Kingdom

#140 United Kingdom

 

Album: 85% Proof

#7 United Kingdom

#15 Malaysia

#33 Ireland

#43 Cyprus

#71 Estonia

#89 United Kingdom

#92 Netherlands

#132 South Africa

 

Album: Will Young: The Hits

#158 United Kingdom

 

Album: Echoes

#104 Estonia

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Thanks to Scrumpy

 

Herald Scotland

 

Will Young

 

85% Proof

 

(Island)

 

Will Young has kept himself busy since reclaiming the No 1 album slot four years ago with Echoes. He's switched labels, won praise for his turn as The Emcee in Cabaret in the West End, penned some politicised blogs for the Huffington Post, taken up martial arts and undergone somatic experience therapy. He's also, some might say, lost ground to Olly Murs and Sam Smith.

 

New album 85% Proof goes a fair bit of the way to claiming that ground back. His lyrics are still too woolly to deserve the respect afforded his online musings (Brave Man suffers from too much self-motivation manual guff about being "not afraid to topple, not afraid to fall") and you've got to worry about the personal life of someone who goes from the funky thump of I Just Want A Lover to the piano isolation of I Don't Need A Lover from one album to the next.

 

But there are times here (notably when he avoids that reedy falsetto) when his voice is on top form. The Northern Soul stylings of Love Revolution take Smith on at his own nostalgic game, there are simple old-school pop pleasures to be had in Joy (its escalating verse as catchy as its arena-sized chorus) and there's a dreamy quality to Gold that doesn't allow the strings to take over.

 

Let's imagine, then, that the image on the album cover is Young coming off the ropes, ready for the next round.

 

http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/mu...sland.127087215

Thanks TT

 

Itunes

 

 

Love Revolution

#71 United Kingdom

#136 United Kingdom

 

Album: 85% Proof

#7 United Kingdom

#25 Malaysia

#26 Qatar

#42 Ireland

#45 Cyprus

#50 South Africa

#68 Estonia

#93 United Kingdom

 

Album: Will Young: The Hits

#166 United Kingdom

 

Album: The Essential

#174 Ireland

 

Thinks

.... How many more friends do I have ŵho need a copy of this album

..... <_<

Thanks TT still doing well.

 

Sales from yesterday thanks to popjustice forum

 

1 9,060 85 PROOF WILL YOUNG

2 7,504 ENGLISH GRAFFITI VACCINES

3 4,412 TAYLOR SWIFT

4 3,180 LIQUID SPIRIT GREGORY PORTER

5 3,057 WILDER MIND MUMFORD & SONS

Edited by Sunday

Official charts

 

Will Young’s 85% Proof currently leads the race to this week’s Number 1, landing just over 1,000 combined chart sales ahead of The Vaccines’ English Graffiti (2) at this midweek stage.

 

Both acts have previously topped the chart: Young with 2002 debut From Now On, 2003’s Friday’s Child and 2011’s Echoes, and The Vaccines with 2012’s Come Of Age.

 

 

 

They are closing the gap by the look of it.

Thanks Sunday as we expected.

 

 

Well they keep adding album signings this week they are doing 7 so i cant see how they can lose without Will promoting on TV which he is not.

Just bought yet another copy.

...every little helps

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Am i the only one who is abit miffed that Will only spent ten days on this album? I mean i like it(Brave Man, Promise Me, Thank You are my faves) but he was off for four years i cannot believe he was writing for ages for it.

 

Despite what he says i am not entirely convinced he enjoy's the popstar thing anymore. I think he has other interests now and it seems doing this album was more of a 'chore' or 'obligation' than a genuine interest like previously.

 

I am just guessing, but most people write for years and do nearly a hundred songs before getting an album together. I am surprised he could only dedicate ten days to the writing process. He should have been writing constantly, maybe this would have resulted in a even better album.

 

It doesn't show on the record though, but i am surprised he admitted it.

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Love this review.

 

Celeb Mix

 

WILL YOUNG – 85% PROOF

There is just something about Will Young, whether he be in skin-clad lycra or in brightly-coloured polar neck vests he just oozes sex appeal. And when you think it can’t get any better the ‘Light my Fire’ singer is setting the sound waves ablaze with this his 6th album.

 

Will Young who was the innagural winner of Pop Idol back in 2002 has gone from strength to strength. The first single from this new album has a certain old-school pop quality to it which will result in uncontrollable foot-tapping. However as much as I enjoy a good beat I honestly am in awe of the simply stunning track entitled ‘I Don’t need a Lover’ which beautifully showcases his unmistakable falsetto tone.

 

The album has a very mature, classy sound with a spooky sound which seems reverberate throughout every track. From the choral backing in the opening track, ‘Brave Man’, to the tangible coolness which like airconditiong becomes apparent in ‘Like a River’ the album indicates a new side to our pop prince.

 

This is most definitely one of my top albums so far of 2015, if you don’t believe me give his new single Love Revolution a listen.

 

http://celebmix.co.uk/will-young-85-proof?...j.JwWEKaYB.dpbs

Like that Review :D I've just ordered another Album for somebody as a Christmas present, started early this year lol every little helps as they say :)

 

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Itunes

 

 

Love Revolution

#90 United Kingdom

#149 United Kingdom

 

Like a River

#93 United Arab Emirates

#186 South Africa

 

Promise Me

#96 Azerbaijan

 

Album: 85% Proof

#3 Jordan

#9 United Kingdom

#62 Malta

#65 Qatar

#68 Ireland

#77 South Africa

#104 Russia

#120 United Kingdom

#159 United Arab Emirates

#178 Saudi Arabia

 

 

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