June 5, 20187 yr ^ yes but music is a business and if she isn’t making money and paying off her record company debts then she can’t make more music!
June 5, 20187 yr ^ yes but music is a business and if she isn’t making money and paying off her record company debts then she can’t make more music! Music is also an art, and there is a difference between making money and making a lot of money. She’s seemingly happy with the former. Most artists make money through touring or endorsements now, not music sales. She’s fine. This project seems pretty low budget anyway? Both in terms of promotion and the producers she’s worked with. Edited June 5, 20187 yr by blacksquare
June 7, 20187 yr Well, I feel better about the album having read that interview with Lily. It reminds me just how real she is which is one of the big reasons I loved her in the first place. However I'm not sure I'm gonna connect with this album very well - it literally sounds like music to get high to and chill and that's just not what I wanna do with my life. Completely different tangents.
June 7, 20187 yr Yeah, I really want to like the album after reading about its background, but the music just isn't working for me and no amount of understanding the place she's coming from is going to make it appeal to me. :(
June 7, 20187 yr Author I really like the video and looking forward to hearing the album tonight, maybe its cohesiveness will help in liking it.
June 8, 20187 yr It’s finally out!! These tracks are as good as I remember them :wub: a really fantastic album from start to finish.
June 8, 20187 yr What an album, Lily did that It’s really quite brutal isn’t it? She’s so vulnerable and honest. The production is great throughout too. I imagine this is going to review well.
June 8, 20187 yr On first listen this album is AMAZING. Sad but amazing. The production, the lyrics, her voice... DAMN, Lily is back! Oh and so happy with "Lost my mind" being playlisted on Radio 1 :wub:
June 8, 20187 yr I've certainly enjoyed this more on first listen than I did "Sheezus". It is coherent and honest. It is uncommercial but that doesn't mean there isn't quality. Not sure about its playbackability but will certainly be giving it a few more listens at least.
June 8, 20187 yr Some sales info from Music Week: The first glimpse of the new record arrived back in December 2017, with Trigger Bang (feat. Giggs). The song has been streamed 3,225,881 times and has a to date sales tally of 35,291, according to the Official Charts Company. Allen then announced the album’s release in March this year, dropping two new tracks, Higher and Three, simultaneously. Higher has 545,796 streams to date, while Three has been streamed 349,098 times. Also from the album, Lost My Mind was released earlier this month.Allen’s biggest selling single to date is 2009’s The Fear (663,009 sales, OCC), which Mitchell described as “one of the best pop songs of the last 20 years”. Her cover of Keane’s Somewhere Only We Know has sold 845,881 copies. Allen’s biggest selling album is 2006’s Alright Still (1,141,883 sales). It’s Not Me It’s You, from 2009, has sold 1,069,971 copies. Sheezus, released in 2014, has shifted 112,941 copies.
June 8, 20187 yr I really didn't like any of the singles but as a whole package, it's really good! So chilled and some of the lyrics are so emotional / raw - she's at her best! 'Come On Then' is so good :wub:
June 8, 20187 yr I actually prefer Sheezus - I really loved that album. This album starts off strong, then falls flat and finishes on a high. 09.0 Come On Then 11.0 Trigger Bang 06.0 What You Waiting For? 06.0 Your Choice 09.0 Lost My Mind 10.0 Higher 08.0 Family Man 06.0 Apples 05.0 Everything to Feel Something 08.0 Waste 09.0 My One 09.0 Pushing Up Daisies 08.0 Cake
June 9, 20187 yr She's a true gift :wub: I think that Waste is my favourite at the moment. I just love that "Who the f*** are you tho?" is the hook! :lol:
June 9, 20187 yr She said on Twitter she's number 2 in the midweeks behind Jorja Smith ! That's great if true !
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