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Water Under The Bridge's production sounds so much like Jessie Ware's Champagne Kisses!

 

My favourites from the first play are: 'Water Under The Bridge', 'Million Years Ago' & 'All I Ask'.

The ultimate is 'All I Ask'.. it sounds like such a timeless ballad, so beautiful. Such emotion.

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Remedy has grown on me so much over the last few hours but still not feeling Million Years Ago or Sweetest Devotion.

 

Current rankings which will change because y'know :lol:

 

11/10: Sweetest Devotion & Million Years Ago

9: All I Ask

8/7: Remedy and I Miss You

6: Water Under The Bridge

5/4: Hello and River Lea

3: Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

2: When We Were Young

1. Love In The Dark

 

That top two could really change but right now Love In The Dark is REALLY leading the way, absolutely incredible. Just got my physical copy, the inside artwork is just beautiful.

So far, I am in love with Remedy, When We Were Young and for some reason my favourite is Send My Love :wub:
Amazing album :wub:, I'm just waiting for the 3 bonus tracks from Target to appear online, Looking forward to the BBC special tonight too.
Just listening to the 3 bonus target tracks, "Why Do You Love Me" is my favourite of the 3, But Cant Let Go is so good too, Lay Me Down aswell :wub: such a strong album!

US iTunes

 

#1. Hello

#4. When We Were Young

#7. Remedy

#10. Water Under The Bridge

#12. Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

#15. All I Ask

#16. Love In The Dark

#21. Sweetest Devotion

#23. I Miss You

#29. Million Years Ago

#38. River Lea

 

And her promo hasn't start yet. *_*

Never do I want to hear this album again. This is all they had playing today at work! Heard it 4 times round. Not good for someone who isn't really THAT into her in the first place haha.

 

I'm sure I'll give it another (proper) listen at some point but I just can't deal right now! Would've preferred to have heard this and have it switch with 'NOW 92'. BLEHHHHH.

This is a pretty dull album, typical Adele fodder with a few production changes, I really do not see the mass appeal in this woman. There are so many other

people doing the same kind of music to a much high standard. Urgh, the months of undeserved hype and praise she's gonnn get :/

My favourite tracks from the album are "I Miss You", "Love In The Dark", "All I Ask", and of course "When We Were Young". I can hear hints of Massive Attack for "I Miss You", early 90's Mariah in "All I Ask" and "Million Years Ago". Slowly Adele is fine-tuning 'her sound' but she's not there yet, it makes me excited for future albums from her. Also I'd love to hear a completely country album from her, "Don't You Remember" really shows her potential in that genre. I was hoping she was going to go down that road with 25 but hopefully one day she'd consider it.

 

Anyway 25 is really good, some great moments, not as good as 21 but that is a one-of-a-kind album so to top that was always a big ask.

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Her sales in America look like there going to be crazy amounts, 3 million first week is possible over there now.

 

HDD: 2M+ a lock, Adele sales unlike anything we've ever seen

Regarding the early first-day response to the new Adele album, 25, the term “feeding frenzy” doesn’t sufficiently describe what's happening here in the States—and presumably around the world.

 

Early sales are unlike anything we've seen in the modern era. At this point, 2m+ is a lock. Can it break the 2.4m first week record? Can it hit 3m? Stay tuned.

 

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=298636

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Interesting to hear Million Years Ago was inspired by her driving past Brockwell Park, I work in a building located on the edge of the park so am in there every day! I wonder if she drove past while I was at work *.*

Had a listen to the album when I was out and about earlier and, while there were some amazing highs, I was a bit underwhelmed at times and didn't think it worked particularly well in its entirety, much like '21' actually. However, I wasn't exactly in the mood to be bowled over by a heart-wrenching ballad while on a packed bus/walking around busy streets in the freezing cold :lol: so I'll sit down and devote more attention to it soon to form a proper opinion.

 

Initial incoherent thoughts:

- 'Hello' is such a perfect album opener and reintroduction to her music, both thematically and just in terms of its sheer magnitude. Listening to it as part of the album really made me appreciate it on a new level - what a huge statement of intent.

- 'Send My Love (To Your New Lover)' is a really interesting direction for her, but I hope it's not chosen as a single as I can already see me tiring of it quickly. The lilting chorus, while very catchy, has the potential to get annoying with radio exposure I think.

- 'When We Were Young' is utterly sublime and a strong contender for my favourite song on the album. Her live vocal is very close to replicating the studio version (unsurprisingly).

- 'Remedy' is so bland :/. Maybe I'm being too harsh and its appeal will reveal itself in time but it feels like the song has been done to death previously and this offers nothing new. My least favourite on first listen.

- 'Water Under The Bridge' is a real standout. It put me in mind of 'Set Fire To The Rain' in feeling like the reliable pop hit of the album. Surely a future single.

- I had similar thoughts about 'Love In The Dark' to the above, but to a lesser degree. Another well-crafted track with instant appeal.

- 'All I Ask' reminded me of something I couldn't place. All I could think of was loved-up 90s ballad so the Mariah comparisons are probably spot on. While nice, it didn't sound like my thing at all...but again, I wasn't quite in the right frame of mind for it!

- The songs I haven't mentioned were enjoyable - lots of sonic variation and the production throughout kept things interesting. I've a feeling there's some great stuff I'm yet to really appreciate, especially as I wasn't concentrating on lyrical content too much.

 

I'll definitely give it all a proper listen very soon but for now I feel 'When We Were Young' and 'Water Under The Bridge' (as well as 'Hello') are the big highlights of a solid overall effort. It's certainly not undeserving of the massive attention it's getting.

Seriously, does nobody hear 'Champagne Kisses' when 'Water Under The Bridge' starts? I haven't seen anybody mention it on the forums I go on and I'm starting to think I'm imagining it :cry:

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