March 16, 20169 yr Author Parachute >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. Standing In The Dark 2. Learn To Love Again 3. When She Was Mine 4. Juliet 5. Roads 6. Taking Over Me 7. Brokenhearted 8. Money
March 16, 20169 yr 1. Learn To Love Again 2. Juliet 3. Roads 4. Standing In The Dark 5. Money 6. Brokenhearted 7. When She Was Mine 8. Taking Over Me
March 16, 20169 yr JulietWhen She Was MineBrokenheartedLearn To Love AgainStanding In The DarkRoadsMoneyTaking Over Me
March 17, 20169 yr Taking Over Me is their best single. #donttrustRegina #donttrusthotchoc I never said I disliked it :snif:
March 17, 20169 yr I never said I disliked it :snif: Aww! http://forums.denden.co.uk/images/smilies/hug.gif You're forgiven :cool: :lol:
March 19, 20169 yr Looks like this will flop. Not even top50 on iTunes. This will scrape Top 40 at best (but can see it doing much worse than that) the only thing that could give it a chart run of 36-Out is the fact they have 5 X HMV signings plus the bundles but not sure that will be enough to make up for lack of downloads and streaming. Really can't see Polydor supporting them further after this? :cry:
March 19, 20169 yr My signed bundle arrived today. I hate to say it but I think Polydor will drop them now. It's not that 'Money' isn't a good song, it's just it's far from their best (hello 'Juliet' and 'Taking Over Me') and at this stage of their career where it's been nearly a year since their last single which itself missed top 10 they needed something big to announce that they still meant business. This coupled with a fanbase that doesn't use Spotify and the like is curtains. And I feel bad because having seen them live and interviewed them before as they are a nice group of lads, really talented and down to earth. But the music they're in, pop music, is a fickle beast and you're only as good as your last chart position. They would do well to be on their own label or doing crowd funded releases going forward because being on a major label is only holding them back, they have enough of a fanbase to release their new material and tour that way and they'd be a lot happier.
March 20, 20169 yr Seems like this release hasn't even clicked with their core fanbase - Dowm to #89 on iTunes now, part of me would prefer this to miss the Top 75 so everyone can claim it was a promotional single (As the Girls Aloud fans still claim :lol: ) than it become a #66 smash. I really think Polydor will drop them after this - The last single and EP bombed and now with Money flopping hard I doubt they would want to invest in an album release that will have a chart run of 11-out and 3k sales.
March 20, 20169 yr I think being on a major label helped them on their first album - largely because The Wanted were still active when their first few singles came out and by proxy they were always associated with them (largely because Andy and Max George were both in Avenue) which helped them gain traction. It's always unpleasant when you see good bands encounter difficult second album syndrome with no possible hope of recovery to their earlier success. But maybe in a way this needs to happen to them so they can be the band that they're meant to be.
March 21, 20169 yr ^^ I agree, Lawson are totally the kind of band that could release a fan funded album and earn their money from touring which has always been their strong point. For some reason even though they are a boy band they don't seem to have a traditional boy band fanbase which could work to their advantage in the long run.
March 21, 20169 yr 1. Standing In The Dark 2. Learn To Love Again 3. Taking Over Me 4. When She Was Mine 5. Money 6. Juliet 7. Roads 8. Brokenhearted Anyway, I expected this to struggle to make the top 40, but I didn't think it would do anywhere near as bad as it is doing! It could miss top 100 at this rate!
March 21, 20169 yr ^^ I agree, Lawson are totally the kind of band that could release a fan funded album and earn their money from touring which has always been their strong point. For some reason even though they are a boy band they don't seem to have a traditional boy band fanbase which could work to their advantage in the long run. They're not a boyband though :lol:
March 21, 20169 yr I totally forgot about 'Brokenhearted's existence! I did used to like that but I don't think I've heard it since 2013, I think 'Juliet' just eclipsed it for me that much.
March 21, 20169 yr They're not a boyband though :lol: This is part of the problem though. They were marketed as a boyband on their first album - certainly before the 'Chapter II' repack of 'Chapman Square' - but they've struggled to market them any other way since. Just looking on Twitter and just 20 people turned up to a signing they did at HMV Brighton today :( This is kind of horrible really... Edited March 21, 20169 yr by ThePensmith
March 21, 20169 yr Well what idiot planned signings during a time when most of their fanbase would be in school/college? :lol:
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