The only thing I dislike about Nobody Like You is the complete LACK of Jade! :( she gets the ad-libs at the end and that's it? :( In fact this whole era seems to have less Jade than usual... Although her parts in You Gotta Not and Nothing Else Matters are my faves!

 

But overall it's stunning. The raw emotion in Jesy's voice makes you wonder whether her and Jake's engagement ended during the recording of it!

Like Nobody Like You, not their best ballad by far, but still a great addition. And WOW! Loving Down & Dirty, really reminds me of Dark Horse or Black Widow, werk!

Jesy completely owning Nobody Like You reminds me of Leigh totally slaying the vocals on Love Or Me Leave Me :wub:

https://twitter.com/jadesglory/status/798890470336147456 <-- Power!

https://twitter.com/LittleMixBR/status/798890343513124864 <-- Private Show!

That first one doesn't sound like Power from the previews at all.

That first one doesn't sound like Power from the previews at all.

 

It is, the "Baby" that Perrie sings can be heard subtly at the beginning of the Power preview on the Glory Days album sampler.

Gaaaaah Down and Dirty sounds like something from 2009, I don't know why they'd this was a good idea. It's not terrible, it's just dated.

 

I like the Game of Thrones shout though!

That Power clip sounds like it is mixed with the drop from Bitch I'm Madonna.

Gaaaaah Down and Dirty sounds like something from 2009, I don't know why they'd this was a good idea. It's not terrible, it's just terrible.

 

I like the Game of Thrones shout though!

"It's not terrible, it's just terrible"? Please explain, Joe? :lol:

Dated, I meant. *continues listening to Touch.*

Finally got around to listening to 'Down & Dirty'... love it! Reminds me of some sort of mash-up of their own 'Lightning', 'Black Widow' and 'Do It Like A Dude'

#5 on Amazon

 

Just listened to Down and Dirty, love the beat

Oh my, Touch is incredible! ;o :heart:

 

Down and Dirty seemed pretty cool on first listen, but Touch is still taking all of my attention so I've still only heard D&D once. :kink:

Don't mind D&D - not my usual cup of tea though!

 

I hope they get the number 1 album this week - they have promo so that could help

Overall album is...I don't know. I like, don't love it, YET. But that's just one listen. I'm not that girl who judges an album on one listen and never goes back to it. Of the songs we'd not heard Freak and No More Sad Songs are highlights and low-lights are Oops, Your Love and Beep Beep (the latter I skipped because it was so irritating). Power will almost certainly grow on me, but I find Perrie's initial verse a bit jarring.

I find this very excellent. It's fun go to pop album and I like it!

Power is so good! Jesy's rap and MOTORBIKE. SLAY.

So here is my first listen rate:

 

07.5 Shout Out To My Ex

09.0 Touch (would be a 10.0 with better mixing)

08.0 F.U.

05.0 Oops (worried they'll make this a single)

04.0 You Gotta Not

01.0 Down & Dirty

06.0 Power (such a good chorus ruined by uncharacteristically terrible vocals, embarrassing "motorbike" shouts and it just being messy/loud as hell)

06.5 Your Love (lol at the way they just slowed Nicole's chorus down)

06.0 Nobody Like You

08.5 No More Sad Songs (thank god for the rise in quality)

07.0 Private Show (why is the mixing so bad on this album? so much potential there but the mixing is so demoish)

06.0 Nothing Else Matters

06.0 Beep Beep

08.0 Freak (yes, although some of the production choices are slightly strange, this one is undeniably good)

08.5 Touch (Acoustic)

 

I had hopes that this album would be better than 'Get Weird' which I was not here for at all and I really don't think it's any better than that. I haven't listened to 'Get Weird' properly for a good 9 months or so so I can actually remember whether I would put this below it. I just think I've got to accept that I am not really here for "teeny boppy" Little Mix with all these immature melodies and loud, brash and childish production choices. Gone are the days of having a reasonably mature album like 'Salute'. Maybe they just aren't that band anymore.

 

Wish them all the best and it is amazing the levels of success they are having, but I can't feel disappointed as this album just sounds like wasted artistic potential to me.

 

At least I got 'Touch'.

Fair enough if you don't like the album, but I don't get the mixing comments on Touch, I think MNEK's production is great on the track!

 

(The leak out there at the moment is V LQ in terms of production).