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1. Ruin

2. Mercy

3. Treat You Better

4. Three Empty Words

5. Don't Be A Fool

6. TBA

7. TBA

8. TBA

9. TBA

10. TBA

11. TBA

12. TBA

13. TBA (Bonus Track)

14. TBA (Bonus Track)

15. TBA (Bonus Track)

 

Will be available on CD / Deluxe CD / Book / Vinyl! iTunes pre-order from 8th July.

 

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'Ruin' will be available on Friday.

Cannot wait!!!! That's for sure his best album cover so far, wasn't too keen on the pictures used for Handwritten/Revisited.

So Ruin, Three Empty Words and Mercy have all been released now, and each one has been better than the one before I think! Shaping up to be a fantastic album :D

OK I've given this numerous spins now, I found it pleasant but kinda samey on first listen (much like how I initially found Handwritten actually) but with repeated listens, the songs start to differentiate themselves and shine individually. My rate:

 

08.0 Ruin

10.0 Mercy

11.0 Treat You Better

08.5 Three Empty Words

07.5 Don't Be a Fool

07.0 Like This

10.0 No Promises (my pick for single 3)

09.0 Lights On

08.5 Honest

10.0 Patience

09.5 Bad Reputation

08.0 Understand

 

08.5 Hold On

09.0 Roses

 

The acoustic of Mercy is really nice too, you can hear the vocals a lot clearer and allows you to pay more attention to the lyrics :heart:

I must give this another chance

Such a bland album! 'Treat You Better' and 'Mercy' are the only ones worth going back to! (The former is one of my fave songs of the year!)

It's too samey for me too unfortunately. Aside from the singles there were maybe 1 or 2 that jumped out but that was all. It's very pleasant but I think you need to be a massive fan to be able to appreciate the whole album.

Don't give up on it is what I'd say, like I said above it takes a few listens for the songs to start shining individually, a new song is hitting me each time I hear the album right now :wub:

It is very samey and I'm surprised that 'Treat You Better' is the only uptempo, but I actually found this album a really nice listen!

His MTV Unplugged set will be released on 3rd November. Here's the tracklist:

 

1. "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"

2. "Ruin"

3. "Stitches"

4. "Three Empty Words"

5. "Patience"

6. "Bad Reputation"

7. "Don't Be a Fool"

8. "Roses"

9. "Mercy"

10. "Never Be Alone"

11. "Use Somebody/Treat You Better"

Here's the artwork for it:

 

Illuminate has now been certified 4x Platinum in Denmark, selling over 80,000 units!

Stan a bit, Denmark!