Ed Sheeran sales have declined this week, while still excellent he will be on track for 200,000 this week. I would think he is in line to reach 100,000 next week so Take That i would believe will need around 120,000 to secure number 1.

 

I think Ed will sell 130-150k next week, so Take That are unlikely to achieve those kinds of sales. I predict 70-80k at best.

Ed is still doing in the region of 50k a week from streaming alone so has a huge headstart.

 

They should be #2 with I imagine 45-60k unless they really tank. I'll get my copy asap if I can find the deluxe anywhere! (I'm not near an HMV).

Good question...is Giants available over there now? Is it on their iTunes chart yet?

 

'Giants' was released in the US at the same time it was released in the U.K. - the LLS performance had no impact on it.

 

So random they have not performed it on TV in the U.K. or Europe yet performed it in the US where they achieved 1 hit over 20 years ago :blink:

Was the Late Late Show performance actually screened on US tv?

 

Maybe it was a bonus 'filmed for online' type thing that they did while over there to do the Comic Relief stuff with James Corden. Everything I read about it says they performed Giants 'for the studio audience'. But was it aired in the US?

Edited March 24, 20178 yr by gooddelta

It is so hard to predict opening sales for the album. If the sales are around 60,000 i would be extremely disappointed.

What do people think about the album so far? I'm surprised at how much I like it. Wonderland, Lucky Stars and And the band plays are my fav so far

I will be listening to it later today as i am heading to purchase it shortly.

It's all for you, Loving or Leaving and Hope are my favorites :heart:

I also like The Last Poet, New Day and I also like the verses on Don't Give Up on Me.

 

Unfortunately, I can't say this album is what I had been expecting from them.

I love the tracks where Gary's influence is more obvious, but that's just too little.

I've been so pleased with the quality of Gary's solo projects I had been expecting to find it on the TT album too.

Edited March 24, 20178 yr by milly

Wonderland is only no3 on iTunes. I suspect a lot of fans will purchase the CD though. I like what Ive heard so far. Sounds quite mature!

Carpool Karaoke was great!!

 

Half way through my first listen. YES!!!! The boys have still got it :)

 

 

Carpool Karaoke was great!!

 

 

Oh wow, I held it together until they got out the car. Hysterical, Pray was genius :lol:

Was the Late Late Show performance actually screened on US tv?

 

Maybe it was a bonus 'filmed for online' type thing that they did while over there to do the Comic Relief stuff with James Corden. Everything I read about it says they performed Giants 'for the studio audience'. But was it aired in the US?

 

Yes it was aired on TV - Take That were also shown in the green room at the start of the show and were on the TV listings as appearing.

Interesting! I guess US audiences must just be somewhat bemused at the airtime for them then!

 

It would be the equivalent of someone like Jennifer Paige (or insert any other forgotten 90s US one-hit wonder) getting a performance slot for their new single and additional coverage on Ant & Dec here!

 

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As an aside, I'm going to track down Wonderland today. I listened to half of it on Spotify yesterday and spotted Beatles and 80s influences. Seemed quite melodically strong and less electronic than Progress and III.

Edited March 25, 20178 yr by gooddelta

I have listened to the album a couple of times now and I like it! I think that I prefer this album to III. My favourite songs so far are And The Band Plays, Superstar, Giants. I also quite like Lucky Stars, Come On Love and River. Also still like Cry.

 

I loved Carpool Karaoke! Especially the second part, when they got out of the car, and did Pray. That was hilarious :D

Had about 3 listens to the album so far and I'm enjoying it more on each listen.

 

Slightly disappointed that there's only 3 leads for Mark (and shockingly only one for Howard - even worse for him is that it's the worst song on the album lol !). With only 3 members nowadays coupled with the extra tracks that you get on special/repackaged editions the Wonderland and III eras have been disproportionately Gary-heavy. It's like he's re-asserting his authority after the share-the-leads-around period at the start of their comeback. It seems slightly odd from a fan's perspective but as long Mark and Howard are both fine with it then that's all that matters really.

 

Carpool karaoke was ace!!!! Really enjoyed part one and thought that was my lot - then they said there's a part 2 still to come, which was even better! I agree that the US audience must've found it a bit strange (Take Who?) - but I guess a show that's on 5(?) nights a week can't always have high profile celebs on it as there just aren't enough to go round for a sustained length of time.

I've bought the deluxe and listened all the way through and it's a consistently strong, melodic and well produced album. That said, going by my first impression there's no track that I would rate 10/10, and each album since Beautiful World has had one of those. I was hoping for something really completely epic like Rule The World or The Flood on here.

 

Anyway, Mint Royale tweeted that the album has started strongly and could potentially cross the 'six-figure mark', so my 45-60k prediction was probably too low. There didn't seem to be any hype around it but they're doing well creating some on album release week with Comic Relief/Ant & Dec/HMV signing etc...

 

If it does manage 100k I'll be very impressed, as that won't be too far down from III, which was a Q4 release!

Edited March 25, 20178 yr by gooddelta

Their carpool was really good! Really made me appreciate 'Pray' so much more! :lol:

I think this abum is better than III.

 

Strange...but there is a snippet in Wonderland song (3:38) what is very similar on Robbie's vocal...

Very good pop song by the way.