The Michael Mcintyre show! it had around 6-7M viewers last series so should be decent promo!!

 

Oh didn't realise that was this week!

Thanks for letting me know, That is few million more than x factor gets these days, So good promo slot.

They’re 5k behind #1.

Thank you for the info,

Mint Royale made it sound alot closer than 5k, Hopefully by Monday's update with Official charts they have closed that gap.

5k is doable - all depends on how they hold up over the next few days.

 

Stream people!

From what I've managed to hear so far I agree,uts a change in sound and not as enjoyable, the pop bangers route i enjoyed from their last 2 albums aren't there and its diaappointing. I keep getting a spice girls forever vibe from this which isn't a compliment.

 

Omg. That is EXACTLY WHAT I SAID!!!

They’re 5k behind #1.

 

What are the exact sales?

I've listened a few times now, and while it's far from being my favourite album of theirs, each song continues to grow with each listen. I wouldn't say there's any BAD tracks, but there's more lows compared to Get Weird and Glory Days. I'm not getting the love for Strip, although I guess there's time for it to grow too.

 

Early ranking:

 

1. Monster in Me

2. Think About Us

3. The Cure

4. American Boy

5. Told You So

6. Forget You Not

7. Wasabi

8. Woman Like Me

9. The Cure (Stripped)

10. Only You

11. Woman's World

12. Love a Girl Right

13. Motivate

14. Strip

15. More Than Words

16. Joan of Arc

17. Notice

18. The National Manthem

Thank you for the info,

Mint Royale made it sound alot closer than 5k, Hopefully by Monday's update with Official charts they have closed that gap.

Tbf streaming (which is always a day late in the mids - so are non existent in todays set of mids) would probs put them a lil closer and possibly ahead of Buble? I think Buble's streams are a lot weaker than both LM & Mumfords. They're 5k away from M&S but less than 1k behind Bublé so with streaming they'd be #2 I reckon.

Expected this to have a much better 1st day on Spotify.

 

Glad Think About Us is the highest charting album track.

Tbf streaming (which is always a day late in the mids - so are non existent in todays set of mids) would probs put them a lil closer and possibly ahead of Buble? I think Buble's streams are a lot weaker than both LM & Mumfords. They're 5k away from M&S but less than 1k behind Bublé so with streaming they'd be #2 I reckon.

 

Yes you are right, We will have to wait until Monday for the official update to see where it stands.

If the gap is only small by Monday 1k-2k I think Little Mix can do it.

WASABI IS THAT BOP

Yeah, with only a 5k difference it’ll all depend on who was the least front loaded. Hopefully the promo tonight can push them up on iTunes and they’re leading the race on all major streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music and Youtube). It’s not out of the picture just yet.

I didn't expect Mumford to be their biggest competition. Buble doesn't have a single song on the Spotify top 200 so I guess blocking him is happening for sure. But I want them to block Mumford too ugh

Not necessarily my favs but I could see all these tracks working as singles and being reasonable hits with a push:

Think About Us, Wasabi, Monster in Me, The Cure, Told You So, Forget You Not, Motivate and American Boy.

I'm giving this a more detailed listen now. I do believe that as a whole songwise it's better than Glory Days, but the one thing I'm picking up on is how much they're overdoing it with the faux-Carribean accents here and it feels really unauthentic.

 

*edit - 'The Cure' is a real key highlight on this. Strong song!

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I’m sure i’ll be attending their shows. I’m always given tickets ;)

 

ah, well! i’m sure they’ll hold the opinion of us paying fans in higher regard.

I'm giving this a more detailed listen now. I do believe that as a whole songwise it's better than Glory Days, but the one thing I'm picking up on is how much they're overdoing it with the faux-Carribean accents here and it feels really unauthentic.

 

*edit - 'The Cure' is a real key highlight on this. Strong song!

I agree about the faux-Carribbean accents. I think that's my main issue with Strip. ESPECIALLY Jesy. :(

Been a casual follower of theirs and listened some albums too... but Love a Girl Right, the obvious mash-up of Mis-Teeq and Sisqo, is so laughably bad that it's almost genius! Got to give some props there!!

 

That comparison to Spice Girls' Forever is definitely fair.

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Tbf streaming (which is always a day late in the mids - so are non existent in todays set of mids) would probs put them a lil closer and possibly ahead of Buble? I think Buble's streams are a lot weaker than both LM & Mumfords. They're 5k away from M&S but less than 1k behind Bublé so with streaming they'd be #2 I reckon.

 

It will be close, I think Little Mix will be more front loaded than buble but less front loaded than m&s!

It will be close, I think Little Mix will be more front loaded than buble but less front loaded than m&s!

 

Buble’s been ahead for weeks on Amazon and iTunes.

 

It’s exciting - it could be any of them. At least sales will be good.