Lisnening to it for the 2nd time now, such a great album! all the singles have been brilliant (though phantom i'm still not fully sold on phantom yet) such a great era! bit worried though as i haven't been notified that my my cd/cassette/aet card bundle have been shipped out : o hope that happens soon

That’s fantastic news that Rina has plans for Frankenstein, it’s already stuck in my head!!

Rina has done it again :cheeseblock: I've only actually listened through once so far but I can tell this is going to be one of my fav albums of the year, even if it's never going to topple SAWAYAMA. Imagining and Frankenstein are already standing out among the album tracks for me, though the singles are still the best tracks.

I think I'd rate the singles like this: Catch Me In The Air = Hold The Girl > This Hell > Phantom > Hurricanes. Imagining would slot in either side of Phantom.

Album of the year without a doubt. She is a visionary.

 

No skips whatsoever.

It’s like she’s created a tapestry of every female pop artist between the late 90s and late 00s from Shania Twain through P!nk and Katy Perry to Gaga… and, to be fair to her, she pulls it all off quite remarkably

 

 

To Be Alive is a fave at the moment

Where do we think this will go in the charts? Surely she'll be able to get 5k+? If so, that'd put her on track for a top 5 debut, right?

 

I really hope so!

I was a bit worried to hear the album as none of the pre-album releases were in the same league as the top highlights from her previous record for me. However, I can definitely get on board with some of the album tracks more - the run of 'Your Age'/'Imagining'/'Frankenstein' was particularly exciting! I appreciate some of the experimentation she was going for.

Where do we think this will go in the charts? Surely she'll be able to get 5k+? If so, that'd put her on track for a top 5 debut, right?

 

I really hope so!

 

#4! :D

Nice performance this morning on Sunday Brunch an acoustic version of ‘Hold The Girl’!

Been listening to this pretty much non-stop since Friday. Here's my ranking & rating of the album:

 

10.0 Frankenstein

10.0 To Be Alive

10.0 Holy (Til You Let Me Go)

10.0 Phantom

10.0 Hurricanes

09.0 Imagining

09.0 Minor Feelings

09.0 Hold The Girl

09.0 This Hell

09.0 Send My Love To John

08.5 Catch Me In The Air

08.0 Your Age

08.0 Forgiveness

 

I'm obsessed. No skips. Most other artists wish they could have a song half as good as 'Forgiveness' tbh.

I had a few more listens over the weekend, and I've added the album to my ongoing playlists. A quick rank:

 

01: Hold The Girl

02: Holy (Til You Let Me Go)

03: Forgiveness

04: Frankenstein

05: Your Age

06: This Hell

07: Send My Love To John

08: Catch Me In The Air

09: Phantom

10: Hurricanes

11: Imagining

12: To Be Alive

13: Minor Feelings

I think there are issues with some of the tracklisting order, some abrupt shifts or songs that feel out of place but individually practically every song is brilliant.

 

My favourite song on it remains Catch Me In The Air while Holy (Til You Let Me Go) is my firm favourite album track. What a stomper.

 

I hear so many influences on it (which probably explains why some reviews are saying it's everything and the iamspamspamamisink esque) and I agree which may make listening from start to end not the best of experiences as time goes on. But certainly she has managed to create so many incredible songs individually and loads that I will hopefully revisit more and more over time.

 

Aside: I NEED VISUALS for most of these tracks too?? Some of the tracks are screaming for it.

did any of you pre-order physical copies of the album? if so have you recieved it yet/ had it shipped yet?

Yep. I ordered the lava vinyl from her store and it dispatched last Thursday and arrived Saturday.

It’s like she’s created a tapestry of every female pop artist between the late 90s and late 00s from Shania Twain through P!nk and Katy Perry to Gaga… and, to be fair to her, she pulls it all off quite remarkably

 

Completely agree with this, Hurricanes sounds like Breakaway-era Kelly Clarkson too, and I can hear all the other artists you mentioned in the album.

 

On a chat with Apple Music she said she and Gracey came up with Catch Me In The Air when pretending they were pitching a single to Gwen Stefani. Which is interesting as to me it sounds like it could have been the follow up to Breathless by The Corrs, but doesn't sound that much like Gwen, although I hear her influence in other songs.

 

This is a really great album anyway, the high quality of Sawayama was going to be hard to beat but this is in the same league! The production sounds 90s in some parts with MOR radio vibes (and retro fade-outs on some songs!) and drum and bass, 00s in others with that RedOne and Max Martin type of sound, but everything still feels fresh and contemporary too.

 

My early favourites of the album tracks are Frankenstein, Hurricanes, Holy (Til You Let Me Go) and To Be Alive.

 

I wouldn't say I'd skip them but I didn't love Your Age, Imagining and Phantom quite as much as everything else. Still all very good though.

Edited September 20, 20222 yr by gooddelta

Rina is apparently #2 in the midweeks!

 

Really loving this album. Early standouts for me are Forgiveness, Send my love to John and Hurricanes (Kelly Clarkson stan :wub: )

GWAN RINA!

Good merch in her store including some first week launch memorabilia (T-Shirts). I still need to pick up my Vinyl.

RINA IS AT #2 IN THE MIDWEEKS WITH OVER 10K SALES!!!

over 9k are physicals too! This is amazing for her! Shes got the top 5 (maybe even top 3) certainly locked in as last weeks #5 sold just over 5k! Plus theres no risk of harry overtaking her as theres no way hes doing 10k this week! This is so amazing for her! I'm so proud

It is a wonderful achievement for her.

Talent wins