October 14, 20222 yr 82 in the official chart today. I've not really listened to anything of Darren's in a long time but that's horrendous after starting at 18 on Monday :( Edited October 14, 20222 yr by The Robageist
October 15, 20222 yr Aside from the fact that the album title will have been unappealing to some of his older generation of fans, I think the album suffers from being too lengthy and the songs on them too long. Most songs these days are generally around the three minute mark or shorter to make them more streaming-friendly and a lot of these songs are 8 or 9 minutes. I have to admit I prefer an album to be around 40 minutes unless it's something totally amazing which this sadly isn't - although there are a handful of decent songs, I prefer his earlier albums over this and I can't see myself going back to it.
October 15, 20222 yr Music Week didn't give an exact figure because it wasn't top 75, but going by figures given for a few positions above it, it would have sold roughly 1,500 copies. Pretty dire really.
October 16, 20222 yr Well I’ve listened to the album 4-5 times now. I really like the singles - let’s try being in love has really grown on me. All you pretty things is brilliant and my favourite track on the album. However, it’s not my favourite album of his by any stretch and some of the tracks are way too long and not keen on his voice on other tracks.
October 16, 20222 yr how much did it sell? On Wednesday’s update when it was at #40 it had sold 1,405 copies - based on where it ended up on Friday can’t see a major amount being added to that total?
October 16, 20222 yr I thought an act like Darren might have been able to do a little bit better than #82, that's a shame. Although he seems glad to have put out an important and healing album for him which is the main thing. Edited October 16, 20222 yr by Jessie Where
October 16, 20222 yr I thought an act like Darren might have been able to do a little bit better than #82, that's a shame. Although he seems glad to have put out an important and healing album for him which is the main thing. It’s been 10 years since his last album though and sadly with virtually no promotion, the album was always likely to struggle but I thought it would have made T75 at least.
October 17, 20222 yr Apparently 'Homosexual' translated to straight is 'Barebacking Doublefisting Pig Fag' judging by some of the straight (or gay) up homophobic overreactions in this thread. "I don't care what gays do behind closed doors, just don't expose me to it" realness. This is not ok.
October 19, 20222 yr It's not brave. It's desperate and looking for attention, in my opinion. It's as if there is nothing more to him than his sexual orientation. I'd say this is pretty gross?
October 19, 20222 yr Thats right. Imagine the other way around. I release my new album and call it Heterosexual And this
January 31, 20232 yr Setlist is out for his first show of this tour! Lots of Solo and Savage Garden and Madonna 😉
February 1, 20232 yr Apparently 'Homosexual' translated to straight is 'Barebacking Doublefisting Pig Fag' judging by some of the straight (or gay) up homophobic overreactions in this thread. "I don't care what gays do behind closed doors, just don't expose me to it" realness. This is not ok. this tbh
February 1, 20232 yr Setlist from show 1 avoid looking down for spoliers 1. Homosapien / Chained To You 2. Affirmation 3. The Animal Song 4. Insatiable 5. All You Pretty Things 6. To The Moon and Back 7. Two Beds and a Coffee Machine 8. The Power Of Goodbye 9. I Dont Know You Anymore 10. Poison Blood 11. I Knew I Lobed You 12. Casey 13. Do You Remember? 14. Homosexual Act 1 15. Lets Try Being In Love 16. Popular 17. Break Me Shake Me 18. Hey Matt 19. Dublin Sky 20. Crash & Burn 21. Truly Madly Deeply 22. I Want You 23. The Best Thing
February 2, 20232 yr That's a solid set list, perfect balance between his solo stuff and SG! Kinda wish I had tickets now.
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