March 11, 20232 yr Plastic Hearts opened with 15k in the UK and 60k in the US so anything better than those is a plus.
March 11, 20232 yr I really like this as a whole on first listen. The second half does kind of go off a bit more but overall I really like this! It’s not quite as brash as Plastic Hearts and I can see some people may prefer that but I really think this will grow on people a lot! She sounds stunning on this as well (especially on Wonder Woman!) My only little niggle of wanting more comes from Muddy Feet which I’d have loved to have been around a minute or so longer and maybes an actual verse from Sia. I loved the Brandi collab though :wub: Really hoping this is her second UK #1 album come Friday!
March 11, 20232 yr It didn’t grab me on first listen the way her previous did but I’m hoping after a few listens it’ll be fine!
March 11, 20232 yr I do think my only gripe with this is the tracklisting order. I get that she wanted the "AM" and "PM" concept, but she really should've spaced out 'Flowers', 'Jaded' & 'Rose Colored Lenses' as I think they're all a bit *too* similar (sonically) to each other to be back-to-back-to-back... as the opening of the album.
March 11, 20232 yr Really hoping this is her second UK #1 album come Friday! I can't really think of anything that could prevent it?
March 11, 20232 yr I can't really think of anything that could prevent it? Me neither but I don’t want to be too confident as it can backfire on my faves and you never know what surprises can happen midweek! :lol:
March 11, 20232 yr River better not peak at #11 this week I’m guessing it should manage to go top 10 but it’s so f***ing good :cheeseblock:
March 11, 20232 yr River better not peak at #11 this week I’m guessing it should manage to go top 10 but it’s so f***ing good :cheeseblock: Interesting to see how big the youtube views in the UK are - it's doing decent numbers so far! Also top 10 on Apple Music now. It just needs to stabilise on spotify/get added to HHUK and shouldn't have issue I hope! Loving the album more and more with each listen. Slightly disappointed with its streaming debuts/numbers so far, but I feel I had too high expectactions based on "Flowers". The album should debut at #1 fairly easy and do 20k+? Which is better than Plastic Hearts. Hoping they will push a 3rd and 4th single after "River" and really milk the album. Perhaps even release a deluxe with some extra songs at some point. It's currently her most critically acclaimed albums so far on Metacritic with a score fo 81 (PH is at 75)! I'm hoping this album will be her big breakthrough with the Grammys! She's only had 1 direct nomination with Bangerz for Pop Vocal Album. She was indirectly nominated as she features on Lil Nas X's Montero. I can see "Flowers" racking up a number of nomations Music Video/Pop Vocal and even two of the big ones Record/Song of the year and the album being nominated for Pop vocal album. "River" could perhaps get a nom in the dance category as well? I'm really happy that after the under appreciated Plastic Hearts era she is getting really good support in airplay/streaming etc for her songs and album.
March 11, 20232 yr I am... not completely blown over by this on first listen. It definitely peaks with Flowers, the rest will need time I think. I think some of the songs lack real power or punch when it should be there given the subject matters. Muddy Feet gets close but clunky lyrics let it down (Sia's ad-libs gave me goosebumps with Miley singing over them though). I find her voice quite grating in places too (Wonder Woman and Wildcard). Island is great and I appreciate the interesting structure and repetitiveness of the refrain. There's good moments throughout but not great moments which is what I entered expecting off the back of Flowers. Violet Chemistry I really liked and will return to a lot I think. I much prefer Plastic Hearts for now but I will give this more time to see if it grows ~
March 11, 20232 yr I've listened a few times now. I really want to like this a lot and there's not anything terrible but at the moment I'm scoring it along these lines... 08.0 Flowers 07.0 Jaded 05.0 Rose Colored Lenses 07.5 Thousand Miles 04.5 You 07.5 Handstand 07.0 River 07.5 Violet Chemistry 06.5 Muddy Feet 05.5 Wildcard 07.0 Island 08.0 Wonder Woman I don't see River being that big a hit to be honest, I can see why it would appeal to the bigger pop fans here but I don't think it sounds like something that would resonate really widely (watch me be completely wrong now but that's how I'm feeling about it at the moment)... Wonder Woman is probably my favourite, although it really reminds me of Candle in the Wind in places. Also, the synth line in River makes me sing Lizzo's About Damn Time. So yeah, it's kinda fine but most tracks are somehow missing something that bit extra to really make them soar. There's nothing that matches the highs of Plastic Hearts for me (namely Midnight Sky, WTF Do I Know, Gimme What I Want, Angels Like You and the title track)
March 11, 20232 yr US predictions Miley Cyrus' highly anticipated Endless Summer Vacation (Columbia) is tracking toward an opening of double her previous release, 2020's Plastic Hearts, which opened with 58k. Morgan Wallen: 250k TWICE (JYP/Imperial/Republic): 140-160k Miley Cyrus (Columbia): 115-130kMiley Cyrus' chart history (US debuts): Hannah Montana (soundtrack): 281k (#1) Hannah Montana 2: Meet Miley Cyrus: 326k (#1) Breakout: 371k (#1) Can't Be Tamed: 102k (#3) Bangerz: 270k (#1) Younger Now: 45k (pure sales: 33k) (#5) Plastic Hearts: 60k (pure sales: 20k) (#2) That's nice step up in opening sales!
March 11, 20232 yr Uff floppin a bit :( I don’t think. Increased sales on previous releases. Just because it won’t go #1 in its first week doesn’t make it a flop, especially when it’s going up against a big country album. Predicting it’ll safely debut at #1 in a fir few markets. Mainly UK and Australia.
March 11, 20232 yr This is fine. Just fine. Nothing spectacular and nothing that stands out. I even prefer Younger Now to this album as a whole. Actually when comparing albums this is very far from her best. Unsure what most of you are hearing but this is very badly produced and mixed. Lyrics are half arsed. Dead Petz is crying x Her voice also sounds the worst it has on any album which is very upsetting as she had so much potential to be THAT GIRL with this album She's going to be very lucky to get anymore success single wise with these songs Muddy Feet is very close to a 10/10 however Edited March 11, 20232 yr by Rough_edges
March 12, 20232 yr Well I called it debuting behind Morgan's second week in the US but totally did not realise TWICE's album would be selling that much! (Also I forgot her opening sales for her last two albums were as low as that whoops). Should get #1 in the UK pretty easily though one would think.
March 12, 20232 yr Longevity could be more the goal of what they’re going for as far as the albums concerned. (Obviously a strong debut is a bonus) but I have a feeling Miley / the label are going to try and get an era out of this. (I’ve bought two copies of this now to help her out in the UK :wub: ).
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