2 minutes ago, -Jay- said:

Ed’s never been a critical darling! The reviews for Play are par for the course.

Metacritic:

67 + (9 reviews)

67 x (20 reviews)

65 - (14 reviews)

62 ÷ (17 reviews)

62 Autumn Variations (6 reviews)

61 Play (4 reviews)

59 = (13 reviews)

57 No 6 Collaborations Project (14 reviews)

All of these are yellow numbers, denoting “mixed or average reviews”.

Im gonna get told off for keep using this but 🤣

3 minutes ago, Hadji said:

I bought Jade’s album because my local Asda gives you 3 hours free parking if you spend £5 or more there. They do that because it’s next door to my local shopping centre where you have to pay to park. Couldn’t think of anything to buy but I came across Jade’s album so I bought it to get my free parking

Get those car parking validation sales Jade

19 minutes ago, Scene said:

I’ll never forget the time Digital Spy originally gave Gaga’s The Fame 3 stars, only to quietly upgrade it to 5 once Gagamania was in full swing. 🥲

That's not too dissimilar to how I was trying to get my friends into her in late 2008 before she broke through, and they were like "meh, she's average". Suddenly they LOVED her a few months later when she was big. Feckin' bandwagon jumpers!

2 hours ago, k👠th said:

People had enough of the cheesy copycat music

Neil McCormick of The Telegraph said of Sheeran: "There is something cheesy at his core, a tendency towards triteness, easy rhymes, obvious chord progressions and cliched sentimentality."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/ed-sheeran-play-review/

Sales will 100% drop off a cliff next week #CheesyFad

Oh god we are quoting the Telegraph now, even further to the right than the Murdoch press.

Really though, Is there any need for a post clearly aimed at causing division, if I posted something similar if I scrapped the barrel and found an average review for the last Dua Lipa album you wouldn’t be pleased. I wouldn’t do that though because I get people have different opinions and in BJ especially it would cause offence.

Edited September 16, 2025Sep 16 by Steve201

18 minutes ago, lewistgreen said:

Get those car parking validation sales Jade

If you lived in the same town as me, you’d know what I was on about. The free parking bit

Edited September 16, 2025Sep 16 by Hadji

Just now, Steve201 said:

Oh god we are quoting the Telegraph now, even further to the right than the Murdoch press.

Really though, Is there any need for a post clearly aimed at causing division, if I posted something similar if I scrapped the barrel and found an average review for the last Dua Lipa album you wouldn’t be pleased. I wouldn’t do that though because I get peolle have different opinions and in BJ it would cause offence.

Is it too soon to use the picture again 🤣

But surely a moderator should know better 🤷

Edited September 16, 2025Sep 16 by 777666jason

3 minutes ago, Steve201 said:

Oh god we are quoting the Telegraph now, even further to the right than the Murdoch press.

Really though, Is there any need for a post clearly aimed at causing division, if I posted something similar if I scrapped the barrel and found an average review for the last Dua Lipa album you wouldn’t be pleased. I wouldn’t do that though because I get peolle have different opinions and in BJ it would cause offence.

Ok Ed

4 minutes ago, k👠th said:

Ok Ed

Be alot of fun if I was Ed tbf!

59 minutes ago, Hadji said:

I bought Jade’s album because my local Asda gives you 3 hours free parking if you spend £5 or more there. They do that because it’s next door to my local shopping centre where you have to pay to park. Couldn’t think of anything to buy but I came across Jade’s album so I bought it to get my free parking

I-

Thank you for your service!

1 hour ago, Tafty said:

I-

Thank you for your service!

What’s so funny about that?

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Disappointed Kali Uchis & Ravyn Lenae haven’t made it into the chart. Such a beautiful song.

I seen the collab and was intrigued as the current Kali Uchis album is pretty decent. First time I’ve heard it, thanks for posting it, decent song.

23 hours ago, Hadji said:

I bought Jade’s album because my local Asda gives you 3 hours free parking if you spend £5 or more there. They do that because it’s next door to my local shopping centre where you have to pay to park. Couldn’t think of anything to buy but I came across Jade’s album so I bought it to get my free parking

I'm crying laughing at this! 🤣

20 hours ago, 777666jason said:

.

Thanks, can I get one with a cushion?

Just now, Spiceboy said:

Thanks, can I get one with a cushion?

This do ya 🤣

1 minute ago, 777666jason said:

This do ya 🤣

I ALWAYS request extra pillows and I NEVER get Mount Everest... fuming!!

Music Week Top 40 Sales Flash

Singles

01 HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Golden (42,794)

02 Olivia Dean - Man I Need (37,379)

03 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Soda Pop (25,678)

04 Sabrina Carpenter - Tears (20,813)

05 Saja Boys, Andrew Choi, Neckwav, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee & KPop Demon Hunters Cast - Your Idol (19,797)

06 Olivia Dean - Nice to Each Other

08 sombr - 12 to 12

9 Sabrina Carpenter - When Did You Get Hot?

10 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In

11 Alex Warren - Ordinary

12 Lady Gaga - The Dead Dance

13 Chappell Roan - The Subway

14 Alex Warren - Eternity

16 Ed Sheeran - Camera

17 Olivia Dean - Dive

18 Coldplay - Yellow

19 sombr - Back To Friends

21 TWICE - TAKEDOWN

22 Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc

23 Rihanna - Breakin’ Dishes

25 Ed Sheeran - Sapphire

28 Chappell Roan - Pink Pony Club

31 sombr - undressed

32 TWICE - STRATEGY

33 Ed Sheeran - A Little More

35 Benson Boone - Beautiful Things

36 Kehlani - Folded

39 Katseye - Gabriela

40 Lola Young - Messy

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Albums

01 Ed Sheeran - Play 61,796 (47,271 physical, 8,617 downloads, 5,908 streaming)

02 Twenty One Pilots - Breach 18,441 (14,144 physical, 841 downloads, 3,456 streaming)

03 JADE - That’s Showbiz Baby! 18,123 (14,251 physical, 1,782 downloads, 2,090 streaming)

04 Sabrina Carpenter - Man’s Best Friend (15,010)

05 Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Perimenopop (8,513)

11 Led Zeppelin - Live

13 sombr - I Barely Know Her

15 Michael Jackson - The Essential

18 Feeder - Comfort In Sound

19 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

22 David Bowie - I Can’t Give Everything Away

29 Tate McRae - So Close To What

33 Addison Rae - Addison

34 Lewis Capaldi - Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent

36 Queen - Greatest Hits

38 SZA - SOS

So close between JADE and 21 Pilots

Looks like Gaga top 10 bingo is off the table now

Nice update for Jade, she could overtake 21 Pilots at this rate although Sabrina is still a threat to move ahead of both but hopefully not.