I cannot wait to get the actual CD though. I love reading the lyrics from the booklet whilst listening to the songs. It beats downloading anyday imo :smoke:

 

Some really great lyrics on this album. Some of the best he has ever written imo.

Not sure if I like the album tbh... :lol: I find it a bit boring in comparison to Rudebox :lol:

Not sure if I like the album tbh... :lol: I find it a bit boring in comparison to Rudebox :lol:

 

Well anything would be boring in comparison to Rudebox Joshua :smoke:

 

Stick with it. It will grow on you. You just need to appreciate the brilliant slower tunes such as Blasphemy, Morning Sun and Superblind :wub:

 

Difficult For Weirdos and Last Days would fit well on Rudebox though. Also Arizona, the digital bonus track (not available yet) sounds very Rudeboxish. ^_^

Noooo Morning Sun is one of the worst. :lol: I was hoping for at least ONE track that had the pure brilliance of 'Never Touch That Switch' for instance. :(

Every song is better than Never Touch That Switch :smoke: Used to like it but now I find that track very annoying :lol:

Wait...where have you heard Arizona?? :blink:

It's funny, I've listened to Rudebox more this week than I have in months. Rudebox is the next album in order on iTunes after Reality. :)

Wait...where have you heard Arizona?? :blink:

 

 

You can hear a small clip of Arizona on Itunes, wish it was longer than 30 seconds :(

JLS is Number 1 in the Amazon pre-order chart :nocheer: :nocheer: :nocheer:

 

 

I'm worried :(

Streaming previews of RKTVS are up and running on the Official Site

 

3 songs today

 

http://www.robbiewilliams.com/discography/...-the-video-star

JLS is Number 1 in the Amazon pre-order chart :nocheer: :nocheer: :nocheer:

I'm worried :(

 

Yeah it is worrying,especially as they have five different covers of their album, one for each member and one with them all, so all the little girls will want them all I suspect -_-

 

Whoever is resonsable for putting him against JLS should be fired and then shot asap :rolleyes:

I just think the UK and Ireland are in the middle of X-Factor mania at the moment. Nobody can compete with that :wacko:

I agree. Every single week an XF related act is #1. Alex, then Cherly, now JLS will be next week with their single, Leona will no doubt then take over, and then another Cowell product in the shape of Subo will be #1. Then of course the Xmas #1 in the foregone conclusion :rolleyes: It is so depressing :(

http://www.euronews.net/newswires/55001-x-...e-in-pop-music/

 

 

“X Factor factor” is growing force in pop music

 

 

reuters, 2009/11/02 16:20

 

By Mike Collett-White

 

LONDON (Reuters) – She had poor reviews and Michael Jackson in her way, but singer Cheryl Cole swept all aside to hit the top of the album charts and underline the influence of “The X Factor” TV show on British pop.

 

Cole, who rose to fame as part of the Girls Aloud girl band, is a judge on the singing talent show, which regularly boasts peak viewing figures of over 10 million people.

 

“Record labels have been using it more and more in the last two to three years, it has grown in influence and is now reaching the peak of its powers,” said Martin Talbot, managing director of the Official Charts Company (OCC) which compiles the weekly pop rankings in the world’s third biggest market.

 

The show helped Cole, 26, record the fastest-selling single in Britain so far this year when “Fight For This Love” sold more than 290,000 copies in the week ending October 25.

 

That followed a performance of the track on the X Factor show which drew widespread criticism followed by lukewarm reviews for her debut solo album “3 Words”, released by Universal Music’s Fascination Records on October 26.

 

Pete Paphides of the Times gave the record two stars out of five and wrote: “If this is really the best that her ‘team’ can do, then another 3 Words spring to mind. Sack them all.”

 

JACKSON ECLIPSED

 

In addition to the poor critical response, the album was released in the same week as Michael Jackson’s posthumous record “This Is It”, which Sony Music promoted as a tie-in to the heavily marketed concert movie of the same name.

 

The film fell short of industry forecasts in the North American market, but its global tally of $101 million in the first five days left Sony Corp. “ecstatic”.

 

Less impressive was the album’s performance in Britain, trailing not only 3 Words but also Canadian singer Michael Buble’s “Crazy Love”, which came second.

 

Buble featured on The X Factor last month as an adviser to contestants and also performed a song on the show. The week before Cole’s album triumph, the top-selling record was by Alexandra Burke, X Factor winner in 2008.

 

Talbot said the programme’s impact was exaggerated by technological advances, with viewers often having immediate access to a song or album via a laptop or mobile phone device.

 

“The whole digital revolution plays into the hands of programmes like The X Factor,” he said. “Ten years ago they would watch ‘Top of the Pops’ and have to go to the local shop the following morning and try to remember what the song was.”

 

The X Factor has the clout to attract some of the biggest names in pop, with Robbie Williams, Whitney Houston and Bon Jovi recently appearing. The success of the similarly themed “American Idol” means U.S. acts need little convincing.

 

Despite The X Factor’s recent domination of the charts, which few see weakening in the key run-up to Christmas, Talbot said it was not monopolising pop music in Britain.

 

“There are lots of records around that are doing very well without The X factor and that will continue to be the case,” he said. Talbot added that album sales in Britain this year were likely to be lower than in 2008.

Which is why The Twins must win. X-Factor must be stopped :smoke:

 

 

Vote Jedward!!!! :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:

I would if I could but us Irish cant vote, which is one of the reasons I am shocked Jedward are still in :lol:

 

 

Couldn't you drive to Newry and find a phone box? :smoke:

Should do really. Just to annoy Cowell :lol:

 

Although I did read in the paper yesterday that there is some website which enables Irish to get through to the UK number at a low price. I might vote on Sat in that case :lol:

I've been voting for Jedward every week. They are a total musical abomination. Fantastic! :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:

The vid for You Know Me must've been filmed a while back. It is going to be on Aussie TV on the Wednesday apparently :o

 

I hope it is not a really boring video with little effort being put in. A really good video is needed.

 

I wonder what the 3rd single will be? Someone on the OS mentioned that all third singles he has released from every album have begun with the letter 'S'.I never realised this and wonder if it deliberate :lol: South, Strong, Supreme, Something Beautiful, Sin Sin Sin and She's Madonna :lol:

 

So I guess that means Starstruck is a given as it is the most commercial of the three S's. Somewhere is too short and the other being the amazing Superblind :wub: