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Oh that's a pleasant surprise to see Drama! selling over 60k in a week, it had a pretty respectable increase from the debut sales. I love the track and it was the first one that really got me into Erasure, albeit I didn't know it as well until it featured on a 1989 compilation album that I received for christmas. I didn't buy the single at the time but I do now have it three times over, including the CD and 12" version of the US edition that PCF referred to in his post. I love the way the track builds and I really like the lyrics, very different from most pop tracks. I also bought the Beautiful South single, I used to really like Briana's vocals and I preferred this to Song for Whoever. I remember thinking that the cover was so dull though amongst all my pop singles. Out of the other new ones since I last posted, Technotronic is great and definitely a song I can remember hearing a lot from the time. Cherish is another good single from Madonna, I would eventually end up getting the album but it definitely wasn't until after Dear Jessie was released so I assume I had it in 1990. Sydney Youngblood is an odd one, even at a child I can remember thinking that the lyrics were just a bit too do-goody for my liking haha - I did like the production though, only finding out much later that basically the part of the track I enjoyed most was essentially Raze's 'Break 4 Love'.

I listened to this after loving Cinderella in BJSC, it may take another couple of listens to process fully but I loved the general vibe of it

I had a moment yesterday and spent £45 on this because I spotted the blood records email and thought OMG I must have it. Pesky Haim making me break my attempt to not buy as many records

I haven’t listened fully but flicked through the tracks on Apple and absolutely nothing I heard made me want to listen to more

Wow 200 days at global #1 - such an enormous success and achievement. The way she keeps defying expectations <3

I've voted for Garden of Eden because that's my favourite track of the three and I'd like to see it get its moment - but I still think that How Bad Do You Want Me is the one most likely to smash, but I think that would happen regardless of when it was released in the campaign - just don't mess it up team Gaga please!

I forgot to comment when it was all over but I ended up thinking it was fine, but definitely not amazing. Parker Posey was indeed good and I definitely enjoyed her character, especially the way she kept forgetting where she was on holiday and presumably just thought all those Asian countries were the same place - absolutely nailed how I imagine many americans to be tbh 🤭 However, the only two characters that I cared about both ended up dead urgh. It was a bit annoying how Rick's character arc basically came unstuck at the last minute and cost them both, but particularly annoying (yet totally inevitable given the show) that he took Chelsea with him. I also liked the three actresses that played the group of friends, but I thought their story just went nowhere. It was a shame as I found Carrie Coon in particular to be very likeable. Aside from that I didn't particularly care for any of them... especially the staff who I thought were very secondary this year, which was a shame as usually they are quite strong characters

I did have the album, I just had the single as well. I can’t remember now which we got first

I thought that too until I watched Schitt’s Creek 🥰

I also checked my copy after Jade posted her pic and mine is an original too - albeit not one I bought at the time, so I'm pleased I unknowingly got the correct version when I got the 12" as part of my obsessive dance music purchasing a few years back 😃

Hope you like it in that case!

Forgot to mention Tears For Fears… I’m definitely a fan of Sewing the Seeds of Love, yes it’s like a Beatles track but that’s no bad thing, and I think they more than pull it off. I loved all the singles from this album, definitely a step away from their previous work but they are all top quality.

I had that Jason Donovan single (🤭), the only one from his debut that I asked my dad to get me. It is admittedly naff but at the time I thought it was really catchy

Watched the first episode and enjoyed it - it's definitely very similar to the Devil's Plan, with the only real differences I can see being that someone is eliminated every week on this where as they are only eliminated when they run out of tokens in DP, and in DP all the contestants stay overnight in the complex and so you get slightly more social elements and team strategising Incidentally it looks as though a second series of Devil's Plan has started on Netflix, would definitely recommend trying that if you're enjoying this

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I can agree with two and a half of these... number two is the one that I can only half agree with, her last album didn't really do anything for me so the prospect of another along a similar line doesn't fill me with great hope. The debut Goldfrapp album remains by far my favourite, although the next two were good and very much worth the change in direction... but since then I've only really enjoyed the more laid back stuff, A&E remains stunning and I grew to like the Tales of Us album quite a lot.

Depends what age you mean by being a kid? I loved dance music as a kid, certainly from about 8-10 when it began to feature more in the charts.

It'll be a wasted vote but I'm going for the Saturdays. These days Will is actually my favourite of these, it has really grown on me over the years and I think it is pretty much his best song now.

A few decent tracks since I last commented... Ride on Time is the obvious one, I think I like it more now than I did at the time and it is definitely an all time classic of its genre. Love the Liza and Shakespear's Sister tracks, both evoking a slightly bonkers vibe but both fabulous. I really like the PSB version of Losing My Mind, and probably prefer it a bit to be honest, but I do enjoy Liza's version and think she sells the track well. You're History is a great introduction to Siobhan and Marcella, really distinctive and quite sparse production, coupled with the amazing combination of vocals between the two - it's probably the only track from their debut that is as good as the stuff on their follow up album.

01 Djrum - Under Tangled Silence 02 Rainy Miller - Joseph, What Have You Done? 03 vōx - All My Best Friends are Ghosts 04 Bon Iver - SABLE, FaBLE 05 DJ Koze - Music Can Hear Us 06 Destroyer - Dan's Boogie 07 Lady Gaga - Mayhem 08 Ella Minus - DÍA 09 FKA twigs - Eusexua 10 bdrmm - Microtonic 11 Self Esteem - A Complicated Woman 12 Saba - From the Private Collection of Saba and No ID 13 Marie Davidson - City of Clowns 14 Delaporte - DÉJATE CAER 15 Oklou - choke enough 16 Julia-Sophie - forgive too slow 17 Perfume Genius - Glory 18 Charli xcx - Brat 19 The Cure - Songs From a Lost World 20 Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)

Is this based upon the Korean show that is on Netflix? If so, I really enjoyed that, even if it was a bit drawn out at times. It looks like a similar concept at least so will give it a try (Just googled and I was thinking of Devil’s Plan - although it seems like this is based on another show by the same team that created that one too)

It always takes a couple of episodes to fully bed in for me but I’m liking them all so far. Thought the cool and pealympics tasks were pretty strong. I was amazed how well the backwards song worked!

Interestingly, a lot of the user reviews reference this supposed conspiracy and deliberately rank her low (I’m looking at prioritise pleasure) - so I’m not sure the user score is any more genuine than they are suggesting the critic one is.

I've listened to this a few times now and it is definitely a contender for the best album this year. It's just stunning, I love the way he fully embraces some of his classical influences. The way it takes you on a journey, beginning with the beautiful and more classical, before gradually dissolving layers by adding more and more electronic elements until we reach the fast paced conclusion. It's such a coherent journey that it must have taken a lot of planning and work to make it what it is, definitely one of the best electronic musicians out there right now <3

Been making my way through SF1 and I'm so glad I am doing... Model/Actriz is great! <3