The album is actually quite a strong body of work.
It's the last two single choices which have ruined everything. 'Live Your Life' and 'Sight of You' are nice songs, but they should have never been released. The whole campaign has been managed very poorly.
You know what, I finally listened to this and found a bit more than half of this album to be pretty great. I agree with the person who said the singles have been mismanaged. Aside from Young, I haven't been on board with any of the other selections, even if I do like the songs on their own.
The album is actually quite a strong body of work.
It's the last two single choices which have ruined everything. 'Live Your Life' and 'Sight of You' are nice songs, but they should have never been released. The whole campaign has been managed very poorly.
People aren't hating the album, just look at this thread. The metacritic thread is full of people desperate to see her fail, most haven't even listened to the album and wouldn't admit to liking it anyway.
A horse could have told you critics would hate the album. What matters is (in terms of quality) people are loving the album.
When it comes down to it, the album may be a flop in every way possible, but at least I like it. This years flops have made me feel so much better about Young Foolish Happy tho.
the album is awful and definitely deserves the sales its somehow managed to achieve so far.. and before any STANS report me for TROLLING I AM NOT i was actually rooting for her once upon a time, until i heard the album and its just so poor. Its like a contrived mess of everything thats a hit right now, rolled into a package thats suppose to sound relevant. but somehow it just doesnt.
it reminds me of a really poor emulation of Alesha Dixons - The Entertainer (which is by far better than this mess)..
VIsa is the best song but still it sounds IDENTICAL to this..
People aren't hating the album, just look at this thread. The metacritic thread is full of people desperate to see her fail, most haven't even listened to the album and wouldn't admit to liking it anyway.
A horse could have told you critics would hate the album. What matters is (in terms of quality) people are loving the album.
When it comes down to it, the album may be a flop in every way possible, but at least I like it. This years flops have made me feel so much better about Young Foolish Happy tho.
This is really contradictory and confusing
but yeah, i mean i'd understand if it was around the 50s region, but 36?
It's not at all. I just said anyone could have told you critics would hate it. But look at this thread, most people are loving it.
Yes, most people in a thread for the album on a pop stan forum are loving it. Just like the people in the metacritic thread are hating it. That doesn't make it a good album, it's the reviews from the actual professional critics that matter.