02-09-2015, 07:26
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SAM SMITH "in the lonely hour" cd, 2014
album stats..........................#1 UK...#1 AU...#2 US...#2 CAN...#2 SA
singles:
"lay me down"....................#15 UK...#3 AU...#8 US..#10 CAN
"money on my mind"............#1 UK..#51 AU
"stay with me".....................#1 UK....#5 AU...#2 US...#1 CAN
"im not the only one"............#3 UK..#11 AU...#5 US...#2 CAN
"like I can"..........................#9 UK..#20 AU..#99 US.#52 CAN
Sam's debut album that took the world by storm in late '14....
it became the second biggest seller of the year(behind Ed Sheeran's "X")....
mostly its full of piano ballads just like the singles "stay with me" and "lay me down"....
there's a pop song at the beginning and two or three at the end of the album to liven things up...
a couple of the tracks at the end are his versions of tracks he guested on in '14 and were hits in the UK....
worst track for me is called "la la la"...its as annoying as Minnie Ripperton's "loving you" track....
the only other track I don't like on this fourteen track set happens to be one of his UK #1 hits, so who am I to say what sucks!
I haven't heard the guest appearance ones so I cant compare them....
his debut hit "lay me down" was rerecorded this year as a duet with John Legend...I prefer the solo one on this album,
but theres nothing wrong with the Legend one....
all up, a pretty impressive debut set(as long as you like his sound I guess)...
the downside is, I don't know where he will go from this one, I think he has found his sound and that's it so he'll probably
rehash the same sounds over again on his next album(it worked for Ed Sheeranas he refined his sound on "X" over "+" and that worked ok)
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: la la la
best track: lay me down
[video=youtube;HaMq2nn5ac0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaMq2nn5ac0[/video]
tracks:
1...money on my mind *
2...good thing **
3...stay with me ***
4...leave your lover **
5...im not the only one **
6...ive told you now **
7...like I can **
8...life support **
9...not in that way **
10.lay me down ***
11.restart ***
12.latch **
13.la la la *
14.make it to me **
3s=3
2s=9
1s=2
rating: 2.0
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.