Adele to have the highest first week sales in both US and UK!!!

I think I do too......

 

It amazes me that "they" still have not correctly figured out how to capture her voice and record it properly.

 

I loved this clip too. Just wish I could green screen Jimmy Fallon out.

 

I'm sorry but I'll take Whitney's vocals in her prime over Adele's anytime.

 

Have to agree to disagree. Never a fan of the songs she picked (too much sap) and I far prefer Dolly Parton's original over Whitney's.

But American Idol wouldn't exist without contestants trying to emulate her, so clearly I'm in the minority.

 

Really ?

 

She's the return of a girl called Dusty

 

As I said a few days ago, sometimes these forums remind me of when I was a teenager arguing with my parents over music ''you call that music, back in my day we had music you could.......''
You get the idea.

 

She does remind me a bit of Dusty and I'd love to see her do a Dusty biopic before she gets too old.

 

On that note, I'd like to see her collaborate with the Pet Shop Boys before they get too old.

 

yes, it's official she broke the first week UK sales with 737,000 so far and counting.
It's tragic that Oasis fans are going to constantly point out that they sold more in 3 days. Which as I've pointed out doesn't matter because weekly tabulations have been historically tabulated WEEKLY and to give some kind of special status to a 3 day tally makes about as much sense as taking it to a 3 hour tally.
Wow! I sold more records than you in 3 hours! hahaha....
Those silly brothers made the mistake of dropping their biggest seller in the middle of the week. Dumb move if you ask me. But hey, they sold, the band is crying all the way to the bank.....and to second class status under the heel of Adele.

 

Poor Noel

 

Well, the official UK first week figures are in.

A staggering 800,307 album sales, of which 252,423 were digital, the rest being CD.

Amazing that over 1 in every hundred people in the UK spent actual money buying one particular album in its first week of release. This is 2015, not meant to happen.
As a buyer of music, particularly CD's, this made me smile a bit (didn't buy Adele myself though. ).

 

But it's great news that's happening.

 

HDD figures:

ADELE
25
XL/COLUMBIA 3,354,773

 

Taylor Swift has been dethroned. A new Overlord has been crowned. All hail Adele. (bows down)

 

Adele's new album was playing at Zia this morning during the Record Store Day opening. Up to this point I had never really paid much attention to her as I'm not really into most mainstream pop. But I have to say that I was liking much of what I was hearing. What an emotional album and performance. I do like her voice, but I also worry about its longevity what with her rough singing style. But that style perfectly fits the material. Way to go girl.

I'd love for MFSL or Audio Fidelity to release an SACD of this album. I know. Fat chance.

 

Not likely even if they should..

http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/99200

two tracks have DR4

 

I have no idea if she's damaging her voice, but it seems like a sensible sacrifice to make if that's the case. She's white-hot right now and there are no guarantees about the future.

 

Yikes! Is the vinyl any better?

 

Ridiculous

 

Yeah!

http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/99216

 

Thank you, Marcel.

 

I did a needledrop of it and it was DR10.

The mastering credits on the innersleeve:

Mastered by Tom Coyne & Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound, NYC
Vinyl Mastering by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound, NYC

 

Thanks for the info, ClausH. I may have to grab he LP.