Lady Gaga - The Chromatica Era

Rain on Me has grown a lot and feels right at home on Chromatica. I can see why when picked as a highlight people's expectations are lowered, but it really comes to life in that line up.

If anything, Stupid Love feels like more of a misfit here.
 
Jark said:
She's so lovely here on Graham Norton. Not a peep about the music of course.
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"and actually, i went to hang out with Madonna at her manager's house.."

oh no :( i was patiently waiting for Madge to reduce Babylon but it seems like they're friends now.
 
I think whoever said it’s much better as a complete album than as individual tracks hit the nail on the head.

Alice, Free Woman, Replay and Babylon are highlights for me but I’m not yet at the stage where I have an urge to put them on in their own right. Maybe the lack of hooky moments has something to do with it.

As a whole listening experience though, it’s bloody euphoric from start to finish.
 
Pingu said:
I think whoever said it’s much better as a complete album than as individual tracks hit the nail on the head.

Alice, Free Woman, Replay and Babylon are highlights for me but I’m not yet at the stage where I have an urge to put them on in their own right. Maybe the lack of hooky moments has something to do with it.

As a whole listening experience though, it’s bloody euphoric from start to finish.
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I believe that was me :disco: And I completely agree with all of that!
 
I’m hoping Alice gets a 90s house remix in the vein of the stupid love warehouse mix.
 
Bizarrely (or not) this is already longer than most of her album threads. Quite a way yet to overtake the Artpop topic which seemed to end once the album actually came out :D
 
By the way is it confirmed that they’ve somehow “changed” Babylon?

I interpreted it as being some kind of remix that had leaked in part prior to the album rather than an original demo that was then reworked.

Regardless, the album version needs a last chorus at the end. That’s the only instance where I’ve felt cheated by the song’s length.
 
Pingu said:
By the way is it confirmed that they’ve somehow “changed” Babylon?

I interpreted it as being some kind of remix that had leaked in part prior to the album rather than an original demo that was then reworked.

Regardless, the album version needs a last chorus at the end. That’s the only instance where I’ve felt cheated by the song’s length.
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There's two versions. We might get the Clown Labs version too at some point.

Until then we have this
 
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I’ve had a full listen on my walk today and the standouts are Replay and Sour Candy. Everything else is fine to good but it’s all very same-y, I could have done with one more ballad to break the same 4 words over similar beats songs.
 
I now really love Fun Tonight. It's an excellent Ally Maine song from the difficult second album. The references to Paparazzi and The Fame should be awful but are actually *chef's kiss*. And her VOCAL! :disco: she came through!
 
I've heard so many people saying they think this album is samey... I really don't hear it. It sounds very dance-pop throughout, but each song sounds distinct and obviously 'its own' to me. And a ballad would be a DREADFUL idea on this album. It would ruin the mood completely.
 
Pingu said:
I think whoever said it’s much better as a complete album than as individual tracks hit the nail on the head...

As a whole listening experience though, it’s bloody euphoric from start to finish.
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I agree, I randomly listened to a few songs and was bored, but when I put the album on for my walk yesterday I was amazed how amazing it sounded and how well it all works in context. This might be the first Gaga album I'll go back to since BTW.
 
The 90s synths in the chorus of Alice

The Oh m-mutha oh m-mutha

The TAKE ME! HOME!

The ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah SET ME FREE!

THE EVERYTHING!

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Best to worst

10 Rain On Me
09 Stupid Love
09 Free Woman
09 Enigma
09 Babylon
08 Replay
08 Fun Tonight
07 Plastic Doll
07 911

07 1000 Doves
06 Sine From Above
05 Alice
04 Sour Candy

The last 4 could've been chopped or swapped honestly. But the rest are very good to great and, much like Artpop, give me a killer EP to work with.
 
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The whole thing is growing on me today! Enigma is creeping up on me and 1000 Doves sounds better than it did at first. 911 is so good!
 
Set to debut at No.1 in the US with first week sales estimates of 265,000-285,000. Her biggest opening week since Born This Way.

For comparison:

The Fame - 24k
The Fame Monster - 174k
Born This Way - 1.14m
Artpop - 258k
Cheek to Cheek - 131k
Joanne - 201k
A Star is Born - 231k
 
I seem to remember they sold Born This Way for $1 during its first week in some places, but those first week sales for it are ridiculous, is it correct?!
 
Iguana said:
I seem to remember they sold Born This Way for $1 during its first week in some places, but those first week sales for it are ridiculous, is it correct?!
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The Born This Way figures? They're insane. :D Like you said, pretty sure it was being sold for a dollar at one point.

Also UK saturday figures for Chromatica are 35.6K :o

Obviously she'll be very front loaded, but she should clear 50-60K no problem.

For comparison(whole first week):

#03 The Fame ~ 25,228
#01 Born This Way ~ 215,639
#01 ARTPOP ~ 65,608
#10 Cheek to Cheek ~ 10,469
#03 Joanne ~ 26,694
#01 A Star is Born ~ 31,816 units (6,178 from streaming)
 
My ranking on day 2 :disco:
10 Alice
10 Rain On Me
10 Replay
10 Free Woman
10 911
09 Babylon
09 Fun Tonight
09 Enigma
08 Stupid Love
08 Sine From Above
08 Sour Candy
07 Plastic Doll
07 1000 Doves
 
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