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Originally Posted by Tish
They should have just sucked it up and stuck with the original date. Coming second to new album by a huge star like The Weekend is far better than coming second to a special edition rerelease of an album that’s already sold hundreds of thousands of copies.
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I’m by no means a Sabrina Carpenter fan, but I can’t open social media without seeing something about her lately. She performed at the Grammys, she was just on SNL dancing with Pedro Pascal this past weekend and she duetted with Dolly Parton. I don’t follow anything to do with her yet I’m aware this has all happened in the last couple of weeks, so it’s fair to say she’s having something of ‘A Moment’ right now. A band like the Manics obviously can’t compete with that, nor should they try, so a number 2 album is pretty good going in the current music landscape.
I’ve been reticent to rush to comment on the new album as I need time to sit with any album for a good while before fully gauging how I feel. The second half in particular has started to sink in more these past few days and I keep waking up with different songs in my head every morning. It’s somehow reminiscent of other Manics albums whilst simultaneously not feeling like a typical Manics album (I get people saying it’s like a James solo project meets a Nicky solo project), so at least they can still surprise me after 20+ years. I also can’t help but hear vague echoes of other very random songs amongst it all, including but not limited to Rhinestone Cowboy (My Brave Friend) and Stay Another Day by East 17 (Hiding in Plain Sight)
At the moment I think CT is a more interesting album than RIF and TUVL (neither of which I listen to much at all these days), so I guess time will tell how it sits amongst their back catalogue. Looking forward to hearing more of it live in a couple of months.