Stooshe - London With The Lights On

Re: Stooshe - Album discussion

Were the results of the survey that the majority wanted an album of Black Heart soundalikes? Cos that's what we've basically got. There are a few stand out tracks of the Stooshe we all used to know and love but, otherwise, this is pretty dull. And that's a real let down.

I can only hope the new songs they're writing/recording replace the bland ballads which just don't suit the group at all. Black Heart is brilliant but an album full of songs which sound exactly the same make the group seem like one trick ponies. When we all know there are anything but that.

 

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Well, the "original album" would have been...

F**ck Me
Betty Woz Gone
Hotstepper
Hoochi Mumma
My Man Music
Kiss Chase
Inbred City
Shame
Whatta Man
Waterfalls

...or something like that, right?

 

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I'd like to think Black Heart would have been on the original album anyway. It is a great song as their token ballad but it should not be the musical direction they take.

 

Re: Stooshe - See Me Like This/Waterfalls

Well... I thought about that - but then that's how I would label a song of theirs... but as it's a title, you wouldn't put a capital on every word, so no sorry I don't want to change it :p

 

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although... everyone else has... so fuck it ok then.

 

Surveys are part of nearly every release / campaign.

 

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Stooshe is the only band I've been sent a survey from asking me to give feedback on new songs for ages. The last time that happened was when Republica sent me a cassette with snippets on in 1993.

 

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See Me Like This is surely the way to go with their sound, it's commercial enough. But doesn't completely get rid of the personality of their early stuff.

 

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I do find the latter songs on the album FAR more exciting. What do we think for next single if it happens? 'Ain't No Other Me' is quite Christmassy so maybe should have been released instead of 'Waterfalls'. But if we're looking for Save The Album singles then I think either 'Kiss Chase' or 'My Man Music' (which I LOVE!).

 

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I literally can't find this anywhere. :(

Is it the deluxe album or the standard?

 

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Yeah, I wanted My Man Music as the second single for the summer and then Black Heart to lead the album.

Basically, that should have happened. Don't think it will help save the album though, they'll need a huge new song for that.

 

Re: Stooshe - See Me Like This/Waterfalls

Oh please. You can call the person leaking an album a twat in 99% of cases but frankly if this album wasn't leaked by someone then we probably wouldn't ever get to hear it. If I had the album I probably would have leaked it so the fans who've been completely fucked over by Stooshe's management have got SOMETHING.

And of course it's entirely their management's fault if they get dropped. The fans didn't select 'Waterfalls' as a single.

 

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I really wish a HQ rip of the Perfectly Wrong demo leaked.

 

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Do you mean the one that came with the survey? Or is there an earlier version you want?

 

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The survey one, I have it but it's not the greatest quality.

 

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I have done surveys for tons of EMI artists, normally through an online 'agent' shall we say. I remember when they played me Atomic Kitten's version of Lately and then months later it had been given to Lisa Scott-Lee instead. Sad times.

 

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So this album is kinda great. What a pity.

 

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It's kinda crap, but who knew Things That make You Go... had it's own artwork? From iTunes Finland.

 

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Yay i've found the album! (finally...)

 

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I like it, actually, except for Stooshe's cartoon font.