Gossip - Perfect World / A Joyful Noise

by **jszmiles** » Wed May 09, 2012 9:05 am

merlls wrote:Get Job = best track on AJN. I'm totally addicted!

Yeah I liked it a lot too.

Good album! More pop/dance than rock I think.

by **jszmiles** » Wed May 09, 2012 9:12 am

Thriller wrote:
04wayne wrote:I cannot get enough of Move In The Right Direction.
Great song! Should definitely be a single.

I think my favourite after "Perfect World" is "I Won't Play" though, amazing production!

Indeed, another great song on the album.

Such album with optimistic and fun music is needed now in my life :wink:

by **Blondini** » Mon May 14, 2012 5:40 pm

AJN 44, 127 iTunes.

256. Move In the Right Direction - Gossip

Last FM <3 · by **nickf1** » Mon May 14, 2012 5:44 pm

Melody Emergency is next single, so far is in top 10 most added singles on Aussie radios @ #10!

by **Cmyk** » Tue May 15, 2012 7:20 pm

I'm so happy they brought some solo Beth sound to this record. It's so different.
Guitars, bass, percusion and some great '80 synths. Add Amazing Beths vocals and you have one of the best pop albums this year!
So surprised.
I love Casualities of War and I wont play the most right now but there is no single track i don't really like. Same as Marinas albums. Ohhh i didn't expect May ad 2012 is gonna be so great musically!

by **topopMAC1** » Wed May 16, 2012 3:01 am

My album arrived today from Play, not had a chance to listen to the whole thing but have flicked through it and it sounds SO good! I did, however, listen to "Get Lost" in full as it really grabbed my attention, it's all kinds of AMAZING. Really captures the 90s sound a lot of people seem to be trying to do at the moment, it's SO, SO good!

The bassline on "I Won't Play" sounds superb and "Love In A Foreign Place" and "Move In The Right Direction" sound like highlights. I really like "Perfect World" but from first impressions, I think "Move In The Right Direction" or "Get Lost" should have led the album! I think this is going to be my favourite album from them so far.

Website · by **Mylostlenore** » Wed May 16, 2012 3:03 pm

It sounds really good. I think the indie pop sound suits them.

by **topopMAC1** » Wed May 16, 2012 3:23 pm

#35 in the midweeks according to the Official Charts Company.

by **Thriller** » Wed May 16, 2012 3:42 pm

Low

I guess with no hit single to lead it was expected though.

by **Wayne** » Wed May 16, 2012 4:06 pm

After listening to the album a few times...

Perfect World - 10/10
Move In The Right Direction - 10/10
Into The Wild - 10/10
Get A Job - 9/10
Casualties of War - 10/10
Get Lost - 8/10
Involved - 7.5/10
Horns - 8.5/10
I Won't Play - 10/10
Love In A Foreign Place - 8.5/10

= 91.5/100 [91.5%]

Into The Wild, Get A Job, Casualties of War, I Won't Play are the highlights of the non-singles. I Won't Play MUST be a single.

Perfect World remains THE best track of 2012 for me, and the best song Gossip have recorded since Heavy Cross.

by **topopMAC1** » Wed May 16, 2012 7:01 pm

They're selling the album for £7.00 at Asda!

by **Chaostheory** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:28 pm

I am really surprised about how much I like this album. Gossip were new to me when they released Heavy Cross and the singles after that were really not my cup of tea. But when I fell in love with Perfect World a few weeks ago I decided to get the album. It certainly won't become my favourite album of the year, but it's a good listen.

Hope they have the success this deserves. I'm not too worried about Germany, we seem to love them.

by **jszmiles** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:41 pm

received my copy today. Shame my purchase didn't help the album in the chart as I think this should be top 10 in UK :-?

by **Play** » Fri May 18, 2012 8:03 pm

France iTunes

18 Gossip - Perfect World

8-)

by **Merci** » Sat May 19, 2012 7:45 pm

awesome buys jszmiles! I'm waiting for Marina's and Gossip's albums to be released on US itunes, and the Tron: Legacy soundtrack is my jam!

by **Thriller** » Sun May 20, 2012 12:48 am

Listened to it in full again today... SO GOOD! Not one track is less than 7/10 for me, I'm actually annoyed that it's not going to be a commercial success. If this were a Girls Aloud record they'd score five top 20 hits off it.

by **CrazyCrazy** » Sun May 20, 2012 1:13 pm

Been listening, it's very good! I'm with Wayne on Move In The Right Direction, it's fab and very addictive.

by **jszmiles** » Sun May 20, 2012 5:38 pm

Didn't make top 40 in UK with this :evil:

by **CrazyCrazy** » Sun May 20, 2012 5:39 pm

jszmiles wrote:Didn't make top 40 in UK with this

by **topopMAC1** » Sun May 20, 2012 5:40 pm

jszmiles wrote:Didn't make top 40 in UK with this

Deserves better.

The campaign is a bit messed up here, releasing "Perfect World" but performing "Move In The Right Direction (which wasn't available to buy). They should have released that as the first single here!

by **topopMAC1** » Sun May 20, 2012 6:09 pm

Charted at #47 in the UK.

by **ManicKangaroo** » Sun May 20, 2012 8:43 pm

Move In The Right Direction is the next single in the UK (currently scheduled for 2nd July)

by **Blondini** » Sun May 20, 2012 9:22 pm

topopMAC1 wrote:
jszmiles wrote:Didn't make top 40 in UK with this
Deserves better.

The campaign is a bit messed up here, releasing "Perfect World" but performing "Move In The Right Direction (which wasn't available to buy). They should have released that as the first single here!

They probably realised Perfect World was getting no media attention and was a dead duck so focused another song that was getting some good response - which was available two days afterwards and charted on iTunes.

by **Thriller** » Sun May 20, 2012 9:27 pm

The album is shockingly low

by **topopMAC1** » Sun May 20, 2012 9:57 pm

ManicKangaroo wrote:Move In The Right Direction is the next single in the UK (currently scheduled for 2nd July)

Fantastic news!

I'm hoping for "Get Lost" after that.

Blondini wrote:They probably realised Perfect World was getting no media attention and was a dead duck so focused another song that was getting some good response - which was available two days afterwards and charted on iTunes.

But then "Perfect World" is quite a bit different to what they've done before so it would have been nice for them to do a performance of it. It's not instantly recognisable as a Gossip track!