Will Young - Echoes

by **stevyy** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:47 am

crazycrazy wrote:The album has done very well considering "Jealousy" was the only real hit from it! Wooo!

yep, selling 500,000 copies is amazing. Who would have thought that he would be the longest lasting casting star?

by **picciottino** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 9:56 am

stevyy wrote:
crazycrazy wrote:The album has done very well considering "Jealousy" was the only real hit from it! Wooo!
yep, selling 500,000 copies is amazing. Who would have thought that he would be the longest lasting casting star?

me

by **stevyy** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:56 am

picciottino wrote:
stevyy wrote:
crazycrazy wrote:The album has done very well considering "Jealousy" was the only real hit from it! Wooo!
yep, selling 500,000 copies is amazing. Who would have thought that he would be the longest lasting casting star?
me

i liked gareth gates more at first.. but then it changed quickly when he continued to release such great material.

by **Noahh** » Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:58 pm

stevyy wrote:i liked gareth gates more at first.. but then it changed quickly when he continued to release such great material.

Same here!

by **GRM** » Sun May 13, 2012 3:07 pm

Such an excellent album, I love the 80's-style production on some of the tracks, such as Losing Myself. Richard X excelled with the production.

Just downloaded Believe, the b-side to Losing Myself, such a perfect track! Can't believe it was on the album tracklisting. With tracks such as Believe and The Way I See missing the album, I'd love to hear what other tracks didn't make the final cut. I bet the leftover material from Echoes is a goldmine for the ears.

by **oasisbobo** » Sun May 13, 2012 10:52 pm

GRM wrote:Such an excellent album, I love the 80's-style production on some of the tracks, such as Losing Myself. Richard X excelled with the production.

Just downloaded Believe, the b-side to Losing Myself, such a perfect track! Can't believe it was on the album tracklisting. With tracks such as Believe and The Way I See missing the album, I'd love to hear what other tracks didn't make the final cut. I bet the leftover material from Echoes is a goldmine for the ears.

I agree with you! I think it's his best album! Great to see him having lots of success after all these years! Hopefuly many more to come!

by **GRM** » Sun May 13, 2012 11:03 pm

oasisbobo wrote:
GRM wrote:Such an excellent album, I love the 80's-style production on some of the tracks, such as Losing Myself. Richard X excelled with the production.

Just downloaded Believe, the b-side to Losing Myself, such a perfect track! Can't believe it was on the album tracklisting. With tracks such as Believe and The Way I See missing the album, I'd love to hear what other tracks didn't make the final cut. I bet the leftover material from Echoes is a goldmine for the ears.
I agree with you! I think it's his best album! Great to see him having lots of success after all these years! Hopefuly many more to come!

I totally agree. For me, Will's albums, overall, have lacked a personality and a direction. Echoes has managed to craft a sound for Will, which I hope he continues with. This album is definitely a peak for him, and his best album IMO.

by **westhammer** » Sun May 13, 2012 11:18 pm

I still listen to this album a year on. It'll be a classic for me I think

by **oasisbobo** » Tue May 15, 2012 4:32 pm

4th single for the summer? Keep the album selling?

by **freeme** » Wed May 16, 2012 7:46 am

I just Want A Lover, 25 june.

by **firefly_86** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:33 am

9 months on... I'm still loving this. One of the best written pop albums of the last few years.

by **sajjadali** » Wed May 16, 2012 4:38 pm

freeme wrote:I just Want A Lover, 25 june.

Not happy about this choice

Silent Valentine
Happy Now
Hearts On Fire

would have been better. May be the video will save it?

by **IamTashaSuzee** » Wed May 16, 2012 6:17 pm

Thank God... was playing IJWAL the other day wondering why they never released it. So much better than Losing Myself....

by **stevyy** » Wed May 16, 2012 7:52 pm

firefly_86 wrote:9 months on... I'm still loving this. One of the best written pop albums of the last few years.

absolutely agree. I was blown away by surprise when I checked this album out and... it became my most played album of 2011.

by **GRM** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:50 pm

IamTashaSuzee wrote:Thank God... was playing IJWAL the other day wondering why they never released it. So much better than Losing Myself....

Losing Myself is my favourite track on the album.

by **oasisbobo** » Thu May 17, 2012 9:24 am

sajjadali wrote:
freeme wrote:I just Want A Lover, 25 june.
Not happy about this choice

Silent Valentine
Happy Now
Hearts On Fire

would have been better. May be the video will save it?

I agree all those would be better plus Lie Next To Me!

by **Masson** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 9:12 am

Will Young has revealed that he is to move away from Sony Music after ten years with the label.

In the closing paragraphs of his autobiography ‘Funny Peculiar’, released on October 11, Young wrote:

“I think I'm at a crossroads. My album deal is up and as I write I'm in the process of signing to Island Records. I'm more excited about my music than ever.”

In 2002, Young was the winner of the inaugural series of Pop Idol, the popular TV format that was to be succeeded in the market by The X Factor after two series.

His debut single Anything Is Possible/Evergeen became the fastest-selling debut single in the UK and he went on to release six albums in 10 years through Sony Music that all achieved platinum status in the UK – the biggest-selling of which was 2003’s Friday’s Child which was certified 5 times platinum in the UK.
http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/will ... and/052255

by **Thriller** » Tue Oct 23, 2012 11:19 am

Hope it goes well for him, he's had a great ten years at Sony. Really want his next album to be in the same vein of "Echoes" if not even dancier.

by **Mainshow** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 8:45 am

To be honest, I couldn't care less, whether he's at Sony or not. I just hope that they keep releasing his albums on German iTunes.

I have to admit that I've never been into his music at all, but "Echoes" has changed everything. I really hope that he continues releasing such amazing albums.

Btw, here's my ranking for "Echoes":

01 Jealousy 10/10
02 Come On 07/10
03 Lie Next To Me 08/10
04 I Just Want A Lover 10/10
05 Runaway 08/10
06 Outsider 10/10
07 Silent Valentine 09/10
08 Losing Myself 09/10
09 Personal Thunder 06/10
10 Hearts On Fire 08/10
11 Happy Now 10/10
12 Good Things 05/10
13 Safe From Harm 02/10

Total: 102/130
Average: 7,8/10

Favourite track: I Just Want A Lover

by **CrazyCrazy** » Wed Oct 24, 2012 6:51 pm

Love lovely Will, his voice is gorgeous, can't wait for more, his last 2 albums have been fantastic!

by **Dior** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 1:41 am

Glad this thread was brought up again!

I had forgotten how brilliant this album is!

by **oasisbobo** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:35 pm

Love this album!

Can't wait for a new album I hope its not too long!

by **Blueyonder** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:52 pm

Echoes is a fantastic album! Will is my favourite contemporary artist. Hope it's not too long before we get an Echoes II.

by **CrazyCrazy** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:27 pm

Wooo another Will fan! I will be buying this album physically very soon, need to re-check my money situation first!

by **Mainshow** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:29 am

Blueyonder wrote:Echoes is a fantastic album! Will is my favourite contemporary artist. Hope it's not too long before we get an Echoes II.

I'm so here for an Echoes II.

Has he already started to work on an upcoming album?