Marina and The Diamonds - Electra Heart

by **Pompeii** » Sun May 06, 2012 5:38 pm

topopMAC1 wrote:YES!!! She's done it! Officially the UK's #1 album this week. SO pleased... makes up for "Primadonna" missing the top 10 again!

So happy for her!

by **Vindrag** » Sun May 06, 2012 5:39 pm

Congratulations Marina!

Well deserved! I can't stop listen to this album!

by **Blondini** » Sun May 06, 2012 5:47 pm

Vindrag wrote:I don't want to be rude against fans of other artists. But I'm just wondering if these reviewers who gave Electra Heart bad scores praised or gave better reviews for recent Katy Perry, Rihanna or Lady GaGa albums.. etcetera. What's up with the 1/10 review!?

This is often the case with concept albums, that just like Blondini wrote.. they don't seem to focus on the actual music but the flawed concept instead. HUmbug!

LÖÖÖÖGGGNNNERRR

In the case of NME, their readers don't always agree:
currently has a user rating of 7.7 on NME.com. - #3 top rated album as you can see:
http://www.nme.com/reviews?search=katy+perry&x=14&y=5
http://www.nme.com/reviews?search=rihanna&x=22&y=5
http://www.nme.com/reviews?search=lady+gaga&x=25&y=4

They were VERY generous with GaGa's latest plodder.

by **summer** » Sun May 06, 2012 5:47 pm

Vindrag wrote:I don't think they are ridiciololoosososuusus but rather important.

Don't worry overall the reviews are mixed. Soo.. they can go and kill themselves against the wall. I'm buying the album!

by **Vindrag** » Sun May 06, 2012 8:37 pm

Marina on Twitter

Electra Heart is No.1 in the UK. It means the world to me. M x

by **alxx** » Sun May 06, 2012 9:53 pm

So happy for her!

by **Benjamin** » Sun May 06, 2012 9:54 pm

alxx wrote:So happy for her!

Me too!

by **Mikerocha** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:00 am

George Boorman of Clash scored the album one out of ten, dubbing it "an ingloriously languid statement of Marina's demise, the final stamp of disapproval on her flailing excuse of a musical career."

Someone should tell this George Boorman that the "final stamp of disapproval on her flailing excuse of a musical career" is this week's number one album.

by **Vindrag** » Mon May 07, 2012 7:57 am

I have not stopped playing Electra Heart since its release! Such a long time ago I enjoyed a pop album. It feels... in a way innocent and liberating.

My heart is nuclear

by **MrRager** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:07 am

Mikerocha wrote:
JustForMe wrote:
topopMAC1 wrote:YES!!! She's done it! Officially the UK's #1 album this week. SO pleased... makes up for "Primadonna" missing the top 10 again!
Great news!
#1 in the UK & Ireland. Eat that reviewers

how much did it sell though? Album sales have been terrible lately. I mean Adele is still near the top of the charts after almost 1.5 years.

by **Thriller** » Mon May 07, 2012 12:51 pm

Apparently the sales were just 21k. I was hoping for around 35k to be honest

At least "Primadonna" has climbed again, so a good week for her overall.

I've been enjoying "The State Of Dreaming" lately, it didn't stand out to me at first.

by **Tom92** » Mon May 07, 2012 1:01 pm

Thriller wrote:Apparently the sales were just 21k. I was hoping for around 35k to be honest

At least "Primadonna" has climbed again, so a good week for her overall.

I've been enjoying "The State Of Dreaming" lately, it didn't stand out to me at first.

It sold less than 'The Family Jewels' did in its first week! :lol:

by **Thriller** » Mon May 07, 2012 1:29 pm

Shocking! I think it'll fall really quickly at this rate.

by **Mikerocha** » Mon May 07, 2012 2:11 pm

21K is really low

It will definitely fall out of the Top 5 next week. She needs to jump to the next single as soon as possible.

by **Blondini** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:48 pm

There's no "think" about it! We're talking a drop of at least six places, maybe 9 or 10 looking at iTunes.

Still, look at how most albums are dropping these days (Rufus down 5-31, Feeder down 13-72). Means little unless you're Xtina or Madonna.

by **LotsOfLove** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:48 pm

Just got my cd today:) I'm really happy.

by **Blondini** » Mon May 07, 2012 4:50 pm

Mikerocha wrote:21K is really low It will definitely fall out of the Top 5 next week. She needs to jump to the next single as soon as possible.

And - this won't be too soon as she needs to recover her voice. Primadonna is still hanging around so it doesn't matter if the album drops. Best to wait till Prima drops low enough. The public hears it at least once a week on chart rundowns so it's not like she'll be forgotten!

by **LAHouK** » Mon May 07, 2012 7:50 pm

It's my first time listening to this album and the track that standsout for me is the State of Dreaming! I love the chorus of it! Going to give the album more spins to get more into it.

by **Blondini** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:01 pm

Next single Power & Control pencilled in for July 9th.

by **Vindrag** » Mon May 07, 2012 8:52 pm

That's very late, isn't it? Middle of June would've been perfect. I've been listening extra careful to P&C after the announcment and can't decide whether it will do good or bad. But as Thriller wrote, it'll probably peak somewehere between top 30-40... unfortunately.

Lies would've been a much better single.

by **Blondini** » Tue May 08, 2012 9:17 pm

Vindrag wrote:That's very late, isn't it? Middle of June would've been perfect.

She has to postpone the tour by a month so everything revolves around that. It's not very late to me - gives her two months to recover/ do a video/ prepare everything. As it is already available to buy, and the promotion would start middle of June anyway we will see it chart from then. How can she do promotion now when she's ill and Primadonna is still high?

by **HBIC** » Wed May 09, 2012 2:39 pm

Hypocrates is starting to grow on me, I like it now

by **Mikerocha** » Wed May 09, 2012 4:10 pm

jamesssxD wrote:Hypocrates is starting to grow on me, I like it now

I love it. I love how many of her songs focus on the hypocritical people trying to bring us down. Are You Satisfied? and Girls were my favorites on the first album about that subject.

by **Blondini** » Wed May 09, 2012 7:03 pm

#8 midweek.

by **Thriller** » Wed May 09, 2012 7:14 pm

Ouch, but to be expected.