Scrapluv said:

If Sade isn't a brand, have her release her music as Helen and see who buys it. #buhbye

I am so tired of Sade, Maxwell, and D'Angelo posing as demigods. You are simply musicians. A musicians job is to create music and put it out into the world.That is all. Put out good music and keep it moving.

I too think the cycle should be an album every other year.

These fools need to get Berry Gordy to get on their tails and steal their royalities. Hell Motown acts were releasing 3 albums a year AND still touring.

These people do 10 shows and get exhausted from standing at a mic for 2 hours.

#icant

bboy87 said:

in no way am i condoning his drug habit, but considering what he went through; i'm not surprised. it's sad really.


bboy

also said:

note to George...whatever you're going through each month..PUT IT ON AN ALBUM. pleeeeease!!!! i don't enjoy my George Michael droughts.
and of course this falls into the catagory of enjoying it while you can. because it may be another ten years until the next album. i would love a double album. like he did with "Ladies & Gentleman". a dance disc and a mid tempo/ballad disc. at least that way we'll get 2 albums to hold us over.

I'm sure George does work on music but he's too concerned that it'll suck. Stevie Wonder does the same thing.

Timmy84 said:

too bad! that should be for the fans to decide!

ummm i mean. of course. take your time George. i'll just have to have "patience".



damn. i almost turned into bboy there.

CHIC0 said:

but you're condoning his fondness for parkbench penis?



This may sound corny, but I'd love to see a set of unreleased material by Wham! released

bboy87 said:

no!! nor am i condoning yours.

bboy

also said:

not corny at all. maybe remaster the albums and add all the unreleased stuff on each one.

CHIC0 said:

I already came up with tracklistings if they ever released deluxe editions of Fantastic, Make It Big, and Music From The Edge of Heaven

bboy87 said:

then let them know the tracklisting's been taken care of.

bboy87 said:

enjoy.....






and this... WHOA!!!

CHIC0 said:

but she's fallen down to #3 now

the new #1

bboy87 said:

fixed it for you..

CHIC0 said:

who is that, sir?

CHIC0 said:

Them stubborn bitches never listen to me

Fantastic (Deluxe Edition)
1. Bad Boys
2. Ray of Sunshine
3. Love Machine
4. Wham! Rap (Enjoy What You Do!)
5. Club Tropicana
6. Nothing Looks The Same In The Light
7. Come On
8. Young Guns (Go For It!)
9. Ray of Sunshine (Intrumental Remix)
10. Love Machine (Instrumental Remix)
11. Nothing Looks The Same In The Light (Instrumental Remix)
12. Bad Boys (12' Mix)
13. Wham! Rap (Special Club Remix)
14. Blue (Armed With Love)
15. Ray of Sunshine (Specially Recorded For The Tube)
16. Young Guns (12' Mix)

DVD
Bad Boys
Love Machine (From The Tube)
Ray Of Sunshine (From The
Wham! Rap
Young Guns




Make It Big (Deluxe Edition)
1. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
2. Everything She Wants
3. Heartbeat
4. Like A Baby
5. Freedom
6. If You Were There
7. Credit Card Baby
8. Careless Whisper
9. Wake Me Up Before You Go Go (Instrumental)
10. Everything She Wants (7' Remix)
11. Message From Wham! (from Japanese release of Everything She Wants)
12. Freedom (Long Version)
13. Careless Whisper (Jerry Wexler Version)
14. Careless Whisper (Instrumental)

DVD
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Everything She Wants
Freedom
Careless Whisper
Careless Whisper (Original Edit)




The Final: Music From The Edge Of Heaven (Deluxe Edition)
1. The Edge Of Heaven
2. Battlestations
3. I'm Your Man
4. Wham! Rap '86
5. A Different Corner
6. Blue (Live In China)
7. Where Did Your Heart Go?
8. Last Christmas (Pudding Mix)
9. I'm Your Man (Extended Stimulation)
10. A Different Corner (Instrumental)
11. Club Fantastic Megamix (12' Version)

DVD
I'm Your Man
Where Did Your Heart Go?
A Different Corner
The Edge of Heaven
Last Christmas
Foreign Skies: Wham! In China

what do you think?

bboy87 said:

at my mercy??

here... IDA

you can thank me later

bboy87 said:

BklynBabe said:

Totally agree!

I doubt that the artists themselves have much to do with this - More than likely it's down to the record companies.

bboy87 said:

Yeah,the 70s is the one decade where artists were allowed to "flood the market" Donna Summer released two albums in 1977,and one of them was a 2-record set.

Her next three albums were also double-LP sets

TRON said:

that one's my pick too. it's not normal for him, like it is for some others, but I'm really feeling his absence lately

I don't necessarily love it when one of my favorite artists/bands takes time off between records, but in the end, it's all up to them when they release something. Sure, you have fans and whatnot, but think about it for a minute. How many of these bands and artists go on tour? Touring cycles are notoriously tiring, and then there's press conferences, meet and greets, etc. Unless you're a shut-in like Prince, of course.

Point being, musicians shouldn't be treated like machines that just churn out tracks specifically for you. Some people actually value integrity over rapid-fire album releases.


That being said, this is why I love the Raveonettes, because they think it's unfair to their fans to put a space greater than a year and a half to two years between albums.

And then there are the quote/unquote "artists" who you wish would take ten years OFF...calling no names but starts with BOUNCY!

theAudience said:

That's a convenient excuse for lazy musicians. If you can't find the inspiration to release more than one album in a decade then you shouldn't be in a creative industry.

Jamiroquai's last studio album 'Dynamite' was released in 2005.I am starving for some new music from them! They're promising that the new CD will be released this year,I hope they're right.

CHIC0 said:

I love Madonna's strategy: release an album every two years or so,and then do a tour.No one can ever call her "lazy".She seems to really enjoy what she does.

daPrettyman said:

Very good point.Record companies put [alot of pressure on artists to come up with something that will actually sell.

carmy said:

I feel fortunate that most of my favorite artists don't wait ten years before putting out a new album If I were a fan of D'Angelo,I'd be going crazy for new music from him,lol.

TonyVanDam said:

In this particular case,I have to agree with the record company I remember being shocked when ATWIAD was released in early 1985.I thought it was too soon for another album! I think 'Purple Rain' had at least one more potential single that should have been released ("The Beautiful Ones").

A new album in 1985 was cool,but I think he should have waited until late summer,perhaps.By then,'Purple Rain' would have been old news.

This thread is coming from a Michael Jackson fan?

As has already been pointed out, The Time don't have a record deal. Who's gonna finance their album? Maybe you're proposing the org has a whip-round?

Sade is not inspired anymore so she's doing what uninspired people should do. Other things. The worst scenario is when uninspired people go on putting out shit. Prince and Madonna both fall into this category (Prince because he's a studio addict and Madonna because she's a money/fame addict)

I love Kate Bush. but her creative rhythm is what it is. Remember, these artists don't owe you anything.

True, and even after he made "Off The Wall", he continued to do an album with his brothers inbetween his two solo albums during that era. But when "Thriller" hit, it sold like nothing anyone had ever seen before well into a year after it's release which would be the time that most artists would be releasing their next album. The time between "Thriller" and "Victory" was completely undertandable considering the circumstances. It's just that he treated the period after "Victory", "Bad", and all his other albums as if he had a once in a lifetime major selling album like "Thriller" and would drag those singles out forever.

When the 1990s arrived and labels became ultra greedy, this seemed to be standard practice for all artists and not just the major superstars. Make that album and bleed it every dime they could get out of it for two or three years.

I agree with Warner Brothers also. "Around The World In A Day" already was released unusually early in comparison to other albums and if it had been released even earlier, it would have been released while the "Purple Rain" success was still happening. Plus, that completely different sound of "Around The World Of A Day" may have turned folks off to Prince earlier than they got turned off a few months later and might have stopped some of "Purple Rain's" steam.