The new record is produced by Stuart Price, who recently worked on Scissor Sisters’ Night Work, and ‘The Flood’ has a Scissors-feel to its opening while Williams leads vocal duties. Then Barlow takes over, but when the entire band chime in for the chorus, you know that this is a modern Take That hit that will fit easily in setlists alongside ‘Greatest Day’ and ‘Shine’.

Many people have claimed that Williams isn’t a strong singer, but from the evidence of ‘The Flood’ it’s nearly impossible to agree with him. Barlow is a better balladeer, but Williams can really hold a note and is a much more emotive singer. Price’s production is immaculate, and it would have been easy for the song to be overdone, but the highs are high and the lows are finely restrained.

The song is a wonderful single from the fivesome, and a hint of more to come on next week’s album (out Friday 12th in Ireland). The real Take That are back.
http://www.swearimnotpaul.com/2010....od.html

Ари права насчет дисков - физические продажи у них высокие и это тот редкий случай, когда они могут быть даже больше, чем данлоад. Я утрирую, но ТТ и их поклонники (как и Робби) из чуть другого поколения, когда диски покупаются охотнее, нежели скачиваются. Именно поэтому Shame до сих пор в пятерке по продажам CD.

xFactor добавит продаж, но особенно в следующую неделю, что в случае успеха на этой неделе, позволит сохранить стойкие продажи и в неделю с JLS. Уступит наверняка, но не столь много. Так что хороший ход.

А промежуточные продажи узнаем завтра после обеда

я уверен, что #1 они возьмут, но думал, что все будет проще

On the singles chart, The Flood, the first new song from Take That and Robbie Williams to be released since they reunited, sold almost 34,000 copies in its first two days of release, putting it slightly ahead of the current number one, Rihanna’s Only Girl (In The World) [Def Jam], although it looks set to be a close race to the top.

New entries from McFly feat. Taio Cruz (Shine A Light [Island / Super]) and Shayne Ward (Gotta Be Somebody [Syco]) should also challenge for the top 5, while Adele’s cover of Bob Dylan To Make Me Feel My Love (XL), an X Factor favourite, could climb back into the top 10.

On the albums chart, The Gift, the follow up to the 9m-selling Dreamed A Dream, got off to a reasonably strong start, selling almost 30,000 copies on its first day of release.

That puts it ahead of Bon Jovi’s Greatest Hits (Mercury), Cheryl Cole’s second solo album Messy Little Raindrops (Polydor) and James Blunt’s new album Some Kind Of Trouble (Atlantic / Custard).

But while Cole’s album continues to sell strongly, shifting another 17,000 copies yesterday to add to its 105,431 last week, Girls Aloud band mate Nadine is off to a slower start with her Tesco exclusive solo album Insatiable (Black Pen).

It sold slightly under 2,000 copies yesterday, which puts it in the lower reaches of the top 40, according to Official Charts Company midweek sales flashes, below new albums from Ray Davies and Cee-Lo Green, but ahead of releases from Roll Deep and I Blame Coco.
http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1043218&c=1

А в чарте-то, насколько я понимаю, и то, и то учитывается.