Dropped!

[britishpoprocks]

I can't beleive that Triple 8 were dropped. I was looking forward to the release of their album cause I loved their first 2 singles...I was wondering why it was taking so long for their alb to be released. But Heavy W8 is a wicked song! (thanks for letting me know how to download it for us Paula)

[Paula]

Yeah it sucks cos their album had great reviews I could post a review of it for you if you want all the tracks sounded awesome.
I have another song by them you and I, that I could send you if you want just tell me girl.
I hope that girl will send us heavyw8

[Paula]

Just reread your msg did the girl already send you heavyweight?

[britishpoprocks]

i'd love to read a review of their alb. hopefully we will be able to get many of their songs anyway by downloading and such do you know if they are looking for a new record deal?

[Paula]

I have just read the 1st review of Triple 8's debut album 'Heavy w8'! It's from the people at www.popjustice.com

Anyway, I thought I would type up the review for everyone to read! Here it is:

"As we know, pop music is all about singles. It has to be - because you can count the number of genuinely decent pop albums on the fingers of Max Martin's right hand.
The reason we've been banging on about Triple 8 on popjustice.com for the past 6 months is not because they've been paying us reasonably large sums of money but because, with Justin Timberlake too busy having sex to think about an *NSYNC reunion, the global pop stage is empty. And it's that sort of emptiness that allows Atomic Kitten anywhere near number 1. Then there's Triple 8: they've refined the Five blue-print just as *NSYNC perfected Backstreet's. They think big and they sound huge, and there's not a Fatone in sight.
The album 'Heavy w8' isn't perfect (Track 14 is absolutely bloody awful) but it's the first pop album since 'Celebrity' (by *NSYNC) to genuinely push the boundaries not just of what a pop album should sound like, but what a pop album should do. And just like 'Celebrity' - and like most great inventions - it's made using raw materials available to any other popstars: the songwriters and producers are all familiar names, but the Triple 8 machine has galvanised them into a totally new type of action.
After deftly promoting 'Knockout' so that it sold the precise number of copies to get them to the magic Number 8, Triple 8 are really ready to explode. This is a brilliant album and only a supreme f***wit would claim otherwise.
1. 'Knockout': The chorus is totally devoid of the Ringtone Factor, but you could say the same for 'Firestarter', couldn't you?
2. 'Heavy w8': Samples 'Get your freak on', has some counting in the chorus. We can thank Mr Abs for this masterpiece.
3. 'You and I': "You're looking at me for a little relief." Not of the hand variety surely? Oh go on then.
4. 'Yoyo': One of the best songs on the whole album; nicks the riff from Eminem's 'Without me' while guitars flail.
5. 'Give me a reason': A bit like 'I want it that way', except Backstreet never did it with live drums and guitars all over the place and a tremendous middle eight. If there's any justice in pop, this'll be their first huge hit.
6. 'It only happens with you': Ballad. Christmas. Next.
7. 'Can't forget you': A touching tribute to Dame Thora Hird (nb: This may not be true)
8. 'Missing you': Disco with guitars with 'The boy is mine'-esque string swooshes in the chorus and - praise be! - a brilliant false end. And you can't go wrong with a false end. Unless you're trying to get through Customs.
9. 'No way back': It sounds like Prince! Though we went off Prince when he pulled out of Glastonbury AFTER we'd bought our tickets.
10. 'Hit the bone': Another standout track, this time referencing Nelly in the chorus and hard thingys in the lyrics. Lots of "Bucking like a rodeo, 24/7 got me on the go/ She don't let go til we take it down below and don't stop baby til we hit the bone." You don't hear that from One True Voice, do you? (No you don't.)
11. 'All you need tonight': Hopefully this'll be some sort of single at one point or another because all it needs is a bit of a tweak and it'll be as might as *NSYNC's 'Girlfriend', i.e, very.
12. 'Lockdown': 'Knockout' Part 2. Like so many great pop songs, this is actually about nothing at all.
13. 'Hola hola': "She was like butter, I just can't live without her." The 8 have obviously not been introduced to the wide range of butter substitutues of which 'F*** me! It's not butter' is the undisputed king.
14. 'To die for': This unmighty song stormed the Top 42 two years ago with Luke Galliana at the helm and Pete Waterman on the magic knobs. Worst track on the album...
15. 'Hittin' it right': "It's so sad that you can't see that your girl keeps coming to me cos you don't give her what she needs. She got it last night..." The album's finale is a response from the subject of track one, taking 'Heavy w8' full circle and sealing all 15 tracks in a water-tight pop swimsuit.



So there you go! What do you think of the review? Good or bad?! I think it's good. The review called 'Heavy w8' the first great pop album of 2003! Does anyone know the release date of the album? I can't wait to hear it now! It was supposed to be released next month, but I think it's been changed to August, although I'm not sure! Anyone heard anything? Let us know if you have!

[Paula]

oh that was from a yahoo group I didnt type all that up lol.

[Paula]

According to the triple 8 forum they have totally split cos its too much trouble finding another deal and they wouldnt be able to use the name triple 8 or release the old songs.
That totally sucks I just heard heavyw8 and its fab. There is one girl on the forum who is willing to share the album but she does not know how to put it online I will send you her msn maybe you can ask nicely if she could share some songs with us.

britishpoprocks said:

i'd love to read a review of their alb. hopefully we will be able to get many of their songs anyway by downloading and such do you know if they are looking for a new record deal?

[britishpoprocks]

thanks for posting up that review, it sounded like they liked the alb a lot and from what i read I'm quite sure i'd love it too! and i liked the author's little jokes about Justin, haha.

what?!? The group totally split just because they couldn't get another record deal? And why couldn't they use the same name and the old songs - I don't know the legal stuff behind it but don't other artists release old tracks when they get new record deals? Hmm..i'm trying to think of an artist that did that...Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync...but i remember they both had probs trying to keep their names. those dumb record execs!

[britishpoprocks]

just thought i'd tell you that i like your banner in your siggy - the first time i saw it i laughed pretty hard

[Paula]

I think its cos polydor own the name etc and they wont let them keep it. Plus it would be very hard for them t get a new deal cos the management have also dropped them
its very annoying but i know when Asher d got dropped he didnt release any of the old album and neither of the singles he had previously released were included on his new album.
Luckily someone sent me the old album songs anyway but I do think it was a waste cos there was 16 tracks that were good that can never come out.
I suppose its good if polydor wish to give the old triple 8 songs to some other boyband in years to come, which may well happen being as the songs were supposed to be very good. But that would be awful if the old triple 8 lads saw one of there songs getting to a high chart position

[britishpoprocks]

That's stupid - record companies shouldn't own band names. And i can't beleive their management dropped them too, weren't they still with Chris Herbert and Safe Management? He was the one saying they were the new Five.
That would be pretty bad if one of their old songs charts high. That would be like what happened here - for some reason, Clay Aiken (from our Idol2) got D-Side's "Invisibile" and i think it went to #1. I thought that was stupid cause D-Side should have released that but I know it would have never gotten that high because no one here knows of D-Side. I still like their version better.

[Paula]

I never knew about that is clay aitken off us idol or something?
that would be awful you'd feel cheated.
Yeah they were with safe management, I think they should have released heavyw8 instead of give me a reason cos it was more upbeat.

[britishpoprocks]

yeah, Clay aiken is from American Idol season2. I can't beleive how fast they do the new seasons of Idol. Season4 starts in November! i think they are doing them waaay to fast, people are getting burnt out. They do that often in America, it's like they find a good thing and they run it into the ground. i barely made it through the third Idol season, it was really getting bored with it i just wanted to see who ending up winning cause i voted and the girl I voted for didn't even win
And i totally agree with you - Triple 8 shoulda done Heavy W8 as their second single. I think it would have charted higher.

[Paula]

wow you have loads of idols I only know of Kelly Clarkson was she the first us idol?
I never realised us ppl went overboard with stuff what happened to all the other idol winners do they not sell many records anymore?
I thought we were bad for having two pop idol shows, popstars and popstars the rivals but at least we change the show lol

[britishpoprocks]

Kelly Clarkson was our first Idol winner. I can't even remember when that was, either late 2001 or during 2002. She is doing really well with selling records (i think she is up to 5 million or more sold) and she did a tour too, i think she's probably recording another alb now. And the runner up was this Justin Guarini guy (who shouldn't have made it that far), he has this huge curly hair and his alb totally flopped- it must have sold 100 copies tops. i was reading in a magazine how he's trying to find a new record deal but no one will sign him.

The second winner was Ruben Studderd - his first single was a cover of Westlife "Flying Without Wings" (i was kinda mad about that cause he released it just as WL was signed to a new record deal - which they were later dropped from - and they were performing for the record execs and stuff) only once did i read that Ruben's song was a cover of Westlife. most people think that is his song. Ruben is much more r&b and i'm not familar with all his songs, they are played on the r&b radio station as oppose to the more top 40 stations. Clay Aiken was the runner up for the second Idol and he has been much more successful than Ruben, i think he may have sold more albs than Kelly. He was the nerd turned cool guy, he's not that attractive (tho some fans will argue that) but he is a very good singer. I am quite sure season 2 was rigged...but they are probably all rigged.

The season 3 winner was Fantascia Burrino. Honsetly, i don't like her at all, her voice makes me want to run and hide. I'm sure she will sound better on studio tracks cause they can fix up her voice. The runner up was a 16-yr old who could really sing, she kinda reminds me of Christina Aguilera when she was younger. Now, other people who were in the top 10 from the past seasons are releasing albs. It seems like the more Idols they do, the worse the singers get. There are a few good ones in the top 10 but most of them don't last to the top 3 or 4.

We also had 2 Popstar shows here, they did those back to back too. I really liked Eden's Crush, and the second group was 3 girls/2 guys called Scene 23 they were alright but they only had 7 songs on the "soundtrack" for the show...both groups split. I would have liked to seen your Rivals show, it sounded very cool how they did boys vs girls. I'm glad the girls won