So... the big 'From Here' thread...

[Bunny]

Yup. 3rd play. Got it. Love it!!!! Gooood album. How bizarre MR. I Wasnt expecting the downloads. Try logging into your Townsend account. Thats how I found mine. If I remember right there was a section in there.

[Bunny]

Yup. 3rd play. Got it. Love it!!!! Gooood album. How bizarre MR. I Wasnt expecting the downloads. Try logging into your Townsend account. Thats how I found mine. If I remember right there was a section in there.

In fact mate, I had an email that went straight through to spam, that told me to log in for a grat track

[Master Ray]

OK, pal, I'll check it out.

[Willard]

Yup. 3rd play. Got it. Love it!!!! Gooood album. How bizarre MR. I Wasnt expecting the downloads. Try logging into your Townsend account. Thats how I found mine. If I remember right there was a section in there.

In fact mate, I had an email that went straight through to spam, that told me to log in for a grat track

I got the mp3 downloads here in the USA too.

Sometimes I try to wait for the “right time” to listen to new music. Then I decided that’s a total waste of something awesome, and instead I made the right time on Friday. I had it on my headphones while I walked the woods on a path by a river. Quite a lovely day!

I’m sold, by the way. Fits right in after the last few albums. I’ve got one or two things I’m hung up on, but I’ll not point them out so as to not rain on anybody else’s parade.

[Johnz]

Got mine today, too. Only had two listens so far so it's too early to really know what I think of it. I love the title track already and a few others. Exciting times!

[Master Ray]

Yup. 3rd play. Got it. Love it!!!! Gooood album. How bizarre MR. I Wasnt expecting the downloads. Try logging into your Townsend account. Thats how I found mine. If I remember right there was a section in there.

Well, flippin' bloody crikey, you're right, logged onto my TM account and there it was.  Didn't get any email notification though.  Thanks for the heads-up!   

[Digital Man]

Yup. 3rd play. Got it. Love it!!!! Gooood album. How bizarre MR. I Wasnt expecting the downloads. Try logging into your Townsend account. Thats how I found mine. If I remember right there was a section in there.

Well, flippin' bloody crikey, you're right, logged onto my TM account and there it was.  Didn't get any email notification though.  Thanks for the heads-up!   

Same here and the physical disc still isn't here but enjoying it, 2 times in so far

[Master Ray]

Glad to see that our overseas friends can listen to this wonderful new music before the physical artifact crosses oceans... also, I'm fairly sure that Amazon offer a download service to those who bought the album?  I might be wrong about that, please correct me if so.

[Master Ray]

Yup. 3rd play. Got it. Love it!!!! Gooood album. How bizarre MR. I Wasnt expecting the downloads. Try logging into your Townsend account. Thats how I found mine. If I remember right there was a section in there.

In fact mate, I had an email that went straight through to spam, that told me to log in for a grat track

I got the mp3 downloads here in the USA too.

Sometimes I try to wait for the “right time” to listen to new music. Then I decided that’s a total waste of something awesome, and instead I made the right time on Friday. I had it on my headphones while I walked the woods on a path by a river. Quite a lovely day!

I’m sold, by the way. Fits right in after the last few albums. I’ve got one or two things I’m hung up on, but I’ll not point them out so as to not rain on anybody else’s parade.

Hey, pal, this is a discussion thread!  I'd be really interested to hear what you think!  This isn't a big 'love-in' where we are obliged to praise every last thing NMA ever did, I'm sure most people here (and, I'd like to think, the band) are interested in peoples opinions, including what DIDN'T work for them... just a thought.   

[Whirlwind]

 I'm fairly sure that Amazon offer a download service to those who bought the album?  I might be wrong about that, please correct me if so.

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amazon does give you the download, but...

"Complete your purchase to save the MP3 version to your Amazon Music Library on its release date."

I pre-ordered the album last week, but they make it clear we can't use the download service, we can't hear the album, until the official release date. I'm not going to complain. It actually seems right to do it that way.

Release date here in Trumpistan is August 30. amazon says I should have the album in my hands on that day...or I suppose I can listen to my download of the album on that day.

[jackroadkill]

Only listened to it once so far.

As soon as the album was finished I struggled to remember anything about it (apart from the word "conversation", that is).  I'm glad it's not been produced to death a la BDAW, and some of the sounds are ok, but so far I've struggled to feel anything about it, either positive or negative.  Hopefully this will change upon subsequent listenings.

I disliked BDAW immediately, and still don't like it at all apart from Summer Moors; Winter was a slow burner but after a few listens I loved it.  This is somewhere between the two for me.

[Willard]

 I'm fairly sure that Amazon offer a download service to those who bought the album?  I might be wrong about that, please correct me if so.

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amazon does give you the download, but...

"Complete your purchase to save the MP3 version to your Amazon Music Library on its release date."



I pre-ordered the album last week, but they make it clear we can't use the download service, we can't hear the album, until the official release date. I'm not going to complain. It actually seems right to do it that way.

Release date here in Trumpistan is August 30. amazon says I should have the album in my hands on that day...or I suppose I can listen to my download of the album on that day.

Fascinating about the release date. iTunes US had it last Friday.

[Valstar]

Still no vinyl in France, I want the lyrics, and playing it loud with the warmth of the vinyl sound 

[lupus225]

Only listened to it once so far.

As soon as the album was finished I struggled to remember anything about it (apart from the word "conversation", that is).  I'm glad it's not been produced to death a la BDAW, and some of the sounds are ok, but so far I've struggled to feel anything about it, either positive or negative.  Hopefully this will change upon subsequent listenings.

I disliked BDAW immediately, and still don't like it at all apart from Summer Moors; Winter was a slow burner but after a few listens I loved it.  This is somewhere between the two for me.

This is almost exactly what I felt after hearing the new songs.
Some have grown on me but overall I'm not too impressed by FH.

[Guillaume]

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/taylor-swift-s-lover-is-heading-straight-for-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart__27135/

In all cases it's great to read that, like for BDAW and WINTER before, the album seems to be a "hit" in the UK and German charts  ...
but i would have loved a commercial success like this one for (better??  ) albums like "High" or "Eight"...