On the way down - a fall from grace
Continuing my trip back through the 2017 album charts. 14/07/17 : Something To Tell You - HAIM I liked Days Like You, their debut album (which we haven't met) and Women In Music, Part III , their third album (which we have) and so, quite obviously, I've never ever listened to this (and I'm not sure I even knew it existed). I've no reason to think I won't like it though... And well, I do like it and it's got a nice overall Fleetwood Mac-esque kinda vibe - but, on first listen, it's lacking a killer track and some of the tracks just slightly outstay their welcome. Maybe multiple listens would slowly draw me in and maybe they wouldn't - but I suspect we're never going to find out. We're at #2 in the charts this week with a new entry on the start of a nine week run - which makes it a relative failure compared to their neighbouring albums, both of which got to #1. The rest of the top five were Ed Sheeran , Jay-Z (another new entry), Public Sector Br...