I like Azizam

The official album thread and the chart thread have a total of 9 pages 

I enjoy this album, wish there was less ballads but I like Camera, Symmetry out of the tracks that weren't pre-released. Sapphire is my fav of the album though. 
 

I think why this isn't having as much impact (as it could) is the far too long rollout, having 4 songs be released prior to the album just doesn't make much sense to me. 

Symmetry needs to be a single!! it's a hit

Symmetry, Camera, Don't Look Down, War Game & Opening + Azizam, Saphire, Old Phone, A Little More > whole careers. 

Currently on 57,085 sales in the UK, Play has 45,388 sales from physical, 8,318 from downloads and 3,379 from streams.

Symmetry is nice, coming from him

Decided to skim some songs on this since I heard he was incorporating some world music sounds onto this album.

 

waiT at Sapphire being that bop

 

 

EDIT: There are definitely cute songs on here - Don't Look Down (this is giving a Stereo Love vibe but darker), Azizam and War Game.

But there's too many slow songs.

 

Edited September 16, 20251 yr by Theshigo Washidu

I think this is his best album in like ten years 

I don't know why he's flopping the music is musicing 

I love this album, I really enjoy it. It has no skips for me, and the bonus tracks are very good too. 

The bonus tracks on the extended version are all great and completely re-contextualize the album. I think this could've been a career highlight if he had included those in the standard (and added the F1 soundtrack single too which was great) and ditched most of the slower songs. This version of the album I'm enjoying immensely:

 

1. Sapphire

2. Azizam

3. Symmetry

4. Don't Look Down

5. War Games

6. Problems

7. Regrets

8. Heaven

9. Freedom

10. Drive

11. Camera

 

The worldbeat electro-pop sound was the highlight here and this way the first five tracks have that vibe and it feels much more cohesive. And then the over the top more pop rock songs at the end feel like a nice bonus without interfering with the vibe.

Currently stanning Don't Look Down, what a great track. 

The Vow is lowkey the best song on this album. It's the old school Ed everyone loves. Why hasn't this been a single yet 

On 9/14/2025 at 9:38 PM, pokerfaceboy said:

I enjoy this album, wish there was less ballads but I like Camera, Symmetry out of the tracks that weren't pre-released. Sapphire is my fav of the album though. 
 

I think why this isn't having as much impact (as it could) is the far too long rollout, having 4 songs be released prior to the album just doesn't make much sense to me. 

The numbers are there but the impact is not.

Deluxe out Nov 28 https://es.lnk.to/PlayDeluxeLP

Skeletons -  Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, Richard Isong Olowaranti Mbu Isong, Amy Allen    
Technicolour - Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, Jonathan Leslie, David Omoregie, Joseph Kier Gordon Caleb
Satellite - Ed Sheeran, Johnny Mcdaid, Simon Anthony Walker, David Omoregie, Kyle Ethan Evans
Lights Out - Elvira Anderfjaerd, Ed Sheeran, Elvira Anderfjard
Fade Out - Ed Sheeran, Jonathan Leslie, David Omoregie, Joseph Kier Gordon Caleb
Crashing - Savan Kotecha, Ed Sheeran, Johnny Mcdaid, Ilya Salmanzadeh
Rapture - Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, Omer Fedi
Spiral - David Hall Hodges, Ed Sheeran, Amy Victoria Wadge
I Don't Wanna Go To Bed - Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, Omer Fedi

The deluxe songs have such a different vibe, I like them a lot. Fade Out is my fave.