Its seems that all of Miguel's hard work has finally materialized into big numbers and general acclaim! R&b game changer Miguel released his follow up to his stunning debut, "All I Want Is You", titled "Kaleidoscope Dream" on October 3rd, 2012. The captivating sophomore album debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with 71,000 copies in its first week, a more than vast commercial improvement over "All I Want Is You". It dissapointingly debuted at #109 with 11,000 copies back in 2010, peaking at #37 and has sold 397,000 copies to date.
However, Miguel did find success in his single "Sure Thing" from the debut "..You", which went to #1 on the US R&b charts due to heavy airplay and an infectious beat with a positive universally relatable message of a promise to love someone "for better or worse". Pssh if only people in this day and age had morals like that, right!? Te he he! Anyways, The success of this album can be attributed to the powerful single "Adorn" which soon became Miguel's third number one single on the US R&b charts and so far has peaked at #26 on the Hot 100. Its actually a breath of fresh air to see singles like this, which were composed AND produced all by Miguel himself make progress on the charts as opposed to less than talented artists, :cough: :cough: Riherpes whose singles become number one hits with little creative input from the main artist and was mainly created from the hard work of writing teams and hot at the moment producers.
Another single from "Kaleidoscope" that may soon reach the summit is the daydreamy guitar laden composition simply, yet ambiguously titled "Do You..". This song was initially released as a 2 part EP series from the singer/songwriter called "Kaleidoscope Dream: The Air Preview" EP which was released a month ago on September 11, as well as "Kaleidoscope Dream: The Water Preview" EP released the month before "Air" respectively. In the beginning of this song, Miguel coos in a dreamy echoing inquisitive tone "Do you like drugs? Have you ever felt alone? Do you still believe in love?" in an attempt to captivate the listener almost instantaneously and to ultimately pull them into his world where dreams become reality. This song, along with many other songs from this must buy album will have you hooked. I've owned this album since the first day it came out and I must say that it was undoubtedly worth every penny and hands down, one of the best albums of 2012! Go get your copy of Kaleidoscope Dream NOW! Full album review coming soon!
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