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Track Listings
| 1. Caught In The Middle |
| 2. Make It Good (Radio Edit) |
| 3. Here Comes The Rain |
| 4. When I'm Missing You |
| 5. This Aint What Love Is About |
| 6. Crazy For Leaving You |
| 7. Learn To Fly |
| 8. Isn't It Cheap |
| 9. If I Can't Have You |
| 10. Make It Through The Night |
| 11. Cherish This Love |
| 12. Do You Remember |
| 13. One Last Song |
| 14. Let It Out |
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As their audience matures, A1's third album Make It Good sees the band adopt a more grown-up musical style and image. The teen tunes of old have been replaced by 14 Ronan Keating-style adult-orientated pop compositions. Like the standard Ronan long-player there's an equal mix of slow slushy numbers and lively rock/pop tunes. "Here Comes the Rain" and "One Last Song" are both melodramatic ballads that securely fall into the first of these two styles. With falsetto vocals similar to Darren Hayes's, and first-rate catchy choruses, two tracks "Cherish" and "Do You Remember" pay homage to Savage Garden (a good business move if you're trying to break into non-European territories). The "Suicide Blonde" sound-a-like track "Isn't It Cheap" quotes other Aussie rockers INXS. Co-written by Christian, Paul, Mark and Ben, the four guys who make up A1, the album is unfortunately tarnished by excessive production. Despite being their best album to date, their apparent quest for audio perfection has resulted in an, at times, sterile sounding release. --John Galilee
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A1 - Make It Good
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
With all the manufactured puppets that parade the charts today, laughing all the way to the bank, I was a bit dubious about a1's change of direction. They've always persisted that they are far more mature than other chart busters, like say, Pondlife, and that they always write their own songs, and play their own instruments, and have gotten better with every album. With 'Make It Good' they've prooved that theory. This album is jam packed with quality tunes, many with sweeping psychedelic choruses, that you can't help but like. The lyrics occasionaly stumble into old a1 territory, but are redeemed by the sincerity displayed in the vocals. 'Here Comes The Rain' and 'One Last Song' are excellent examples of emotion commited to record in a way that trancends your average boyband dittie song. It knpcks spots off 'Flying Withouy Wings' let's put it that way. The recent hits 'Caught In The Middle' and 'Make It Good' are a good indication of what to expect from this record. Guitar music for the more mature pop fan. And with all four boys taking it in turn to write tracks, and with each of them playing one or more instrument throughout, we are left with a well crafted and quality album that may or may not sell, depending on how the pop market react to a band with actual talent as opposed to just a fine marketing director, who wouldn't think twice about taking money from impressionable teens, and offering them an album that is devoid of any passion or soul, for the sake of making a quick buck. Well done boys!'Make It Good' indeed......well you certainly have.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A1 are probably one of the few boybands i've really liked, Their early music was catchy and up-beat with choruses that once in your head lodged themselves there for what seemed like an eternity. Unlike most boybands however A1 do play their own instuments and write or co-write the majority of their own songs and in a country where manufactured pop seems to be the only way to guarantee a big hit, that's quite an achievement.
This 3rd album sees them going for more of an adult orientated sound, perhaps because they've realised that their audience is growing up or perhaps because this is the type of music they always wanted to do, whatever the reason it works. Like any good pop album there's a good mixture to the style of the tracks, with up-tempo rockers like 'Isn't It Cheap' and 'This Ain't What Love Is About', middle of the road pop songs 'Caught In The Middle' and the title track 'Make It Good' and ballads 'When I'm Missing You', 'Crazy For Leaving You' and 'Cherish This Love' A1 have produced an album which plays at a consistantly high level and gels together much better than their previous albums. The songs are well written and catchy and show that boybands can actually grow up. A very good album.
This 3rd album sees them going for more of an adult orientated sound, perhaps because they've realised that their audience is growing up or perhaps because this is the type of music they always wanted to do, whatever the reason it works. Like any good pop album there's a good mixture to the style of the tracks, with up-tempo rockers like 'Isn't It Cheap' and 'This Ain't What Love Is About', middle of the road pop songs 'Caught In The Middle' and the title track 'Make It Good' and ballads 'When I'm Missing You', 'Crazy For Leaving You' and 'Cherish This Love' A1 have produced an album which plays at a consistantly high level and gels together much better than their previous albums. The songs are well written and catchy and show that boybands can actually grow up. A very good album.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By max003
Format:Audio CD
The lads decided to explore new music territory with this album and I definitely think they've done it well. The music is more up-tempo, but they haven't forgotten their roots. The album have some very nice ballads, the best, in my opinion being "If I Can't Have You." That song shows off Mark Read's vocal and songwriting talents.
"Caught in the Middle", the first track has definitely made fans Stateside when they premiered it there.
I agree with other reviewers when they said that the lads have definitely shown they've grown up and that they're a band that should be taken seriously.
This one is definitely a keeper.
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proving their talent
This album is one you should get as it proves these guys are more talented than you think. Their best track is the secret track at the end, which has the lycics "you took me up, I... Read more
Published on 20 July 2002 by Becky
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A Really, Really Good CD
The A List was the first A1 CD I ever bought, and I thought it was supurb - a better effort than their first album, which I bought later. I didn't think they could get any better. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2002 by Lee St Clair
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Quality NOT Quantity!
With this latest album, a1 have produced a much more mature sound. Amongst so-called boy bands, they are unique in that they play the instruments and compose their own songs, both... Read more
Published on 26 Jun 2002
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Fantastic!
I've followed a1 since their early days, and they get stronger all the time. Some people say they've gotten 'too serious' when in fact they are showing their true colours with this... Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bigger and Stronger - The A1 sound keeps on growing!
"Make It Good", the third album released from A1, is just the beginning of the new style and sound that the guys are developing and moving into. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2002
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best boy bands around!
A1 have clearly made the right decision in changing their musical style. 'Caught in the middle' was a huge hit and marked their change in direction. Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2002
3.0 out of 5 stars
AN OK ALBUM!!!!
I used to be 1 of A1s biggest fans, I have all their CDs to date and I was really looking forward to this album! I thought It would have some v. Read more
Published on 1 Jun 2002 by Carra
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A Boy Band That's Worth Listening To!
a1 have certainly bent the common genre of 'boy bands' on this album - commercially it may cost them a few teeny bopper fans, but realistically, "Make It Good" has shown... Read more
Published on 30 May 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars
A for a1!
This is simply the best out of a1's 3 albums. Besides the latest 2 singles, "Caught In The Middle" and "Make It Good", the album also possess other potential tracks like "Here... Read more
Published on 28 May 2002 by appledar@singnet.com.sg
1.0 out of 5 stars
A dissapointment
After waiting a year for some material from a1, I must say that I am very disapointed, after listening to the album I was nearly falling asleep.... Read more
Published on 27 May 2002 by lukebangs@aol.com
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