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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sexy? Yes Yes Yes...., 17 Nov 2007
The fourth studio album from Girls Aloud represents the very essence of the girls' unprecidented five year career to date...a career that has given us some of the decade's most amazing electro-pop offerings - Biology, Something Kinda Oooh and Sound of The Underground to name but a few.
Here's my Track By Track review:
1. Call The Shots - A sultry and mesmerising affair to begin with, a slick mid-tempo electo tune, with some gorgeous vocals from Nicola in the middle eight.
2. Close To Love - Definite potential single, this is catchy and exciting, with the usual off-the-wall GA stamp that made songs like Biology and Something Kinda Ooh brilliant.
3. Sexy! No No No - A veritable Pop Hurricane! This song begins with a haunting electric overture, and crescendos with a torrential storm of angry, sexy pop.
4. Girl Overboard - Think Bananarama in their Heyday, with a modern twist. This is Nu-80s, and it's hot.
5. I Can't Speak French - With the witty lyrics, this had the potential to be brilliant...the melody is not the strongest though, and it fades into something of a filler track.
6. Black Jacks - Again, this is a new sound for the girls. Quite dark, with a slight 70s rock feel...interesting.
7. Control Of The Knife - Reminiscent of Kate Nash/Just Jack, this is the suppposed 3rd single from the album. Sees the girls go off on another classic GA tangent. Very similar to Watch Me Go from Chemistry.
8. Fling - This is absolutely amazing! From start to finish this is the standout track on the album, and if it isn't a single I will be disappointed. Has slight allusions to Bassment Jaxx and some of the best lyrics on the whole album.
9. What You Crying For? - Another interesting one. This is very garage-dancey, and reminds me alot of Real Life from What Will The Neighbours Say.
10. I'm Falling - Awesome song, a sexy electro-stormer with vocoders and sound effects a-plenty.
11. Damn - B52s meets Cyndi Lauper...Not the strongest song on the album, but a solid effort.
12. Crocodile Tears - Although there is no actual ballad on the album, this is about as slow-paced as it gets...and to be honest, we could have done without it. It's hard to see what the thinking behind this one was. I personally would have left this off the album and put the elusive 'Girls Are Back In Town' from the Sunsilk adverts as the album's closer. The weakest effort on the album by far.
Overall, I love this album! I'm not sure if it has the same mass appeal of Chemistry. However, it is definitely a more grown-up approach to music from the U.K's premier Girl Band...and with Spice Girls coming back with mediocre songs like Headlines, it's nothing short of relief that Girls Aloud can be counted on to keep being inventive and consistent with their own brand of infectious music.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Tangled Up in Brilliance, 17 Nov 2007
Girls Aloud have never been an act who allow their singles to stand out as the only decent tracks on an album. Their double platinum hit What Will the Neighbours Say? remains one of the best pop albums of the past decade and experimentation on Chemistry resulted in album tracks which out did the singles released from it.
Tangled Up is no exception. In keeping with tradition, Girls Aloud's fourth studio album delivers some of the cheekiest, most genius lyrics of our times and whats more....there's not a cover in sight!
In true Girls Aloud style, 'Close to Love' and 'Girl Overboard' kick us off by leaving you desperate to go clubbing, whilst the haunting almost-ballad 'Crocodile Tears' closes an album you just won't want to end.
'Black Jacks' sees a brand new 'chanting' side to the girls, whilst 'Cant Speak French' is a nice break from the electro-dance feel of other songs on this album.
So many hidden gems, so many quality tracks. The more you listen, the more you understand the true brilliance of this album. Even the tracks that didnt hit you straight away begin to really stand out.
This has to be one of the best albums of Girls Aloud's career.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
They just keep getting better..., 19 Nov 2007
I thought it was impossible but Tangled Up is even better than Chemistry :o
It doesn't have the variety of previous Girls Aloud albums, which isn't a bad thing (the songs are all dance/techno type tracks), there isn't a single boring ballad to be found :) Crocodile Tears is the slowest track, it is the weakest on the album but still a very good track.
Stand out tracks are:
Control Of The Knife: the beat is absolutely amazing, Cheryl and Sarah rule this track and the trumpets-oh my :D love it!!! Rumoured to be the 3rd single from the album
Fling: the lyrics are quality, Sarah's vocals once again are the highlight and I love the way Nadine sings "body like a work of art"
Can't Speak French: this is the typical mish-mosh of styles GA do so well, the girls themselves love this track so expect it to be a future single release
Sexy! No No No: the 1st single from the album and one of Girls Aloud's best tracks
Call The Shots: not as ground breaking as most GA singles but a great song which is more laid back than most of Tangled Up.
Black Jacks and What You Crying For deserve a special mention-BJ would be perfect if it wasn't for the chanting, some will love it and it will probably grow on me but it just doesn't do it for me-great song otherwise though. WYCF is another excellent track, just not as brilliant as the others mentioned above.
Close To Love, Girl Overboard, I'm Falling and Damn are great tracks as well-there really isn't a track to be skipped over on this album!
The only negative thing I can say about this album is that Nicola doesn't get enough lines. She sings the same part of every song, the break down before the final chorus, she is the 2nd best singer in the band and yet she sings the least by quite a way. Yes her voice doesn't fit this style as well as the others but they should have got her in somehow-IMO Nicola sounds a lot stronger when she sings live then she does on the recordings.
Oh and Nadine (once again) is the only voice to be heard on many of the chorus' :( Shes good but it is a band!
Great album and it's good to see Kimberley getting more to do-buy it now and support the best girl band this country has ever produced!!!
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