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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The neighbours will be pleased!!, 14 Jan 2005
As their debut was warmly recieved by critics and fans alike, the pressure was on for the 5 Popstars:The Rivals winners to create another album that as well as being innovative, would sell and perhaps gain new fans. After releasing 4 songs already off this album (the no2 hits The Show, Love Machine, Jump and the no1 I'll stand by you) the girls finally release their sophmore album, after recently being given the title of coolest band in Britain. After listening to this album, you will soon agree.The album opens with the aforementioned singles. The 2 covers are amiable enough, but suffer when compared to the revolutionary sound of 'The Show' and 'Love Machine' When hearing these 2 singles, you not only realise the quality of music being made, but that you couldn't imagine any other band but Girls Aloud singing them. While nothing else on their album reaches the pinnacle of these 2 singles, most surpass the quality of the covers. Most of the album tracks were written by Girls Aloud, and songs like 'Deadlines and Diets' work so well as they are a comic observation on life. Many lyrics in their songs will relate to anyone who has experienced youth, especially a hangover or a drunken fumble. Highlights of the album tracks are 'Wake Me Up' their next single and a Britney reject, which is a monster, turning the bassline up to 11; Hear Me Out, a moody and pleading ballad, the pure cheek of 'Big Brother' and the tongue in cheek message for fathers of teenage girls everywhere, 'Thank Me Daddy' Obviously other people's favourites on this album will differ, but the beauty of this album is that all of the songs are of a certain quality to enable this to happen. If you are still sceptical read any other review which will tell you the same; Girls Aloud have created one of the greatest pop records of 2004
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58 of 72 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Even better than SOTU, 31 Oct 2004
Having made the best pop album of 2003, who would have thought Girls Aloud could better their debut album "Sound Of The Underground"? They have with their long awaited followup, "What Will The Neighbours Say?".The second album from Cheryl, Kimberley, Nadine, Nicola and Sarah features the singles "Jump", "The Show", "Love Machine" and new Children In Need single "I'll Stand By You". Alongside all that, the girls have come up with another electic mix of styles, with influences ranging from Michael Jackson to Aphex Twin. Standout tracks include the thumping "Wake Me Up", "Graffiti My Soul", which was originally written for Britney Spears as a "Sound Of The Underground" sound-a-like (she eventually got Cathy Dennis to write "Toxic"), and the ballads "Hear Me Out" and "100 Different Ways". For the first time, Girls Aloud get to show off their songwriting skills, there is one song written by each girl on the album, and they're all great efforts that deserve to be on the album. Also included is "Here We Go", a cover of the Lene Nystrom (from Aqua) song that was not released in the UK. So how did Girls Aloud followup the best pop album of 2003? They made the best pop album of 2004. Make sure you join your neighbours in saying that you have the Girls Aloud album in your collection.
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Girl Pop Album since Spiceworld., 30 Nov 2004
So what if the five lovely girls do little else but turn up to sing what a group of record producers tell them to, if you love pop music then this is probably the most complete collection of pop this year.
Working with the guys responsible for most of the Suagababes output that is any good (Xenonmania), proves to be an inspired route, as does the decision to not go the "R'n'B" lite route that most packaged pop acts tend to travel. The songs are not afraid to take influences from all over the place, and the result is a fresh, exciting and completely enjoyable album.
You will have heard the brilliant singles Love Machine (nodding it's head to 60's pop) and The Show (the kind of song that Electroclash would have produced if that movement had been any good) and whilst nothing quite matches up to those classic singles, a good number of tunes come close. Wake Me Up is a pumping dance track with a distinctly rock edge, Deadlines and Diets manages to avoid the usual pop route and actually gives us a ballad that we don't need to skip on our CD player, and Here We Go is the kind of catchy sing-a-long that will go down a storm in the Christmas disco's.
Its not a perfect album, and is at least three songs too long, but when it's good, it's great and it really is the best girl band pop album since Spiceworld in 1997.
Put simply. If you love pop music...you'll love this!
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