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 Girls Aloud • What Will the Neighbours Say?, 2nd album | 29th November 2004 | 2024: Deluxe 3CD + Vinyl |
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 30th March 2021, 10:24 PM
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 I found the love, I found the love in me
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 Tracklist: 01. The Show 02. Love Machine 03. I'll Stand By You 04. Jump 05. Wake Me Up 06. Deadlines & Diets 07. Big Brother 08. Hear Me Out 09. Graffiti My Soul 10. Real Life 11. Here We Go 12. Thank Me Daddy UK Deluxe Tracks: 13. I Say a Prayer For You 14. 100 Different Ways |
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30th March 2021, 10:25 PM
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I found the love, I found the love in me
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Singles:
01 - The Show: _coverart.jpg) (UK Peak | #2) --- 02 - Love Machine:  (UK Peak | #2) --- 03 - I'll Stand By You:  (UK Peak | #1) --- 04 - Wake Me Up:  (UK Peak | #4) |
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30th March 2021, 10:27 PM
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I found the love, I found the love in me
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I'm sorry about the cover in the opening post. The link from Wikipedia isn't letting me embed
 Hopefully when Joseph gets time, he'll be able to make it look neater  EDIT: Found a better one but it still looks like it's horrible quality  --- 2nd album time now. I ofc remember all the singles! 'The Show' is one of my favourite GA singles. Love the 80's electro synths. 'Love Machine' just gets worse and worse for me with each listen, oops. It's really irritating! 'I'll Stand By You' is SO cute though. A bit "by the numbers" when it comes to covers, but it's nice. 'Jump' was on the first album (a reissue?) lmaoooo but one of my favourite covers from them. 'Wake Me Up' is so catchy & fun! It's a tad dated now, but I feel like it's always been one of their most underrated singles. My Ranking: 1. The Show 2. Wake Me Up 3. Jump 4. Big Brother 5. Graffiti My Soul 6. Here We Go 7. Real Life 8. Thank Me Daddy 9. I'll Stand By You 10. Deadlines & Diets 11. Love Machine 12. Hear Me Out 13. 100 Different Ways 14. I Say A Prayer For You I like the vibe and feel of 'Big Brother' a lot. Would've made a good single I think. It reminds me of a more mid-tempo 'Wake Me Up'. 'Graffiti My Soul' is v interesting. Quirky and different. 'Here We Go', 'Real Life' & 'Thank Me Daddy' are all fun & decent. These have potential to grow if I become more accustomed to the album. 'Hear Me Out', I'm sorry, but I wasn't feeling that much at all </3 I didn't dislike it, I just wasn't bothered by it. Not won over by the original ballads (basically the bonus tracks) on this album I'm afraid! They're just kinda... there. Meh. 'Love Machine' is definitely their most irritating song/single to me. They definitely found their sound more with this album. It's good! Definitely enjoyed it more than I remembered I did in the past, at least. Solid album! I like it. Album Rankings: 01. What Will the Neighbours Say? 02. Sound of the Underground |
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31st March 2021, 08:11 AM
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WWTNS? has always been such a fun record and I have very sweet memories attached to it. Starting already with the artwork, which was fab, as was the artwork for the singles as well (CD2 of Love Machine- iconic). You could feel they were really starting to find their sound with this one, obviously helped by Xenomania and the fact this was their first album to work together on every song. Funnily enough, I'll Say A Prayer For You has always been a highlight for me- Nicola's vocals are just stunning <3 The singles were all brilliant; ISBY is maybe not one of their most popular ones but I have always loved it. Here We Go was also a fun one for me as well, given that an earlier version of the song was used in the Totally Spies intro.
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31st March 2021, 08:33 AM
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 Alone and wounded
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That WordArt front cover
 really happy to see the 'Wake Me Up' love, Jonjo, as that's in my GA top 5 full stop - so underrated!I bought the promo vinyl of this album on eBay last year for a double-figure amount and there's currently one on there for £500 
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31st March 2021, 08:13 PM
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I was never a fan of the album cover but the album itself is fun and i think they showed great progression from the first album as the style was different this time around, none of the songs came close to been as good as no good advice or sound of the underground for me but i still enjoyed the album alot and still do.
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2nd April 2021, 01:59 PM
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What an era this was for them, such a shame Love Machine just missed out on #1 as that is such a career defining song for them. I always loved the artwork , very of it's time but very colourful and fun. The only thing I didn't like about it was that the girls were different sizes always wondered whether that would have caused any tensions within the group.
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2nd April 2021, 05:19 PM
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Its s shame they dont have more number 1s, was live machine the closest they were to number 1 without actually getting there.
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3rd April 2021, 11:10 AM
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QUOTE(spiceboy @ Apr 2 2021, 01:59 PM)  The only thing I didn't like about it was that the girls were different sizes always wondered whether that would have caused any tensions within the group. I had actually never realised this, until you pointed it out. It is very strange indeed, I mean, Nadine was seen as the voice of the group and Cheryl as the most well known one, so I guess that's why they are bigger but it's s still a strange one. Also agree with both of you that it's a shame LM missed out the top spot. At the same time, it also shows getting a #1 position is not all that. LM is remembered a lot more than a lot of #1's around that time (especially thinking of those Mcfly songs that got to #1 and pretty much fell down the charts in a matter of weeks afterwards). |
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3rd April 2021, 04:05 PM
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Is anyone here a marine biologist?
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QUOTE(Feel_The_Fever @ Apr 2 2021, 06:19 PM) Its s shame they dont have more number 1s, was live machine the closest they were to number 1 without actually getting there. Call The Shots and Life Got Cold, despite *only* peaking at #3, were actually closer to the #1 spot than their #2 hits! 1- IGNITION (REMIX)- R Kelly (72,000) 2- NO GOOD ADVICE- Girls Aloud (42,000) 1- BREATHE- Blu Cantrell Ft Sean Paul (40,000) 2- DANCE (WITH U)- Lemar (33,000) 3- LIFE GOT COLD- Girls Aloud (32,000) 1- MANDY- Westlife (68,620) 2- JUMP- Girls Aloud (59,000) 1- BURN- Usher (49,334) 2- THE SHOW- Girls Aloud (28,572) 1- CALL ON ME- Eric Prydz (68,138) 2- LOVE MACHINE- Girls Aloud (35,800) 1- STAR GIRL- McFly (54,802) 2- PUT YOUR HANDS UP FOR DETROIT- Fedde Le Grand (46,896) 3- SOMETHING KINDA OOOOH- Girls Aloud (42,114) 1- BLEEDING LOVE- Leona Lewis (40,530) 2- HEARTBROKEN- T2 Ft Jodie Aysha (31,768) 3- CALL THE SHOTS- Girls Aloud (31,457) 1- TROUBLEMAKER- Olly Murs Ft Flo Rida (121,497) 2- SOMETHING NEW- Girls Aloud (70,850) Annoyingly, Jump and Love Machine would have been #1 if they were released a week earlier! 
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5th April 2021, 11:10 AM
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This album places last out of Girls Aloud's albums for me, but it's undoubtedly the moment they really discovered their sound. I think people tend to overlook just how edgy their music could be and I definitely get the sense that the girls and Xenomania had a close working relationship. The artwork is my favourite, although the gap between Nadine's arm and the shadow of the 'A' has always annoyed me!
The singles campaign leading up to the album release was spot on and the results speak for themselves: 392k sold in just 5 weeks, compared with 245k across 7 months for their debut album. |
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6th April 2021, 12:30 PM
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QUOTE(Seinfeld @ Apr 3 2021, 05:05 PM) 1- MANDY- Westlife (68,620) 2- JUMP- Girls Aloud (59,000) This really was an absolute travesty that still annoys me to this day. 
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6th April 2021, 08:29 PM
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Ya jump was way better than mandy but i find it easier to lose out on number 1 by 9000 rather than the 200 odd they lost out on top 10 with the chemistry album.
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6th April 2021, 09:21 PM
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QUOTE(Feel_The_Fever @ Apr 6 2021, 09:29 PM) Ya jump was way better than mandy but i find it easier to lose out on number 1 by 9000 rather than the 200 odd they lost out on top 10 with the chemistry album. That was galling... and compared to todays sales omg 
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6th April 2021, 09:38 PM
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I would assume that overall Jump outsold Mandy?
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28th June 2021, 10:33 AM
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"Jayrusaleminians" - Umi.
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The Show was released 17 years ago today! 🤯 🥰
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28th June 2021, 12:53 PM
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QUOTE(-Jay- @ Jun 28 2021, 11:33 AM) The Show was released 17 years ago today! 🤯 🥰 I love The Show so much. One of their very, very best. 
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6th July 2021, 10:49 AM
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I love the show too, it's so funky, quite underrated really deserved more success.
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6th July 2021, 11:50 AM
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Break the tension
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'The Show' has really stood the test of time remarkably well for me.
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6th July 2021, 12:25 PM
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I like the show but never really loved it, and its not one of their biggies for me.
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