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Girls Aloud • What Will the Neighbours Say?, 2nd album | 29.11.2004 | 2024: Deluxe 3CD + Vinyl |
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12th September 2021, 02:56 PM
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sick nasty
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Though I'd probably "only" rank this 4th out of 5 in terms of their albums, I've been going back to it more and more recently. I think the renewed love for Hear Me Out started that rediscovery off but there are so many good album tracks here - Big Brother, Graffiti My Soul and Here We Go are my other album track faves. Obviously the singles are all excellent and I think they picked them perfectly, there's nothing I'd swap in or out.
Jump's inclusion always felt random though! I guess not everyone will have picked up the SOTU re-issue but it sorta annoys me that it features on two albums |
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13th September 2021, 12:48 PM
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"Jayrusaleminians" - Umi.
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17 years ago today, Love Machine was released It peaked at #2 in the UK where it remained for a fortnight. Last year it became Gold certified! It's their third best selling single.
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13th September 2021, 01:05 PM
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BuzzJack Idol
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Good that it finally went gold,, I do like love machine but prefer a few other girls Aloud singles to it.Its probably one of their better known singles to the casual listener.
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13th September 2021, 05:48 PM
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Love Machine is obviously a classic in their discography, but I could at least name ten singles I prefer. Having said that, it's still a very very good pop song of course and in a better sales climate, it would have surely been platinum already.
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13th September 2021, 05:56 PM
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Break the tension
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I'm not as fond of 'Love Machine' these days, I think the fact it's been so overused in things like sofa adverts has tainted it for me.
I think WWTNS? is such a solid album really. Aside from 'Deadlines & Diets', '100 Different Ways' and 'I Say a Little Prayer For You' all, these songs are pretty much classics for me. |
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14th September 2021, 09:37 AM
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I love the production for Love Machine. It undoubtedly makes the song.
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9th December 2021, 03:19 AM
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Listening to this album now for the first time and it's actually very good. I'm up to Hear Me Out.
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9th December 2021, 04:01 AM
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This was more enjoyable than I was expecting. Again they nailed the singles.
The Show, Love Machine, I'll Stand By You, Wake Me Up, Deadlines & Diets, Graffiti My Soul and Hear Me Out the highlights. |
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24th December 2021, 10:38 PM
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We're all Glitter and Tears in the Moonlight...
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My track by track rating of What Will The Neighbours Say, far better than their debut.
01. The Show - 10/10 02. Love Machine - 10/10 03. I'll Stand By You - 08/10 04. Jump - 09/10 05. Wake Me Up - 10/10 06. Deadlines & Diets - 08/10 07. Big Brother - 09/10 08. Hear Me Out - 09/10 09. Graffiti My Soul - 10/10 10. Real Life - 07/10 11. Here We Go - 10/10 12. Thank Me Daddy - 07/10 13. I Say A Prayer For You - 07/10 14. 100 Different Ways - 06/10 Avg.8.571 |
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29th November 2022, 02:23 PM
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"Jayrusaleminians" - Umi.
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What Will the Neighbours Say? was released 18 years ago - 29th November 2004! It peaked at #6 in the UK albums chart and sold over 600,000 copies. Happy 18th anniversary to this fabulous album *.*
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30th November 2022, 02:49 AM
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BuzzJack Idol
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Happy birthday what will the neighbours say, the album did well for them and sold much better than their debut but at the time I was disappointed with it missing the top 5 as I fully expected no lower than top 3.
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30th November 2022, 08:06 PM
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Break the tension
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What a fabulous album/era. You could really get the sense by late 2004 that they were taking things to the next level and becoming something to be noticed.
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1st December 2022, 01:16 AM
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BuzzJack Idol
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The momentum was really growing at this point plus people saw them as Girls Aloud rather than the 5 girls put together on popstar the rivals.
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5th December 2022, 05:05 PM
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On this date 18 years ago, What Will the Neighbours Say? entered the UK albums chart with first week sales of 85,717!
Unfortunately sales info from that week is a bit thin on the ground (at least I can't find much) but Lemar was #8 with 78,266, so it looks like it was a bit of a tight race for Girls Aloud to end up at #6. I wonder what #5 sold? |
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5th December 2022, 08:51 PM
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6th December 2022, 02:21 AM
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BuzzJack Idol
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On this date 18 years ago, What Will the Neighbours Say? entered the UK albums chart with first week sales of 85,717! Unfortunately sales info from that week is a bit thin on the ground (at least I can't find much) but Lemar was #8 with 78,266, so it looks like it was a bit of a tight race for Girls Aloud to end up at #6. I wonder what #5 sold? Those sales in todays climate look amazing, i really miss the days when albums could sell numbers like this or higher and not get top 5, i think we had times in q4 where all album in the top 10 could clear 100k. |
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6th December 2022, 04:48 PM
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On this date 18 years ago, What Will the Neighbours Say? entered the UK albums chart with first week sales of 85,717! Unfortunately sales info from that week is a bit thin on the ground (at least I can't find much) but Lemar was #8 with 78,266, so it looks like it was a bit of a tight race for Girls Aloud to end up at #6. I wonder what #5 sold? I have #5 (Kylie's 'Ultimate Kylie') estimated at 95k (was 33rd on the YTD chart after four weeks with total sales estimated at 425k; three of the four weekly sales had been revealed by official sources). |
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6th December 2022, 05:43 PM
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"Jayrusaleminians" - Umi.
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Thank you! At least it wasn't particularly close, would have been more annoying if it had missed the Top 5 by a whisker!
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29th April 2023, 09:25 AM
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"Jayrusaleminians" - Umi.
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I remember this felt like a big moment for them back then |
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29th April 2023, 05:31 PM
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BuzzJack Gold Member
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^ Where did this take place? In the Netherlands?
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