'Naked in the Shower' doesn't hit as hard as I anticipated from title alone but it's still decent. I do like the lyrics and Sarah's 'Wake Me Up' verse actually fits quite well!

'You Go Too Fast' is okay too but not fussed it wasn't fully finished.

'Watch Me Go (Disco)' is the same as the demo we've already heard other than it's Cheryl - not Nadine - that sings the added verse.

On 10/12/2014 at 21:17, -Jay- said:

Sales that week for the Top 10 & Girls Aloud at #11:

 

241382 Eminem (1)

132632 Robbie Williams (2)

124647 Westlife (3)

111666 Take That (4)

102947 Madonna (5)

101157 Il Divo (6)

94946 James Blunt (7)

91035 Sugababes (8)

83980 Kelly Clarkson (9)

82193 Pussycat Dolls (10)

81962 Girls Aloud (11)

 

:( Just 231 copies in it.

 

Absolutely incredible sales all round! :o

Wow. With those first week sales, "Chemistry" would've been a VERY easy #1 album if it were released today.

Happy Chemistry 20 day one and all ☺️🧪🥼

Been blasting the album on Spotify this morning. Oh what a joy it is to have "Money" and "Singapore" (the original version) back on streaming 😍

I've written a little something about one of the Chemistry album tracks - and my personal favourite, at that - to celebrate: https://wp.me/p4UO9N-35F

Edited September 26Sep 26 by ThePensmith

Great essay! My favourite Chemistry album track is exactly the same as yours.

I've just done the whole 3 hour reissue experience in the background while working from home and those remixes really hit on a Friday *.*

I think I prefer 'Naked in the Shower' to the 'new' songs we got for the ...Neighbours reissue! Interesting to hear 'Wake Me Up' lyrics used as a placeholder in that. It was also fascinating but very weird to listen to the alt takes of 'Long Hot Summer'! The energy didn't feel cranked up enough on the verses yet which makes me appreciate the final product even more.

It has been sooooo long since I last heard 'Money' but I still remembered every word, the nostalgia.

Looking forward to hopefully receiving my vinyl today 🧡

Naked in the Shower is absolute hit. Imagine remixing it to Wake Me Up ..

Currently, it's on upper half of iTunes charts (ranging 60 to 100 positions) .. I hope they'll release Christmas Round At Ours

I’m loving the “new” songs

I received the picture disc earlier; just like the last two albums, the quality of the cover/sleeves are great. Should be receiving the CD this afternoon! Will have to wait a bit before getting the pink vinyl but I will eventually.

Not sure how high they got earlier but Kworb is showing that all three new songs charted on UK iTunes:

91. Naked In the Shower
141. You Go Too Fast (Demo)
143. Watch Me Go (We're Disco)

On 26/09/2025 at 14:43, -Jay- said:

I’m loving the “new” songs

I received the picture disc earlier; just like the last two albums, the quality of the cover/sleeves are great. Should be receiving the CD this afternoon! Will have to wait a bit before getting the pink vinyl but I will eventually.

My pink vinyl arrived today! Love the inner sheet with the various single cover photoshoots and the album cover quality is really strong. I know there's been a lot of talk over the years of how the cover gives off a different energy to its content, but I think I've fully accepted it and it's just part of its charm. The album isn't quite what you expect and that's clear from first look.

'Naked in the Shower' is really growing on me! In some ways it does feel like a precursor to 'Tangled Up'; I think a final version of this could really smash.

Omg not Kimberley making total sense in that article re Models being the single that never was!

The #54 album this week sold 2,905. That's just 20 copies less than what What Will the Neighbours Say sold to be #35 and Sound of the Underground sold to be #42.

It seems to be an unusually high selling week though, because a week previously the #42 sold 2,921, which is pretty much in line with Sound of the Underground.

So who knows how it'll go this forthcoming week! That's assuming Chemistry even manages to match the sales of the last two. My personal feeling is that the Chemistry re-release has felt a bit low-key compared to the prior two, so I wouldn't be surprised if the sales are less this time. I hope I'm wrong! But I'm bracing myself for it to miss the Top 40 or even Top 50.

I suppose in a year in which brand new albums from Jonas Brothers and Maroon 5 missed the Top 100 altogether, it wouldn't be so bad if a Girls Aloud reissue charts. Considering that it's a 20 year album [which, if we're honest, is kind of a niche album outside of the core fanbase that's kept on loving Girls Aloud enough to be spending ~£20 on a cd and ~£30 on a vinyl] - and without a promotional push from an active group.

I'll not be surprising on the initial results as this week is the most stacked charting week of the year on both albums and singles.

#15 in the mids!

Always nice to see them back in the charts, not sure though will it manage to stay top 40.

3 hours ago, DanielCarey said:

We have now to do mass streaming especially it only shows the figures for physicals. Downloads and streams are much important.

It would require tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people, to mass stream the album to amass the level of streaming sales required to make any sort of meaningful difference to its overall sales, unfortunately. 1000 streams makes 1 sale. Without looking too deeply into the maths, I guess even if 100 people streamed the original album in full, it wouldn’t generate 2 sales. So better if those 100 people buy a copy outright and make it 100 sales.

A few hundred more people actually willing to buy a copy (who didn’t already intend on doing so) would stand to make quite a difference in where the album chart. It’s just a bit of a tall order to try and convince someone into spending £15/£20/£30 if they didn’t already want to.

The sales so far contributing to the #15 position will include a bit of streaming and downloads in the mix too.

4 hours ago, -Jay- said:

It would require tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people, to mass stream the album to amass the level of streaming sales required to make any sort of meaningful difference to its overall sales, unfortunately. 1000 streams makes 1 sale. Without looking too deeply into the maths, I guess even if 100 people streamed the original album in full, it wouldn’t generate 2 sales. So better if those 100 people buy a copy outright and make it 100 sales.

A few hundred more people actually willing to buy a copy (who didn’t already intend on doing so) would stand to make quite a difference in where the album chart. It’s just a bit of a tall order to try and convince someone into spending £15/£20/£30 if they didn’t already want to.

The sales so far contributing to the #15 position will include a bit of streaming and downloads in the mix too.

Since last year, Official Charts are giving plaques to artists who score top 10 in singles and albums .

Is there girlgroups already who score top 10 in three straight decades?

In terms of albums, The Supremes had Top 10 albums in the 60s, 70s and 80s! Think Girls Aloud's only chance of a 2020s Top 10 is if they became properly active again and released a new studio album or a new Greatest Hits.

I thought 'Naked in the Shower' was a bit of a mess when I first listened to it but it's now got me!