I was listening to this early in light of Sarah's news. Her opening verse and the overall message is so poignant with this in mind. :cry:

 

I've always loved this version of the song.

I have a soft spot for their version of 'I'll Stand By You'. Particularly emotional right now. </3

I hadn't heard this song before Girls Aloud's version, so this is the original in my eyes. It's a beautiful track, they sound so good, and it's extra poignant today. We'll always stand by Sarah :cry:

I was totally bewildered with Love Machine on first listen. It was just so unlike any other music around at the time! It was definitely a grower, of course I ended up loving it. The routine for this one is so memorable, as are the colourful dresses they wore throughout its promotion!

 

It doesn't surprise me that it became one of their signature hits and that it's still pretty well remembered today. It going from being uncertified for years, to going Gold earlier this year *_*

 

I'll Stand By You - definitely my second favourite cover single of theirs, after Jump. I feel like some feel it's a bit sacrilegious to the original version, but personally I think Girls Aloud really made it their own. After so many near misses in the chart, it was wonderful to see them get a #1 again. :heart:

 

11 Something Kinda Ooooh

11 Something New

10 Call the Shots

10 Biology

10 Sexy! No No No...

10 The Promise

10 The Show

9.5 Can't Speak French

9 Love Machine

9 The Loving Kind

8.5 Untouchable (Radio Mix)

8 I'll Stand By You

13 Jump

 

From one excellent cover to another, Jump is so much fun *.*

I think 'Jump' is my favourite Girls Aloud cover :wub: Nadine is such a star on it especially!

'I'll Stand By You' is cute. Dated, but cute. A nice enough cover of a classic that doesn't really bring anything original or unique to the song.

 

'Jump' sounds surprisingly fresh. This is definitely their best cover, imo. It gives the song a GA feel and doesn't feel like it's a straight cover.

 

06.0 Something New

06.0 The Promise

09.0 The Loving Kind

11.0 Untouchable

10.0 Sexy... No! No! No!

07.5 Call the Shots

05.5 Can't Speak French

10.0 Something Kinda Ooooh!

10.0 Biology

10.0 The Show

04.0 Love Machine

06.0 I'll Stand By You

08.0 Jump

I had such a crush on Nadine in this video. Her vocals are my favourite on the song, particularly the "I can feel you getting hotter / before you try and go much further" lines. This is definitely the ultimate version of the song for me.

*.* Their best cover! I was actually familiar with The Pointer Sisters version before Girls Aloud's cover, however I much prefer GA's version - the production gives it more of an edge, I think. I remember thinking in 2003 that the production was very fresh/modern. This always went down incredibly well on GA tours :wub:

 

11 Something Kinda Ooooh

11 Something New

10 Call the Shots

10 Biology

10 Sexy! No No No...

10 The Promise

10 The Show

9.5 Can't Speak French

9 Jump

9 Love Machine

9 The Loving Kind

8.5 Untouchable (Radio Mix)

8 I'll Stand By You

Kimberley's deep vocal on "come to me if you want me to night" is underrated!

14 No Good Advice

 

Kimberley's deep vocal on "come to me if you want me to night" is underrated!

Agreed, best bit of the song for me!

No Good Advice is a tiny bit overrated for me, but in GA's discography, that still puts it at 8/10 at the very least. What a brilliant song, and such a bold single after how huge SOTU was!

'No Good Advice' was the first Girls Aloud song I got into :wub: I remember begging my neighbour to lend me her copy of Now 55 just to listen to it :lol:

 

Still gloriously edgy for them *.*

Nadine steals the show on this one too. Think the verses better the chorus tbh and I love the use of guitar.

I don't think I appreciated this as much at the time as I do now. It's a bop and it was a great follow up to SOTU!

 

06.0 Something New

06.0 The Promise

09.0 The Loving Kind

11.0 Untouchable

10.0 Sexy... No! No! No!

07.5 Call the Shots

05.5 Can't Speak French

10.0 Something Kinda Ooooh!

10.0 Biology

10.0 The Show

04.0 Love Machine

06.0 I'll Stand By You

08.0 Jump

08.0 No Good Advice

BTW guys - a few of us are going to continue with the deluxe CD2 as well (which is also on Spotify!), you're all welcome to join, but there's no pressure as it's another 10 songs!

No Good Advice was the first song I ever illegally downloaded! :lol: I remember how long it took to download, on dial up

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This was the perfect follow up to Sound of the Underground, as a pop song it's so sassy/edgy. I was pretty blown away by the song at the time and felt confident it would be another #1... so I'm still a bit <_< that it was held off #1 by a R. Kelly song.

 

The outro :heart:

 

11 Something Kinda Ooooh

11 Something New

10 Call the Shots

10 Biology

10 Sexy! No No No...

10 The Promise

10 The Show

10 No Good Advice

9.5 Can't Speak French

9 Jump

9 Love Machine

9 The Loving Kind

8.5 Untouchable (Radio Mix)

8 I'll Stand By You

15 Sound of the Underground