I’m eager to hear the song in full! I don’t think it would fit with the sound of the album so I can see why they left it off, but it does sound like a bop!

Hopefully disco bunny will do OK on itunes aswell.

Really hoping the repress will get a decent chart peak for them.

I’m eager to hear the song in full! I don’t think it would fit with the sound of the album so I can see why they left it off, but it does sound like a bop!

 

Yeah, sounds quite Tangled Up era if anything.

 

Sounding very much like a banger and three quarters *.*

All of the remixes are already available on the box set. The edits don’t really appeal so that leaves just 3 new tracks. It’s a good set if you don’t already own the box set but for me it’s just a cash in and not something I’m interested in paying over £20 to buy.

I agree it is a cash in as someone who owns all their albums and singles plus the box set, £20 is alot for 3 songs. It is a great album to buy though if you don't own the original WWTNS. As for the merchandise it is very plain. I am holding off until the tour for Merchandise.

It's a great album to buy if you do own the original What Will the Neighbours Say too! :teresa:

Re-issues are always cash-ins, and anniversary re-issues are becoming more and more common, but I do think this has a significantly higher amount of effort put into it than some do (even more so than SOTU with the unheard songs). Not only is it a more complete product representing the entire era for fans to own, but it tidies and adds to their streaming presence too which I think is very important, not to mention the vinyl release!

It's a great album to buy if you do own the original What Will the Neighbours Say too! :teresa:

It is actually my favourite album closely followed by tangled up.

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Of all the album re-issues (which are a commonplace thing these days), it seems bizarre to single this one out as being a "cash-in"

Not long now :w00t: I'm guessing the songs will be making the rounds around midday, once it's out in New Zealand! I think I'd wait for it to appear on UK streaming anyway.

Wicked Game is the one I’m most keen for of the new/unreleased songs.

My HMV order of the 3CD version of this arrived today!

 

I won’t listen until tomorrow though. Another day won’t hurt but I did have a look through the booklet and there’s some gorgeous images in there and some notes re the era that I’ll have to read through after work.

 

 

I'm so desperate to hear them, please someone send me a link! :cry:

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Cannot wait to play the three of them to death.

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Their version of 'Wicked Game' is lush! I don't know how it would have faired as a single, let alone potential lead for 'Chemistry', but it's nice to have it finally available and for it to not disappoint. 'Disco Bunny' is a banger and 'Baby When You Go' is lovely too.

 

I thought the electronic mix for 'I'll Stand By You' would have different production but it's only a slightly enhanced beat to it. Do I spy some of the girls singing new lines and giving different vocal takes?

 

They made the right choice with the final version of 'Wake Me Up', that original first verse just doesn't work for me. I've never heard the demo version of 'Love Machine', was this previously available? If this is what the girls were first presented with then I'm not surprised they hated the song! :lol:

 

 

'Disco Bunny' is on the New Music Friday playlist! :cheer:

 

 

 

As the very last song.

I’m delighted with these “new” songs :wub:

 

Baby When You Go is really, really lovely! I just wish that it had a middle 8 to flesh it out fully, it has a slight feeling of incompleteness. I’m not sure if it was them or Mania who recorded it first. Mania’s version apparently does have a middle 8. I’d take this song over History or Loving Is Easy any day. I think a fully completed version of this could have stood out in a good way had it been included on the original album.

 

Disco Bunny - it’s a banger! 💃🏻🪩🐇 It’s definitely my favourite of the three! Maybe it’s a bit rash to say this within an hour of hearing it but I already think it’s better than the B Sides we got from this era, and honestly maybe even some of the original album tracks. :o

 

It’s very surreal to hear Wicked Game, 19 years on from the tease of it being their new single. I actually really like it! Lush is a great word to describe it. The production and their vocals are very dreamy. However I do think the right call was made to not go ahead with it as a single. It is a bit one note throughout and I can’t really imagine it seeming like an exciting release from them in 2005. Although scrapping it altogether was pretty harsh :lol:! It worked out well in the end though. Girls Aloud having a mythical unreleased track that was almost a single was an interesting footnote in their career and increased the excitement to finally hear it.

 

I think I’ll have to have a closer listen to their released version of I’ll Stand by You vs. this electronic mix to detect all differences, because on first listen it seems only quite subtle. I do notice the production difference in the chorus, but it’s not like it’s a radical difference from the finished product.

 

 

^ I did chuckle seeing Disco Bunny as the very last track on NMF! :lol: Like a token addition. Spotify you could have done better than that! At least it’s there at all I suppose. :kink:

The unheard tracks seem to be going down really well online and I can definitely see some personalised album tracking lists being made! I'd comfortably place 'Disco Bunny' over some of the released tracks, I wasn't quite sure of it fitting with the sound of the album but I suppose it's not that far removed from 'Big Brother' or 'Thank Me Daddy'. I've always had a soft spot for 'Loving is Easy' but I think the only B-side that could have had a place on the album was 'Androgynous Girls'.

 

I wasn't expecting any Girls Aloud on NMF but thought I'd check anyway just on the off chance, it is kinda hilarious how they've placed it dead last!

I played all of Disc 2, so I heard Loving Is Easy and History for the first time in many years. It actually reminded me that I quite like Loving Is Easy ater all! History is ok. I remember I found it so boring when it came out, but it's nice enough.

 

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Regarding the performance edits at the end of Disc 2, which are tagged as:

 

Love Machine - CD:UK Edit

The Show - Popworld Edit

I'll Stand by You - TV Edit

Wake Me Up - Off the Record Edit

 

I had these downloaded for many years; the first three leaked from a Polydor Sampler CD-R, while Wake Me Up was initially released on a Promo CD and eventually included on 'Ten'. I just had them tagged as "(Performance Edit)" because the above tags didn't exist until this year.

 

In I'll Stand by You there are some vocal differences compared to the original album/single version! I'm not sure if I noticed them years ago...

 

Sarah sings 'Cause I've seen the dark side too instead of Kimberley

Nadine sings "When the night falls on you, you don't know what to do" instead of Cheryl

Nadine sings "Come on and talk to me now" instead of Kimberley

Nadine sings "I get angry too" instead of Nicola

 

These differences all apply to the Electronic Mix too! Therefore the TV Edit has the same vocal structure as the Electronic Mix (it's also the same length), but it has the production of the longer album/single version.

 

Anyway, that's quite interesting! At some stage they must have thought the vocals needed a fairer distribution.