"I’ve steadily been going off Sugababes with each album. Whereas once they had funk and attitude they seem to have drifted into ‘could be anyone’ territory. Live they’re lifeless and need some bite adding.

 

Now the as yet untitled album number 6 zooms into horizon. We’ve all heard the single ‘Girls’ and yet again it leaves me thinking ‘meh’. Today I stood in a field 10 000 miles from human contact and was allowed to listen to 5 other album tracks. This are the half formed thoughts I scribbled down:

 

No Can Do - A super summery song that could have been a Jackson 5 hit. Very 80s funk. Cool layered vocals at the end.

Best line: ‘Don’t try and call me on the telephone;.

 

Murder One - Unfortunately not a song based on the greatest crime tv series of the 90s. It’s a delicate piano ballad that starts with Heidi before a drum machine kicks in. There’s a couple of nice key changes. Best line: ‘Every heart that’s broken is a murder one’.

 

You On A Good Day - Doesn’t particulary go anywhere but has a fun, bouncy 60s beat with a proper old school girl group feel to it. Some quirky sounding Supremes-esque instruments and nice harmonies.

Best line: “I want it, I hate it, I need it, want it, want it.”

 

Hanging On A Star - What a lovely song name. Starts with Salt N Pepa esque ‘Tell Me Baby, Baby’ with a softened singing repeater. Again there’s a funky 80s feel. It’s the type of thing I might have expected Dana Dawson to sing (and yes I know she was 90s!). Obviously Heidi has an amazing middle bit.

Best line: “Hanging on a star, I was waiting to fall in love”.

 

Sunday Rain - Here’s the big Sugababes ballad of the album. It starts with haunting ooohs, then there’s trumpets and a gorgeous swelling wall of sound. Undoubtedly the winter single. It’s got a Sam Brown ‘Stop’ feel to it. Best thing so far

Best line: ‘You give all your heart and get nothing to show.’

 

Sunday Rain wins!"

 

Taken from: http://www.karinski.net/?p=878

 

Can't wait :cheer:

Sunday Rain sounds like my new fave track :kink:

I'm still on work experience at popjustice and that guy is pretty much correct on all counts - hanging on a star is to me the weakest of the 5 album tracks, although I can imagine it being a grower.

The songs haven't been played in the office for a few days and im trying to think of better lyrics than that guy came up with! Sunday Rain's chorus starts: "Days, turn to nights, and the nights, they go on, you break my heart....something something" - again not exactly a mind blowing lyric.

 

To the person who said whats with all the ballads - Sunday Rain is a 'proper' ballad of the 5 tracks and Murder One is a slowy, but I wouldn't class it as a ballad in the traditional sense (if that makes any sense!)

The good thing about these slower songs is that they don't sound naff - the Sugababes used to be good at doing ballads or slow songs that sounded cool - I think they've managed to do that again on those tracks.

 

Not sure what else I can say really - the tracks sounded a lot more 'authentic sugababes' than the last album, and the production is a lot better - I thought a lot of the songs on 'Change' were very lite-pop and drippy.

 

Having said all that I obviously haven't heard the other tracks - which could be total rubbish.

Sounds great, cant wait to hear them. Im gonna love Sunday Rain probably.

The album title is "Catfights + Spotlights".

 

http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option...&Itemid=206

Edited September 11, 200816 yr by Ethereal

Oh. Not what i eas expecting, i think its a grower of a title tbh.

I like that title, although it sounds like something Girls Aloud might call an album track :heehee:

Not a big fan of the album name LOL :( The album sounds great though :D Cant wait :wub:

Im sure that 'review' at the top of the page is by the same guy that did a phoney review of GA's Tangled Up last year, he got all the descriptions wrong after attending a listening that time too.

 

Im not 100% but i think its a FAKE.

I love that title.

What a wicked title! Should get tongues wagging LOL. Reminds me of the AWDF title a lot for some reason.

i love the title- can't wait for this album now!

Loving the name of the album ^_^

I don't like the title actually. It doesn't sound that mature while the music is supposed to sound mature as far as I remember the girls talking about the new stuff...

I really like the name!

I think its a good name :)

that is a fantastic name for an album

Hopefully we will get the cover soon.

The album is now avaliable to pre-order from HMV.

 

http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetail...&sku=865166

I don't know, the title seems a bit cringeworthy to me. It may grow on me however.