Atonement

Filled it in. It was pretty easy to rank them for me as well.

01. Sound of the Underground 02. Long Hot Summer 03. Sexy! No No No... 04. Something Kinda Ooooh 05. The Show 06. The Promise 07. Something New Only by the fans it seems. To me it sounds like a song that's desperately trying to be a GA song with the unusual structure and all, but it ultimately fails to be interesting because they had already done it before and much better. At the same time the production is just a tad too ''generic'' making it very unlike GA. Unfortunately I think all the new songs on 'Ten' suffered from this.

This really needs a video to push it a bit more in Europe. I'm secretly hoping they're planning a Grammy performance + a video release and iTunes discount that same night. Also Spotify playlist adds would help as its Spotify position is holding it back. None of this will happen but a girl can dream.

I agrih with Cremey, it's definitely her best album. + it got me back into Santigold (because 'Anti' reminds me so much of something she would do) which is a big plus as well. The only thing I'm still very pressed about is that she didn't record 'Cheap Thrills' and just tack it on (one day I'll get over it hopefully).

Not as strong as the singles run from their first album. In fact, I'd rank all of the songs below my least favorite ('Life Got Cold') from SOTU. Again, it's the cover that's a clear dead last for me. 01. Wake Me Up 02. The Show 03. Love Machine (Jump) 04. I'll Stand By You.

Not 'I'm Falling' being the last track in 8 of the 13 ranks :cry: (not including my own). I almost ranked it first.

01. Crocodile Tears 02. I'm Falling 03. Damn 04. Control of the Knife 05. Fling 06. Black Jacks 07. Sexy! No No No... 08. Girl Overboard 09. Can't Speak French 10. Call the Shots 11. Close to You 12. What You Crying For 1. Love this ballad. Sarah's verse near the last chorus is amazing as is the humming just before that. 2. The synths on this song are amazing. Such an interesting and risky song, especially for a girl group. 3. 'Damn' is just so catchy with its double chorus. Pretty sure it ranks so highly because Nadine is very prominent on this song and let's face it her voice >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the others. 4. Again very catchy, the trumpet and the first verse are the highlights. 5. I used to hate this song because it was so aggressive but it grew on me a lot. The chorus may be a bit repetitive but that's part of what makes it so great. 6. Again, Nadine steals the show. The first verse is solely hers and is definitely the highlight of the song. I'm not a fan of the chanting on the second verse. 7. Risky first single and not sure it paid off in the end but again very well done. Again it's Nadine with her ''I can't deny the way my d-d-dirty mind, etc.'' who wins it for me. 8. Used to always be one of my favorites but it gets bumped down for being a bit too repetitive and a bit too ''generic'' (sorry for the use of this word). I still really like it but don't play it as much. 9. Never understood why this was a single but I still like it for how sensual and sulky it is. 10. Another good song and successful single but not one of my GA favorites. I also think it's a wrong song to open the album with (should've been 'Sexy!'). 11. Lovely song but once you've heard Nadine's verse which ends 0:47 seconds in you've heard everything you need to hear. 12. Definitely the weakest song on the album. Not a weak song by any means but I can live without it. In 2007 this was one of my highlights though so it goes to show how much can change. I never realized I was such a Nadine loon to be honest... Yes! I always prefer the Sugababes to GA (and still do) but this album is pure pop perfection.

I really think 'Love on the Brain' should've been the lead single, at least in Europe. It's more of an album seller than 'Work' and I believe it's commercially more viable to release a radio friendly song first and then a streaming friendly song*. Of course this is speculation but I really think it would've helped to release LOTB first. Not that Anti hasn't performed very well in Europe regardless (except the UK). *I think so because radio friendly first singles like 'Love on the Brain' would've have got a streaming boost for being ''the big, new single'' that it's not getting now as a fourth. Also, I noticed that radio is hesitant to play LOTB, at least here in the Netherlands, most likely because she alienated us by releasing urban singles from Anti first (and I believe this is true for the whole of Europe). On the other hand I think 'Work' would've performed poorly on radio and very well on streaming regardless of when it was released.

Wrong choice for the lead single (should've been the second single imo) but I still really like it. I love slurring along with it.

Not people always mentioning AGLM and MOTS as her worst album and then not even nominate any of those songs, except a single. Raining Men [worst] Right Now We Ride

It's pretty clear for me that 'Jump' is the worst of the four but the other 3 are really, really, really good. Nadine is really killing it on 'Sound of the Underground' and 'No Good Advice'. 1. No Good Advice 2. Sound of the Underground 3. Life Got Cold 4. Jump

I have no issues with 'Don't Wanna Know', although I don't particularly like it either, but then I never really cared about Maroon 5 so I don't care if they ''sold out''. A collab with Future is interesting. Looking forward to it.

I liked her debut album, this song won't have me clicking repeat though unfortunately. Shame she faded so quickly.

I agree with this, the lyrics are off-putting and not good. 'Tasted the sweet perfume of the mountain grass' is a personal favorite of mine for how cringeworthy it is. How quasi-deep :puke2: I feel like I'm going back to disliking Ed like I did during his first era.

I don't think it suits Rihanna. Glad he kept it. Besides Riri is so busy rejecting tracks lately it seems like she no longer wants other people writing for her.

Reading what he said about it, I don't think he actually sent it to Rih in the end so we can excuse her ass. But tbh I hate Rih for letting so many smashes get away from her in the past years. 'Timber' (This one I'm OK with as it's awful), 'Lean On', 'Cheap Thrills' (the one I'm most pissed about as I think it fits perfectly fine on ANTI and would've been her 15th US #1) and now possibly this? That bitch. Although can you really picture Rihanna singing the lyrics of 'Shape of You'? It sounds nothing like what she would be singing about. I wonder why he wrote this with her in mind?

I don't like 'Shape of You'. Maybe it will grow. I hate the chanting after the chorus, which sound too much like 'Speeding Cars' by Walking on Cars. It also annoys me in the lyric video that the girl is holding the same phone as the boy lol, with the text balloons on the wrong side. 'Castle on the Hill' is definitely preferable for me at the first listen although it doesn't set me alight either.

I love the chorus on this. I wish it was a teeny bit longer.

Let's rank the album, yes? Yes. FOR THE MOMENT it's this. Woo Consideration Never Ending Close to You Desperado Yeah, I Said It Kiss It Better Love on the Brain Needed Me Work Higher Same Old Mistakes James Joint The singles are all pretty low right now 'cause I'm rediscovering the album tracks. ZERO regrets at putting SOM so low. I like it but it feels so unimaginative considering it's a literal cover with no twist, + it could have been a minute shorter as the middle 8 of the song is the highlight and now I have to deal with 2 minutes of dragging.

hi 'woo' is now Rih's best song. bye

Congrats! Flawless taste so must be a good addition.

I need to know if this is true. I mean, she always seemed to be the one who wasn't interested, not the other way around? Unfollowing J.Lo is not a good sign though :lol:.

I have so little interest left in MKS / Sugababes that I don't even care to listen to the new (/old) leaked tracks :(

Same here! Didn't like his first album at all (actively hated him at that time, in fact), but 'I See Fire', 'Don't', 'Sing' and 'Thinking Out Loud' were good singles and there were some great album tracks on 'X' ('Afire Love' and 'Runaway' being my favorites).

I love 'Greedy' but hennies the public won't be there for it. 'Everyday' is the right choice.