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Girls Aloud


You know how sometimes it's Friday, you are getting ready to go out clubbing, the champagne is chilled and the coke is cut on the mirror, you look at your CD collection and you can't find a single uplifting, fun album to play? You want one dance song after another, with no ballads or cheap covers in between; you want songs that will later play in your head, as you and your friends make your way through the city, the hope of a great night still in your heart. Fear no more; Girls Aloud's Tangled Up exists.

The album opens and closes with two of its most mainstream and soft pop songs - current single Call the Shots, and Crocodile Tears. In between, there's a mesh of genres underneath the hooks - from pseudo-jungle to 60s girl rock; 80s house to powerpop. References to long forgotten girl bands are sprinkled along the way. Remember 90s band Shampoo? Black Jacks could have been one of their singles. And even the Spice Girls' influence can be felt, especially in Close to Love (though the Spice Girls should have been so lucky to have this great song under their clown costume belts.)

The album's first single, Sexy! No No No, came out a few months ago and, shock horror!, Girls Aloud actually co-wrote it! Can you escape its brain-drilling power? No, No, No. Can you stop yourself from playing the album on repeat? No, No, No. Do you feel ashamed when your boyfriend comes home and says you have joined the 6-year-old consumer demographic? No, No, No. Does this mean I'll suddenly start buying albums from X Factor contestants? NO, NO, NO. Sometimes, it's OK to enjoy a bit of (organic) bacon even if you are a vegetarian; and sometimes it's OK to indulge in pop that is so supreme and energetic it makes Madonna's best efforts sound like sing-alongs at the local geriatric unit.

Like a kid allergic to everything, I'm stepping into Girls Aloud's pop bubble and letting them protect me from the world... until the next brilliant pop album comes along.

Date: 2007-11-20 12:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] suede.livejournal.com
These dolls are thought for children or for older collector fans? Because I cant imagine why a little girl would like a GA doll to play with...

Date: 2007-11-20 12:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
I have no clue who would want one of those dolls. Perhaps it's for people who collect celebrity dolls, like this one.

Date: 2007-11-20 12:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] suede.livejournal.com
wrong link ollie, i want to see this person :D

Date: 2007-11-20 12:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brokenhaze.livejournal.com
there one of those bands you can't help but love.
can't say the same about those dolls mind. i guess the blonde one is sarah? not sure about the rest.

Date: 2007-11-20 02:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
Nicola is second from the right; but the others are a mystery.

Date: 2007-11-20 12:46 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] canudiglett
I am still not convinced. And all those dolls look exactly the same except for the outfits and the fact one of them has different coloured hair.

Date: 2007-11-20 12:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
If you have a chance, download some of the songs. Go for Black Jacks and Girl Overboard. Those two would make great singles.

Date: 2007-11-20 12:53 pm (UTC)
canudiglett: (mess)
From: [personal profile] canudiglett
I can see I'm not going to get out of this until I become a Girls Aloud fan!

Date: 2007-11-20 12:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
Oh Yes!! :-)

Date: 2007-11-20 07:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com
Uh, that's a pretty accurate representation of the band right now. I saw them on TV the other night and THEY ALL LOOKED THE SAME. Just different hair.

Date: 2007-11-20 01:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moveslikegiallo.livejournal.com
I was thinking about buying this album, after having been largely unconvinced by Britney's. I think I will, now.

Date: 2007-11-20 02:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
Do you have any of their other albums? I've read it's comparable to Chemistry, their supposedly "best" album.

Date: 2007-11-20 05:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moveslikegiallo.livejournal.com
I have Chemistry, but none of the others. Yay!
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Date: 2007-11-20 02:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
Honestly, Madonna would hyperventilate if she tried to dance to some of GA's songs. ;-)
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Date: 2007-11-20 08:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
Madonna would start out winning, but then she'd be overwhelmed by the 5-to-1 odds. ;-)

Date: 2007-11-20 04:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zenithed.livejournal.com
A GA album with no ballads? Sold! I was sorely disappointed by all the tedious covers on the best-of.

Date: 2007-11-20 04:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
That was the clincher for me too. All killers, no fillers.

Date: 2007-11-20 04:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rosamicula.livejournal.com
Umm. COuld you burn me up a copy?


Date: 2007-11-20 04:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
Of course! My pleasure. :-)

Date: 2007-11-20 06:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberholic.livejournal.com
Those dolls illustrate my point about none of them standing out perfectly. Unlike the Spice Girls, who each have their own individual look, banal though it might be, you can't tell these ones apart from each other. In fact, the only one that stands out is the blonde and that's saying something.

I will however concede your point that their music is quite addictive. I guess I just belong to the Spice Girls generation...

Date: 2007-11-20 08:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
Give Girls Aloud's latest album a chance... it will wipe off your wind the lackluster affair that is the Spice Girls' reunion.

Date: 2007-11-20 08:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberholic.livejournal.com
Never! Even if I liked Girls Aloud, I'd always be loyal to the Spice Girls regardless of whether their new singles are any good.

Date: 2007-11-20 08:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
What if the Spice Girls trashed your apartment and threw all your things in the nearest bin? Would you still be loyal to them?

Date: 2007-11-20 10:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amberholic.livejournal.com
Why would they? My studio is two small for even one of their egoes.

Did they trash your apartment?

Date: 2007-11-20 07:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] naturalbornkaos.livejournal.com
I like one or two songs off the first album, and I liked "Biology" but that's about it.

That awful "Something Kinda Ooh" put me off them for good.

Date: 2007-11-20 08:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
I kinda like "Something Kinda Ooh". :-)

But that's not a direction they took, but just a hop into a particular style of dance music, before moving on to something else. The new album is very eclectic.
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Date: 2007-11-20 08:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
With a warm swimming pool at the end...

Date: 2007-11-20 08:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] idioticpoet.livejournal.com
ok....please tell me the PR firm has relinquished control of your LJ.

Date: 2007-11-20 08:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
Not yet. I still need to write a detailed breakdown of each song. :-)

Date: 2007-11-20 09:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] idioticpoet.livejournal.com
ah maaann I don't think my gushing about NMA equals yours about GA.

Date: 2007-11-21 12:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kevyn-kronycles.livejournal.com
Did you secretly get a job as a promoter for this band? ;) I've actually downloaded the album already though and will give it a listen.

Date: 2007-11-21 07:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
I got a non-paid job as their promoter. ;-)

Date: 2007-11-21 05:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blu-bear.livejournal.com
check out c4.

Date: 2007-11-21 08:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
I'm looking, I'm looking... what am I looking for?

Date: 2007-11-21 09:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blu-bear.livejournal.com
Girls Aloud were on Paul O'Grady.

Date: 2007-11-21 10:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
I'll have to catch them on a repeat. ;-)

Date: 2007-11-22 08:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] psyfi.livejournal.com
You make me want to buy the album. Really....not a NO NO NO.

Date: 2007-11-22 10:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] commonpeople.livejournal.com
Buy it! You won't regret it. :-)

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