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Girls Aloud - Out Of Control
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| Girls Aloud have long been the exception to the rule that nothing good ever came out of TV talent contests. Six years have passed since they demolished One True Voice (of whom we oddly hear so little nowadays), during which they have become a tabloid fixture, released a string of largely fun albums and enjoyed comfortably more musical highs than lows. Yet Out Of Control hints that the Girls, at exactly the same time as their main rivals Sugababes, may be running out of steam....full text |
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In the six years that they've been together, Girls Aloud have demonstrated a pretty ferocious work ethic. A big tour every year, five albums and a greatest hits set, and no less than 19 singles. Really, they make the famously prolific Ryan Adams look like a bit of a slacker. Of course, it was never meant to be this way. Manufactured bands, especially ones chosen by TV talent shows, usually have a couple of hits and then fade away. By now, one member should be carving out a career in TV, there should be eating disorder rumours about another and, ideally, there should be rumours that at least one girl hates the rest of them. Ah, hang on a minute......full text |
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Who’d have predicted, way back in 2002, that a reality TV show would produce one of the biggest girl bands of the 21st century? Popstars: The Rivals wasn’t exactly groundbreaking - Pop Idol had produced Will Young a year earlier - but the effect that one of the groups it created (don’t forget that they came up with One True Voice as well) would have couldn’t have been forseen. As it happens, they’ve come up trumps with 19 consecutive top ten singles in the six years they’ve been together. ‘Out Of Control’ is Girls Aloud’s fifth (count ‘em) studio album in that relatively short time - released a mere fourteen months after their last one. The girls themselves are credited as writing four of the eleven tracks on offer here, with a little help, and previous hit-makers Xenomania only figure on the notes for final track ‘We Wanna Party’, despite their obvious influence. ‘Out Of Control’ sees a new direction for the group, and the album sounds a lot more grown up than their previous efforts. There’s also an interesting foray into the 80s sound that Keane managed to pull off recently, with plenty to dance along to on the way....full text |
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