Sugababes Never Gonna Dance Again Cover
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| Studio anthology by Sugababes | ||||
| Released | 1 October 2007 (2007-10-01) | |||
| Recorded | 2006–2007 | |||
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| Length | 43:25 | |||
| Label | Isle | |||
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| Sugababes chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Change | ||||
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Change is the 5th studio anthology by British girl group Sugababes, released through Island Records on 1 October 2007. The album features production past Dr. Luke, Jony Rockstar, Dallas Austin, Deekay and Xenomania, amidst others, and is the start album to feature consummate vocals past Amelle Berrabah, who joined the group following remaining founding member Mutya Buena'south departure in 2005.
Musically, Change is a pop and dance pop album, while being produced by previous collaborators Xenomania, Dallas Austin and Jony Rockstar, along with newer producers Dr. Luke, Danish product team Deekay, and Novel. The anthology was preceded past its lead unmarried "About You Now", which became Sugababes' 6th number i single on the UK Singles Nautical chart and their highest selling single in that location. Two other songs off the album were later released as singles; the championship track, and "Denial". Another track, "My Love is Pink", would become the only promotional single off the anthology. Commercially, Change debuted atop of the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Albums Chart, where information technology became the ring's second number one anthology, and was somewhen certified platinum by the BPI for selling 600,00 units in the country. [1] Elsewhere, it reached the top ten in Estonia and Ireland. In France, The album was adapted as the group's first greatest hits compilation.
Change would receive mixed reviews, with several critics applauding tracks seen off the anthology and complementing its product, while others called it a "mixed bag" and only slightly ameliorate than outtakes from English language-Canadian girl group All Saints. To promote the album, Sugababes' would perform tracks off the album at talk shows and embarked on the Alter Tour in 2008.
Background and release [edit]
Following the release of their greatest hits album, Overloaded: The Singles Drove (2006), the Sugababes went back into the studio to work with a number of American producers on their and so-untitled fifth studio album, the band's first full studio anthology with Amelle Berrabah. Although, information technology was Amelle's first product, some of the songs from the album were leftover tracks that were originally intended to appear on Taller in More Means (2005).
The album was produced by Higgins and production team Xenomania, known for their work on other Sugababes singles including "Round Round", "Angels with Dingy Faces", "Pigsty in the Caput", "In the Middle", and "Red Dress".[2] The mixing process was undertaken by Jeremy Wheatley for 365 Artists at Twenty One Studios, located in London, England. This was assisted by Richard Edgeler.[2] Keyboards and programming were provided by Powell, Higgins, Cowling and Matt Gray, while Coler was responsible for the guitar nowadays in the vocal.[ii]
AXM Magazine reported the Sugababes' assumed attempt to move into the American market with the anthology.[three] On xxx August 2007, the group appeared on The Album Nautical chart Show to perform the first single, "Virtually Yous At present", and premiere another two anthology cuts. They too confirmed that the album's championship would be Change.
When inserted into the estimator, the UK edition disc allows access to bonus features such as remix versions of "Nigh Y'all Now" and a special interview with the grouping, plus wallpapers and photos. The French edition of Change is a greatest hits compilation because Overloaded: The Singles Collection was not released there, and information technology contains all their hits since "Overload" to "Deprival".
"Never Gonna Dance Again" was written by Sugababes members Keisha Buchanan and Heidi Range in collaboration with Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Lisa Cowling and Nick Coler. The song was originally written and recorded with former member Mutya Buena for the group'due south previous album Taller in More Means, but was cut from the concluding track listing due to the girls not being fond of the song. During production of the 5th album, they came back to the track and grew to like the song, prompting the group to add it to the track listing of Change.[two]
The song "About Yous Now" was used in the moving-picture show Wild Kid and features equally runway three on the soundtrack.[4] In December 2007, "3 Spoons of Suga" was included on the soundtrack for the 2007 film St Trinian's.[5]
Songs [edit]
"Never Gonna Dance Again" is a midtempo popular song that displays musical elements of dance-popular.[half dozen] Nick Levine of Digital Spy wrote that the song's "desperately lamentable disco lament" is composed "nigh entirely at mid-tempo."[six] Fraser McAlpine of the BBC characterized the rails as a "dancefloor tearjerker", similar to "Closer" by Ne-Yo and "Teardrops" past Womack & Womack, whereas The Trades author Paul Schultz called it a "break-up ode".[seven] [viii]
Lyrically, "Never Gonna Trip the light fantastic Over again" is about the break-up of a relationship which is set up on a dancefloor. During the chorus, Sugababes sing the lines "I lost the rhythm when yous said it'south over / As the final record starts to fade, I feel the dancefloor turning colder".[six] [9] The Guardian's Alexis Petridis and Schultz have both noted that the vocal's lyrical content is reminiscent to that of George Michael'due south song, "Devil-may-care Whisper".[8] [10]
"Never Gonna Dance Over again" garnered a mixed reception from music critics. McAlpine wrote that the song "immediately feels like the girls accept struck gold over again".[7] Levine suggested that "Never Gonna Dance Once again", forth with the album's singles "Denial" and "Change", demonstrates the group has "managed to grow upward without losing their way with a tune". He elaborated that the song "seems to showcase a more than reflective Sugababes".[6] Petridis called it a "classy" example of the group's "trademark clever, referential pop",[10] while The Independent's Andy Gill praised Xenomania's production of the vocal, saying that it "makes the nigh of its winningly logical melody".[11]
Marry Carnwath of The Observer wrote that the track is a "surprisingly energetic mope effectually the disco", although admitted that the "elegiac tone" of the vocal's lyrics is a "existent comedown".[12] A author for The Scotsman criticized it as a "dreary, formulaic suspension-up song", additionally noting that the track is not tricky similar "About Yous Now".[9] An editor for Stornoway Gazette admitted that although disco-friendly, "Never Gonna Dance Over again" is the album'southward starting point of "disappointment", while proverb that it "has the feeling of being tired and slightly jaded in comparing to the strength of the previous offering", referring to the album's lead single "About You Now".[xiii] NME wrote that it seems "less than a threat and more of a hope."[xiv]
"3 Spoons of Suga" is an uptempo pop vocal, with elements of dance-pop. Nick Levine of Digital Spy described information technology as a "Nancy Sinatra-way pop strut".[15] He likewise suggested that the song "doesn't audio like anything the Sugababes have recorded before", and went on to name it a "kissing cousin" to the group'south 2008 single, "Girls".[16] Levine noted that "Boys and Girls" by Pixie Lott has a "passing resemblance" to "3 Spoons of Suga".[17] Matt O'Leary of Virgin Media noted the incorporation of a guitar in the "beat-led dancefloor" track.[xviii] An editor from The Scotsman suggested the line "He don't go stressed cos he'south blessed by the cut of his jeans" was reminiscent of songs released by British girl group Girls Aloud.[9]
"3 Spoons of Suga" garnered favorable reviews from music critics. Lauren White potato of Entertainment Ireland described it as "villainous pop" and wrote that it epitomises the "sexy 'give-a-damn' mental attitude that Sugababes have pretty much built their career upon."[xix] Tom Young of BBC admitted that "3 Spoons of Suga" was "ridiculously titled", nonetheless "ridiculously catchy". According to him, the song contains "simple rocky edge" that gives the "rich textured voices" of Berrabah and Buchanan "plenty of room in which to excel."[twenty] Victoria Segal of The Times wrote that the "sticky disco of 3 Spoons of Suga should end Mutya Buena's victory lap in its tracks".[21] The Scotsman'due south editor felt that the vocal has a "playful attitude" which is missing from the rest of the album.[9] Emily Mackay of Yahoo! Music suggested that it was ane of the stronger tracks on the album, writing "the check-me-the-f*ck-out glammy strut of 'iii Spoons of Suga' finds them [Sugababes] on stronger ground."[22] Paul Schultz The Trades regarded information technology every bit a "ridiculously danceable Bananarama mimicry" and "stirring anthem".[23]
Reception [edit]
Disquisitional response [edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [24] |
| BBC Music | [25] |
| Digital Spy | [26] |
| The Guardian | [27] |
| Metro | [28] |
| NME | (four/10)[29] |
| The Times | [30] |
| Virgin | [31] |
| Yahoo! Music UK | (4/ten)[32] |
The album received mixed reviews, with The Guardian calling it a "mixed bag" but applauding tracks such as "Never Gonna Trip the light fantastic Again" and "Dorsum Down".[33] The Times claimed that the album was "but slightly better than All Saints outtakes, all dated production and popular tastefulness" but complimented tracks such every bit "My Love Is Pink" and "3 Spoons of Suga".[34]
Commercial functioning [edit]
The anthology's first single, "Most Yous At present", was digitally released on 24 September 2007 in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, with the physical unmarried release a week afterwards. The song, produced past Dr. Luke, became Sugababes' sixth number-one single in the U.k. and their most successful to appointment. The second release from the album, "Change", was digitally released on 10 Dec and physically released on 17 December, charting at number thirteen. "My Honey Is Pink" was also released as a digital single on ten Dec.[35] The third unmarried from the album, "Deprival", was digitally released on x March 2008 and physically released on 17 March, peaking at number fifteen.
Track listing [edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(south) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "About You Now" |
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| 3:32 |
| 2. | "Never Gonna Dance Again" |
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| three:43 |
| iii. | "Denial" |
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| three:31 |
| 4. | "My Dear Is Pink" |
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| 3:44 |
| five. | "Change" |
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| 3:37 |
| 6. | "Back When" |
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| three:56 |
| 7. | "Surprise" |
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| iii:05 |
| eight. | "Backdown" |
| Novel | 3:50 |
| 9. | "Mended by Y'all" |
| Jony Rockstar | three:34 |
| 10. | "3 Spoons of Suga" (United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland bonus runway) |
| Rockstar | three:50 |
| 11. | "Open the Door" |
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| 3:16 |
| 12. | "Undignified" |
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| 3:45 |
- Notes
- ^[a] denotes boosted producer
- ^[b] denotes vocal producer
Change: The Greatest Hits [edit]
| Modify: The Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Compilation album by Sugababes | ||||
| Released | 17 March 2008 (2008-03-17) [36] | |||
| Recorded | 1998–2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 66:xv | |||
| Characterization | Island | |||
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| Sugababes chronology | ||||
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The Sugababes' greatest hits album, Overloaded: The Singles Drove, was not released in French republic, and the French edition of Alter was adapted to become a greatest hits compilation. The album features the original Overloaded rails listing, with the addition of "About You Now", "Denial" and "Change", the three singles released from the international edition of Change.
Track listing [edit]
| No. | Title | Author(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Near Y'all At presenttwo" |
| Dr. Luke | 3:32 |
| two. | "Change2" |
| Deekay | iii:37 |
| three. | "Deprival2" |
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| 3:31 |
| iv. | "Freak Similar Me" (from Angels with Dirty Faces 1) |
| Richard X | 3:15 |
| five. | "Circular Round" (from Angels with Dirty Faces 1) |
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| iii:57 |
| half-dozen. | "Ruddy Dress" (from Taller in More than Means 2) |
| Xenomania | 3:38 |
| 7. | "In the Centre" (from Three ane) |
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| 3:55 |
| eight. | "Stronger" (from Angels with Muddied Faces ane) |
| Jony Rockstar | 4:04 |
| nine. | "Shape" (from Angels with Muddied Faces one) |
| Craigie | 4:12 |
| 10. | "Overload" (from I Touch three) |
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| 4:38 |
| 11. | "Good to Be Gone2" |
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| 3:27 |
| 12. | "Caught in a Moment" (from Three one) |
| Jony Rockstar | 4:26 |
| thirteen. | "Ugly" (from Taller in More Ways 1) | Austin | Austin | 3:51 |
| xiv. | "Easy2" |
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| iii:39 |
| 15. | "Too Lost in You" (from Three i) | Diane Warren |
| 4:00 |
| 16. | "Hole in the Head" (from Three i) |
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| 3:39 |
| 17. | "Push the Push" (from Taller in More Means 1) |
| Austin | iii:38 |
- Notes
- ^ includes vocals of Mutya Buena
- ^ includes vocals of Amelle Berrabah
- ^ includes vocals of Siobhan Donaghy
Personnel [edit]
- Dallas Austin – drums, keyboards, producer
- JC Chasez – vocal producer
- Nick Coler – guitar
- Miranda Cooper – keyboards, programming
- Pete Craigie – engineer, mixing
- Richard Edgeler – assistant
- Serban Ghenea – mixing
- Aniela Gottwald – banana
- Lukasz "Doctor Luke" Gottwald – bass, guitar, drums, programming
- Matt Greyness – keyboards, programming
- Brian Higgins – keyboards, programming, producer, mixing
- Tim McEwan – percussion
- Tom Nichols – percussion, programming, producer
- Andrew Nitsch – assistant engineer
- Rohan Onraet – engineer
- Chris Parmenidis – mastering
- Tim Powell – keyboards, programming, mixing
- Kurt Read – engineer
- Tony Reyes – guitar
- Tim Roberts – assistant
- Johnny Rockstar – bass, programming, producer, beats
- Rick Sheppard – engineer
- Alonzo "Novel" Stevenson – keyboards, vocals (groundwork), producer, drum programming
- Tim VanDerKuil – bass
- Jeremy Wheatley – keyboards, pulsate programming, mixing
- Steven Wolf – producer
- Jordan "DJ Hinge" Young – engineer
Charts and certifications [edit]
Release history [edit]
| Region | Engagement | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 October 2007 | Isle Records |
| Ireland | 5 October 2007 | |
| United kingdom | 8 Oct 2007 | |
| Austria | nineteen October 2007 | |
| Frg | ||
| Switzerland | ||
| Commonwealth of australia | 20 Oct 2007 | |
| Spain | 25 March 2008 | |
| United States | ||
| Italian republic | 16 November 2007 | |
| France | 17 March 2008 |
Tour [edit]
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