1) The Promise: The first single from the album. It has 1960's vibe to it. The song almost wasn't the first single from the album. The group had to fight to get it to be the first single. In the end it hit number 1 in the UK and became one of their biggest hits. The video was amazing and the song itself won the group a BRIT award. 10/10
2) The Loving Kind: The second single from the album. This is my favorite song on the album. The song got comparisons to their single "Call the Shots", that's understandable but both songs are great. Cheryl and Nadine got injured shooting the video, but the video turned out perfect in the end. The song became their twentieth consecutive top ten single in the UK. 10/10
3) Rolling Back the Rivers in Time: This song was almost called "50s Sweetheart". It's a catchy ballad and was one the group's favorites on the album. It's a pretty good ballad. 9/10
4) Love Is The Key: The song starts off with a dark intro and later turns into a pop song with hints of country in it. Kimberly write the bridge of this song. It was also used to promote their special, "The Girls Aloud Party". A remixed version of the song was also in the special. 10/10
5) Turn to Stone: Not a fan of this song. The chorus is so bland and boring, plus the production isn't that good either. The verses are okay though. 5/10
6) Untouchable: The third and final sing from the album. The song is almost 7 minutes long and apparently it was Hell for the girls to record it because it had a lot of different keys. When it was released as a single, it remixed and made shorter. The song had a space themed video. While it is a strong pop song it is most known for being the group's first single not to hit the top 10 in the UK since it peaked at number 11. It's still an amazing song. 10/10
7) Fix Me Up: The song was initially called "Grange" and has a very strange auto-tuned intro. It's very forward and different from what you'd expect from the group but it's still a pretty good song. 9/10
8) Love Is Pain: How do you go from saying "Love Is The Key" to "Love Is Pain"? Well it makes sense because love is strange like that. Cheryl's solo at the end is amazing, especially when she dealing with so much from the tabloids about her then husband cheating on her. The song overall however gets kinda boring after awhile. 7/10
9) Miss You Bow Wow: The title of this song is strange. That being said it's really good song. It was one of the songs that the band co-wrote. I tried to ignore the song because of the title but I cannot deny it's awesomeness. 9/10
10) Revolution in the Head: This song was the reason the album was almost called "Girls Aloud: Revolution". The song talks about people having dreams and aspirations but not going through with them. It reminds me of "Real Life" from their second album. I wish this song was the fourth single from the album, but at least they performed the song on tour. The song was also co-written by the group. 10/10
11) Live in the Country: While the second verse is awesome, the rest of the song is strange. It's a drum and bass song that was co-written by the group. The song has been growing on me and I like it a lot more now but I still think the animal noises at the end of the song are weird. 9/10
12) We Wanna Party: This song was initially recorded for their second album but it didn't fit on that album. It was later recorded for this album. The song is okay and is still growing on me. 8/10
"Out of Control" ended up being the group's highest charting album by debuting at number 1. My favorite songs on the album are: "The Loving Kind", "Revolution in the Head", "Untouchable", "The Promise", "Miss You Bow Wow", and "Love Is The Key". Out of 120 points I give the album 106 which is 88%, B+. 88%, that's 6 percent higher than "Sound of the Underground". This is the last review of the month. I'm still shocked I was able to do a review everyday this month. Thank you all for reading this review as well as all of the other ones I've posted! Also you can comment on this review or any of my other ones to say if you liked it, hated it, agreed with it, ir had a different opinion on the album. Thanks for reading!
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