What is up with me being lazy these days? Today I'll be reviewing Girls Aloud's first greatest hits album. While a lot of the songs on here were ones I reviewed for their second greatest hits album, "Ten", I will be adding more to some those songs because I forgot to put a few more things on them. Anyway here's my track by track review:
1) Sound of the Underground: The first single and title track from their first album "Sound of the Underground". The song almost wasn't theirs. Irish singer Samantha Mumba was supposed to record the song but she decided on a different song. This song is one of the group's biggest hits to this day. 10/10
2) Love Machine: The second single from their second album, "What Will the Neighbors Say". Even though the group wanted "Diets and Deadlines", which isn't that good of a song, this was released and did pretty well. 8/10
3) Biology: The second single from their third album "Chemistry". Not much to say except that I still don't understand the song. Sarah Harding has said that she though the song was made up of three different songs put together. I think she might be right. 7/10
4) No Good Advice: The second single from their first album, "Sound of the Underground". It's weird how the group didn't want this song until writer Brian Higgins talked with them about it. A very relatable song, lyrically. 10/10
5) I'll Stand by You: The third single from their second album, "What Will the Neighbors Say". While the group always got negative reviews for their covers, except on their cover of "Here We Go", this song is still great. 9/10
6) Jump: The fourth and final single from "Sound of the Underground". Had they not been asked to do a song for the movie "Love Actually", this song wouldn't have been covered or released as a single. In fact the band was supposed to release "Some Kind of Miracle" as their fourth single. It's sad that didn't happen but I love both songs, just wish that "Some Kind of Miracle" would've had a chance. 10/10
7) The Show: The first single from the second album, "What Will the Neighbors Say". The song is okay. Before the release of the second album, this song was one of four songs to be the lead single from the album. The other three songs were "Wake Me Up", "Graffiti My Soul", and "Androgynous Girls". While "The Show" became the first single, I feel it was a weak choice since the other songs were stronger. 8/10
8) See the Day: The third single from their third album "Chemistry". Finally a song I haven't reviewed yet. The song is a cover originally performed by Dee C. Lee. Cheryl Cole regrets releasing this song as a single and was only released because the group was stuck on ballads. Strange considering the fourth and final single from that album, "Whole Lotta History", which was also a ballad, was released after this song. "Whole Lotta History" should've been the third single and then they could've released a different song as the fourth single like "Models" from the same album. 6/10
9) Wake Me Up: The fourth and final single from their second "What Will the Neighbors Say". Although I love the song and video, I'm still annoyed that it wasn't the first single. "Sound of the Underground" was a hard, edgy song and it was the group's first single from their first album, but I guess I shouldn't complain because the song was released as a single later on. 10/10
10) Life Got Cold: The third single from their first album, "Sound of the Underground". Like "Jump", this song wasn't planned as the third single. "Some Kind of Miracle" was supposed to be the third single but it was changed. "Life Got Cold" is a sad ballad and was the group's favorite song from the album. It's guitar parts makes the song sound almost like Oasis' song, "Wonderwall". That being said it's a great song and a great ballad. 10/10
11) Something Kinda Ooooh: The first single from this album. I love dancing like a fool to it. The songs is still amazing even though the video is just...okay. 10/10
12) Whole Lotta History: The fourth and final single from their third album, "Chemistry". I know I'm a little mean to their album "Chemistry", but I have to say this is one of the best songs from that album. A lot of people can relate to this beautiful ballad. 10/10
13) Long Hot Summer: The first single from their third album, "Chemistry". The song was written for the movie, "Herbie: Fully Loaded" but the song wasn't included on the soundtrack or the movie. Brian Higgins has since said that the song was a disaster record and he can't stand it. Oddly enough, I like the song. I hated it at first but I gave it another chance and I think it's a pretty good song despite it being the group first song in the U.K. to miss the top 5 by peaking at number 7. 9/10
14) Money: A new song that wasn't released as a single. I find the song to be a little strange and I still don't know if I like it or not. For now I say it's descent. 8/10
15) I Think We're Alone Now: The second and final single from this album. The song is a cover originally performed by Tommy James and the Shondells and later made more popular by Tiffany. The song's video had three different endings. One was the girls getting caught and being tied up, one was of Kimberly making the casino owners faint, and the last one was the girls playing with the money. The song was a bad choice as a single. 6/10
While the chances of a Girls Aloud reunion are unlikely we still have their amazing albums until the day they reunite. My favorite songs on the album are: "Sound of the Underground", "Whole Lotta History", "Wake Me Up", "No Good Advice", "Something Kindaa Ooooh", "Jump", "Life Got Cold", "Long Hot Summer", and "I'll Stand by You". Out of 150 points I give the album 131 which is 87%, a B+. Awesome, and I promise tomorrow I won't be lazy doing a review!
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