Online Review: Girls Aloud 'Tangled Up'
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Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud
Tangled Up
Polydor
4/5
Thanks to this years lacklustre bunch of X factors, you could almost forget that reality singing competitions can pull out half decent acts, the likes of which Girls Aloud reign supreme.
The show was 2002’s Popstars: The Rivals and the audience-led vote put together five northern lasses who trounced there rivals One True Voice (remember them?).
Five years, and an astronomical four albums later and not only have Girls Aloud shed there reality show beginnings but will enter 2008 in the Guinness Book of Records for having more consecutive top ten entries in the UK then any other girl group. And with singles like the futuristic, electro banger Sexy! No No No it’s easy to see why.
The track is just one of 12, expertly hinged, superbly sliced electro, dance, house and even Ska tracks all produced by long time collaborators Xenomania.
As Ska tracks go, Control of the Knife is far better then the slew of recent artists we’ve seen experimenting with it, purely on the basis that GA are singing as opposed to talking through some mockney accent (Kate Nash, Lily Allen).
Nadine is a powerhouse on tunes like Sexy! No No No and thrashes through the Bodyrox sounding Fling which makes the Spice Girls look more like ‘Lemon and Herb’ from a Nando’s menu. Though Nadine’s not the only focus, her voice is the only one recognisable as the rest of the girls vocals blend into each others with alarming regularity, though that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
In short, Tangled Up makes hi-gloss, electro pop seem easy which anyone whose listened to the latest effort of the Sugababes will know it’s not.
MySpace.com/Girlsaloud
Girls Aloud
Tangled Up
Polydor
4/5
Thanks to this years lacklustre bunch of X factors, you could almost forget that reality singing competitions can pull out half decent acts, the likes of which Girls Aloud reign supreme.
The show was 2002’s Popstars: The Rivals and the audience-led vote put together five northern lasses who trounced there rivals One True Voice (remember them?).
Five years, and an astronomical four albums later and not only have Girls Aloud shed there reality show beginnings but will enter 2008 in the Guinness Book of Records for having more consecutive top ten entries in the UK then any other girl group. And with singles like the futuristic, electro banger Sexy! No No No it’s easy to see why.
The track is just one of 12, expertly hinged, superbly sliced electro, dance, house and even Ska tracks all produced by long time collaborators Xenomania.
As Ska tracks go, Control of the Knife is far better then the slew of recent artists we’ve seen experimenting with it, purely on the basis that GA are singing as opposed to talking through some mockney accent (Kate Nash, Lily Allen).
Nadine is a powerhouse on tunes like Sexy! No No No and thrashes through the Bodyrox sounding Fling which makes the Spice Girls look more like ‘Lemon and Herb’ from a Nando’s menu. Though Nadine’s not the only focus, her voice is the only one recognisable as the rest of the girls vocals blend into each others with alarming regularity, though that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
In short, Tangled Up makes hi-gloss, electro pop seem easy which anyone whose listened to the latest effort of the Sugababes will know it’s not.
MySpace.com/Girlsaloud
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