Sound of the Underground
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Nadine Coyle Sarah Harding Nicola Roberts Cheryl Tweedy Kimberley Walsh
Sound of the Underground ( German: Sound of the underground ) is the debut album by British girl group Girls Aloud. The album was released on 26 May 2003 and immediately rose to number two in the UK album charts. The album sold 37 077 units in the first week. In late November 2003, the album was certified platinum. On 1 December 2003 the album was re-released with a slightly different track list.
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Design and style of music
The band was formed during the television show Popstars: The Rivals founded. The debut single Sound of the Underground was later selected by the Manager of the newly formed band, Louis Walsh, from about sixty songs which had the songwriter Brian Higgins and Miranda Cooper from the production team Xenomania written in advance. During the recording phase of the album played Brian Higgins of the band in front of some of his songs, which they first refused on the grounds that this is not " their sound " would be. Higgins gave the band then some time to discuss the matter, and finally opted members, henceforth work with him. The debut album is released alongside the 2012 Greatest Hits album Ten is the only album of the band, which has not been completely written and produced by Brian Higgins and Xenomania. In December 2003, the album was re-released. Then three of the songs were replaced with new songs and added the videos of the first three singles.
The album is influenced by a range of musical styles from the 1980s, especially synthpop, power pop and new wave, as well as music styles from the 1990s, such as big beat, drum and bass and garage. The album has been compared to the music of Bananarama, The Spice Girls, the Bangles and Blondie. In a variety of songs will be made use of guitars and electronic beats. The rise of the indie rock led Brian Higgins also to " blur the line between the commercial and the so-called ' indie music '. "
Title list
Original publication
Republication
Chart positions and awards
Singles
The debut single Sound of the Underground was published on 16 December 2002. The video for the single was filmed just days after the band was founded in a London warehouse. The song reached # 1 on the UK charts immediately, where he was able to keep four weeks in a row. Although the song as the worst sold by all bands, founded by television, the song was awarded in March 2003 with platinum. The B-side of the song was a cover of the song Stay Another Day of the British boy band East 17
The second single of the song No Good Advice was published in May 2003. This went straight to # 2 on the charts. In the same year he was awarded the Popjustice £ 20 Music Prize for Best Single of the past year. Here, the song On a round has been added as a B-side.
The third single Some Kind of Miracle was originally intended, but this was replaced by the fans of preferred song Live Got Cold, which reached # 3 on the charts. The song Girls on Film, a cover of the same song by Duran Duran here was included as a B-side.
For the soundtrack to the film Love Actually ... the band recorded a cover of the Pointer Sisters ' song Jump. The song reached # 2 on the charts. The single had two B-sides, the songs Girls Allowed and Love Bomb.
The song You Freak Me Out was originally intended as a final single and was even sung by the band during some performances, but was then discarded and the band started the recordings of their second studio album.