GA in ‘08: Update.
Girls Aloud’s fifth studio album, Out Of Control, has been penciled in for a November 3 release date. As in, not a few months away, but a few WEEKS away. Here’s the finalised tracklisting:
The Promise
The Loving Kind
Rolling Back The Rivers
Love Is The Key
Turn 2 Stone
Untouchable
Fix Me Up
Love Is Pain
Miss You Bow Wow
Revolution In The Head
Live In The Country
We Wanna Party
“The Loving Kind” is a collaboration between the girls, Xenomania and the Pet Shop Boys. According to The Sun’s hideous review of the album, there is a drum’n'bass song which samples farm animal noises, and a combination of dance music and ballads through the mix. As far as first reviews for an album go, The Sun’s summary of the whole thing is a bit of a useless read, particularly when they use the review to fuel another Cheryl/Ashley angled story in relation to lyrics on one of the songs. Really? Again? Do these people at The Sun even like music? Ugh.
Regardless of all that, I’m pretty excited about this, even if one of the song titles has a number 2 in place of the word ‘to’ in it. I fear for my friends though, who went through quite the ordeal this time last year in the weeks leading up to Tangled Up’s release. Picture me out, frantic but socialising, making the time to ask anyone within my range every 15 minutes “do you think it’s leaked yet?”.
OFF TOPIC UPDATE: Seems some pimply 15 year old cunt has hacked into the Blogrolling website (and — of course — made it look like an Islamic fronted terrorist web attack, which is laughable seeing as you’d think terrorists would not exactly be wasting their time on hacking up websites, as opposed to hacking up people and all that other joyous stuff they get into), which is the site I used to organise all my external links to so many incredible websites in my sidebar. Everything is GONE. I am not happy about this, and will be sorting out my sidebar after the weekend. So apologies to any of my blogging pals who may have noticed their links are missing from the sidebar; it’s coming back, I don’t hate you. You have not had a Jihad placed on your webspace, regardless of my surname.
Hopefully I can remember all of the fucking URL’s now.
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Oh. My. Gosh.
November 3? November 3?! Only a few weeks?
Oddly enough, I think this might actually make the wait even MORE difficult–so close! I cannot WAIT for this.
October 11th, 2008 at 1:59 am -
I wonder why they kept the release date on the down low for so long. Very odd. Anyhoo, I’m well excited about this, and the fact that they’ll no doubt do another UK arena tour to promote it
Also, The Sun only cares about women who’ll get their tats out for a quick buck!!
xOctober 11th, 2008 at 3:10 am -
SO MUCH NEW STUFF. head exploding.
btw there was an article on them in the guardian sunday supplement this week. Five pages. One on the girls and four on Cheryl. Yes that went A LONG way to endearing her to me. Ooo sorry i seemed to have dripped sarcasm all over your comments box
But c’mon? Only one paragraph on Nicola and even then they called her the miserable one! SHE HAS HER OWN MAKEUP! She can now paint smiles on
Love her.October 11th, 2008 at 8:09 am -
I Think I’m Going To Explode!!!!
I cannot wait for this – and I’ve just heard the Kylie/Dannii duet – That is f*****g Legendary!!!!!!! – along with Darin, The Saturdays, Soraya, Britney, Anastacia, The Potbelleez, Agnes Carlsson & Velvet – I’m in musical heaven at the moment.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:37 am -
This album excites me muchly. But am I the only one anticipating “We Wanna Party” to be a cover of the excellent Xenomania track Lene from Aqua did as a solo artist a few years back? Still, the Pet Shop Boys love in excites me muchly. It’s three shots after the other Aloud wise – The Promise on the 20th, the Tangled Up tour DVD on the 27th, and then the album on the 3rd. They do, quite literally, arf, call the shots. LOVE. IT.
Sham, Popcomments
October 11th, 2008 at 9:45 pm -
Good point, Adem! Do the folks at The Sun even like music?! Can’t wait to hear the PSB tune!
October 14th, 2008 at 7:28 am -
PG: I KNOW. THIS is how you release an album! Tell us it’s coming out in a couple of weeks, not bloody months!
Lyndsey: It’s good though, don’t you think? Less time agonizing I feel.
Paul: Nicola is Love. And I hate it when people call her Nicole, by the way. SHE IS NICOLA FFS.
Aaron: I KNOW.
Sham: You wanted to know my thoughts on The Saturdays? Well… I like “Up”, but feel anyone could have sung it and it would have been brilliant. Didn’t like the first single at ALL, but am going to reserve my judgement on them until the album comes out. Then I might post about them…
Yuri: It’s going to be actual musical heaven, surely.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:11 pm -
I see. I do agree that “If This Is Love” does stand anywhere near in stead to “Up”. But I’ve heard some of the album and it’s pretty darn good, particularly “Issues”, “Why Me Why Now” and “Keep Her”. I do believe as well thaat Frankie from the band is now otherwise partnershipped with a certain Mr Poynter.
October 16th, 2008 at 6:29 am