All Saints - General Discussion

I suspect William Orbit tracks were costly straight after Ray Of Light. And I wouldn't put it past Madonna to not allow more dd.

 

I find it a little odd Shaznay felt time pressure so much as there was a full 3 year gap between albums. Whilst I know the debut campaign did run some time, I always suspected there was either writers block or record company politics going on. From memory I recall both Distance and Ready, Willing & Able being debuted live waaaaaay before Pure Shores so maybe it wasn’t until Orbit came onboard the album was classed as ready to go?

 

The Shaz interview is so nice.

 

I loved the Shaznay interview and agree that the second album is underwhelming. It passed by me at the time although I had the debut, but I got it years later and have barely listened to it. Meanwhile the albums they've done since their 2006 reunion are all really strong.

 

True but it was so lazy

 

Lazy yes but the result was fantastic thankfully.

 

I prefer the second album to the first, always go back to it.

 

You're missing out then.

 

Well Never Ever became a hit in America and that always derailed campaigns / careers back then.

 

i actually bought it in 2002, not bad!

I love it!!!!!!!!!!!

one of my favorite albums ever.

 

I need a new album.

 

I gave Studio 1 a few spins recently.

Not a big fave of mine but I appreciated it more.

On and On should've been single 2.

 

I love Scar.

 

Just had a look through my Last.fm and this is one of my top played tracks of the last few years. It's weirdly soothing and frantic at the same time?

YOU'VE GOT LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE

 

I love "Scar" and "One Me & U", even if there were only two singles from Studio 1, they were really generous witt the b-sides.

 

'Love Lasts Forever' and 'After All' are both amazing!

I like the videos too...

 

If 'After All' had been released in 2001/2, it would have been a massive number 1 and be the timeless classic it deserves! Still glad we got it when we did though.

 

I've just realized the three Appleton videos are on Youtube at last:

 

Oh nice. Haven't actually watched those for years! What an album! Still don't think 'Everything Eventually' was the best single choice though...