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Steps were an active band releasing new music again, S Club are not.
S Club 7 - RIP Paul Cattermole <3
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But the difference with Steps is they were also actively releasing music months prior to the tour, etc. so bad stuff they needed to consistently promote.
Additionally, there first reunion they had all the promo and photo shoots for the documentary.
It’s a different situation really. They’ve ticked a box in promoting the tour for now.
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I was listening to 7 this morning because I haven't heard it in full for years and I've often deemed it as my least favourite album and honestly, today's listen really reminded me why dd. It's such a strange album for them. To come off the back of S Club which was quite light and poppy to suddenly move into mostly midtempo lite-R&B was such a random move to me back in the day. To only have four uptempo songs out of 12 when you've mostly been known for that was definitely an odd choice. I feel this album would have probably benefitted from coming after Sunshine. It seemed like too big a jump from the debut.
Having said that, I don't actively dislike any of the songs - they're all okay-to-good in their own right - I just think they could have done with another couple of S Club Party/Bring The House Down-style songs and maybe keep Spiritual Love/All In Love Is Fair/I'll Keep Waiting as b-sides. I actually like The Colour Of Blue a lot more after today's listen, it's got a bit of a Carpenters vibe to it in the vocal.
ALSO! Poor Jon. They could have chucked him a verse somewhere at least, maybe in Love Train? I know he got a couple of the b-sides that era but my god.
Having said that, I don't actively dislike any of the songs - they're all okay-to-good in their own right - I just think they could have done with another couple of S Club Party/Bring The House Down-style songs and maybe keep Spiritual Love/All In Love Is Fair/I'll Keep Waiting as b-sides. I actually like The Colour Of Blue a lot more after today's listen, it's got a bit of a Carpenters vibe to it in the vocal.
ALSO! Poor Jon. They could have chucked him a verse somewhere at least, maybe in Love Train? I know he got a couple of the b-sides that era but my god.
Just an example - this looks amazing for an AI upscale and even if the official team did upscales, they’d probably have a better source file than the one this person used.
If this is what they uploaded I’d be pretty satisfied. The white is nice and clean, minimal artefacts, a bit of AI blurring on the faces but very minor
If this is what they uploaded I’d be pretty satisfied. The white is nice and clean, minimal artefacts, a bit of AI blurring on the faces but very minor
I dunno if it's just because I work in video, but I would not be happy with this at all. There's a complete lack of noise/detail and with a video as simple as this one, with no effects, it would be very easy to return to the film and recut it. Having said that, I really don't think that is on the cards.
But I think they could do a better job with an original source file and a better AI program.
Agree - it's basically two albums shoved into one. My ideal tracklist drops Best Friend and All in Love is Fair, and replaces them with Someday Someway. I also much prefer the original album mix of Natural to the remix that was used for the single and album reissue, which plods along and lacks the bounce of the original version.
Bring the House Down was often mentioned as a possible single at the time, but I don't think it's strong enough. If there was to be a third single from the original tracklisting, it should have been Cross My Heart.
When '7' came out, one of the lines repeated in interviews was that 'everyone has a solo'. In Jon's case, that seemed to mean one verse of 'Reach', which seemed a bit unfair as he is a good singer. (There is a remix of Reach in which he sings the first verse as well as the second, so perhaps the original idea was that he would lead it and then someone decided that it didn't sound like S Club 7 without Jo?)
Oh yes!
I actually loved this season. Real grasp at what they were about. This on streaming too.
I remember at the time hearing they wanted to move further into an RnB direction, which is why Spiritual Love was performed on TV (CD:UK maybe?) - being a cover maybe they thought it was a good segue - then they absolutely abandoned the album for singles entirely ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Guess someone higher up put their foot down. It was a coma-inducingly boring album though.
Guess someone higher up put their foot down. It was a coma-inducingly boring album though.
7 is literally their best album i don't quite understand the hate here
7 was the first album of theirs I was given and I played it to death. I also watched LA7 the most of all the shows because I had that one on video so it just holds a really special place for me - not their best however
Gun to my head I’d say:
Sunshine
Seeing Double
7
S Club
But I must stress I absolutely ADORE all 4
Gun to my head I’d say:
Sunshine
Seeing Double
7
S Club
But I must stress I absolutely ADORE all 4
My favorite S Club albums were in the order they were released:
S Club
7
Sunshine
Seeing Double
I listened to the first two albums non stop and those are the ones I revisit the most. I didn’t really care much for Seeing Double when it was released, but have grown to like and appreciate it.
S Club
7
Sunshine
Seeing Double
I listened to the first two albums non stop and those are the ones I revisit the most. I didn’t really care much for Seeing Double when it was released, but have grown to like and appreciate it.
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I don’t like hearing a bad word about 7. My favourite album of theirs and the moody R&Bness of it all really suited Rachel, Jo and Bradley’s voices/tall kid’s whisper singing.
While Sunshine is strong it really felt like You and It’s Alright were a regression/damage control from 7 being too mature. But I don’t particularly enjoy listening to Sunshine as a whole whereas I can listen to 7 the full way through with zero skips.
While Sunshine is strong it really felt like You and It’s Alright were a regression/damage control from 7 being too mature. But I don’t particularly enjoy listening to Sunshine as a whole whereas I can listen to 7 the full way through with zero skips.
7 is decent but by far their weakest effort. I really only use the singles and I'll Keep Waiting these days, but acknowledge Cross My Heart still slaps. I'm glad Never Had a Dream Come True came along because Bring the House Down would have been their only dud single, but instead they had a bulletproof run.