The Sugababes Discography Rate

[beyoncésweave]

ELEVENS​

Number of 11s – 85
Number of unique 11s – 28

BY SONG

17 – Ace Reject
10 – Run For Cover
7 – Stronger
6 – Hole In The Head
5 – Freak Like Me, Round Round
3 – Too Lost In You, Overload, Conversation's Over, Situation's Heavy
2 – Push The Button, Flatline, Can We Call A Truce, Easy, Ugly
1 – Denial, Caught In A Moment, About You Now, Follow Me Home, Shape, In The Middle, Soul Sound, One Foot In, Gotta Be You, Disturbed, Just Let It Go, Virgin Sexy, Better​

BY ALBUM

1. Taller In More Ways – 24
2. Angels With Dirty Faces – 19
3. Three – 18
4. One Touch – 16
5. Extras – 4
6=. Change – 2
6=. Catfights And Spotlights – 2
8. Sweet 7 – 0 (sad!)
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BY LINEUP

1. 2.0 – 61(/60)*
2. 1.0 – 18
3. 3.0 – 6(/7)*
4. 4.0 – 0

*Depending on how you want to classify "Follow Me Home", which received one 11.​

 

[beyoncésweave]

TENS AND ZEROES​

TENS
Average number of 10s – 17
Median number of 10s – 15
Number of songs without 10s – 4

MOST

1. Blayke – 68
2. Voodoo – 54
3. Mr.Arroz – 45
4. supersoon – 38
5=. scottdisick94 – 34
5=. AllSixSugababes – 34
7. kal – 33
8=. marie_05 – 30
8=. Island – 30
8=. tylerc904 – 30
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LEAST

7=. Ironheade – 7
7=. ssa – 7
7=. Aester – 7
7=. Epic Chocolat – 7
6. Filler – 5
5. Supernerd – 4
2=. Russron – 3
2=. Number – 3
2=. Rhombus – 3
1. Mushroom – 2
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BY ALBUM (# tracks)

1. Three – 308 (20)
2. Taller In More Ways – 238 (16)
3. One Touch – 209 (16)
4. Angels With Dirty Faces – 200 (13)
5. Catfights And Spotlights – 177 (12)
6. Change – 164 (14)
7. Extras – 89 (7)
8. Sweet 7 – 63 (12)
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ZEROES
Number of songs with 0s – 27
Number of songs without 0s – 84

MOST

1. Black Topanga – 11
2. Blayke – 7
3. Lucas – 5
4=. acl – 4
4=. marie_05 – 4
5=. Mina, RJF, Zar-Unity, Supernerd, Mikl C, Petty Mayonnaise, constantino – 3
​

LEAST

43 people gave out no zeroes
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BY SONG

1. Miss Everything – 17
2=. She's A Mess – 13
2=. Walk This Way – 13
4=. Wear My Kiss – 6
4=. Sweet & Amazing (Make It The Best) – 6
6. Get Sexy – 5
7=. Favourite Song – 4
7=. Give It To Me Now – 4
9. Little Miss Perfect – 3
10=. Back Down, Girls, Thank You For The Heartbreak, No More You, Easy, Freedom – 2
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BY ALBUM (# tracks)

1. Sweet 7 – 59 (12)
2. Extras – 17 (7)
3. Change – 6 (14)
4. Catfights And Spotlights – 6 (12)
5. Taller In More Ways – 4 (16)
6. One Touch – 2 (16)
7. Angels With Dirty Faces – 1 (13)
8. Three – 0 (20)
​

10+11s
I thought I'd also do an aggregate of the 10s and 11s here, because that would represent the maximum range of appreciation. A ranking of just the 10s would be somewhat unrepresentative. It really does show how "Overload" (#9) was somewhat tanked, whereas "Round Round" (#6) got by on less overall love but not many low scores.

BY SONG

1. Ace Reject – 66
2. Freak Like Me – 62
3. Run For Cover – 61
4. Stronger – 59
5. Overload – 55
6. Hole In The Head – 53
7. Push The Button – 52
8. Too Lost In You – 51
9. Flatline – 44
10. Round Round – 43
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BY ALBUM (# tracks)

1. Three – 326 (20)
2. Taller In More Ways – 262 (16)
3. One Touch – 225 (16)
4. Angels With Dirty Faces – 219 (13)
5. Catfights And Spotlights – 179 (12)
6. Change – 166 (14)
7. Extras – 93 (7)
8. Sweet 7 – 63 (12) ​

 

[beyoncésweave]

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Oh, and if you took out Sweet 7, the average jumps to 7.407, kii.

HIGHEST SCORERS

1. Voodoo – 8.748
2. Mr.Arroz – 8.613
3. Blayke – 8.324
4. Conan – 8.086
5. SmashHitter – 8.072
6. Island – 8.050
7. tylerc904 – 8.023
8. MrJames – 7.892
9. supersoon – 7.865
10. Remorque – 7.815​

LOWEST SCORERS

10. cryctall – 6.568
9. Mushroom – 6.545
8. Deborux – 6.523
7. Number – 6.514
6. Mikl C – 6.401
5. Daniel! – 6.392
4. Supernerd – 6.347
3. Filler – 6.270
2. Mina – 6.144
1. GhettoPrincess – 6.018​

 

[Methyn Marquis]

Awwwh such a joyful result! Thank you all and thank you @beyoncésweave for making this happen! Now let me put Ace Reject on replay.

 

[beyoncésweave]

I see no commentary for that evil 3 from @PLUTO. No justification for this fuckery?

As appalled as I am by this heinous score for an amazing track, I'm inclined to let it go since it didn't prevent the right song winning!

Unless of course @fancygreen is up for dissecting @PLUTO 's entire contributions to this thread to discern what could have prompted this egregious lapse of judgement.

PLUTO was last seen:Mar 27, 2017

Did someone run away when they realised Ace Reject could win this?

@PLUTO is harmless; I suspect xe is taking one of zir seasonal electrolyte replenishing deep dives in the Dark Atlantic. Though I'm sure I'd feel less amused with qis antics if qe had managed to actually tank "Ace Reject". Apart from a few bombs, their scores were fairly non-objectionable all around, I must say.

I didn't want to defile the writeup but this is what xey said about it (as well as "Conversation's Over" and "Never Gonna Dance Again"):

the ones below are definitely demo-y trash nonsense shan't, can't, won't, précieux!

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Er, @beyoncésweave, I should definitely be in the top ten scorers for Taller. I'm pretty sure my score for the standard album is something like 9.318.

I have you down with a 8.452 average for the standard, which makes you the 17th highest scorer. Please don't tell me I entered your scores wrong, I'm blocking my ears and screaming right now!

 

[kal]

2=. Number – 3
2=. Rhombus – 3

WHAT THE FUCK. @Rhombus and @Number I'm sorry I ever thought you had taste. xx

 

[beyoncésweave]

WHAT THE FUCK. @Rhombus and @Number I'm sorry I ever thought you had taste. xx

Oh, I should've put in an addendum. Lack of 10s =/= lack of appreciation. Most of the low 10-givers had pretty high overall averages; they were just sparing with the 10s. Some of them used a full 100 point decimal scale, which meant there were a lot of 9-10 scores that weren't rounded up.

Chill, sis.

 

[kal]

I'm sorry if that came out harshly. It was just tongue in cheek.

 

[Mina]

Loving the statistical analyses, though somewhat surprised that I was the 2nd overall lowest scorer with an overall average of 6.13. I guess that's just the way I score - my average for the ongoing ABBA rate (a rate of similar scope) is 6.23, and it doesn't diminish that I consider both artists quite excellent.

Although the next time I participate in a @beyoncésweave rate, I am quite tempted to send in my scorecard consisting entirely of irrational numbers (such as multiples and fractions of pi) just for the added mathematical lulz.

 

[beyoncésweave]

12 HOURS

I wanted to say a little about the covers since making them was one of the most enjoyable aspects of running the rate. My favourites to make were the One Touch and Angels With Dirty Faces ones, because the promo photos from those eras were so lovely. Just really casual shots with the minimum level of posing. (Also shoutout to "Freak Like Me" which has my absolute favourite official cover; so gorgeous).

The Three and Sweet 7 ones were a lot of fun to make but super time consuming, because of all the different elements from the more graphic-minded design aesthetics from those eras. The Change ones were a blander version of that – the magazine editorial-esque promos weren’t quite my cup of tea.

The Catfights ones were the hardest to source, plus there were only three official reference points (album cover + two singles). I suppose they were somewhat tepid. Taller was by far the worst; the art direction for the era was so insipidly bland, like terrible outfits, poses and font-work.

It was also fun/frustrating catching out the official covers being internally inconsistent (there was often one cover that was different to the others in each era, e.g. – “Shape”, “Caught In A Moment”). And let me not get into wildly inconsistent font thicknesses and kerning, gorl. Them mid-00s Island Records marketing department interns have a lot to answer for.

These were a kii and a half to make. I was basically giggling to myself the whole time I was making them.

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Oh, and these were my absolute favourites. Basically, I saved all the shots I truly loved for them (plus um painted one ddd). With love to their fellow stans xx

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[londonrain]

I have you down with a 8.452 average for the standard, which makes you the 17th highest scorer. Please don't tell me I entered your scores wrong, I'm blocking my ears and screaming right now!

My mistake - I think I missed one of the low scores I gave the Dallas Austin tracks when I checked my averages. That'll teach me to question your numbers.

 

[berserkboi]

@beyoncésweave influence with the excellent write ups and fantastic rate saw my top 10 change from

Before rate:

1.Ace Reject
2.Run For Cover
3.Stronger
4.Overload
5.Who
6.One Foot In
7.Freak Like Me
8.Push The Button
9.Hole In The Head
10.Flatline

To the godly:

1.Ace Reject
2.Spiral
3.Overload/Run For Cover/Stronger
6.Flatline
7.Who/Promises
9.Can We Call A Truce
10.One Foot In

 

[londonrain]

My discovery of this rate has been Conversation's Over. I don't think I really paid much attention to a large number of Three album tracks before this rate (Million Different Ways and Whatever Makes You Happy have been favourites for years, though). Listening to it for this rate made me give Conversation's Over a 9.5, and by the time the reveals were halfway done I was kicking myself for not giving it a 10. Such an amazing song.

 

[berserkboi]

My discovery of this rate has been Conversation's Over. I don't think I really paid much attention to a large number of Three album tracks before this rate (Million Different Ways and Whatever Makes You Happy have been favourites for years, though). Listening to it for this rate made me give Conversation's Over a 9.5, and by the time the reveals were halfway done I was kicking myself for not giving it a 10. Such an amazing song.

Yes to more Conversation's Over love. I am kicking myself for not giving it a 10 as well. Three was such a strong album, hey?

 

[Filler]

Angels With Dirty Faces performed as an extreme version of the archetypal singles + filler album.

I'm sorry but you got the formatting wrong on my band name 'Filler and the Archetypal Singles'.

 

[acl]

That final write up was staggering -another level of class. Thank you @beyoncésweave, there are no words... just love to you for all of this.

 

[Elysium]

Ace Reject winning. Catfights being the top album (only because it had no b-sides but STILL)

What a rate! Thanks again @beyoncésweave! Its been aaaaaamazing

 

[chanex]

Funnish fact when I first got into the Sugababes I downloaded everything I could from Limewire and fell in love with Ace Reject and didn't know for two years that it was the radio version. When I finally got the real version it was like my ears had an o. It's so much better full length and I think that's why I don't mind that it never became a single.

I wanted to say a little about the covers since making them was one of the most enjoyable aspects of running the rate. My favourites to make were the One Touch and Angels With Dirty Faces ones, because the promo photos from those eras were so lovely. Just really casual shots with the minimum level of posing. (Also shoutout to "Freak Like Me" which has my absolute favourite official cover; so gorgeous).

The Three and Sweet 7 ones were a lot of fun to make but super time consuming, because of all the different elements from the more graphic-minded design aesthetics from those eras. The Change ones were a blander version of that – the magazine editorial-esque promos weren’t quite my cup of tea.

The Catfights ones were the hardest to source, plus there were only three official reference points (album cover + two singles). I suppose they were somewhat tepid. Taller was by far the worst; the art direction for the era was so insipidly bland, like terrible outfits, poses and font-work.

It was also fun/frustrating catching out the official covers being internally inconsistent (there was often one cover that was different to the others in each era, e.g. – “Shape”, “Caught In A Moment”). And let me not get into wildly inconsistent font thicknesses and kerning, gorl. Them mid-00s Island Records marketing department interns have a lot to answer for.

These were a kii and a half to make. I was basically giggling to myself the whole time I was making them.

Spoiler

Oh, and these were my absolute favourites. Basically, I saved all the shots I truly loved for them (plus um painted one ddd). With love to their fellow stans xx

Spoiler

Even before this post I was thinking I'd spring for a high quality framing job of all the covers you made in order of elimination, arranged in a grid!

Make this happen in print quality (or maybe we could share the files I'm a graphic designer too) and I'll finally have the piece of Sugaart I've been searching for! (I ordered a Catfights-era poster but it was underwhelming upon receipt hehe).

Welp @beyoncésweave this fantasy allows me to thank you again at least! TBH I'm a little bit in mourning xoxo