The Sugababes Discography Rate
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Yeah true about Overload, although it's not one of my favourites, it is very much loved round here so that could be top 10.
I am not that sure if any of the Taller singles is worthy of the top 10. The only one in my opinion that should be there is Red Dress. All the other singles well, let me put it this way: they got scores from me that might be causing them to drop from the top 10.
This supermarket has so far played Round Round and Overload in the space of 30 minutes. @beyoncésweave's promo strategy is relentless.
(nearly finished my scores).
(nearly finished my scores).
i really hope my scores can help one touch into the top 10 when i send them in.
(which will probably be the day of the deadline)
(which will probably be the day of the deadline)
Island
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How could you not like Push the Button?
I think you all can be glad my boyfriend was listening along and involved himself in the process. I scored it below average, but he insisted it should be higher. So here we are.
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I like Push the Button but I hope it's not overscored here.
If only you had stayed 20 more minutes, you would have heard One Touch being played in full.
(Yas!).
Mr.Arroz
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I heard Change in a Dutch supermarket with @The Holy Spearit. Dddddd my memory being too capable.
Coming after Change, Catfights and Spotlights could’ve been expected to carry that album’s rather dispiriting generic direction. Instead, it is, in no uncertain terms, a near knockout that comes from nowhere.
The album takes the retro R&B sound in vogue at the time as a starting point and runs with it. There are big, brassy modern Motown updates (“No Can Do”, “Girls”), sultry lounge midtempos (“Unbreakable Heart”, “Sunday Rain”), classic ballads (“Sound of Goodbye”), and in between, a number of unexpected, genre-bendy delights (“Every Heart Broken”, “Can We Call A Truce”). It is the only one of their albums not to contain a pop behemoth (and, indeed, this was a major reason for its commercial failure); in general, its peaks and troughs in terms tempo are less variable than most of their other albums, which actually makes the sound even more consistent.
Above all though, Catfights is a return to the Sugababes’ confident, deeply considered and mature songwriting. There are fuckboy repellents (“No Can Do”, “Side Chick”); conjectures on committing to love (“Unbreakable Heart”); melodramatic romantic fatalism (“Sunday Rain”); heartbreaking relationship eulogising (“Sound Of Goodbye”); and finally, stream-of-consciousness, knowing weariness on the album’s crowning glory, the phenomenal “Can We Call A Truce”. Backed by the album’s consistent sound and musical motifs, the album appears as a cohesive whole, and its own thing. In other words, a proper record.
In this respect, Catfights most resembles One Touch, replete as that album was full of introspective quiet-bops and a consistent pop/R&B-lite sound. In fact, it’s very hard for me to not think of it almost as a direct sequel (even if Catfights might not quite match One Touch’s stunning closing quarter). It makes me sad, and a little frustrated, to see people stanning for one or the other while completely ignoring or denigrating the other, blinded as they might be by petty lineup loyalties, because they’re missing out on a series of beautiful continuities. How “No Can Do” takes the irritation at non-committal in “One Foot In” and ramps it up a number of determined notches. Or, how “Unbreakable Heart”s self-justification on taking a risk with a relationship parallels the disbelieving questioning of a relationship itself in “Real Thing”. Or, most strikingly, how “Can We Call A Truce” is an amalgam of the apprehensive regret of “New Year” and the weariness of “Promises” filtered through the back-and-forth of “Just Let It Go”.
In terms of the band’s narrative, Catfights is a huge anomaly. Each of the albums before has a clear continuity with the albums preceding and following them. Catfights resembles neither the generic blandpop of Change nor the electro-pop/R&B horror of Sweet 7. Its self-assurance, cohesion and quality next to what stands on either side of it is startling. In broader terms, it also single-handedly justifies 3.0’s existence, by erasing any apprehensions Change raised. Catfights feels like an album only this particular line-up could have made. The girls operate across the album with a poised chemistry and unity; vocally, all three are at their best, and the confidence and assured grace they display, individually and together, is a delight to behold. Most importantly, the girls appeared to have lain the ghost of Mutya haunting the band to final rest.
Of all their albums, this is the one I have spent the longest time digesting, startled as I was by its incongruity, and blind as I was to its slow-revealing magic. As a result, an album that started in the middle of the pack for me has, over time, steadily risen to the upper tier, just a touch below Three. It is a fantastic album which much justifies a deep dive into their discography, as a disconcerting delight that confounds expectations and as evidence that eight years into its existence, the band was still delivering the goods, and then some.
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For Your Consideration: “Side Chick”, “Unbreakable Heart”, “Sound Of Goodbye”, “Can We Call A Truce”
For Your Consideration: “Side Chick”, “Unbreakable Heart”, “Sound Of Goodbye”, “Can We Call A Truce”
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Surprised You On A Good Day wasn't mentioned. That's a highlight for me.
My ratings were messed up with the inclusion of the b-sides. Without them it would look like this:
Three
*Catfights & Spotlights
*One Touch
Taller In More Ways
Angels With Dirty Faces
Change
Sweet 7
*Tied
Three
*Catfights & Spotlights
*One Touch
Taller In More Ways
Angels With Dirty Faces
Change
Sweet 7
*Tied
2014
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MY RESULTS ARE IN averages excluding bonus tracks (and top 3 songs from each album)
Three = 8.68 (Whatever Makes You Happy, Caught In A Moment, Situation's Heavy)
One Touch = 8.29 (Overload, Lush Life, Real Thing)
Angels With Dirty Faces = 8.15 (Freak Like Me, Round Round, Virgin Sexy)
Catfights & Spotlights = 7.75 (You On A Good Day, Hanging On A Star, Nothing's As Good As You)
Taller In More Ways = 7.54 (Red Dress, Obsession, Ace Reject)
Change = 7.50 (Never Gonna Dance Again, Denial, Open The Door)
Sweet 7 = 5.67 (About A Girl)
Predicting Flatline could storm its way to the final 3???
Three = 8.68 (Whatever Makes You Happy, Caught In A Moment, Situation's Heavy)
One Touch = 8.29 (Overload, Lush Life, Real Thing)
Angels With Dirty Faces = 8.15 (Freak Like Me, Round Round, Virgin Sexy)
Catfights & Spotlights = 7.75 (You On A Good Day, Hanging On A Star, Nothing's As Good As You)
Taller In More Ways = 7.54 (Red Dress, Obsession, Ace Reject)
Change = 7.50 (Never Gonna Dance Again, Denial, Open The Door)
Sweet 7 = 5.67 (About A Girl)
Predicting Flatline could storm its way to the final 3???
Screaming at only one song from Sweet 7. But truth nonetheless.
Solenciennes
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TALLER IN 4 DAYS LEFT!
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@beyoncésweave I'm ready for the 1-2 sentences on Sweet 7.
Mr.Arroz
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