Chemistry (album)

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Chemistry
Studio album by Girls Aloud
Released	December 5, 2005 February 20, 2006 (Australia)
Recorded	2004-2005; London, England
Genre	Pop
Length	45:51 (UK edition) 71:59 (Bonus disc edition)
Label	Polydor Records
Producer(s)	Brian Higgins Xenomania
Professional reviews
Stylus Magazine (A-) link Virgin link BBC link Pop Justice link
Girls Aloud chronology
What Will the Neighbours Say? (2004)	Chemistry (2005)	The Sound of Girls Aloud (2006)
Alternative covers
The special edition Christmas cover artwork of Chemistry sold in the United Kingdom.

Chemistry is the third album by British all-girl pop group Girls Aloud. It was released by Polydor Records on December 5, 2005 in the United Kingdom. The album was produced by the production team of Brian Higgins and Xenomania. Upon its debut, critical reception was generally positive, with The Guardian, NME, and Top Of The Pops including it on their best of year-end album charts. Chemistry became the group's first album to miss the top ten on the UK albums chart peaking at number eleven. Still it sold exceptionally well in the first few weeks and went on to be certified platinum - outselling the girl's debut. In Australia and New Zealand, the album was released on February 20, 2006; however, it failed to generate much interest.

Contents 1 Track listings & formats 2 Fifth single 3 Trivia 4 Chart performance 4.1 Charts 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Track listings & formats

#	Title	Time
1.	"Intro"	0:42
2.	"Models"	3:27
3.	"Biology"	3:36
4.	"Wild Horses"	3:24
5.	"See The Day"	4:03
6.	"Watch Me Go"	4:06
7.	"Waiting"	4:15
8.	"Whole Lotta History"	3:49
9.	"Long Hot Summer"	3:54
10.	"Swinging London Town"	4:04
11.	"It's Magic"	3:54
12.	"No Regrets" [UK Bonus]	3:23
13.	"Racy Lacey" [UK Bonus]	3:06

• Australian/New Zealander Edition

#	Title	Time
1.	"Intro"	0:42
2.	"Models"	3:27
3.	"Biology"	3:36
4.	"Wild Horses"	3:24
5.	"See The Day"	4:03
6.	"The Show"	3:38
7.	"Watch Me Go"	4:06
8.	"Waiting"	4:15
9.	"Whole Lotta History"	3:49
10.	"Long Hot Summer"	3:54
11.	"Swinging London Town"	4:04
12.	"It's Magic"	3:54
13.	"I'll Stand By You"	3:45

• Christmas Bonus Disc

#	Title	Time
1.	"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"	4:03
2.	"I Wanna Kiss You So (Christmas In A Nutshell)"	3:37
3.	"Jingle Bell Rock"	1:59
4.	"Not Tonight Santa"	2:44
5.	"White Christmas"	2:59
6.	"Count The Days"	3:57
7.	"Christmas Round At Ours"	3:04
8.	"Merry Xmas Everybody"	3:42

[edit] Fifth single

It was rumoured that Girls Aloud would release a fifth single from Chemistry, the second track on the album, "Models", and appeared in release schedules for a 15 May release. Originally Coyle said it would be the next single (in an interview with The Sun newspaper), but Tweedy contradicted Coyle's previous statement by claiming in another interview that there would be no further releases from Chemistry. "Models" went on to be included as an extra track on the "Something Kinda Ooooh" single.

[edit] Trivia

• "Singapore", a track recorded during the album sessions that was not picked for the final album is now available on The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits compilation limited edition bonus disc.
• "Life Love and Lust", a track also recorded during the albums sessions is yet to be released.

[edit] Chart performance

Chemistry debuted at #11 on the UK albums chart, where it sold 81,962 copies in its first week, just over 200 copies behind the album in the tenth position. Since its release it has achieved platinum certification in the UK (selling 351,696 copies), where after seven weeks, it descended from the Top 75. It has since recharted for a total of ten inconsecutive weeks.

In Ireland it debuted at #34, going on to peak at number #31 four weeks later. The lack of success of the album there led to the lack of an Irish leg for the group's Chemistry Tour 2006.

[edit] Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
New Zealand Hitseekers Chart	5
UK Albums Chart	11
ARIA Hitseekers Chart	12
Irish Albums Chart	31
United World Chart	72

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• GirlsAloud.co.uk — official website.