What Will the Neighbours Say?

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What Will the Neighbours Say?
Studio album by Girls Aloud
Released	November 29, 2004
Recorded	2003-2004 London, England
Genre	Pop
Length	51:15 (UK edition)
Label	Polydor Records
Producer(s)	Brian Higgins Xenomania
Professional reviews
Stylus Magazine, (A-) link Virgin, link BBC, link The Guardian, link
Girls Aloud chronology
Sound of the Underground (2003)	What Will the Neighbours Say? (2004)	Chemistry (2005)

What Will the Neighbours Say? is the second album by British all-girl pop group Girls Aloud. It was released by Polydor Records on November 29, 2004 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 London based newspaper The Guardian calling it a great pop album that is "funny, clever, immediate" and "richly inventive".^[1] What Will the Neighbours Say? became the group's second top ten album in the UK album charts, where it was certified platinum. The album was released in select European territories in late 2004; however, it failed to generate much interest outside of the United Kingdom.

The album title "What Will the Neighbours Say?" comes from a lyric in the song "Love Machine".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Girls Aloud's writing credits 3 Singles 4 Charts 4.1 Trivia 5 References 6 External link

[edit] Track listing

#	Title	Time
1.	"The Show"	3:38
2.	"Love Machine"	3:27
3.	"I'll Stand By You"	3:45
4.	"Jump"	3:40
5.	"Wake Me Up"	3:28
6.	"Deadlines & Diets"	4:00
7.	"Big Brother"	4:00
8.	"Hear Me Out"	3:44
9.	"Graffiti My Soul"	3:15
10.	"Real Life"	3:43
11.	"Here We Go"	3:47
12.	"Thank Me Daddy"	3:24
13.	"I Say a Prayer for You" [UK Bonus]	3:37
14.	"100 Different Ways" [UK Bonus]	3:41

[edit] Girls Aloud's writing credits

Song writing contributions credited to Girls Aloud are believed to correspond to the following:

• "Big Brother" - Cheryl Tweedy
• "Hear Me Out" - Sarah Harding
• "Thank Me Daddy" - Kimberley Walsh
• "I Say a Prayer for You" - Nicola Roberts
• "100 Different Ways" - Nadine Coyle

[edit] Singles

"Jump", the lead single from the album, first appeared on the Love Actually movie soundtrack and was also included on the re-issue of the group's debut album Sound of the Underground (2003). The song, a cover version of the Pointer Sisters hit, reached number two on the UK singles chart and featured a more upbeat side to group who had previously been labelled "moody" by the music media.

The second single "The Show" featured heavy dance beats and a distinctive bassline, and became a top five hit for the group in the UK and Ireland. The single was one of the first to be released on the 3" pocket CD format in Europe. The song also featured a music video centered around a beauty salon called "Curls Allowed", treating a selection of clueless men. It was also grafted onto their next album Chemistry with a different track listing for Australia, because What Will the Neighbours Say? was never released there. It became the second single after Biology.

"Love Machine" became the third release and became the group's third consecutive single to chart at number two in the UK and their sixth consecutive single release to go top three, making Girls Aloud the second most successful all-girl group behind the Spice Girls. Worldwide the single was also successful, reaching the top-forty in Ireland and Poland.

The fourth single, "I'll Stand By You", a cover version of the The Pretenders hit, became the group's second number one single release in the UK, selling 58,000 copies in its first week. The song was also the 2004 Children in Need charity single.

"Wake Me Up", the fifth and final single release, became the first Girls Aloud single to fail to chart within in the top three in the UK, peaking at number four. In Ireland the single reached number six and became the group's eight top ten single on the Irish singles chart.

[edit] Charts

What Will the Neighbours Say? debuted at number six on the UK albums chart, where it sold 85,717 copies in its first week. Since its release it has achieved platinum certification in the UK, where after fifteen weeks, it descended from the top-seventy-five. It has since re-charted for a total of sixteen non-consecutive weeks. At the end of 2004, after only a month of release, the album charted at number forty-four on the UK End of Year Album chart. It has sold 561,972 copies in the UK and shipped over 600,000 making it double platinum.

In Ireland it debuted at number twelve, remaining in the top twenty for eight weeks. The album was successful in Greece where it peaked at number ten, remaining there for four weeks.

Chart (2004)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	6
Greek Albums Chart	10
Irish Albums Chart	12
United World Chart	43

[edit] Trivia

• "Jump" is originally a track from Girls Aloud's album, Sound of the Underground (re-issue).
• "I'll Stand By You" is a cover of the Anglo-American, rock band, The Pretenders.
• "Jump" is a cover of the American, R&B group, the Pointer Sisters.
• The tracks "Deadlines & Diets" and "Here We Go" are covers of the Xenomania teammember, Miranda 'Moonbaby' Cooper.
• "Graffiti My Soul" contains a sample of the Peblab song, "It's Not the Drug".

[edit] References

[edit] External link

• GirlsAloud.co.uk — official website.