Saints & Sinners (All Saints album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Saints & Sinners
Type = Studio album
Artist = All Saints


Released = October 16, 2000
Recorded = Guerilla Beach Studio, Pierce Rooms, Rotation One Studios et al.
Genre = Pop,Electronica,R&B
Length = 52:53
Label = London Records
Producer = K-Gee, William Orbit, Stuart Zender et al.
Reviews =
* Encyclopedia of Popular Music Rating|3|5
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3srb283i052a link]
* Andrew Lynch Rating|4|5 [http://entertainment.ie/reviews/review.asp?ID=849&SubCat=CD link]
Last album = "The Remix Album"
(1998)
This album = "Saints & Sinners"
(2000)
Next album = "All Hits"
(2001)

"Saints & Sinners" was the second studio album by British vocal group All Saints. It was released three years after their debut album, All Saints, and featured the three hit singles "Pure Shores" (UK #1), "Black Coffee" (UK #1) and "All Hooked Up" (UK #8, it's success haulted by the group announcing its split a mere week after the track was released). Promo copies of the track "Surrender" were circulating from early January 20001, indicating it would have been the fourth proper single from the album had the group not disbanded. The album charted at no.1 in the UK.

Three tracks on the album were produced by William Orbit, best known for his work with Madonna on her Ray Of Light album. The first single from the album, the Orbit-produced "Pure Shores", succeeded the record by almost a year, having been previously released on the soundtrack for the film The Beach. The majority of the songs were written by Shaznay Lewis and Karl Gordon. Melanie Blatt wrote two tracks on the album, "I Feel You" and "Ha Ha", the former track being written in dedication to her daughter. Natalie Appleton is a featured co-writer on one track, "Dreams". This led to tensions with the Appleton sisters who had the ambition to be more than singers. Fact|date=July 2008

Track listing

Credits

Charts

References

External links

* [http://allsaintsofficial.com/ Official site]

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before = "Kid A" by Radiohead
title = UK number one album
years = October 28 2000 – November 3 2000
after = "The Greatest Hits" by Texas