- The Sound of Girls Aloud
Infobox Album |
Name = The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits
Type =Greatest Hits
Artist =Girls Aloud
Released = flagicon|United Kingdom 30 October 2006
flagicon|United States 26 June 2007 (Digital)
Recorded = December 2002 - April 2006
Genre = Pop
Length = 56:01
Label =Fascination Records
Producer =Brian Higgins Xenomania
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hzfixqlrld6e link]
*BBC Music [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/6rp2/ link]
*"The Guardian ", rating|4|5 [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1971914,00.html link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.5/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/39885-the-sound-of-girls-aloud-overloaded link]
Last album = "Chemistry"
(2005)
This album = "The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits"
(2006)
Next album = "Tangled Up "
(2007)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternative covers
Type = Greatest Hits
Lower caption = Limited Edition Bonus CD cover. Singles
Name = The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits
Type = Greatest hits
single 1 =Something Kinda Ooooh
single 1 date = 23 October 2006
single 2 =I Think We're Alone Now
single 2 date = 18 December 2006 Audiosample
Upper caption = Audio sample
Audio file = MoneySample.ogg
Background = darkseagreen
Name = Money"The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits" is a "
greatest hits " anthology by British girl bandGirls Aloud . It was released in the UK on 30 October 2006, and went straight into the UK album charts at #1 - Girls Aloud's first ever #1 album - selling 84,354 copies in its first week of sale.Album information
The album includes Girls Aloud's first fourteen singles, as well as a new track entitled "Money". A limited edition of the album was also available. It included a bonus disc with unreleased songs, demos and other material.
The original tracklisting that was released to the Internet included a cover of
Irene Cara 's "What A Feeling" instead ofTiffany 's "I Think We're Alone Now ".cite news|url=http://www.nme.com/news/blondie/24598|title=Girls Aloud release Kaiser Chiefs cover|accessdate=2007-07-26|date=2006-06-06|publisher=NME ] The bonus disc was planned to include "Wicked Game ", [ cite web | url=http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/1191104 | title=Girls Aloud best-of announced | publisher=Drowned in Sound | date=2006-10-06 | accessdate=2008-04-03 ] a cover of theChris Isaak song that was planned for a single release in May 2005. [ cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/news/news/2005/04/15/18550.shtml | title=Pulling Aloud | publisher=BBC Top of the Pops | date=2005-04-15 | accessdate=2008-04-03 ] A demo version of "Love Machine" was also included on the tracklisting, but instead appeared on the "" compilation.The lead single taken from this album, "
Something Kinda Ooooh ", entered theUK Singles Chart at number five on download sales alone, a first for a British act. [ cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6075238.stm | title=US punk band retains chart lead | publisher=BBC News | date=2006-10-22 | accessdate=2008-03-09 ] It peaked at number three. It was the 36th best-selling single of 2006 in the United Kingdom. [ cite web | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/top40_2006.shtml | title=Top 40 Singles of 2006 | publisher=BBC Radio 1 | date=2006-12-31 | accessdate=2008-03-09 ] The second and final single to be taken from the greatest hits compilation was "I Think We're Alone Now". The song managed to reach number four on the UK Singles Chart upon it's Christmas week release, then remaining in the top ten for a second week.Track listing
Charts and certification
References
External links
* [http://www.girlsaloud.co.uk/site.php GirlsAloud.co.uk] — Official website.
succession box
before = "Rudebox" byRobbie Williams
title = UK number one album
years = 5 November 2006 – 11 November 2006
after = "" byJamiroquai
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