Sound of the Underground

Infobox Album |
Name = Sound of the Underground
Type = Studio album
Artist = Girls Aloud

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Released = flagicon|UK 26 May 2003 flagicon|AUS 16 June 2003 flagicon|UK 1 December 2003 (re-issue) flagicon|US 26 June 2007 (digital)
Recorded = December 2002 - April 2003
Genre = Pop Dance pop Pop rock
Length = 53:44 (original) 55:04 (re-issue)
Label = Polydor Universal International
Producer = Steve Anderson, Arnthor, The Beatmasters, Betty Boo, Brian Higgins, Tim Kellett, Gary Miller, Peters and Peters, Brian Rawling, Graham Stack, Jeremy Wheatley Xenomania
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gpfexqyaldfe link]
*Drowned In Sound (8/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/3361 link]
*BBC Music (Positive) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/r4jw/ link] |
Last album =
This album = "Sound of the Underground" (2003)
Next album = "What Will the Neighbours Say?" (2004)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = Studio album


Lower caption = Re-issue cover Singles
Name = Sound of the Underground
Type = Studio album
single 1 = Sound of the Underground
single 1 date = 16 December 2002
single 2 = No Good Advice
single 2 date = 12 May 2003
single 3 = Life Got Cold
single 3 date = 18 August 2003
single 4 = Jump
single 4 date = 17 November 2003

"Sound of the Underground" is the first studio album by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud. It was released by Polydor Records on 26 May 2003 in the United Kingdom, with a re-issue released 1 December. "Sound of the Underground" is the only album not to be entirely produced by the production team of Brian Higgins and Xenomania.

Album information

"Sound of the Underground" was released on 26 May 2003 and debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart. The album was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry on 6 June 2003. [ cite web | url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/index.asp?Page=SearchBPI.asp | title=Certified Awards - Sound of the Underground (Gold) | publisher=British Phonographic Industry | date=2003-06-06 | accessdate=2008-02-24 ] It was certified platinum five months later. cite web | url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=32027 | title=Certified Awards - Sound of the Underground (Platinum) | publisher=British Phonographic Industry | date=2003-11-28 | accessdate=2008-02-24 ]

A second version of the album was released on 1 December 2003 and charted at #42 in the UK Album Chart. It had several new tracks, including fourth single "Jump" from the film Love Actually's soundtrack and "You Freak Me Out" from the remake of the 1976 movie Freaky Friday, a new UK Bonus track entitled "Girls On Film" (previously available as a b-side), and a re-recorded version of "Some Kind Of Miracle." However, to make room for the new inclusions, the song "Don't Want You Back" and UK Bonus tracks "Love Bomb" and "Everything You Ever Wanted" were excised.

The album reappeared in the Top 75 on 31 December 2006, charting at #67, and remaining for a further week, giving it a chart run of 20 non-consecutive weeks on the chart.

Track listing

Original version: Polydor / 9865315 (UK)

References

External links

* [http://www.girlsaloud.com/site.php Girls Aloud official website]