Welcome and Girls Aloud

Hey everyone!
I've been thinking about making a blog like this for a while. I've noticed the tendency for bloggers to focus very much on the 'indier' side of things and disappear up their own backside whilst in the process. I thought a little mainstream relief would be good for the blogsphere, after all it's not all bad.

So, my first blog, I'm not sure how it''ll go, if anyone will read it or care but here goes.

Girls Aloud
Potentially the best girl group ever, a very worthy subject for my first blog I think. I used to be a bit of a music snob and so always turned away and mocked groups such as Girls Aloud or Sugababes simply due to NME telling that I shouldn't like them. Well. Times have changed and in the world of recession we currently live in I think we need an alternative to the depression of Glasvegas to make us feel a bit better. Whilst most people had accepted the genius of Girls Aloud for many a year ever since they won Pop Idol all those years ago it's taken me time.

The other day whilst out cd shopping I spied their newest album Out Of Control and picked it up on a whim. The first single from it The Promise was an immediate winner in my eyes (even if at that stage it was sung by a mainstream girl group) so I decided to give the album a listen. Much to my surprise it was fantastic from start to finish it's just pure pop, very good pure pop at that.

The opener The Promise is probably my favourite song from the record still, the production on it being divine. Everything's sharp and crisp (which goes for the rest of the record too) and just fits well together. Another high point in the overall fantastic record is Turn To Stone which, whilst it isn't going to be a single, sits very happily on the album and puts some synth glory into the mix. The only reason I can't see it being a single is because there are some much more 'classic' Girls Aloud tracks on the album, for instance the second single The Loving Kind.

Overall, it's a great pop album which sits proudly at home in my cd collection for good reason mainly that it's a well produced and solid piece of work from a consistently good girl band. It's only fault being that it doesn't quite break the mould of any other Girls Aloud album. Not necessarily a bad thing, but, variety is the spice of life.
8/10

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