Tangled Up Bits n Bobs

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Da amazin reviews keep rollin in. Ere r a selecta:

NME - 7/10 - 'Unbeatable future pop hits'
Breakbeat symphonies, new rave ballads, clubbing nightmares - yes, Girls Aloud's career has been marked by genre-hopping, and lots and lots of fake tan. The magic dust they sprinkled on the Top 40 has now fallen into the fabric of music and 'Tangled Up' will continue the trend. Highlights 'Fling' and 'Can't Speak French' are unbeatable future pop hits

Daily Express: After 2005's Chemistry, it was difficult to believe the Girls could ever manage to produce a better pop record- it was that good. Two years on and they've managed to better it with an album so relentlessly brilliant it leaves you feeling embarrassed for other pop stars. Confident, driven and endlessly inventive, this is pop music perfection.

Daily Mail - 4/5 - Amazing. 2 years ahead of other girl bands.

Telegraph: Girls Aloud are a brilliant anomaly - the TV talent show winners who have since had half a decade of chart-topping success, the manufactured group who are darlings of the music press, the teen sensations who are on their fourth album. Overseen, as ever, by UK production team Xenomania, their latest record defies the odds once again by punching above its weight in ebullient dance-pop.

Combining hi-NRG disco with relentless pop suss and vixen-ish attitude, it's another winner. Doubters are directed towards the Sex Pistols riffing, R&B bounce and brazen foxiness of Fling before making premature judgments.

Daily Mirror - 3/5
The Spice Girls may have returned to claim their feisty female crown, but they are going to have a hard time wresting it from this lot. On their fifth album, production team Xenomania exploit GA’s youthful pizzazz and the lasses’ candy-coloured, attitude-packed approach powers them through a collection of sure-fire triumphant hits. Black Jacks is a soul stomper that slams the gauntlet down and elsewhere sass and positivity keep them buoyant, upfront and exuberant.

The Sun - 4/5
DO we really care about the new Spice Girls single or reunion tour? No, not when Girls Aloud are still around. The fact they are still at the top of their game with a fifth album puts the Spices, who only did two decent albums, to shame. As always they team up with pop masterminds Xenomania but this time the result is a more ballsy sound.

Call The Shots has an addictive chorus. Girl Overboard retains the same clubby vibe and the thumping Black Jacks is melodic magic. Control Of The Knife is a feisty two-finger salute to rubbish blokes. Long may they reign.

More Tangled Up Reviews

The great reviews for Tangled Up keep rolling in. The first one from The Guardian:


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And a second one, written for stupid people, by the Daily Star:


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More (amazing) Reviews

Taken from Popjustice

Girls Aloud 'Tangled Up' first listen!
31/10/2007

The new Girls Aloud album has arrived. Who ever dreamed they'd make it this far? Not us, but we're damn glad they have. Well, without further ado, let's bung the CD on the stereo and scribble down the first things that come to mind, which we'll then rather grandiosely refer to as a Girls Aloud 'Tangled Up' track by track review.

1. 'Call The Shots'
You know this one, the second single that should've been the first. Unmistakably GA. Those trademark vocal swoops that make you feel a bit funny. Great vocal breakdown section from Nicola. Brilliant.
2. 'Close To Love'
A fast funky one, hooray! Kind of hard not to wish this was what the new Spice single sounded like. Two different but adjacent choruses - one of them featuring the album title shouted in a way you'll all join in with when they do it live (punching the air with your fist where appropriate).
3. 'Sexy! No No No...'
Still a bloody racket, but a bloody racket with a great intro. It's a lot better when you know there's another song coming straight after. Feels like the music they might use to cover a costume change during the live show. There's an idea.
4. 'Girl Overboard'
Another fast one. Get in! Very Gaydar. Very G-A-Y. Ooh, a nice break down section from Nicola again. This is so going to be a certain section of the fanbase's favourite. Like a disco version of Martika's 'I Feel The Earth Move'. Imagine that.
5. 'Can't Speak French'
Jaunty. Still NOT A SOPPY SLOW ONE. Keeps building, when will it ever get to the chorus? Oh, was that it? This one's a slow burner. Fantastic vocals but clearly designed to best show off the full gamut of Tweedy-Cole facial expressions and stylized poses. Comment from the office: "This one would be good with an 'Allo Allo' style video. It lends itself to berets."
6. 'Black Jacks'
Ooh, still no slow down. Stripped right back to stuttering guitar and drums and Blondie sweetness melody. A Motown beat chorus which also threatens to become Starship's 'We Built This City' and - OH GOODNESS - a Daphne & Celeste-style group chant. We've just burst with pleasure.
7. 'Control Of The Knife'
Perky, fast dub. Girls Aloud don't even slow down for a traditionally slow musical genre! What does this remind us of? Oh yes, 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' by St Etienne - but sped up. Bloody hell. Comment from the office: "Good trumpets."
8. 'Fling'
Crikey, what's this? They've gone a bit mental and a bit Rogue Traders (the pop group not the TV show where they confront builders for weeing in old ladies' sinks). Very camp. Very clubby. Very Sarah Harding. Anyone have a problem with that? Thought not.
9. 'What You Crying For'
Would it surprise you to know this is another one at breakneck speed? Sultry vocals spat menacingly over the sound of the future's ringtone. Great vocal breakdown again and room for a rave horn. We've decided this is like 'Love/Hate' off the first album. Classic GA.
10. 'I'm Falling'
Ballad time? No, drum & bass time. Crikey.
11. 'Damn'
Why slow down now, eh? Irresistible, rollicking modern guitar pop song that reminds us of the tracks Xenomania wrote for the criminally ignored Frank album (but that'll mean nothing to you, we're guessing - what with you criminally ignoring it and all).
12. 'Crocodile Tears'
And finally... well it's not exactly 'See The Day' but by comparison this is the ballad. Though it's still a fair old pace - moody, slightly aggressive. Not exactly Children In Need material. More "dreamy indie pop" according to the office. We need a sit down.

The Verdict
Best Girls Aloud album ever, by so many horses' heads they're gonna need to buy a stable and a whole lot of mane wax.

Taken from Channel 4 Music. But taken down after Kimberley's people got angry.

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Review by Oliver Gaywood. Taken from STV