Tangled Up Fan Edition

This is the gorgeous cover for the Fan Edition of Tangled Up. This edition will apparently feature all of the lyrics, signed postcards and the girls on the cover. None of which feature on the regular edition. I like it. The makeup is a bit, erm different like but they still look amazing.

You can pre-order it here only.




And this is roughly what the finished Tangled Up CD wil look like in the shops. You can pre-order this one here.

Meanwhile, there is much speculation over the third edition of the album. Where will it be sold? HMV or Virgin? Both of those have been ruled out. Is it Tangled Up remixed or a live compilation? No, these have been ruled out too. Stop leaving us wondering Girls! It's rude!

Jonathan Ross Interview

Iz it just me or as Wossy gone shit? The grls wur amazin' tho!

A Girl's Aloud to shop

Girls Aloud love to shop. Especially when it's all for free! Here they are at the Gift Lounge at the studios for the recording of Saturday Night Divas - a show airing very soon.



Kimberley looks a little embarassed at what the similarly dressed lady is offering her. Nadine's having none of it.



And Sarah's getting some much-needed barnet care from Nicky Clarke



Here they are with the other 'divas' from the show:




Thanks to Hayley at GirlsAloudMedia for the photos. You can find lots more here.

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.

Tangled Up in review (already!)

Mint!

Review by Oliver Gaywood. Taken from STV

Making The Video - Call The Shots

Kasier Chief iz gonna dye 4 dat comment at da end!!

Cheryl's Blog

Chezza has ritten her own blog on da Fascination website. She iz well gud at doin websites man. I ope she does more.

Girls Aloud on Track (listing) for success.

The tracklistings for both Call The Shots and Tangled Up have been revealed today.
Call The Shots looks like this:

Maxi:
1) Call The Shots
2) Call The Shots (Xenomania Club Mix)
3) Blow Your cover
4) Call the Shots Video

Mini
1) Call The Shots
2) Rehab (Radio 1 Live Lounge)

Very good. You couldn't ask for more really. A B-side, a remix and a live track!



The Tangled Up tracklisting is as follows:

1. Call The Shots
2. Close To Love
3. Sexy! No No No...
4. Girl Overboard
5. Can't Speak French
6. Black Jacks
7. Control Of The Knife
8. Fling
9. What You Crying For
10. I'm Falling
11. Damn
12. Crocodile Tears

I could probably come up with better, but don't the titles sound amazing!

More Call The Shots

Girls Aloud obviously read my Call The Shots CD2 suggestion. Nicola is on the phone! But who is she ringing? The local Chinese takeaway ready for when she gets home in half an hour? Or did she just not realise it was a toy one? Poor Nicola. Either way, the cover is a very clever link between 'Call The Shots' and 'Tangled Up'. So what do we get on these CDs? Well the tracklistings apprarently keep changing, but it looks like over the two discs we will get the fabulous Chemistry tour version of 'Love Machine', the Xenomania Mix of Call The Shots, and a b-side, plus the video. Not bad.

Meanwhile, the latest news on the Tangled Up special edition is that it will be more dance-based. It had better not be a Girls Aloud happy hardcore remix album. Ew, I hate chavs.

Also, there is some essential reading here.

Purple Wars

Sugabbabes av releesed a nu purple fone 2 rival the GA one. The Babes's fone iz Sony Ericsson and very mingin. Itz also purple so they r totalli copyin Grls Ald, the cheeky cows. You can read more bout it ere. I already got my GA 1 an its the bestest phone ive eva seen!