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One of the best pop albums of 2002 wasn't released in the U.S. If that's not dropping the ball, then what is? An assured and durable follow-up to 2001's formative One Touch, which still packed a number of singles that gave the group a great deal of success overseas, Angels With Dirty Faces is a thoroughly convincing amalgamation of the artists they've been weaned on -- from Madonna to TLC to Aaliyah -- with a strong foothold in contemporary trends. A bootleg mash-up of Adina Howard's "Freak Like Me" and Gary Numan's "Are Friends Electric" led to the group's own spin on the trick, and it landed them the top spot on the U.K. chart. Using a beefed-up arrangement of Numan's robotic new-wave tune, the Sugababes lift Howard's forthright lyrics -- somewhat sheepishly, the "pump pump" that precedes "all through the night" is subsumed in the mix -- and weave the two elements together for a powerful and immensely catchy opening to the album. At no point during the remainder of the first half does the album lose steam. The verses of "Blue" are backed by jutting electronic beats that stutter and twist, while the chorus unwraps a tempo shift carrying an unexpectedly strummy quality. "Round Round," another hit that put the group on Top of the Pops, is something Garbage would no doubt love to have in their own catalog. Apart from a couple bum moments during the second half of the album -- see "Shape," a misguided re-configuration of Sting's "Shape of My Heart," replete with a literally patched-on appearance from the man himself -- this is a pop album that offers much more depth and excitement beyond the singles.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
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William Collins, ComposerLyricist - Loren Hill, ComposerLyricist - Mark Valentine, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Wheatley, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Yoad Nevo, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Richard x, Producer - George Clinton, ComposerLyricist - Gary Numan, ComposerLyricist - Sugababes, MainArtist - Mutya Buena, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Keisha Buchanan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Heidi Range, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Eugene Leroy Hanes Jr., ComposerLyricist - Richard Phillips, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Robbie Bronnimann, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Wheatley, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Jones, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Yoad Nevo, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Range, ComposerLyricist - Sugababes, MainArtist - Mutya Buena, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keisha Buchanan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Heidi Range, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Robin Boult, Producer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Miranda Cooper, ComposerLyricist - Nick Coler, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lisa Cowling, ComposerLyricist - Tim Powell, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Wheatley, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - Yoad Nevo, Guitar, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Higgins, Producer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Felix Stecher, ComposerLyricist - Mark Sheridan, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kevin Bacon, Producer - Sugababes, MainArtist - Mutya Buena, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keisha Buchanan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Heidi Range, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Robin Hofmann, ComposerLyricist - Florain Pflueger, ComposerLyricist - Rino Spadavecchia, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan Hugh Quarmby, Producer
℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Gavyn Wright, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Marius de Vries, ComposerLyricist - felix Howard, ComposerLyricist - Jeremy Shaw, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hanson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Everton Nelson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Daniels, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Elliott, String Arranger, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Cooper, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Dermot Crehan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - mary Scully, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Lale, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Elmhirst, Mixer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Tombling, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Kiernan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Schaefer, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Leaper, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rachel Bolt, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Berrow, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Warren Zielinski, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jony Rockstar, Producer, Mixer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - David Woodcock, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Donald McVay, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Timothy Grant, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Boguslav Kostecki, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Zoe Lake, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Benson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Lannigan, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Bosch, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Benedict Cruft, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Lewis, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Fischer, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Rebecca Hirsch, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Kathy Shave, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Naomi Wright, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - David Bucknall, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Sugababes, MainArtist - Mutya Buena, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keisha Buchanan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Heidi Range, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Rockstar, ComposerLyricist - Michael Stirling, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Dukes, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Michelle Bell, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pontus Winnberg, ComposerLyricist - Christian Karlsson, ComposerLyricist - BLOODSHY, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jonas Östman, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Niklas Flyckt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Avant, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Sugababes, MainArtist - Mutya Buena, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Keisha Buchanan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Heidi Range, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Nick Coler, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Powell, Producer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Matt Gray, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Higgins, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gray, ComposerLyricist - Cooper, ComposerLyricist - Sugababes, MainArtist - Mutya Buena, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keisha Buchanan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Heidi Range, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Bob Bradley, Producer, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gifford Noel, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Jeremy Wheatley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lucas, Producer, Bass Guitar, Programmer, Unknown, Other, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sugababes, MainArtist - Mutya Buena, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Lee, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Keisha Buchanan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Heidi Range, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mary Ann Morgan, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Craig Dodds, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Sting, ComposerLyricist - DOMINIC MILLER, ComposerLyricist - BEN GEORGIADES, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kevin Bacon, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sugababes, MainArtist - Mutya Buena, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Keisha Buchanan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Heidi Range, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - K. Dodds, ComposerLyricist - Craigie K. Dodds, Producer - Jack Guy, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Hugh Quarmby, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Nina Woodford, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - felix Howard, ComposerLyricist - FREDRO, Producer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jonas Östman, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Niklas Flyckt, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sugababes, MainArtist - Mutya Buena, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keisha Buchanan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Heidi Range, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Henrik Jonback, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Frederick Odesjo, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Lucas, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Sugababes, MainArtist - Mutya Buena, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Shawn Lee, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Keisha Buchanan, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Heidi Range, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mary Ann Morgan, ComposerLyricist - Steve Musters, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Christensen, Programmer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Craig Dodds, ComposerLyricist - Pascal Danae, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Range, ComposerLyricist - Buchanan, ComposerLyricist - Sugababes, MainArtist - Mutya Buena, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keisha Buchanan, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Heidi Range, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Craigie K. Dodds, Producer - Jack Guy, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Album review
One of the best pop albums of 2002 wasn't released in the U.S. If that's not dropping the ball, then what is? An assured and durable follow-up to 2001's formative One Touch, which still packed a number of singles that gave the group a great deal of success overseas, Angels With Dirty Faces is a thoroughly convincing amalgamation of the artists they've been weaned on -- from Madonna to TLC to Aaliyah -- with a strong foothold in contemporary trends. A bootleg mash-up of Adina Howard's "Freak Like Me" and Gary Numan's "Are Friends Electric" led to the group's own spin on the trick, and it landed them the top spot on the U.K. chart. Using a beefed-up arrangement of Numan's robotic new-wave tune, the Sugababes lift Howard's forthright lyrics -- somewhat sheepishly, the "pump pump" that precedes "all through the night" is subsumed in the mix -- and weave the two elements together for a powerful and immensely catchy opening to the album. At no point during the remainder of the first half does the album lose steam. The verses of "Blue" are backed by jutting electronic beats that stutter and twist, while the chorus unwraps a tempo shift carrying an unexpectedly strummy quality. "Round Round," another hit that put the group on Top of the Pops, is something Garbage would no doubt love to have in their own catalog. Apart from a couple bum moments during the second half of the album -- see "Shape," a misguided re-configuration of Sting's "Shape of My Heart," replete with a literally patched-on appearance from the man himself -- this is a pop album that offers much more depth and excitement beyond the singles.
© Andy Kellman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:27
- Main artists: Sugababes
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company. ℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
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