Angels with Dirty Faces

This article covers the music album. For the film, see Chicago - Angels with Dirty Faces .

Angels with Dirty Faces
Studio album by Sugababes
Publication (s)	August 26, 2002 (UK) September 16, 2002 (DE)
admission	2001-2002
Label (s)	Island Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Pop music , urban contemporary, R&B , electronic
Title (number)	14th
running time	55:00
occupation	Keisha Buchanan Mutya Buena Heidi Range
production	Lucas Secon, Eivan "Ricco" Bj (Executive producer), Bloodshy & Avant, Robin Boult, Robbie Bronnimann, Craigie, Fredro, Howard Jones, Jony Rockstar, Ron Tom, Jeremy Wheatley, Richard X, Xenomania
chronology One Touch (2000) Angels with Dirty Faces Three (2003)

Angels with Dirty Faces (German: Angels with dirty faces ) is the second studio album by the British girl group Sugababes . It was released on August 26, 2002 in the UK and September 16 of the same year in Germany. It is the first album of the second line-up, consisting of Keisha Buchanan , Mutya Buena and Heidi Range , as well as the first album under the new label Island Records . The album went triple platinum in the UK and remains the band's best-selling album to date.

Background information

During a promotional tour in Japan, founding member Siobhán Donaghy announced her departure from the band. The reason for this were internal disputes. She was replaced shortly afterwards by ex- Atomic Kitten member Heidi Range. Although the Sugababes were fired from their first label, London Records , they soon started writing new songs for their second album. A little later they signed a record deal with Island Records .

The second album received positive reviews from both fans and critics.

Track list

1. "Freak Like Me" (Eugene Hanes, Marc Valentine, Loren Hill, William Collins, George Clinton, Gary Numan) - 3:17
2. "Blue" (Keisha Buchanan, Mutya Buena, Heidi Range, Howard Jones, Robbie Bronniman, Robin Boult) - 3:56
3. "Round Round" (Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Lisa Cowling, Nick Coler, Buchanan, Buena, Range, Florian Pflueger, Felix Stecher, Robin Hofmann, Rino Spadavecchia) - 3:57
4. "Stronger" (Jony Lipsey, Marius De Vries, Felix Howard, Buchanan, Buena, Range) - 4:00
5. "Supernatural" (Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Michelle Bell) - 3:37
6. "Angels with Dirty Faces" (Higgins, Bob Bradley, Tim Powell, Cooper, Gray, Buchanan, Buena, Range) - 3:48
7. "Virgin Sexy" (Buchanan, Buena, Range, Lucas Secon, Mary-Ann Morgan) - 3:45
8. "Shape" (Sting, Dominic Miller, Craigie) - 4:14
9. "Just Don't Need This" (Lipsey, Howard, Jeremy Shaw, Buchanan, Buena, Range) - 3:32 [UK bonus track]
10. "No Man, No Cry" (Craigie, Buchanan, Buena, Range) - 3:34 [UK bonus track]
11. "Switch" (Felix Howard, Frederick Odesjo, Henrick Jonback, Nina Woodford, Buchanan, Buena, Range) - 3:37
12. "More than a Million Miles" (Lucas Secon, Thomas Boll Christensen, Morgan, Buchanan, Buena, Range) - 3:24
13. "Breathe Easy (Acoustic Jam)" (Craigie, Buchanan, Buena, Range) - 3:59
14. "Round Round (Alternative Mix)" (Higgins, Cooper, Cowling, Coler, Buchanan, Buena, Range, Pflueger, Stecher, Hofmann, Spadavecchia) - 6:07 [UK bonus track]

Chart successes

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	13 (25 weeks)	25th
Austria (Ö3)	19th (6 weeks)	6th
Switzerland (IFPI)	13 (26 weeks)	26th
United Kingdom (OCC)	2 (44 weeks)	44

The album went triple platinum in the UK and gold in Switzerland. The album also went platinum in Europe as it had sold more than a million copies everywhere.

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2002	Freak like Me Angels with Dirty Faces	DE27 (9 weeks) DE	AT22 (9 weeks) AT	CH11 (12 weeks) CH	UK1 (18 weeks) UK	First published: April 22, 2002
	Round Round Angels with Dirty Faces	DE15 (11 weeks) DE	AT8 (15 weeks) AT	CH4 (23 weeks) CH	UK1 (14 weeks) UK	First published: August 12, 2002
	Stronger / Angels with Dirty Faces Angels with Dirty Faces	DE38 (12 weeks) DE	AT41 (11 weeks) AT	CH23 (18 weeks) CH	UK7 (13 weeks) UK	First published: November 4, 2002
2003	Shape Angels with Dirty Faces	DE39 (9 weeks) DE	AT50 (7 weeks) AT	CH40 (10 weeks) CH	UK11 (9 weeks) UK	First published: March 10, 2003

Four singles emerged from the album. Freak Like Me was released as a pre- single. This is a mashup of the song of the same name by Adina Howard (lyrics) as well as the track Are Friends Electric? by Gary Numan and Tubeway Army (melody). The song became the Sugababes' first number 1 single in the UK. It's also one of the band's best-selling singles and has been awarded silver in the UK. In Switzerland, Freak Like Me reached number 11, in Germany and Austria the title fell short of the top 20 with number 26 and 22 respectively.

The second single, Round Round , also reached number 1 on the British charts and was awarded silver there. The song is part of the soundtrack of the film The Guru . In Germany the piece reached 15th place, while in Austria and Switzerland it even reached the top 10 (8th and 4th respectively).

The third single was the double-A-side Stronger / Angels with Dirty Faces . It reached number 7 on the British charts, but was not as successful in other countries. The song only reached 38th place in Germany, 41st place in Austria and 23rd place in Switzerland.

The last single to be released was Shape , a partial cover of the song Shape of My Heart by Sting , which also contributed the backing vocals. In Great Britain the song reached number 11. In Germany the best position was number 39, in Austria number 50 and in Switzerland number 40.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Certified Awards Search. British Phonographic Industry , accessed September 14, 2014 . 
2. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ http://www.laut.de/Sugababes/Angels-With-Dirty-Faces-%28Album%29
4. ↑ http://itunes.apple.com/de/album/angels-with-dirty-faces-international/id7800059
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
6. ↑ http://hitparade.ch/search_certifications.asp?search=Angels+with+DiDir+Faces
7. ↑ http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2003.html